House debates

Monday, 15 June 2009

  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s nation building for recovery program to drive Australia out of the worst global recession...
  • Budget (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the government’s claim that its massive debt burden is responsible for job creation and has nothing at all to do with rising interest rates. Will...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (20 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 update the House on recent media...
  • OzCar (6 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Mr John Grant, who has supplied him with a free car for almost all of the time he has been Leader of the Labor Party,...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the estimated cost to the economy and the budget of not acting to support up to 210,000 jobs?
  • OzCar (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement in question time on 4 June that Mr John Grant’s representations in relation to OzCar were referred to Treasury as the...
  • Economy (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. How have the government’s stimulus measures helped to support the Australian economy and why is it important for these measures...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the Hastings Public School in New South Wales, which was granted $400,000 for a covered outdoor learning area under the...
  • Infrastructure (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister please update the House on the rollout of the government’s record...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. Does the minister agree with the Prime Minister’s comments on 3 February about the school stimulus package when he said, ‘This government...
  • Solar Energy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. How will the new solar credits continue the government’s unprecedented support for the solar panel industry? How...
  • National School Pride Program (5 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Education. Will the minister explain why her National School Pride program prohibits schools from installing air conditioning in existing classrooms...
  • Climate Change (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and the Minister Assisting Minister for Climate Change. Will the minister outline to the House the work that has been...
  • North West Queensland Mineral Province (7 speeches)
    My question without notice is to the honourable Minister for Resources and Energy. The minister would be aware of his own role as the Lone Ranger riding to the rescue of the $15 billion North...
  • Swine Influenza (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister advise the House on the latest swine flu developments in Australia and internationally and on the government’s...
  • Nation Building and Jobs Plan (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer explain why a $900 cash-splash cheque from the Reserve Bank to Mrs Gloria Hartridge has bounced, resulting in a $9 dishonour fee to this...
  • FIFA World Cup Bid (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport. Will the minister update the House on Australia’s bid for the 2018-22 FIFA World Cup?