House debates

Thursday, 16 August 2007

  • Nuclear Energy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his announcement this morning on Commonwealth funded local government plebiscites administered by the Australian Electoral...
  • Local Government (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 projects the government is undertaking...
  • Nuclear Power (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer to his earlier answer that ‘nuclear power has to be part of the solution’. I refer the Prime Minister to the official website of the...
  • Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister update the House on how the government’s workplace reforms are encouraging job creation...
  • Future Fund (4 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the government is adding to savings through the establishment of the Future Fund? What is the risk of...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Minister, how many of the approximately 200 temps who are not employed by the Workplace Authority but who are applying...
  • Illicit Drugs (9 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister advise the House of government measures to address the problem of illicit drugs in our community and, in particular, how...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister rule out the following: that the misnamed fairness test is being dealt with by temps who are not...
  • Hospitals (5 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister update the House on developments regarding the federal government’s proposal for a Commonwealth funded,...
  • Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and follows the inability of the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations to answer my earlier questions. I refer to the Prime Minister’s...
  • Foreign Policy (6 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister advise the House of any links between Australia’s foreign policy and Australia’s prosperity? Is he...
  • Iraq (10 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In terms of the minister’s stated goal, earlier this week, of establishing peace and prosperity in Iraq, how does he rate his...
  • Fuel Options (3 speeches)
    My question today is addressed to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. In thanking him and the Prime Minister for their support for Scottsdale, I ask if the minister would update the...