House debates

Wednesday, 6 September 2006

  • Skilled Migration (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of the case of Jack Zhang, a printing worker from China working on a 457 visa in Victoria, who was forced to pay two fees of...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. What do the growth figures released today say about the current state of the economy, and what benefits will flow to electorates like mine?
  • Skilled Migration (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the shocking treatment received by Jack Zhang, a 457 visa holder, the latest in a long line of examples of workers being...
  • Drugs: Bali (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the appeals processes of the nine Australians sentenced on heroin trafficking charges in...
  • Skilled Migration (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister’s refusal to take the previous question, I ask him: Prime Minister, who decided that Mr Zhang would come to this country, and...
  • Japan: Trade (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how trade between Japan and Australia is creating jobs and...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Vocational and Technical Education, and I refer to the minister’s statement today in relation to training colleges in Africa. If the minister has no...
  • Iran (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister inform the parliament and the Ryan electorate of the government’s position on Iran’s failure to implement UN...
  • Interest Rates (39 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of figures from the Supreme Court of New South Wales that show mortgage repossessions have more than doubled since 2002 and are...