House debates

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer the Prime Minister to statements about his great big new tax on mining. Here is David Murray: ‘My view is that the tax has to be changed or...
  • Welfare Reform (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House the government’s approach to welfare reform, as set out in the welfare reform bills currently before the...
  • Budget (4 speeches)
    May I, on indulgence, say yes to those questions that were posed. My question is to the Prime Minister—I do not wish the Prime Minister to be unnecessarily frustrated or agitated—
  • Welfare Reform (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How will the government’s welfare reform fight passive welfare and support children?
  • Budget (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the following statements made by economic analysts about his proposed big new tax on mining. Chris Richardson from Access...
  • Aviation (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What is the government’s priority when it comes to aviation policy? How is the...
  • Budget (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the respected economic analyst Morgan Stanley’s latest research report, released this morning, which finds that under the...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. How do prospects for the Australian and other Asian economies compare with elsewhere in the world, and what does this say about the need for economic reform here...
  • Budget (38 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the recent statement of the Canadian Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, who said of the supertax: If it is what it appears to...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on recent...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister now admit to the House that the tax he sought to compare to his supertax in his last answer is in fact an amendment to the mining...
  • Maternity Care (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the government providing more choice and information for women and families in maternity care—
  • Budget (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s earlier answer, in which he compared a new earthquake tax in Chile with his own great big new tax on mining. Can the...
  • Liberal National Party (46 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation and the Minister representing the Special Minister for State. Why is it important that registered political parties run stable and...