House debates

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

  • Australian Labor Party: Kevin Bracken (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the comment of Kevin Bracken, President of the Victorian Trades Hall Council and member of the Port Melbourne branch of the Labor Party that, in...
  • Broadband (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the structural separation of Telstra a key step in delivering the National Broadband Network, and why is it important that Australian households and...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the former Prime Minister’s special deal over the Oceanic Viking require Australia to take any of the 17 passengers currently in Romania, some of...
  • Broadband (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Why is the National Broadband Network important for our future economy?
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her proposal for a regional processing centre in East Timor. Will the Prime Minister define which countries constitute...
  • 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 the...
  • Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her comments in the House that the government’s intention to accommodate 1,200 detainees at the Curtin detention centre...
  • E-Health (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister advise the House—
  • Budget (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister, or any of her ministers, say to BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto or Xstrata representatives during negotiations on the minerals resource rent...
  • Economy (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the importance of transparent and credible fiscal policy?
  • Federal Election (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. At the 2010 federal election, ALP candidates right around Australia made numerous specific promises about what the government would do in their electorates...
  • Climate Change (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Why is a price on carbon essential for our future economy and how is such reform viewed by the broader community?
  • Murray-Darling Basin (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the government undertaken modelling on the impact on prices of proposed cuts to the water allocations in the Murray-Darling Basin?
  • Water (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister explain the government’s approach to water reform and how these reforms...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Minister, Taskers New Holland, a family machinery dealership in Deniliquin in my electorate of...
  • Trade (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade. Minister, what role does trade play in Australia’s economic growth and how will the Doha Round assist in strengthening the Australian economy?
  • Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what financial recourse is there for households who paid for their own roof inspections, in light of the failure of the government’s...
  • Indigenous Affairs (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. What progress has been made on delivering improved housing in the Northern Territory?
  • Home Insulation Program (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the government suppressing the results of 96,000 foil and non-foil insulation safety inspections that show the extent of the risk of fire and...
  • Defence Procurement (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Materiel. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the Super Hornet acquisition project and the benefits of this project to...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (6 speeches)
    I have a question for the Minister representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware of the case of the Cowan Public School, in the...
  • Crime (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice. Minister, what action is the government taking to combat serious and organised crime, including the scourge of drug...