House debates

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

  • Economy (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, in October 2007 you promised the Australian people that you had ‘a set of policies’ to ‘lift the pressure off working...
  • Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to specific warnings received by the government in February 2008 that closing the Nauru processing centre would add to people...
  • Social and Community Workers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and it seeks clarity as to the government’s submissions to Fair Work Australia in the equal pay case. Does the government agree that equal pay for these...
  • Japanese Foreign Minister: Visit to Australia (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the significance to Australia’s economy of the visit to Australia by Japanese Foreign Minister, Seiji Maehara?
  • Insulation Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the 26 unheeded warnings that the government received about the dangers inherent in the Home Insulation Program throughout...
  • Broadband (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the House in his role as the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. How will the National Broadband Network...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the warnings she received about the maladministration of the school hall program from April 2009, warnings she described as...
  • Banking (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Why is supporting smaller lenders important for competition in the banking sector?