House debates
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and refers to his claim that employment growth explains poor productivity in the Australian economy, due to the addition of less productive workers to the... - Employment (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the findings of the OECD employment outlook 2007? What does this indicate about the relationship between... - Interest Rates (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister claim that working families in Australia have never been better off when Reserve Bank figures show that a record 11.7... - Transport Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the coalition government’s... - Liberal Party (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to the joint operational arrangements for the BCA-ACCI campaign and specifically to the fact that the campaign director is chief Liberal... - Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House about changes to the tax system that will come into effect on 1 July? Treasurer, are you aware of any alternative... - Liberal Party (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that the Liberal Party operatives running the BCA-ACCI campaign have not had access to taxpayer funded opinion poll research? - Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister inform the House how flexible employment and workplace relations systems contribute to a... - Liberal Party (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister give me one simple guarantee that no taxpayer funded opinion poll research has been made available to any of the organisers of the... - Trade Unions (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister please update the House on union campaigns in hospitals, particularly a scaremongering campaign at the Nepean... - Ethanol (7 speeches)
I ask a question without notice of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Is the minister aware that Al Gore quotes corn ethanol as a 29 per cent emissions reducer and as his first... - Royal Australian Navy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House on steps being taken by the Australian government to strengthen the Royal Australian Navy? What is the... - Ministerial Staff (3 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. I refer the Attorney-General to the tabled list of government personal staffing arrangements, which identifies that 13 positions are allocated to him. How... - Broadband (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in his capacity as minister representing the Minister for Communications, Information, Technology and the Arts.... - Liberal Party (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Workplace Relations. Can the Minister for Workplace Relations guarantee that no taxpayer funded opinion poll research has been made available to any of the... - Water (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Would the minister inform the House of the government’s determination to ensure better access to water for... - Ministerial Staff (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Attorney-General. I refer to his previous answer in which he indicated that staff at his ministerial office at 70 Phillip Street, Sydney read the newspapers, monitor... - Unemployment (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Workforce Participation. Would the minister inform the House what action the government is taking to assist long-term unemployed Australians into...