House debates
Thursday, 2 November 2006
- Interest Rates (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that if there is an interest rate rise next week it will be the eighth back-to-back interest rate hike? How much have these... - Climate Change (15 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, would you outline to the House government initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power stations? Is the Prime... - Fiji (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Minister, what is the government’s reaction to threats by the Fiji military commander to force the resignation of the Fiji... - Interest Rates (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it follows the first question I asked him. Does the Prime Minister accept any personal responsibility for any of the last seven back-to-back rate hikes? - Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer outline recent data on retail trade? What does this indicate about the financial position of Australian households? - Workplace Relations (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a question asked by the member for Grayndler on 10 August about Tristar’s refusal to guarantee it would meet its... - Regional Telecommunications (16 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how federal government investment in... - Workplace Relations (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the website of Brisbane law firm Connor Hunter, which states: The Federal Government’s work Choices amendments offer you the opportunity to... - Future Fund (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the government’s contribution to the Future Fund? Treasurer, are there any proposals to drain the... - Workplace Relations (19 speeches)
Regrettably, my question is not to the chicken; it is to the Prime Minister. - Medibank Private (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Is it the government’s view that the privatisation of Medibank Private will produce benefits for policy holders? Is the... - Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It relates to the question just asked of him by the member for Perth, which incorporated a set of statistics which indicated how many conditions had been... - Iraq (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Is the minister aware of claims that the government is not receiving adequate intelligence assessments on the situation in Iraq, and... - Horticulture Code of Conduct (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Given that the government will deliver only part of its promised mandatory horticulture code of conduct by exempting... - Violence Against Women (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues. How is the government preventing violence against... - Iraq (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Did the minister or his department approve any of the seven new import contracts between Australian companies and Saddam Hussein’s... - Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware of any allegations of corrupted tender processes in public works in Victoria? What is the... - Iraq (29 speeches)
My question again is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to his answer to my last question, when he referred me to answers delivered by his officials to Senate estimates. Will the... - Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Human Services. Would the minister inform the House what the government is doing to get more Australians into work and what initiatives have been...
