House debates

Thursday, 30 October 2014

  • Direct Action (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning, market analysts RepuTex confirmed that the Prime Minister's $2½ billion dirty deal with Clive Palmer will only deliver 20 per cent to 30...
  • National Security (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, will you inform the House of the steps the government is taking to deal with foreign fighters returning to Australia?
  • Direct Action (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer again to the Prime Minister's $2½ billion dirty deal to pay big polluters. Eminent economists have said that $4 billion to $5 billion per year...
  • National Security (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House how the government is starving terrorist organisations of funding?
  • Direct Action (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Minister for Communications has described the Prime Minister's policy of paying big polluters as 'a recipe for fiscal recklessness on a grand scale.' He...
  • National Security (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister inform the House of measures the government is taking to ensure that security agencies have adequate resources and cooperation...
  • Fuel Prices (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. This week the Prime Minister ambushed Australian motorists with a $2.2 billion fuel tax increase and cut a deal to pay big polluters $2.5 billion to keep...
  • Budget (6 speeches)
    I have a question for the Treasurer. Treasurer, will you outline the ramifications of failing to fix the budget debt and deficit burden left by the previous government? How will the decisions...
  • Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to comments the Prime Minister made in parliament yesterday that the $2.2 billion petrol tax increase is a budget repair measure. The government also...
  • Budget (11 speeches)
    My question is to Minister for Small Business. Will the minister inform the House of the savings that have been passed on to families and businesses in Victoria and elsewhere since the government...
  • Higher Education Reforms (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister inform the House how the government's higher education reforms will benefit students from disadvantaged backgrounds?
  • Direct Action (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will any companies owned by the member for Fairfax be eligible for funding under the Prime Minister's deal to pay big polluters?
  • Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline how the government is working with the states to...
  • Tertiary Education (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the modelling by NATSEM, an organisation described by the Prime Minister as the most reputable modelling organisation in Australia, which shows...
  • Ebola (2 speeches)
    I have a question for the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on the steps the government is taking to ensure that we are prepared for a confirmed Ebola diagnosis in Australia?
  • Higher Education (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to NATSEM modelling that shows that under the Prime Minister's unfair university changes a young woman studying to become a vet would owe over...
  • Work for the Dole (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Employment. Will the minister update the House on the Work for the Dole program in my electorate of Macquarie and elsewhere? How is Work for the Dole...
  • Higher Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to NATSEM modelling which shows that, under the Prime Minister's plan to saddle Australians with a 'debt sentence', a young woman studying to become...
  • Building and Construction Industry (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education representing the Minister for Employment. I ask the minister why it is important to maintain the rule of law on construction sites around our country.