House debates

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

  • Hospitals (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. What are the critical economic and financial reforms central to the government’s plan for a national health and hospital network and why is it important...
  • Taxation (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Prime Minister’s statement last week in which he suggested he was too busy to release the Henry review into Australia’s tax system. Now...
  • Hospitals (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How has the government’s health reform plan been received by the community?
  • Goods and Services Tax (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the comments of Ken Baxter, the former head of former Premier Bob Carr’s department in New South Wales, who said, ‘I do not...
  • Paid Parental Leave (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government supporting new parents, and how confident can they be that this support will...
  • Hospitals (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his proposed local hospital networks and ask: how many networks will there be, how many hospitals will be in each network, how...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. What are the main take-outs from the national accounts released last week? What do they say about the state of our economic recovery and the importance of...
  • Drought (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Whilst the Australian people, particularly those 70,000 employed in the beef industry, appreciated yesterday’s stand...
  • International Women’s Day (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Status of Women. What action is the government taking to promote the equality of women in Australia?