House debates
Monday, 22 September 2008
- Economy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, will you, prior to your departure overseas again, meet with me to discuss what bipartisan measures can be taken in response to the global... - Budget Surplus (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of maintaining a strong budget surplus and why this is critical to Australia’s ability to... - Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the fact that the government has had three different positions on short selling in three days and that the Australian stock... - Infrastructure (12 speeches)
My question is to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How will infrastructure investment help to sustain the Australian economy in the face of... - Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that the Prime Minister will take proposals for solving the global economic crisis with him to New York. Will the Prime Minister... - Workplace Relations (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and the Minister for Social Inclusion. How will the Australian government’s National... - Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, given that six major global financial institutions have collapsed, merged or been nationalised in the last six weeks alone, what contingency... - Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to be Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline the importance of the government’s global carbon capture and storage initiative to the international fight against... - Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his commentary that there will be ‘an impact on government revenues as a result of the global financial crisis’. Is... - Climate Change (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Minister, why is carbon capture and storage vital to Australia’s clean energy future? - Age Pension (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Why is the government spending $40 million to win a temporary seat on the UN Security Council yet rejecting the much-needed $30 a week increase in... - Aged Care: Indigenous Australians (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing. What is the government response to community concerns about the quality of aged care for Indigenous communities? - Veterans (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs. Why won’t the minister support the coalition’s proposal to increase the single war veterans’ entitlements by $30 a week? - Age Pension (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the government’s commitment to fixing the pension... - Economy (5 speeches)
My— - Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Would the minister please update the House on the attitudes of primary producers in adapting to climate change?
