House debates

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

  • Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the case of Mrs Joyce Smith of Coffs Harbour, who had foil insulation installed in her home. Mrs Smith paid $240 on top of the...
  • Hospitals (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the government supporting health and hospital reform and how have past failures in health policy made the need for action more urgent?
  • Home Insulation Program (6 speeches)
    My question without notice is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a letter of 14 March from Mr David Yunus, a homeowner in Marrickville in Sydney, who says an insulation...
  • Pensions and Benefits (5 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How are government support and community attitudes to disability pensioners, carers and families...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to recent comments by one New South Wales principal who stated: I am sitting here staring at my beautiful new $425,000 library...
  • Trade (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade. Would the minister advise the House on the important role that international trade plays in creating jobs in Australia and on the significance of the...
  • Building the Education Revolution (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to comments by Mr Gary Zadkovich, the deputy president of the New South Wales Teachers Federation, who said: A school may...
  • Burma (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Minister, has there been any progress on the so-called road map to democracy in Burma since the minister’s statement to the House last month?
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a statement of the New South Wales Teachers Federation, whose 50,000 members serve in 3,000 public schools around New South...
  • Hospitals (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on his plan to reform the health and hospital systems and of any impediments to the implementation of this plan?