House debates
Monday, 23 November 2009
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House as to the nature and status of the injuries sustained by both Australian personnel and asylum seekers in the recent... - Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the progress of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme as the centrepiece of Australia’s efforts to tackle... - Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House: what is the capacity of the Christmas Island detention centre and how many asylum seekers are currently in the... - Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is the introduction of a carbon pollution reduction scheme such a vital economic reform for Australia’s future? - Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister tell the House if the asylum seekers medivaced following the riot on Christmas Island will now be offered a special deal like the... - Climate Change (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. Will the minister outline the significant scientific... - Asylum Seekers (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House whether he has approached directly any other countries, asking them to resettle any of the 78 asylum seekers from... - Global Food Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How has the government been engaging internationally on the connections between climate change and food security? - Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister tell the House whether he regards the recent surge in people smuggling as a serious problem? There have been 54 boats since he... - Training (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the latest measures the government is... - Health System (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. With the target now set for population increases in Australia, with the well-known ageing population challenges we have right now, with debt at both the... - Climate Change: Emergency Management (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Is it the case that climate change is projected to lead to more severe heatwaves, intense cyclones and floods, severe storms, more extreme bushfires and... - National Schools Chaplaincy Program (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his announcement last Saturday that the National Schools Chaplaincy Program has been given an 18-month stay of execution with... - Income Support for Students Legislation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House the importance... - Building the Education Revolution Program (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to reports that Berwick Lodge Primary... - Cancer Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Minister, will you update the House on government initiatives to tackle cancer in our community? - Terrorism (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of a bill to assist the more than 300 Australian victims of overseas terrorism on which the members for Paterson and Newcastle... - Child Care (2 speeches)
- Second Sydney Airport (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his election promise as stated in this letter of 26 September 2007: Labor has no plans to alter the status of RAAF base... - Older Australians (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing. What assistance is the government providing to help older Australians retain their independence and continue to live in their own homes and communities? - Hospitals (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s broken promise to fix public hospitals by 30 June 2009. Will the Prime Minister identify one of Australia’s 762... - Child Sexual Exploitation (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the government’s proposed reforms to child sexual exploitation laws?