House debates
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Can the minister confirm reports that last Friday an Australian Navy patrol boat near Christmas Island sought to tow an... - Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain to the House what impact the carbon tax has on the operating costs of Australian businesses? How will scrapping the carbon tax... - Asylum Seekers (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. I refer the minister to his previous answer about the reported tow-back vessel that sank. Were all those on board this asylum... - Mining Tax (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline how Western Australian mining companies will have their compliance costs reduced after the abolition of the mining tax, and will the... - Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. On what basis did the minister publicly assert last Friday that the Abbott government's boat buyback policy was not a measure... - Indonesia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, would you agree that every Australian would be appalled if you and your wife's phones were tapped and worried why Indonesia would do this? If... - Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Can the minister tell the House how repealing the carbon tax will reduce the price of... - Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. I refer to the removal of automatic visa on arrival for Iranians arriving in Indonesia. How has this measure contributed to... - Public Service (22 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to media reports that the previous government had secret plans to cut 14,500 jobs from the Public Service over the next four years. What do... - Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the government considering formally abandoning its failed boat buy-back policy in order to improve its relationship with Indonesia? - Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service. I refer the minister to a report in today's Daily Telegraph which says that the... - Asylum Seekers (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Firstly, I would like to thank the minister for visiting an Afghan family in Townsville who had spent 24 years in refugee... - Reserve Bank (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the government's grant of almost $9 billion to the Reserve Bank, blowing out this year's budget deficit and adding over $1... - National Broadband Network (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. I remind the minister that in my electorate of Solomon the previous government spent tens of thousands of dollars promoting the switch-on of the... - Early Years Quality Fund (4 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education. I refer the minister to her election policy, which I have here, handy, which states: If elected, the Coalition will honour funds contracted... - Child Care (2 speeches)
My question, too, is to the Assistant Minister for Education. I remind the minister of her visit to the Sunshine Coast, where she was asked to ensure that there was available and affordable child... - Special Child Care Benefit (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the fact that over 18,000 families rely on the special child care benefit for children at risk or children with... - Road Infrastructure (7 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Is the minister aware that a recent South Australian Royal Automobile Association travel time report revealed... - Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister provide a clear commitment to Australian parents with children in child care, a guarantee not to cut childcare payments they receive...
