House debates

Monday, 17 March 2008

  • Beijing AustChina Technology (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, as shadow foreign affairs minister, he accompanied a Chinese importer of Australian telecommunications products, Beijing...
  • HMAS Sydney (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the discovery of HMAS Sydney?
  • Beijing AustChina Technology (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to an earlier question concerning his visit to Sudan in 2006. Did the Prime Minister attend any business meetings in Sudan in June...
  • Tibet (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the Australian government’s approach to developments in Tibet?
  • Beijing AustChina Technology (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, in light of your response to the previous question about business meetings in Sudan, can you explain comments reported today by the...
  • Economy (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the latest developments in global financial markets and the consequences for Australia?
  • Beijing AustChina Technology (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, in relation to your trip to Sudan in 2006, did the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provide any assistance, and did you seek it?
  • Economy (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on recent contributions to the debate about the magnitude and nature of the inflation challenge in the Australian economy?
  • Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the current status of the assessment of AWAs by the...
  • Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to letters now being sent to pensioners about the increase in deeming rates for seniors and retirees, which, of course, has the...
  • Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister update the House on the government’s progress in implementing the fair, balanced and flexible...
  • Transport Workers Union (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to comments he made on 2 October last year that he had asked Labor’s national secretary to conduct an internal investigation...
  • Economy (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. What is the government doing to place downward pressure on the cost-of-living increases for working families? In particular, what is the government...
  • HMAS Sydney (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel. Now that the wrecks of HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran have been found, will the minister update the House on further immediate...
  • Health Services (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. In the light of comments made by the South Australian Minister for Health, John Hill, that GP superclinics ‘don’t necessarily...
  • Climate Change (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister outline how the Rudd government is delivering on its election commitment to take action on climate...