House debates

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his pre-election commitment to curb the criminal trade in people smuggling by ‘turning back the boats’. Given that...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. Will the minister outline what arguments have been raised...
  • Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Attorney-General. I refer the Attorney-General to yesterday’s transportation of another 52 recently intercepted asylum seekers to Christmas Island and to...
  • Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Why is it so important that business and the broader community move forward together to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and build the...
  • Asylum Seekers (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answers in this House on the numbers of unauthorised boat arrivals. Could the Prime Minister detail to the House...
  • White Ribbon Foundation (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. What is the significance of White Ribbon Day and the work of White Ribbon Ambassadors in taking action to stop violence against women in Australia?
  • Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In the intervening period between my last question and now, during which the Prime Minister has been provided with the numbers of unauthorised arrivals by...
  • Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. What will the government do to support households as they adjust to a low carbon future?
  • Australian Labor Party (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his commitment of two years and five months ago to sever all ties between the Australian Labor Party and the militant union...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How is the government working with farmers, researchers and those people working in the fishery and forestry industries in...
  • Australian Labor Party (37 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, my question is again to the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister says, as he did in relation to my previous question, ‘From my perspective, good news all round,’ does...
  • Climate Change (8 speeches)
    Thank you, Mr Speaker.
  • GroceryWatch (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his election promise to keep grocery prices low by establishing the GroceryWatch website, which was subsequently scrapped at a...
  • Youth Allowance (2 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 the latest...
  • Infrastructure (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. I refer the minister to his recent list of 32 large-scale projects which he said had been...
  • Welfare Reform (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government reforming the welfare system to support engagement, participation and...
  • Economic Competitiveness (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. The Treasurer would be aware that nearly three-quarters of Australia’s exports of coal and base metal and consequently the country’s standard of...
  • Health Services (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How are the government’s GP superclinics rolling out across the country and how have the superclinics been received?