House debates

Tuesday, 2 December 2008

  • Interest Rates (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his misguided and mistaken message to Australian borrowers earlier this year that the inflation monster was out of control in...
  • Schools (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister please update the House in relation to its transparency and accountability reforms for Australian schools?
  • Interest Rates (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. I refer the minister to comments he made at his 17 October summit with banks and farming organisations. He said: … I...
  • Disability Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Given that tomorrow is International Day of People with Disability, will the minister update the...
  • Broadband (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Minister,...
  • Interest Rates (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House of the decision taken by the Reserve Bank board today?
  • Health Funding (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of the preventative health reforms agreed to by COAG at the weekend?
  • Hospitals (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. On 22 October this year, the Prime Minister’s website, under the heading ‘Fixing our hospitals’, said: … if significant progress...
  • Housing Affordability and Homelessness (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. What will be the impact of the recent Council of Australian Governments meeting in the areas of housing and...
  • Soil Carbon Research (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and relates to the possible closure by the New South Wales government of the Glen Innes Agricultural Research and...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Does the Fair Work Bill implement Labor’s policy Forward...
  • Schools: Computers (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to media reports that the bungled computers in schools program could blow out even further, because the lowest...
  • Aviation (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What steps is the government taking to secure the long-term future of Australia’s...
  • Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. I refer the minister to her statement just now that her right of entry laws are basically going back to what...
  • Identity Crime (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister inform the House about the government’s latest reforms to protect against identity crime?
  • Local Government (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of a review earlier this year of New South Wales local government investments which revealed that almost $600 million was...
  • Murray-Darling River System (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Water. Can the minister update the House on progress on...