House debates

Thursday, 5 February 2009

  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Why does the government need to increase the borrowing limit of the Commonwealth from $75 billion to $200 billion immediately?
  • Nation Building and Jobs Plan (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister outline to the House what additional funding the government has provided...
  • Economy (33 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. How many jobs have been created by the December $10 billion cash splash, and how many jobs will be created by the proposed March $11 billion cash...
  • Indonesia: Merauke Five (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what are you and your Minister for Foreign Affairs doing to secure the return to Australia of Old Bar resident Mr Keith Mortimer, who is one...
  • Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan benefit rural and regional Australian economies?
  • Economy (22 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s statement on 24 January that his new fifty-fifty $4 billion partnership, the Australian Business Investment...
  • Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Housing and the Minister for the Status of Women. Will the minister inform the House how the new spending on social housing will support jobs and local communities?
  • Economy (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the government’s plans for a Commonwealth debt of $200 billion and ask him, in his capacity as chairman of the Australian Loan...
  • Education (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister...