House debates

Thursday, 18 June 2009

  • Economy (31 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Obama administration’s overnight announcement of sweeping changes to the regulation of the United States...
  • Renewable Energy (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain how the government’s renewable energy target will assist Australian households to install solar panels and drive the...
  • Economy (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the fact that Australia’s sovereign debt will be around $475 billion or over $21,000 of government debt for every man, every woman and every...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister outline the importance of supporting renewable energy as part of a comprehensive approach to tackling...
  • Education (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the call today from the Australian Education Union for the school stimulus debacle to be reviewed to determine, amongst other...
  • Renewable Energy (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how developments in the Senate today on renewable energy legislation will impact on jobs and investment in the Australian...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his recent apparent interest in infrastructure in Sydney eastern suburbs schools. I also refer him to the Randwick primary...
  • Road Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Would the minister outline for the House the government’s road investment program...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (21 speeches)
    I refer the Prime Minister to the comments of the principal of the Berwick Lodge Primary School in the Australian today, which said that schools ‘are being harassed into signing off on...
  • Economy (22 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. What is the government’s strategy for lifting Australia’s long-term productivity performance? Why is it vital that the...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (31 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to comments made yesterday by Sam Williams, Chairman of the Naracoorte Primary School Council in my...
  • Housing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. How is the government’s stimulus to the housing sector supporting jobs in our economy?
  • Building the Education Revolution (39 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education. Can the minister confirm that the Lake Wangary Primary School on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia has received a...