House debates

Monday, 21 February 2011

  • Budget (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House why it was right to announce cuts of $412 million from the Solar Flagships, the National Rent Affordability Scheme...
  • Health (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government supporting our hospital system and patients following the recent Council of Australian Governments meeting?
  • Youth Allowance (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. When the opposition fought to restore fair access to youth allowance for kids from the bush, the government labelled it ‘unsustainable and...
  • Health (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How will health reform improve the funding and efficiency of the health system, and how have these reforms been received?
  • Climate Change (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and acting Treasurer. Will the Assistant Treasurer inform the parliament why the government ruled out a carbon tax before the election, but will now...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Given the recent interim recommendations of the Regional Australia Committee into the...
  • Mental Health (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing. How will enhancements to primary care assist ageing Australians and those with mental health issues?
  • Flood Levy (20 speeches)
    My question is to the aspiring—err, the Assistant—Treasurer. I refer the Assistant Treasurer to the Treasurer’s—
  • Multiculturalism (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House the importance of national leadership and shared values in debates surrounding Australia’s migration...
  • Health (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask the Prime Minister: will she inform the House why she claimed in her year of decision and delivery speech last November that the Commonwealth share of...
  • Multiculturalism (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Will the minister outline to the House what the government is doing to support multiculturalism in Australia? How is this strategy...
  • Hospitals (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. What will the Commonwealth’s share of the funding of any new hospital building be during the period of the government’s latest health reform...
  • Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s reconstruction efforts following the recent natural disasters?
  • Hospitals (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm to all Australians that the 50-50 growth funding proposal for public hospitals will not commence until 2017—that is, 10...
  • Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Materiel. Will the minister advise the House of the assistance provided by defence equipment and support crews during the Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi?
  • Government Advertising (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that the government has spent $13 million on government advertising like the one I am holding that claims that for the first...
  • Middle East (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the developments in the Middle East?