House debates

Monday, 21 June 2010

  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his claim yesterday that large mining companies are using strong-arm tactics to prevent others in the industry from supporting the...
  • Broadband (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s progress in increasing productivity by building a stronger Australian economy through the...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the plight of Clark Equipment, a supplier of forklifts and bobcats based in my electorate and employing nearly 500 people....
  • Broadband (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Why is...
  • Budget (7 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the plight of Wallis Drilling, a company that operates 40 drill rigs and employs about 225 people. Since the...
  • Broadband (4 speeches)
    To keep the Tasmanian theme going, my question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Why is the agreement between Telstra and the National Broadband Network Company an important step...
  • Budget (23 speeches)
    I refer the Prime Minister to the comments of Indigenous leader and Western Australian magistrate Sue Gordon, who said that the job prospects of thousands of Aborigines were at risk unless the...
  • Mining (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why is it so important that this mining boom be managed better than the last one?
  • Budget (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to reports that the government is in live option negotiations with the coalseam-gas-fed LNG companies for the first of the...
  • Resources (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Will the minister advise the House of the strength and importance of the relationship between China and Australia...
  • Budget (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. In light of the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement that foreign corporations are paying only 13 per cent tax, is the minister aware that a good...
  • Families (2 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government supporting families, and are there any challenges to this support?
  • Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and goes to the fact that his disastrous Home Insulation Program is now running at around one house fire every day. Prime Minister, now that the toll from...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the minister inform the House of progress with the Trade...
  • Mental Health (40 speeches)
    Mr Speaker—
  • Water (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. What action is the government taking to help rural and regional communities make the transition to a future with less...
  • Mental Health (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Professor John Mendoza’s resignation, citing the Prime Minister’s tendency to take credit for the previous...
  • Hospitals (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister update the House on the implementation of the government’s election commitment to deliver more elective surgery to...