House debates

Thursday, 7 December 2006

  • Reserve Bank of Australia (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. It refers to the Treasurer’s last answer on the question of the independence of the Reserve Bank. Is the Prime Minister aware of the following comments...
  • The Drought (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how regional communities are responding...
  • Iraq (18 speeches)
    My question, again, is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the report of the Iraq Study Group, headed by former US Secretary of State James Baker, which concludes: Current U.S. policy is not...
  • Families (8 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the latest ABS statistics on births and fertility rates? What policies has the government put in place which...
  • Iraq (5 speeches)
    Further to my two previous questions to the Prime Minister, why is the Prime Minister the only world leader who refuses to accept that current coalition policy in Iraq is not working?
  • Private Health Insurance (7 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House how many Australians hold private health insurance, particularly in my electorate of Macquarie?...
  • Immigration (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that yesterday Senator Vanstone greeted a report on the wrongful detention of Australian kids with the claim: ‘It was a...
  • Independent Contractors (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister advise the House of how the government is protecting the rights of over one million Australian...
  • Immigration (14 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister.
  • Fiji (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the government’s latest response to the coup in Fiji? What has been the reaction both in...
  • Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. This is likely to be the last question from the opposition before Christmas and before we all return to our electorates to be with our families. At this time...