House debates

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

  • Abbott Government Priorities (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister made two policy choices yesterday. He reintroduced knights and dames to the Australian honours list and his government voted in the House...
  • Economy (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How will cutting red tape—
  • Education Funding (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has chosen to break his pre-election promises on education—cutting money from schools, trade training centres and research and...
  • Budget (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the challenges for the budget over the medium term? Treasurer, how will fixing the budget assist families in Western Australia and...
  • Paid Parental Leave (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has chosen to splurge $5½ billion annually on a paid parental leave scheme which will give well-paid executives an extra $75,000 to...
  • Mining (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the importance of repealing the mining tax? How will repealing the mining tax assist families in Western Australia and elsewhere?
  • Abbott Government (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How does the Prime Minister explain the following priorities: breaking election promises by cutting health and education, cutting payments to orphans of...
  • Climate Change (8 speeches)
    My question is the Minister for the Environment. Ronald Reagan said that the first duty of any government is to protect its country's people. However, since you became minister in September, you...
  • Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer to figures released by the Clean Energy Regulator that show the carbon tax has hit Western Australia with at least $627 million in...
  • Honours and Awards (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the government have a plan to bring back knights and dames, but no plan for Australian jobs? Prime Minister, why is the Abbott government's priority...
  • Education (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. I remind the minister of his recent visit to the Ocean Road Primary School in my electorate, one of more than 240 independent public schools across...
  • Age Pension (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister ruled out scrapping his $5½ billion gold-plated paid parental scheme in question time on 27 February, will the Prime Minister...