House debates

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Questions without Notice

 
  • Indonesian President’s State Visit (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House why the Indonesian President’s state visit to Australia scheduled for next week has been cancelled at such...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the need for action on climate change and how the Australian government is responding to this challenge?
  • Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister denies that any special or preferential deal has been offered to the 78 asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking, is the Prime...
  • Climate Change (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. Now that the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme has passed the...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is, again, to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to all those other people currently in detention in Indonesia, intercepted by the Indonesians on Australia’s behalf...
  • Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why is passing the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation critical to give business the certainty it needs to invest in the future?
  • Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
    My question is, again, to the Prime Minister. I refer him to his previous answers in which he said again and again that there was no special or preferential deal with the asylum seekers on the...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Why is a comprehensive approach to energy efficiency important in addressing dangerous climate change?
  • Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Now that the Prime Minister has had an opportunity to check the sequence of events, will the Prime Minister inform the House who on his personal staff sits...
  • Afghanistan (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on his visit last week to Afghanistan and Australia’s mission in Afghanistan?
  • Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister and refers to my previous question and his failure to answer it and the offer made to the asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking. Was the Prime Minister...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House whether the decision of the border protection subcommittee of cabinet to make the written offer to the asylum...
  • Road Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the government’s road infrastructure investment in the Hunter and on the...
  • National Security (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s failure to tell the House when the border protection subcommittee met to determine the terms of the offer to the...
  • Income Support for Students Legislation (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of the...
  • Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the arrival of the fourth unauthorised boat in three days. Will he confirm that 52 boats carrying almost 2,300 people...
  • Asbestos Compensation (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. What steps has the government recently taken to ensure victims of asbestos...