House debates

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

  • Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the statement by the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency that, 'The introduction of a carbon price...
  • Coal Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. What are the facts about the current state of the Australian coal industry and its future outlook and...
  • Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a statement by the new Labor Senator Alex Gallacher that a carbon tax on diesel fuel will force truckies to 'go broke or cut...
  • Live Animal Exports (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the very real concerns being expressed by northern Australian cattle producers in relation to the live cattle export issue, could the Prime Minister...
  • Trade (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice. Why is the government's package of improvements to Australia's antidumping system needed to help protect Australian...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Is the government planning to use the contingency reserve of the budget to provide loans or to guarantee risk on behalf of power companies that cannot finance...
  • Tobacco Plain Packaging (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What action has the government taken to remove glamour from cigarettes and reduce the influence of tobacco companies? What reaction has there...
  • Carbon Pricing (33 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to Graham Manning, a dairy farmer in Harvey, Western Australia. One of the biggest costs in his small business is electricity, because he...
  • Climate Change (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Schools, Early Childhood and Youth representing the Minister for Science and Innovation. Will the Minister inform the House about the consensus in the...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the uncertainty facing Kangaroo Bus Lines in my electorate. It is a privately owned bus company that uses 1½ million litres of...
  • Disability Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the Australian government is supporting Australians with...
  • Coal Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Prime Minister Bob Brown's—sorry, I mean Senator Bob Brown's—statement that the coal industry should be phased out...
  • Mental Health (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing. Will the minister outline how the government is delivering on the Prime Minister's commitment to make mental health a priority?