House debates

Monday, 30 May 2011

  • Carbon Pricing (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Now that we have a 'yes' campaign on a carbon tax, when will the Prime Minister finally admit that, yes, she did break her promise not to have a carbon tax,...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House how the 10,000 Teens campaign will see young Australian women take action on climate change? Why is it critical to...
  • Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
    My question is the Prime Minister. I refer to the Press Club address last month by the Minister for Climate Change. He said: If the imposition of a carbon price led to production being moved...
  • Climate Change (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister update the House on the government's efforts to introduce a carbon price that will cut pollution and...
  • Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that in withdrawing from the 10-state emissions trading scheme in the United States—the scheme she has previously cited in...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy. Minister, the proposed HRL coal fired power station in the Latrobe Valley will have a pollution intensity similar to a black coal fired...
  • Economy (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Is the Treasurer aware of recent reports about the importance of credible policies to return the budget to surplus? What is the government's response?
  • Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to last week's G8 meeting, at which Russia, Japan and Canada advised that they would not join a second round of carbon cuts under the Kyoto...
  • Tobacco Products (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister outline the steps the government has taken with regard to tobacco plain packaging legislation? How have these steps been...
  • Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Australian Food and Grocery Council's modelling that suggests that food and grocery prices will rise by between three and...
  • Budget (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why is it critical that savings measures in the budget are supported, and are there any threats to their passage through the parliament?
  • Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Is the Treasurer aware of independent research conducted by the National Farmers Federation which shows that an average Western Australian grain producer will be...