House debates

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the announcement yesterday by Xstrata that it was suspending its $30 million North Queensland regional exploration program because...
  • Council of Australian Governments (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please update the House on the latest COAG meeting?
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his statement on Perth radio last Wednesday that a mining superprofit is any return on investment over six per cent. Will the...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on developments in the global economy and the need for reform to Australia’s economy to convert our current...
  • Budget (27 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. It relates to the terms of reference for consultation with the resource industry through the resource tax consultative panel, which has been instructed by...
  • Climate Change (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer him to his repeated statement that climate change is the greatest moral challenge of our time and I ask: does he still believe that? Further, I...
  • Superannuation (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. How have the government’s simpler and fairer superannuation reforms been received...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Rawlinsons Australian Construction Handbook indicates that single-level primary school buildings should cost $1,350 per square metre. The cost per square...
  • Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How will tax reform deliver better nation-building infrastructure? Why is this so very...
  • Home Insulation Program (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the collapsed Home Insulation Program. In particular, I refer to his promise in front of parliament on 24 February to Kelly...