House debates

Thursday, 13 November 2008

  • Diplomatic Protocol (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer to the statement of the member for Dawson this morning when he said ‘There is no question that Kevin Rudd was indiscreet’ when...
  • Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister advise the House on how the government is achieving its commitment to delivering both fairness and balance in...
  • Economy (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Treasurer and Minister for Finance and Deregulation. I refer the Acting Treasurer to the Prime Minister’s announcement on 12 October of a government guarantee...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister explain the importance of certainty and stability in workplace relations for Australian families and Australian...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General advise the House if his department has provided any advice to the effect that legislation should be enacted to underpin...
  • Regulatory Reform (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of international engagement to help address the global financial crisis?
  • Economy (7 speeches)
    My question is again to the Acting Treasurer. I note the Acting Treasurer has conceded that payment under the wholesale guarantee cannot be made without an appropriation bill being passed by...
  • Child Care (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister update the House on the government’s actions in responding to the appointment of an administrator and receiver...
  • Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Minister for Tourism. I refer the minister to his admission that every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted in Australia during the...
  • Local Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What is the government doing to build new partnerships with local government and support...
  • Emissions Trading Scheme (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Treasurer.
  • Diabetes (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What type of support is the government providing to children with type 1 diabetes?
  • New South Wales: Infrastructure (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, and it refers to the government’s plans to pay for infrastructure which the New...
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. How is the government responding to the emerging humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
  • Electrical Trades Union (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to media reports that Dean Mighell, the Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, spent $80,000 from his own...
  • Whaling (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister update the House on the government’s actions to bring an end to commercial whaling, including...
  • Hospitals (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Acting Prime Minister, does the government stand by the Prime Minister’s pledge to the Australian people that he will fix the public hospital...
  • Indigenous Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Ageing. What is the government’s response to community concerns about the need to improve Indigenous aged care?
  • Hospitals (2 speeches)
    My question is also to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to the Prime Minister’s commitment that the buck will stop with him when it comes to public hospitals....
  • Infrastructure (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister inform the House of how the government is reforming infrastructure...