House debates

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Treasury secretary’s preference to extend the superprofits tax on mining to other sectors of the economy. Will the...
  • Welfare Reform (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what are the implications of the passage of the government’s welfare reform legislation in the Senate last night?
  • Budget (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that Telstra, Woolworths, Coca-Cola, JB Hi-Fi, Leighton, Metcash, Foster’s, Brambles and Cochlear, to name a few, were all more profitable...
  • Welfare Reform (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government reforming welfare to protect vulnerable Australians?
  • Budget (7 speeches)
    Given that the Treasury secretary wants to impose a super profits tax—
  • Broadband (7 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. What...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a small business in my electorate, Foztrax, which subcontracts to the resources sector. Since the announcement of the great big...
  • Broadband (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Minister, how will the development of the National Broadband Network, commencing as it is in my electorate of Braddon, enable the...