House debates

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

  • Carbon Pricing (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her pre-election statement that she would not seek to introduce a carbon price until a deep and lasting consensus had been...
  • Parliamentary Procedure (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the House. Why is the orderly passage of government legislation important to the parliament? Are there any proposals for changes to procedures that will impact on...
  • Carbon Pricing (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a recent Galaxy poll that found that 73 per cent of voters in Queensland mining regions, including those in Dawson, are against...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In the equal pay case currently before Fair Work Australia, the tribunal has accepted that community sector workers are underpaid on the basis of gender. The...
  • Carbon Pricing (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister outline the consultation the government is undertaking on its proposal to introduce a carbon price that...
  • Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Would the minister update the House on the recent announcement of projects of the Solar Flagships Program and how...
  • Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's assessment that the impact of your government's carbon dioxide tax will be 'widespread, cascading...
  • Banking (2 speeches)
    My question is also to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the importance of banning exit fees so that bank customers can walk down the street and get a better deal on their...
  • Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the statement of Alan Vickery of Vicpole, a manufacturer on the edge of my electorate, that a carbon tax 'would not be the end of Vicpole, but it would...