House debates

Thursday, 25 February 2010

  • Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to his department’s evidence that, as at 15 February this year, 65 briefings were provided to...
  • Foreign Affairs: Australian Passports (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. How has the government responded to reports of the misuse of Australian passports? How have successive Australian governments ensured the...
  • Home Insulation Program (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the disastrous consequences of fast-tracking his original home insulation scheme. If the new scheme is to be fast-tracked in...
  • Health Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. What is the government doing to advance reform in the delivery of health care for all Australians?
  • Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, at least 24 per cent, or nearly 240,000, of the one million homes insulated under the disastrous home insulation scheme are now known to have...
  • Health (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What are the latest developments in the rollout of the government’s GP superclinics and what has been the community’s reaction?
  • Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
    My question is, again, to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his earlier answer regarding the Home Insulation Program. I ask the Prime Minister: is he really telling Australians...
  • Economy (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. What do this week’s data releases say about the Australian economy and how do they relate to what key economic commentators are saying about the state of...
  • Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In the light of his previous answer, I ask the Prime Minister: will he now personally apologise to the families of the four young men who have died in...
  • Indigenous Affairs (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. What is the government doing to improve living conditions in the Alice Springs town camps?
  • Home Insulation Program (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that it might take five years to complete the inspections arising from his failed home insulation scandal, is the Prime Minister planning to compensate...
  • Solar Flagships Program (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Minister for Tourism. What progress has been made with the Solar Flagships program and how will it contribute to Australia’s...
  • Home Insulation Program (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I refer you to a constituent of mine, Mr Ron May of Insulmaster, who now faces the prospect of having to sack 28 of his workers and who, in...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Minister, why is foreign investment important for job creation and economic development? Further, why is it vital that those seeking...
  • Home Insulation Program (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister explain to the group of fired insulation workers seen on the front page of the Gold Coast Bulletin why they have lost their jobs...
  • Infrastructure (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What reforms are the government putting in place to address underinvestment in...
  • Cape York: World Heritage Listing (2 speeches)
    My question is to Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister guarantee that Cape York will not be put on the tentative World Heritage listing without the consent of...
  • Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What have been the recent comments about industrial relations...