House debates

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer him to correspondence released last night between the Treasurer and the Special Minister of State which shows that the Prime Minister and his senior...
  • Middle East (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the Australian government’s response to the incident yesterday between the Israeli navy and a...
  • Budget (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his letter of 10 May to the Special Minister of State, where he advised: Since the government’s tax reforms involve changes to the...
  • Interest Rates (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. What has been the outcome of today’s meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia board?
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the $38 million advertising campaign on the current mining tax policy. Given that the government is, in its own words, ‘consulting on the...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain the importance of responsible economic management to secure economic growth and prosperity for all Australians?
  • Government Advertising (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Treasurer’s letter dated 10 May about the government’s advertising campaign decision made on 20 April asking...
  • Budget (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Why is it important to counter misrepresentations regarding the government’s tax reform package?
  • Work and Family (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government providing support to Australian families?
  • Budget (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer to this email from Mr Max Mawhinney, who is a beef producer in New South Wales. He states: Now we have the Rudd resource tax, which will make...
  • Productivity (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister advise the House of the importance...
  • Budget (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his answer yesterday when, in defence of his great big new tax on mining, he said, ‘Whichever way you cut the cake the...
  • Child Care (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport, who I know is delighted with the Matildas. How is the government ensuring the stability...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. This morning I visited a landscape supplier in Queanbeyan which provides road base, limestone, sand and granite to other businesses and currently...