House debates

Monday, 29 October 2012

  • Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that power prices have now risen 90 per cent under the Labor government, including 15 per cent in the last quarter, the...
  • Asian Century (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House on the opportunities for Australia flowing from the shift of economic weight to Asia? What is the government's plan...
  • Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her many statements in this House and elsewhere that she has always been in favour of pricing carbon. How does the Prime...
  • Asian Century (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the importance of keeping our economy strong to take full advantage of the opportunities of the Asian century?
  • Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
    My question is also to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer agree with Dr David Gruen, Executive Director of the Macroeconomic Group of the Treasury Department—his own department—that a...
  • Coal Seam Gas (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Minister, given that the clear objective of the National Partnership Agreement on Coal Seam Gas...
  • Asian Century (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Asian Century Policy. Congratulations to my neighbour on this recent appointment.
  • Union Funds (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her press conference on 23 August where she answered questions regarding the establishment of a slush fund for the re-election...
  • Asian Century (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Will the minister outline the role of our schools and schoolchildren in helping Australia take advantage of the...
  • Asylum Seekers (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister that almost 6,200 asylum seekers have arrived in the first three months of this financial year, four times more than budgeted. Is...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how is the government getting on with the job of securing the future of the Murray-Darling Basin?
  • Budget (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to her failure to answer a question from the Leader of the Opposition. I ask her again: does the Prime Minister stand by her promise to deliver a...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (5 speeches)
    My question is to the minister for water. Following on from the Prime Minister's earlier answer, what are the implications of the government's announcement for the future health of the...