House debates

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

  • Economy (83 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his dubious claim that all Commonwealth debt will be repaid in full by 2022. Will the Prime Minister explain to the House...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the minister update the House on how the Building the...
  • Budget (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, isn’t it the case that within four years the annual interest alone on Labor’s debt will be more than twice the total annual spending on...
  • Economy (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House why it is so important that the Reserve Bank and the government have been working together to cushion Australia from the...
  • Nation Building and Jobs Plan (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sport and Minister for Youth.
  • Economy (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, on monetary policy today, where he states, ‘Credit...
  • Mr Kevin Harkins (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to media reports that Kevin Harkins, the Tasmanian unionist who stood down as the Labor candidate in 2007 following community...
  • Foreign Affairs: International Students (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Could the foreign minister tell us what the government is doing about the recent disgraceful attacks on Indian students in Australia?
  • Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the $2 million grant allocated to the Cleve Area School through the so-called Building the Education Revolution. The school...
  • Trade (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade. Can the minister inform the House of Australia’s recent trade performance and the results of today’s release of the balance of payments for...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to her answer to the question from the member for Grey. What advice has the minister received from her department...
  • Alcopops (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister update the House on the government’s action on alcopops and any recent developments in supporting or opposing the measure?