House debates
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the comments by the Deputy Prime Minister in Davos, where she said: We have open and competitive markets backed up by a world... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the economic benefits of the Nation Building and Jobs Plan announced today? - Employment (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments today that the government’s $10.4 billion spending package announced in October and delivered in... - Education Funding (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the Rudd Labor government doing to stimulate the... - Employment (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his statement a little while ago where he said that Treasury estimates the $42 billion claim he has announced today... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan benefit local... - Economy (16 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Treasurer, and I ask him to compare the following. The 1975 budget resulted in a turnaround from a surplus of $181 million, which represented 0.3 per cent of GDP, into a... - Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments late last year that 133,000 new jobs would be created by his COAG spending package and 32,000 new jobs would be... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan help Australian families under pressure? - Employment (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments at the National Press Club in December—that the government’s three major stimulus packages would... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and the Minister for the Status of Women. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan help the housing market support jobs in the... - Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his statement the day before the last election when he described himself as an economic conservative and said: Economic... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister update the House on how the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan will roll out energy... - Interest Rates (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the 3.75 percentage point difference between the official interest rate today and that of June last year, when the Prime... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. Will the minister advise the House of the benefits for small business of the government’s... - Interest Rates (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, will the government commit to ensuring the banks pass on today’s cut in official interest rates to small business operators, who are... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel. Will the minister inform the House of the role that Defence Housing Australia will play in the government’s Nation Building... - Interest Rates (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House what decisive action the government is taking to ensure that today’s one per cent interest rate reduction is... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How will rural and regional Australians benefit from the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan?