House debates
Monday, 20 October 2008
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister rule out increasing existing taxes or imposing new taxes in the next 12 months in order to keep the budget in surplus? - Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the Australian government’s response to the global financial crisis? - Banking (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to the proposal to provide Commonwealth guarantees of wholesale term funding by banks, a measure that could result in the Commonwealth... - Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on recent assessments of the global financial crisis and its impact on the Australian economy? - Small Business (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. How is the government supporting Australian small businesses during the global financial crisis? - Employment (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. I refer the minister to her comments on ABC’s AM program this morning that ‘we expect now unemployment... - Future Fund (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Will the minister update the House on the performance of the Future Fund? - Housing Affordability (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Has the government properly thought through the impact of the significant increase of the first home owners grant on young families buying their first... - Family Payments (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the government is providing extra support to families... - Rural and Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister update the House on the impact of the global financial crisis on Australian farmers and the latest... - National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Can the Attorney-General confirm, as revealed in Senate estimates today, that the Smith review on national security and border protection was handed to the... - North West Shelf Venture (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy. Will the minister inform the House about the completion of the North West Shelf Venture’s LNG train 5 and also of progress on... - Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer him to the Prime Minister’s commitment to a $76 billion infrastructure program, of which $41 billion was to be funded through a Building... - New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation. How has NEIS been improved under the new employment services and how is the government supporting the unemployed to establish new... - Infrastructure Australia (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Minister, if the issue of spending $76 billion on infrastructure has the priority that you... - Nuclear Weapons (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on action that Australia is taking to contribute towards nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament? - Education Funding (11 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education. I refer the Minister for Education to her computers in schools program. Minister, given that the Labor governments in the... - Mental Health (2 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Prime Minister: will the Prime Minister update the parliament on the government’s commitment to addressing mental health in Australia?
