House debates

Monday, 2 June 2008

  • Iraq (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister please inform the House of the progress of the withdrawal of Australian combat forces from Iraq?
  • Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General. Has the Attorney-General sought legal advice on the constitutional validity of Fuelwatch and will he release that advice?
  • Iraq (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the government will assist the Iraqi police service?
  • Fuel Prices (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Does the minister want petrol prices in Australia to go up or down?
  • Iraq (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister inform the House of Australian government assistance to the development of a more prosperous and...
  • Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, diesel has now crashed through $1.90 a litre. Aside from the government’s new road user charge, which will tax trucks and put upward...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on recent developments in the Australian economy, and what is the government’s response?
  • Fuel Prices (7 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Assistant Treasurer. Is the Assistant Treasurer aware that the ACCC’s modelling of FuelWatch covers the period before the 24-hour rule became fully...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on recent inflation data and the importance of responsible budgeting in the current inflationary environment?
  • Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the recent paper by Professor Sinclair Davidson of RMIT which demonstrates major flaws in the methodology used by the ACCC in...
  • Education Funding (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the Rudd Labor government doing to lay the...
  • Infrastructure (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.
  • Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
    On indulgence, to start with, I understood that the Deputy Prime Minister had not completed her answer before, and I was waiting for her to get the call. That is by way of explanation to the...
  • Economy (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his government’s decision to set up ‘grocerywatch’. Prime Minister, will grocery stores be forced to lock in...
  • Disability Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on outcomes from the meeting of disability ministers, and how...
  • Prime Ministerial Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to recent reports that the Prime Minister has employed at least six different diary secretaries within six months. Why has the Prime Minister had...
  • War Graves (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel. Would the minister further update the House on excavation activities at the site of the Battle of Fromelles in France?
  • Australian Public Service (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. I refer to the minister’s comments yesterday on the ABC Insiders program that some public servants think it normal to sit around...
  • Wheat Exports (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister outline to the House what progress is being made to implement the government’s commitment to reform...