House debates

Monday, 17 June 2013

  • Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
    Madam Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. I remind her that in the past three years families' electricity costs have increased by 45 per cent. Is the Prime Minister aware that...
  • Education Funding (2 speeches)
    Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. How has the government made sure that parents and school communities have the information and the funding they need to make every school a great school?
  • Carbon Pricing (15 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister making the world's biggest carbon tax even bigger by imposing a carbon tax on heavy vehicles from 1 July next year?
  • Education (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How will schools, particularly those in my home state of Victoria, benefit from the government's plan for better schools?
  • Employment (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the warning from the Business Council of Australia, and I quote: Our costs are too high, productivity is too low, we haven't...
  • Veterans (10 speeches, 2 comments)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. On the Sunshine Coast, we have many service veterans. I am advised that in early March at Rooty Hill, the Prime Minister promised...
  • Education Funding (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. What do schools and families in my electorate and across Queensland stand to lose by the state government's refusal to sign on to the national plan for...
  • Employment (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer of his promise from 18 May 2011 when he said, 'We are going to see the creation of 500,000 new jobs over the next two years'. Will the...
  • Economy (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer: why does Australia have one of the strongest economies in the world; and how will the government's plan for smarter and fairer schools make our economy even...
  • Clean Energy Finance Corporation (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that the government's $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which is funded with borrowed money, is set to lend $100 million for...