House debates

Monday, 15 September 2008

  • Age Pension (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why are pensioners worse off since the election of the Rudd government?
  • Housing Affordability (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline what the government is doing to address Australia’s housing affordability crisis?
  • Age Pension (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the latest economic data showing that, in the first six months of his government, the price of bread has gone up 3.2 per cent,...
  • Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Housing. Will the minister update the House on the government’s progress in delivering on its commitment to establish a housing affordability fund?
  • Age Pension (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to revelations that for five months his government has been sitting on an 83-page report from Dr Ken Henry and the Department of...
  • Housing Affordability (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why is it important that we act to improve housing affordability after 12 years of neglect?
  • Age Pension (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments reported in the Herald Sun today that: It would be, I think, almost impossible to continue to live on the current...
  • Rural and Regional Australia (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What are the benefits of the Rudd government’s nation-building agenda for regional...
  • Age Pension (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister believes that he could not live on the single age pension of $273 per week, how much more does he think that single pensioners need...
  • Budget (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the importance of responsible budgeting and recent warnings about the impacts of irresponsible budgeting on inflation and...
  • Age Pension (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister has said that he could not live on the single age pension of $273 a week, why is he demanding that almost 900,000 Australians do...