Environment Minister Greg Hunt claims technology which will be available over the next three to five years will reduce emissions from coal-fired power stations by up to 30 to 50 per cent.

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews claims data shows that de facto relationships have a higher incidence of break-up than marriages.

Health Minister Peter Dutton claims the Federal Government provided $18 million to non-government organisations such as the Red Cross to fight Ebola in Africa.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims Australian use of air strikes and Australian special forces to fight Islamic state militants in Iraq amounts to "a mission" rather than "a war".

As the government formalises an agreement to sell uranium to India, over-turning a decades-old ban, Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims the Asian nation has an "absolutely impeccable record" on nuclear non-proliferation.