House debates
Monday, 24 November 2008
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How are government policies helping to make Australia fairer, and who is benefiting from this approach? - Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer stand by his statement of 3 September this year that ‘It is just the height of economic irresponsibility, at a time of global... - Commonwealth-State Financial Arrangements (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the important changes to Commonwealth-state financial arrangements which the government has put in place as part of efforts to... - Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the Prime Minister’s direct declaration of a ‘war on inflation’ on 21 January, which he described as the biggest... - Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister update the House on the implementation of the government’s commitment to delivering an education revolution? - Schools: Computers (9 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to the government’s failure to deliver a laptop computer to more than 10 per cent of government school... - Australian Healthcare Agreements (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister outline to the House what the community can expect from new healthcare agreements between the Commonwealth and the states... - Health (7 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for Health and Ageing. I refer the minister to the government’s promise of 31 superclinics. Minister, given that not one clinic is within cooee of being... - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. How is Australia working with APEC to address key challenges in the Asia-Pacific region? - Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Is your government still committed to deliver its promise to start construction of the national broadband network before the end of 2008? - Trade (2 speeches)
My question is also on APEC and is to the Minister for Trade. Will the minister update the House on how the APEC meetings he attended have contributed to advancing global trade talks? - Whaling (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Minister, does the government stand by its ironclad, unequivocal promise of 20 May 2005, 24 May 2005, 20 June 2005, 18... - Local Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister outline the government’s plan to support local economies and... - Drought (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. I refer to the government’s election promise to provide $15 million in top-up funding to drought affected rural... - DVD Piracy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister inform the House about the latest information linking DVD piracy to organised crime? - Health (7 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to a press release issued by the Minister for Health and Ageing in January this year announcing $43.3 million to cut... - 90th Anniversary of Remembrance Day (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs. Will the minister inform the House about the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of Remembrance Day in Australia and overseas?
