House debates

Tuesday, 9 May 2006

  • Trade Skills Training (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Vocational and Technical Education. Is the minister aware that 39 Australian employees have been sacked from the Ballarat manufacturing company Maxi-TRANS while...
  • Solomon Islands (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Minister, what is the government’s reaction to the recent events in the Solomon Islands?
  • Trade Skills Training (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Vocational and Technical Education. Does the minister believe that it is acceptable that a number of the sacked Maxi-TRANS workers in Ballarat, including Mr...
  • Afghanistan (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister advise the House of the additional assistance that Australia is providing to Afghanistan?
  • Smartcard (6 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Human Services. Minister, is it the case that advice from the smartcard technology task force, KPMG and Medicare Australia has been overlooked and...
  • Transport: Heavy Vehicle Registration Fees (2 speeches)
    My question without notice is addressed to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Is the minister aware that state and territory governments are considering raising registration fees...
  • Fruit and Vegetable Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Minister, can you confirm that your original proposal to exempt supermarkets from the mandatory code of conduct for the...
  • Health: Doctors (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House of measures that the government is taking to boost doctor numbers, particularly in rural and...
  • Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to the question that the opposition asked the minister in parliament concerning his knowledge of this cable of 13 January...
  • Education: Funding (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Would the minister update the House on Australian government funding to Catholic and independent schools? Are there...
  • Oil for Food Program (4 speeches)
    My question is addressed again to the foreign minister. I refer to the minister’s answer just now that he was telling the truth when he told the parliament that of course he would have read...
  • Aboriginal Land Rights (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Would the minister inform the House how the government is performing with land tenure in remote...
  • Oil for Food Program (5 speeches)
    My question is again to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to the fact that in March 2004 Ambassador Bremer appointed an ADF officer, Colonel Michael Kelly, as legal adviser of the...