House debates
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
- Budget (22 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, the government is forecasting economic growth of three per cent in 2011-12 and is also forecasting to run a deficit of $25.7 billon in that year. Can... - Economy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the retail trade figures released this morning and their implications? - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of reports that over 90 per cent of National Australia Bank mortgage customers are still paying above their monthly minimum... - Economy (2 speeches)
My question is also to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to weekend newspaper reports that $81 million from the government’s first spending package went to recipients living permanently... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan improve road safety and... - Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Will the minister advise whether the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan will maximise support for jobs? Why is a... - Education (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his promises that ‘no child between year 9 and year 12 shall be without a computer’ and for ‘a trades... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade. How will Australia’s trade policy enhance the economic impact of the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan? - Health (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister outline how the government’s spending package will provide relief to patients and doctors in hospitals around the... - Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Would the Deputy Prime Minister advise the House on the... - Small Business (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to reports which show 93 per cent of small businesses are under cash flow stress. Prime Minister, how does your government expect... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. What has been the response to new investment in social housing in yesterday’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan?... - Housing Affordability (9 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. Given that the government has already brought forward more than $1.8 billion in projects for homelessness and... - 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 support for the new Energy Efficient Homes program as part of the... - Aged Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing. I refer the minister to reports that not-for-profit aged-care providers are refusing to take up placements for high-care residents. With the crisis in... - Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Minister, how is the government supporting older Australians during these challenging times? - Broadband (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister accept that his failure to get the national broadband network project under way, the government’s single biggest infrastructure... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. Will the minister advise the House of the response to the government’s Nation Building... - Infrastructure (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the repeated statements in the months leading into the last election that Labor had a plan for major infrastructure. Prime... - Nation Building and Jobs Plan (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister update the House on the reaction to the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, including the...
