House debates

Thursday, 13 March 2008

  • Small Business (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the most recent Sensis survey of small and medium businesses shows the largest decline in confidence in government policies...
  • Environment (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister inform the House about the dangers of reckless spending on environmental schemes with dubious...
  • Small Business (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to her disparaging comments yesterday in this...
  • Higher Education (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. How does Australia’s higher education system measure up against the world? What action is the government taking to address this?
  • Local Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his stated strong opposition before the election to Labor’s forced council amalgamations in Queensland and to the...
  • Aged Care (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Ageing. Could the minister please inform the House of the government response to community concerns about quality in Australia’s 2,870 aged-care facilities?
  • Fuel Prices (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to the earlier question from the member for Parramatta and to the continued spiralling of the world...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. Has the slump in Australia’s productivity growth over the last several years been caused...
  • Expenditure Review Committee (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that, in his absence, the Minister for Finance and Deregulation has been chairing many meetings of the all-important...