House debates

Thursday, 21 November 2024

  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 (2 speeches)
    To the Treasurer: the government has fast-tracked significant legislation that will pay the Labor Party, on current numbers, $2.7 million per year for administration assistance funding. That...
  • International Students (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. Why is the Albanese Labor government pursuing important reforms to cap international student numbers and crack down on shonky providers. What is...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. The first chairman of the Future Fund, David Murray, says the Treasurer's raid on the fund 'means it can be used for boondoggle budgeting'. Having already made...
  • Cost of Living (2 speeches)
    My question is also to the Treasurer. What is the Albanese government doing to help Australians with the cost of living, and what obstacles are standing in their way?
  • Future Fund (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm whether he discussed the decision to raid the Future Fund with former Treasurer Wayne Swan before the decision was announced?
  • Australian Defence Force (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. What measures has the Albanese Labor government taken to build a highly skilled workforce to support Defence and Defence industry, and are there any...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer guarantee that no spending in the federal budget—in housing projects, green projects or infrastructure projects—will be assumed by...
  • Housing (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to help more Australians into homeownership after a decade of neglect? What...
  • Health Care (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Aged Care. In my regional electorate, elderly people face year-long waiting times for home-care packages. Provider shortages and long travel distances mean...
  • Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How is the Albanese Labor government attracting and retaining more early childhood educators?
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Labor has badly damaged the Queensland and Victorian economies. Now the Albanese Labor government is rating Australia sovereign wealth fund. Will the government...
  • Medicare (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to strengthen Medicare and make medicines cheaper for all Australians after a decade of cuts and...
  • War Graves (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, the refusal to grant deductible gift recipient status to the Headstone Project in South Australia—recognising unmarked graves of World War I...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government working to tackle the challenge of global inflation and create jobs, opportunity and economic growth for Australia? What...