House debates

Thursday, 13 May 2010

  • Budget (4 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the reported view of the Secretary of the Treasury, Dr Henry, expressed at a private briefing yesterday that a drop off in...
  • Climate Change (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a speech last year in which he said that failure to act immediately on climate change represented ‘absolute political...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I ask: what role is responsible economic management playing in the budget’s return to surplus and why is ongoing fiscal discipline so important?
  • Economy (6 speeches)
    My question is, again, to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the comments of Rio Tinto chief, Tom Albanese, that Rio would not have invested $38 billion in Australia over the past...
  • (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Why is it important that there is bipartisan support for the government’s strict fiscal rules and for returning the budget to...
  • Budget (22 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his speech on 4 May 2010 in which he said: … the most significant ‘spend’ in the entire tax package is over $8 billion...
  • Infrastructure (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Minister. How is the government’s transport and community infrastructure investment...
  • Budget (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer confirm that all of the spending announcements associated with the government’s great big new mining tax are a growing recurrent cost to...
  • Nation Building and Jobs Plan (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Would the minister update the House on today’s labour force...
  • Budget (28 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the fact that small capital mining companies are considered to be one of the riskiest investments. Treasurer, how much has the government...