House debates

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

  • Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to her statement yesterday: It is simply wrong to suggest that the Treasury modelling of the government's Clean Energy Future program depends on the...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government securing a fair deal for some of Australia's most vulnerable workers and delivering a better future for working people?
  • Carbon Pricing (22 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister respects working families, as she now claims, why did she lie to the Australian people before the last election when she said, 'There...
  • Road Safety (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Would the minister update the House on what the government is doing to tackle speed, fatigue and dangerous work practices in our...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that major economies like the United States, whose greenhouse emissions make up 18 per cent of the global total, China, whose...
  • Mining (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. It relates to the government's intention to form a national partnership agreement with the states and create an independent scientific body to assess coal...
  • Women (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare and Minister for the Status of Women. What is the government doing to ensure that some of Australia's most vulnerable...
  • Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the statement by President Obama in January 2008 that under a cap and trade system 'electricity rates would necessarily...
  • Mining (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the importance of spreading the opportunities of the mining boom to create jobs right across our country.
  • Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the admission last week by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency that the Kyoto agreement has collapsed. I quote the minister: You...
  • Mining (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Minister, how will the government's reforms to resource tax help working people and small businesses to benefit...
  • Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to evidence given at the carbon tax inquiry by Treasury officials, that they modelled: … a scheme where countries make the...
  • Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Minister, would you update the House on the rollout of the government's schools reform program? Moreover, what...
  • Mining (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer him to his statement yesterday that he had not reduced his mining tax revenue estimates by $3 billion because the New South Wales government 'haven't told...
  • Families (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House the supports this government is providing to Australian...
  • Mining (7 speeches)
    You are doing well, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the fact that prices for coal and iron ore have dropped by up to 20 per cent since September this year....
  • Health (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How are GP superclinics providing better health care, particularly in growth areas and areas of workforce shortage? What would be the impact...