House debates

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister outline the importance of household payments in cushioning the Australian...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer a little earlier when he said, ‘You should not let the free market rip.’ Isn’t it the case,...
  • Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the government investing in infrastructure to support jobs and local communities...
  • Economy (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister take all the credit for Australia having the lowest net debt of any major developed country, when he inherited from the coalition...
  • Education Funding (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House reactions to...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his record borrowing plan which will plunge Australia on his own estimates into $315 billion of debt. Will the Prime Minister...
  • Small Business (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. How is the government supporting small business to support jobs and local communities, and are...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. If the government is so concerned about the level of foreign debt, why is two-thirds of its $300 billion of debt being borrowed from overseas?
  • Climate Change (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, will you outline the need for action on climate change and why business certainty is important?
  • Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
    My question without notice is to the Minister for Defence. Given the minister’s obligation under the standards of ministerial ethics set down by the Prime Minister in December 2007, I refer...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister outline the importance of a comprehensive approach to tackling climate change? What is the role of the...
  • Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
    My question without notice is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the standards for ministerial ethics that he set-down in December 2007, and to an interview on 4 May this year...
  • Horse Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister update the House on the status of the horse disease response levy bills, policies affecting the horse...
  • Queensland Government (6 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, I have a question for the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of the proposed action by Anna Bligh and the Queensland government to renege on previous agreements with the...
  • Workplace Relations (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House the process...