House debates

Tuesday, 1 August 2023

  • Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Government Services. What did the final report of the royal commission into robodebt find as to who the real victims of robodebt were?
  • Makarrata Commission (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Last year, the government announced $5.8 million for an independent makarrata commission. Does the government still support this...
  • Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Could the Prime Minister please respond to the revelations in the final report of the royal commission into robodebt?
  • Climate Change (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. The United Nations says the world is boiling. Australia faces an extreme summer of fires and heat waves like those happening right...
  • Cost of Living (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government seeking to deliver cost-of-living relief for those who need it most? How is the government rejecting the...
  • Makarrata Commission (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Last year, the government announced $5.8 million for an independent Makarrata Commission. Does the government still support this...
  • Housing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Housing. How is the Albanese Labor government seeking to deliver more homes, and what is blocking further progress?
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Indigenous Australians. At the Garma Festival last year, the minister said the Uluru Statement talks about three things: the Voice; treaty and...
  • Interest Rates (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. What does today's decision on interest rates by the independent Reserve Bank mean for Australian families and the economy?
  • Agriculture Industry (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. I refer to the minister's answer yesterday, which failed to rule out the government requiring farmers to undertake mandatory cultural...
  • Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What impact has the robodebt scheme had on the mental health and wellbeing of Australians? Why is it important for those who created the...
  • Environment (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for the Environment and Water. The carbon capture and storage project linked to Chevron's Gorgon gas mine is universally recognised as a monumental failure. The...
  • Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Government Services. How do the actual findings of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme compare with what members of former Liberal governments say...
  • Interest Rates (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. In the next three months it is expected that around 150,000 households with fixed-rate loans are at risk of falling off a $95 billion refinancing cliff. This will...
  • Great Barrier Reef (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the Albanese Labor government acting to protect the Great Barrier Reef, and how is the world responding to these actions?
  • Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
    This is a question for the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The government promised it would take a more compassionate approach to asylum seekers. But asylum...
  • Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring workers experiencing family and domestic violence aren't forced to choose...
  • Energy (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Brendan Reinheimer and his wife are raising three children in Haven, in my electorate. They reached out to me recently in desperation, having learned that...
  • Tertiary Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to deliver a better and fairer higher education system?
  • Energy (11 speeches)
    My question goes to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Many Australians will soon receive energy bills for the month of July, following recent price hikes, and they'll be shocked to...
  • Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Government Services. Has the minister considered the finding of the robodebt royal commission that previous coalition governments were warned about the failures...