Allegra's Questions in Parliament
Equality - Religious Discrimination
March 20, 2024
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:58): My question is to the Prime Minister. My community is deeply concerned about protecting all Australians from discrimination, no matter their gender, sexuality or faith. During the...
Read MoreEducation - Changing HECS Indexation
February 26, 2024
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (15:06): My question is for the Minister for Education. Last May, the crossbench wrote to you with concerns about indexation of HECS and HELP loans, which are now...
Read MoreEconomy - Intergenerational Equity and Young People
February 08, 2024
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:19): My question is to the Treasurer. Young people in Australia are going backwards. In the last decade or so, a family headed by somebody over 65 saw...
Read MoreHousing - Strengthening Renters' Rights
November 28, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:48): My question is to the Prime Minister. In August, National Cabinet committed to strengthening renters' rights by ending no-grounds evictions, limiting rent increases to once a year and...
Read MoreEnergy - Support for Home Electrification
October 18, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (15:14): My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Households are struggling with their power bills because of high fossil fuel prices. The best way...
Read MoreServices Australia – addressing wait times and poor service
September 12, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:12): My question is to the Minister for Government Services. Constituents from Wentworth and across the country are becoming increasingly frustrated at the wait times, calls not...
Read MoreHousing – funding to build more homes
August 09, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:57): My question is to the Prime Minister. In National Homelessness Week, the stark truth is that housing has become a nightmare for many Australians, particularly young...
Read MoreClimate Change - new fossil fuel projects and environmental law reform
July 31, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (15:33): My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, Europe is burning, and Australians remember our own Black Summer with fear for the future. The UN...
Read MoreHousing - a citizens assembly to break the deadlock
June 15, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:26): My question is to the Prime Minister. Thirteen House and Senate crossbenchers have called for a citizen's assembly on the housing affordability crisis. If 100 randomly...
Read MoreEnvironment – ending native forest logging
May 25, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:48): My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. This week the Labor government in Victoria said it would end native forest logging, yet...
Read MoreChild Care - increasing wages for childcare workers
May 09, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (15:06): My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. One of your arguments for last year's IR reforms was the need to increase wages...
Read MoreIntegrity – delivering value for money on infrastructure projects
March 27, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:14): My question is to the Prime Minister. In 2014 you told this House that independent cost benefit analysis of infrastructure proposals was necessary to ensure that...
Read MoreEconomy – the need for tax reform
March 08, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:47): My question is to the Treasurer. Australians want their governments to focus on the long term, not the news cycle. They understand we need economic reform...
Read MoreRefugees – permanent protection for those failed by fast track
February 13, 2023
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:13): My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Today, 19,000 refugees received the wonderful news that they would be granted permanent protection...
Read MoreIndustrial Relations - review of Awards
November 30, 2022
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (15:05): My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Senator Pocock has said that you made a commitment to him to review modern awards....
Read MoreIndustrial Relations – delivering wage rises in low paid industries
November 07, 2022
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:24): My question is for the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree that real, effective wage rises in low-paid industries can be achieved through the awards,...
Read MoreIntegrity – a strong National Anti-Corruption Commission
September 22, 2022
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:43): My question is to the Attorney-General, the member for Isaacs. The Labor Party went to the election with a commitment to legislating a national anticorruption commission....
Read MoreClimate Change – more ambition in emissions reduction
August 02, 2022
Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (14:48): My question is for the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Minister, many people in my community are concerned about climate change. Climate scientists are telling...
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