House debates

Monday, 27 November 2006

  • Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to this March 2006 letter from the Cole commission. It states in black and white that Mr Cole had no power to make determinations...
  • Fiji (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the government’s reaction to the latest comments by the Fijian military commander to remove the Fijian government...
  • Oil for Food Program (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer to his defence in his radio broadcast that Mr Cole had full powers and that if he wanted more powers all he needed to do was ask. Prime Minister,...
  • G20 Meeting (6 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer outline to the House the results of the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors last week?
  • Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. His answer to the last question referred to Mr Cole’s statement on his terms of reference of February 2006. Is it not a fact that the Cole inquiry...
  • Infrastructure Investment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister advise the House how the government is working to build...
  • Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
    I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer to my last question. He answered in the negative. Given the Prime Minister’s answer, which of the following statements, therefore, in the Prime...
  • Taxation (16 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer advise the House of the abolition of the sugar levy, which was designed to help the Australian sugar industry? Are there any tax...
  • Iraq (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, why is the decorated former SAS officer and Iraq war veteran Peter Tinley wrong to say that the basis of the Iraq war was ‘immoral...
  • Unemployment (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister confirm that long-term unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in over 20 years? Is the...
  • Iraq (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of further comments by decorated former SAS Iraq veteran Peter Tinley that we have been dragged into a civil war in Iraq and...
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House how the government is strengthening the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to provide life-saving...
  • Iraq (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister think former SAS officer Peter Tinley was wrong to say this morning that the Iraq war was founded on what we now know is spurious...
  • Australian History Education (15 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Has the minister seen reports today that 77 per cent of year 10 students do not know which historical event occurred...
  • Mining (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and concerns another ‘coal’ inquiry. It relates to my question of 17 October 2006 regarding a possible National Water Initiative independent...
  • Exports (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Trade. Would the minister advise the House of recent developments in the government’s pursuit of a better deal for Australia’s exporters?
  • Nuclear Energy (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Where will the Prime Minister’s 25 nuclear reactors be sited and where will the nuclear waste dumps go?