House debates

Thursday, 19 June 2008

  • Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer agree with Darren McCubbin, the Labor candidate for Gippsland, who said yesterday that reducing the price of petrol is ridiculous?
  • Oil Conference (4 speeches)
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer agree with the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday that the government’s inflation forecast for next year is 3.75 per cent?
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the reasons why the government’s policy to reduce the withholding tax is being unnecessarily delayed? What is being...
  • Economy (9 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer to his answer to my previous question and to the first page of the first chapter of Budget Paper No. 1, which states that the government’s...
  • Australian-American Leadership Dialogue (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House about the...
  • Economy (7 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Given the central importance of inflation and inflationary expectations in the management of our economy, will the Prime Minister—
  • Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on government support for carers and pensioners and on the...
  • Economy (16 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister: will the Prime Minister confirm his government’s budget forecasts for inflation?
  • Same-Sex Relationships (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General update the House on progress to remove discrimination against Australians in same-sex relationships and their children from...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government’s comments in the Daily Telegraph on 12 June...
  • Northern Territory Emergency Response (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s efforts to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia?
  • Tourism (9 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. At a time when the tourism export industry is doing it exceptionally tough, will the minister justify...
  • Beijing Olympic Games (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sport and Minister for Youth. Would the minister please update the House on the preparations of Australian athletes for the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics?
  • Murray-Darling River System (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Minister, given that Eildon Dam is at 13 per cent capacity and the water storages of Melbourne and Geelong are currently...
  • Whaling (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister update the House—