House debates

Monday, 16 October 2006

  • Intelligence and Security (32 speeches)
    It’s the election on ticker, I assume.
  • Industrial Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister advise the House how my electorate of Bass in northern Tasmania is benefiting from the...
  • Iraq (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and follows part of the answer he gave to a previous question. Did the Prime Minister previously say that opposing the dictator Saddam Hussein did not in...
  • Drought (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Transport and Regional Services...
  • Oil for Food Program (5 speeches)
    My further question to the Prime Minister is: didn’t the CIA find that Saddam Hussein used illegal kickbacks under the oil for food program to buy military goods and equipment?
  • North Korea (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the government’s reaction to UN Security Council resolution 1718 adopted over the weekend condemning North...
  • Oil for Food Program (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Wasn’t AWB the single largest supplier of kickbacks to Saddam Hussein under the oil for food program?
  • Australian Defence Force Recruitment (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister outline to the House the government’s initiatives to increase the number of Australians entering the Australian...
  • Iraq (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Didn’t the government have intelligence before the war warning that invading Iraq would increase the global terrorist threat?
  • Breast Cancer (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House what the government is doing to help those Australians suffering with breast cancer?
  • Iraq (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Wasn’t the British Chief of the General Staff, Sir Richard Dannatt, right to say about Iraq that ‘our presence exacerbates the security...
  • Australian Technical Colleges (8 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Vocational and Technical Education. Would the minister inform the House of progress with the establishment of the Australian technical colleges? How...
  • Afghanistan (2 speeches)
    My question follows the previous answer of the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister cut and run from Afghanistan before the job was done and despite the warnings of the Afghanistan government?
  • Climate Change (5 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Would the minister update the House on the government initiatives to reduce greenhouse emissions while maintaining...
  • Iraq (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, why did you take Australia into a war when you knew it would make Australians a bigger terror target?