House debates

Monday, 10 November 2008

  • Automotive Industry (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How many more cars will be sold this financial year as a result of the government’s car assistance package?
  • Remembrance Day (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House of the significance to all Australians of the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War?
  • Automotive Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. Given that around half of all cars sold in Australia each year are either leased or financed and given that the government’s ill-considered...
  • Economy (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. What recent action has the government taken to protect Australia against the global financial crisis?
  • Child Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the Australian government doing to ensure that Australian...
  • Diplomatic Protocol (13 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the article in the Australian newspaper of 25 October which described in graphic detail a conversation between...
  • Child Care (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the Australian government doing to get the policy settings...
  • Diplomatic Protocol (13 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to his answer to my previous question, in which he expressly failed to deny that he or his office leaked details of the conversation with the...
  • Indonesia: Travel Advice (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the Australian government’s advice with respect to travel to Indonesia, following the execution of...
  • Child Care (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer to the fact that the...
  • Economy (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Will the minister update the House on recent assessments of the Australian economy, including the release today of the Reserve Bank...
  • Child Care (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. Given that the minister has stated that 40...
  • Middle East (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister report on his recent visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories? What is the government’s approach to the Middle...
  • Health (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister outline any relevant investments in Australia’s health workforce and the challenges that they are designed to overcome?
  • Small Business (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments on 7 October when he said, ‘The government welcomes the relief that the Reserve Bank of Australia’s...
  • Voluntary Student Unionism (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sport and Minister for Youth. What action has the government taken to restore student amenities and representation on university campuses across Australia? What...