Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims the Federal Government has cut $1 billion from childcare.

Queensland Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk claims there are almost 31,000 more Queenslanders without a job since March 2012 and blames the Liberal government for the rise.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims unemployment stood at 5.7 per cent when the Abbott government came to office in September 2013, but it rose to 6.2 per cent by December 2014.

Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek claims OECD data shows that the larger the difference between rich and poor countries, the less likely a nation's growth will be strong.

Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese claims the Government's new terror laws mean members of the media face potential penalties of five to 10 years' jail for exposing what might be an error made by security agencies.