House debates
Monday, 16 March 2015
- Higher Education (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to comments by Liberal Senator and former parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, Cory Bernardi, who said: 'Playing games with our scientists... - Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the government claims asylum seeker children in detention in Australia are being freed—but in fact more than half of these children are... - Infrastructure (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the importance of infrastructure investment as a key enabler of Australia's future prosperity? And how will we achieve... - Higher Education (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Nobel prize winner, Professor Brian Schmidt, said about the government's shameful attempt to hold 1,700 scientists and their work hostage for its own... - Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how expansion of the Tasmanian Freight... - Minister for Agriculture (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's statement yesterday that he was not privy to all the details of the sacking of the Secretary of the Department of... - Broadband (2 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. What steps is the government taking to ensure the rollout of fast broadband to Australians and particularly people in my electorate of Banks? - Minister for Agriculture (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer him to undertakings made at Senate estimates by the former Secretary of the Department of Agriculture to provide a number of documents relating to... - Trade with Asia (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister update the House on steps the government is taking to help business capitalise on the opportunities presented by the... - Minister for Agriculture (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that the Prime Minister's own department contacted Dr Grimes a number of times about his request to convene an extraordinary Senate... - Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister please inform the House of the importance of a consistent approach in relation to border security. What are... - Superannuation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Treasurer's proposal to allow early access for superannuation for housing, a proposal that the communications minister has labelled a thoroughly... - Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. I remind the minister that the Intergenerational report projects a decline in labour force participation over the next 40 years. So, Minister,... - Superannuation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last question time the Prime Minister told the House: … we have made no changes to superannuation rules other than doing what we said we would do... - Taxation and Superannuation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Will the Assistant Treasurer update the House on progress the government is making towards bringing certainty to Australia's tax and superannuation... - Pensions (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to comments made by the Prime Minister that indexing the pension to only CPI is 'perfectly reasonable'. Does the Prime Minister also think it is... - Road Infrastructure (7 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. I ask the minister to update the House on the benefits of the East West Link and outline the consequences of... - Pensions (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to page 30 of the government's Intergenerational report, which says that, over the next 40 years, wages growth will be four per cent a year whereas... - Food and Grocery Code (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister outline to the House the response to the government's new Food and Grocery Code and how it will protect small businesses who...
