House debates
Thursday, 27 May 2010
- Budget (17 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Yesterday the Treasurer in this place declared the effective tax rate for the mining industry at the moment to be 17 per cent, and he said that on eight separate... - Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Why is tax reform critical to strengthening Australia’s economy? - Budget (20 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to comments by the Chairman of Rio Tinto, who said yesterday: “From the government’s side, some of the statistics that we have... - Trade Training Centres in Schools Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. How is the government investing in our schools to deliver trades... - Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister assure the people of Whyalla that his great big new tax on mining will not jeopardise the Whyalla steelworks and the thousands of jobs... - Productivity (15 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... - Budget (54 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to claims by the Hunter Business Chamber, a chamber that represents 1,000 businesses in the Hunter Valley, that 15,000 people are... - Hospitals (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister update the House on the government’s rollout of extra subacute services and beds across our hospital system and on... - Budget (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Treasurer. Given that the government is preparing to announce changes to the great big new tax on mining, will the Treasurer guarantee that after the backflip he... - Defence Equipment (12 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister for Defence Materiel and Science and the Minister assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister inform the... - Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it refers to the damage already being done by his great big new tax—the collapsing dollar, the falling stock market, the suspension of projects and... - Korean Peninsula (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how Australia is working with other nations to respond to developments on the Korean Peninsula? Why is... - Budget (14 speeches)
I refer my question to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, there are reports in the Warwick Daily News in my electorate of Maranoa that the government’s great big new tax on mining is a... - Infrastructure (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the government delivering community and nation-building infrastructure for regional...
