House debates

Thursday, 30 November 2006

  • Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Can the minister point out to the hundreds of thousands of Australians who marched against his extreme industrial relations...
  • Black Hawk Helicopter Accident: HMAS Kanimbla (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House with some further details of the accident of the Black Hawk helicopter that occurred yesterday near Fiji?
  • Workplace Relations (32 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Minister, is it not the case that the Office of the Employment Advocate has officially advised employees of Aboriginal...
  • National Day of Action (7 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Is the minister aware that unions across the nation have been urging teachers to go on strike today? What is the...
  • Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and I again refer to the AWA offered by Australian Sweets to its employees. Isn’t it the case that this AWA provides...
  • Foreign Affairs (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister inform the House about the NATO summit held in Riga overnight and the implications for Australian forces in Afghanistan?
  • Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. I again refer to the Australian Sweets AWA. Minister, isn’t it the case that this AWA provides a base rate of pay of...
  • Medicare (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister provide a progress report on ‘Strengthening Medicare’, particularly the benefits provided under the...
  • Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is it the case that Mr Peter Corish is one of his government’s national water commissioners, President of the...
  • Fiji (2 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Following the action of the military overnight, what is the present state of play in Fiji?
  • Workplace Relations (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. If, as the minister asserts to the House today, his laws make Australians better off, can he now guarantee that no...
  • Drought (4 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Human Services. Would the minister inform the House how service delivery by his department is helping those affected by drought in regional and rural...
  • Swan Electorate: Education (39 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Did the minister sanction or approve the release of unpublished information on forthcoming grants under the Investing in Our...
  • Centenary House (15 speeches)
    Mr Speaker—