House debates

Wednesday, 24 May 2006

  • East Timor (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister. Can the Acting Prime Minister inform the parliament of the outcomes of any discussions he has had with the East Timorese President...
  • Indigenous Communities (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to the fact that the government has now agreed with Labor that Indigenous child abuse and family violence should be...
  • Nuclear Energy (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister. As part of the government’s intention to consider nuclear power in Australia, will it nominate the proposed sites of its nuclear...
  • Indigenous Communities (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Minister, I refer to your proposals to restore law and order to Indigenous communities as a means of...
  • Nuclear Energy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister. Will the government rule out south-east Queensland and the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales as potential sites for a new...
  • Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister. I refer him to an AWA offered by Spotlight, a company with nearly 100 stores and 6,000 staff, to a prospective new employee in New South...
  • Avian Influenza (26 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Would the minister advise the House of the outcomes of Exercise Eleusis, which tested Australia’s capacity...
  • Transport Infrastructure (26 speeches)
    Thank you very much.
  • Workplace Relations (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister. It follows on from his earlier answer to the Leader of the Opposition. I again refer to the Spotlight AWA, which satisfies the...
  • Public Hospitals (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister inform the House what the government is doing to support our public hospitals? Minister, is the government...
  • Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
    My question is again to the Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister. I again refer to the Spotlight AWA, which satisfies the government’s minimum legislative standards. I refer to a full-time...
  • Solomon Islands (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House on the status of the Australian Defence Force deployment to the Solomon Islands?
  • Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister. I again refer to the Spotlight AWA, which pays a rate of 2c an hour above the current award rate of pay but which provides that Saturday...
  • Budget 2006-07 (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer. Would the minister advise the House how the government has improved the operation of superannuation funds of Australian workers...
  • Bats (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services in his capacity, as we are informed, as the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. Is the minister...
  • Snowy Hydro (3 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Would the minister advise the House of what steps the government is taking to protect irrigators who rely on...