House debates

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

  • Carbon Pricing (47 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her words on ABC TV last month, 'I've always believed we had to price carbon.' I ask: if the Prime Minister has always believed...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (12 speeches)
    () (): My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister would be aware of the highly acclaimed Inquiry into the impact of the Guide to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
  • Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the government overturn Work Choices? What risks are there of a return to Work Choices and why is it important to protect the rights of Australians...
  • Carbon Pricing (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to comments, reported just before question time, by Stephen Jones, the member for Throsby, who is reportedly the Labor-Left faction convenor. In relation...
  • Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts, representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and...
  • Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to a report from the Australian Energy Market Commission which shows that, even without a carbon tax, average electricity bills will increase by 30 per...
  • Hearing Impairment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the government doing to bring sound into the lives of Australian babies who are born with hearing...
  • Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to comments by garage door manufacturer Mr Geoff Didier, whom the Leader of the Opposition visited today, that a carbon tax would force him...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister update the House on the progress of water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin?...