House debates

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. I refer the minister to the following comments by Premier Mike Rann this morning on Adelaide radio: I got a phone call about an...
  • Tasmania (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. What does a landmark deal signed in Tasmania today mean for the future of Tasmania’s...
  • Asylum Seekers (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister concede that the government’s failure to reopen Nauru, its failure to make progress with East Timor, its announcement of two...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How are the government’s reforms modernising and streamlining our national economy?
  • Asylum Seekers (19 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her statement: ‘I don’t think it’s the Australian way to have kids behind razor wire.’ Will...
  • Climate Change (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
  • Environment (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Is the minister aware that in just six years Australia has become a net importer of pork, fruit...
  • Economy (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why is a floating exchange rate important to the resilience of the Australian economy?
  • Water Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. It refers to the statement of the New South Wales Independent Pricing Tribunal yesterday that...
  • Defence (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister advise the House on the inaugural ASEAN-Plus Defence Ministers Meeting and the importance of security and cooperation in our region?
  • Murray-Darling Basin (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Minister, how much of the $5.8 billion set aside by the former coalition government for...
  • Child Protection (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Minister, what action is the government taking to help prevent and address the neglect of children...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister outline how the promised 200 gigalitres of water savings from the...
  • Schools (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. What work is the government undertaking to make school financial data more transparent?
  • Home Insulation Program (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, and it also refers to issues of transparency. I refer the minister to his statement yesterday that data on 55,000...
  • Violence Against Women (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare and Minister for the Status of Women. What support is the government providing to women who have been subjected to violence?
  • National Education Standards (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Will the minister confirm that the national curriculum slated to begin in January 2011 will now not meet the...
  • Donations to Political Parties (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. Will the minister update the House on the progress of enhancing the integrity of Australia’s political funding disclosure regime?