House debates

Thursday, 21 June 2007

  • Child Abuse (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s policy announcement just before question time, outlining his response to the crisis of child abuse in Indigenous...
  • Sea King Helicopter Accident (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence. Can the minister confirm that large sections of the board of inquiry report on the Sea King helicopter crash have been deleted? Further, is the...
  • Child Abuse (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Would the minister outline to the House the immediate steps the government will be taking on the...
  • Interest Rates (4 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister claim that working families in Australia have never been better off when new Reserve Bank figures released today show a...
  • Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House of the link between a flexible industrial relations system and productivity growth. How would greater union...
  • Broadband (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm the assessment of Gartner mobile and wireless research director, Robin Simpson, that access to the government’s WiMAX...
  • Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of any support for the government’s tough approach to the building industry? Is there evidence of this approach...
  • Prime Minister (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Consequent upon him referring in that last answer to what might happen in 2010, I ask: will the Prime Minister commit to serving a full term if he wins the...
  • Transport Infrastructure (13 speeches)
    Hear, hear, Mr Speaker! 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’s...
  • Prime Minister (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, isn’t it arrogant in the extreme to go to an election in three months time without being candid with the Australian people about your...
  • Taxation (11 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the government’s approach to tax policy? Is the Treasurer aware of any alternative approaches?
  • Advertising Campaigns (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm the following three facts: that Mark Textor has conducted industrial relations—
  • Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister inform the House how a strong watchdog is fighting intimidation in the workplace? Is the...
  • Privacy Act (24 speeches)
    Following that positive contribution, my question is addressed to the Attorney-General. Can the Attorney-General advise the House whether the Privacy Act provides protection for people whose...
  • Ministerial Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Can the minister confirm that he has been allocated more staff than the Treasurer? Are these extra staff deployed as members of...
  • Health Care (7 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister update the House on Commonwealth support for health services in New South Wales and, in particular, cancer...
  • Climate Change (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and goes to the Prime Minister’s upcoming taxpayer funded television advertising campaign on climate change, which we assume will start in the break. Is...
  • Foreign Policy (9 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister explain to the House why strong alliance relationships are vital to Australia’s security? Are our alliance...