House debates

Wednesday, 29 March 2006

  • Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, is it the case, as reported today, that your office has contacted major employer groups and demanded that they provide ‘good news...
  • Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
    If the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations took any sort of shower, we would all be grateful! I direct my question to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm evidence...
  • Visit by the United States Secretary of State (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the recent visit to Australia by the United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice? How...
  • Oil for Food Program (5 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to evidence presented to the Cole inquiry yesterday that as late as June 2005 the minister told the AWB that he was delighted with...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Small Business and Tourism. Would the minister outline to the House how the government’s workplace relations changes will enable small business...
  • Oil for Food Program (10 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that Commissioner Cole does not have the power, under his current terms of reference, to investigate and make...
  • Medicare (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister inform the House how Australians are benefiting from the Medicare safety net? Is the minister aware of any alternative...
  • Oil for Food Program (6 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to his previous answer, which did not answer any element of the question that was asked of him. So I repeat the question: can the Prime...
  • School Funding (5 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Would the minister update the House on how the government is providing record funding to government and...
  • Oil for Food Program (12 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister’s continued refusal to confirm the massive gaps that exist in Commissioner Cole’s current powers—powers...
  • Cyclone Larry (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer. Would the minister inform the House how the Australian government and the banks are working to help the people...
  • Oil for Food Program (5 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the letter he has, and which the Cole commission provided to the opposition in response to correspondence from us, in which Commissioner...
  • Child Care (21 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Would the minister advise the House how the government is improving Australian families’...
  • Oil for Food Program (6 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister, and I refer again to this correspondence from Commissioner Cole which confirms that the Prime Minister’s terms of reference do not allow for...