House debates
Monday, 27 February 2006
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties I present the committee’s report entitled Report 71Treaty tabled on 29 November 2005: agreement between the government of...
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Gender Equality (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)recognises that:(a)a report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of World Population 2005 - the Promise of Equality: Gender Equity, Reproductive...
- Pacific Highway (19 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)notes:(a)that the Pacific Highway is a State road designed, built, owned, and maintained by the New South Wales State Government;(b)that there have been unacceptable...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Battle of Long Tan (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, you will be aware that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam. On 18 August last year I wrote to the previous Minister for Veterans’ Affairs...
- La Trobe University (1 speech)
La Trobe University have announced that they are seeking federal government support to establish a regional and rural medical school at their campus in Bendigo. The four-year graduate entry...
- Oxley Electorate: Camira Scouts Group (1 speech)
Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Camira Scout Group in my electorate of Oxley. As you can see, I am actually wearing the honorary scarf and...
- Make Poverty History Campaign (1 speech)
Last year this parliament was visited by many individuals and groups who urged the government and MPs in this House to take up the great campaign that has transformed the world’s approach...
- International Mother Language Day (1 speech)
Tuesday, 21 February was International Mother Language Day, a date chosen by UNESCO in recognition of the young Bengalis who died on 21 February 1952 while protesting for the right to speak their...
- Mr David Hicks (1 speech)
Last year I asked the Attorney-General about the case of Mr David Hicks. He replied to my question on notice of 5 December that Mr Hicks was captured in early December 2001, was charged on 10...
- World Lifesaving Championships (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge on the public record the World Lifesaving Championships that were held at Lorne and at Geelong over the last two weeks. These championships demonstrate the skills of...
- International Mother Language Day (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the fact that 21 February last week was International Mother Language Day. It is particularly pertinent, for it was on 21 February in 1952 that the Bengali-speaking people...
- Chisholm Electorate: Box Hill (1 speech)
Sadly, in my electorate on Friday there was a rather tragic incident: 28-year-old Darren Jones was stabbed to death at the Box Hill Railway Station. While Darren was not a constituent, I do want...
- Tibet (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the opportunity of giving a thankyou to His Excellency Mr Samdhong Rinpoche, the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in exile, in the presence of about 500 people in...
- Oxley Electorate: Pooh Corner (1 speech)
Today I want to renew my pleas for the Howard government to release funding for the full clean-up of Pooh Corner before it is handed over to the Brisbane City Council for management and...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
Last week Labor’s industrial relations task force came to my electorate. Six members turned up to listen to complaints. Six members of the public actually came along—all members of...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade will be absent from question time today and tomorrow. He has been in Iraq for trade talks on wheat and is travelling to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Wheat Exports (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that Australia has lost the opportunity to bid for the current Iraqi tender for the importation of 500,000 tonnes of wheat,...
- Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer outline to the House steps the government is taking to benchmark the Australian tax system against international practice?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Dr Hermann Scheer of the German Bundesrat. On behalf of the House I extend to him a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Wheat Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his claim in this place on 16 February 2006 that AWB had to be included in the delegation sent to Iraq because it was legally...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House of new medicines the government has listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme? How will...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his announcement yesterday of a tax inquiry. As part of the inquiry, will the Treasurer direct Mr Hendy and Mr Warburton to...
- Queensland: Roads (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the minister advise the House of measures that the government has taken to improve Queensland’s road network?
- Taxation (9 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue and I warmly welcome him to the portfolio. I refer him to recent admissions in the Cole inquiry that AWB claimed tax...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Attorney-General. Would the Attorney-General update the House on the outcome of the trial of Joseph Terrence Thomas? Did the counter-terrorism offences passed by...
- Mr Trevor Flugge (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the question I asked the Prime Minister when parliament last sat on the salary paid to the former National Party candidate and Australian...
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Would the Minister advise the House of the government’s decision to deploy a reconstruction task force led by the Australian Defence Force to...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a delegation from the Sri Lankan parliament. On behalf of the House I extend a very warm welcome to the members.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the question I asked the Prime Minister when parliament last met on the role played by Mr Flugge and Mr Long as Howard government...
- Avian Influenza (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Would the minister update the House on recent developments in Europe with regard to avian influenza? What action...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the June 2003 memorandum of instruction sent to your government which directed that a list of all oil for food contracts be prepared which...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister update the House on recent reports on future demand for labour in the Australian workforce?
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the government know about the plan to preserve certain senior Saddam Hussein Baath Party officials from being purged as part of the Coalition Provisional...
- Domestic Violence (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Attorney-General. Would the Attorney-General inform the House of new government initiatives to reduce domestic violence? Are there any alternative policies?
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When did the Prime Minister and his ministers first become aware of the plan to prevent former senior Saddam Hussein Baath Party official Yusef Abdul Rahman...
- Doctor Numbers (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Would the minister update the House on the measures the government is taking to increase the number of doctors in...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I refer you to pages 505 and—
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek your assistance under standing order 105(b). On 8 December 2005, question No. 2826 to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations first appeared on the Notice Paper in...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows and copies will be referred to the appropriate ministers:
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Child Care (17 speeches)
I move: That this House:(1)notes:(a)the spiralling cost of child care in many parts of Australia;(b)that a large number of families cannot either find or afford high quality, local child...
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)notes that the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU):(a)is the focal point for global parliamentary dialogue and, as the primary vehicle for strengthening parliaments...
- Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (4 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)acknowledges the fact that alcohol misuse remains the number one health and social issue confronting the Australian community;(2)expresses its appreciation to the...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Question proposed: That grievances be noted.
- Water (1 speech)
My grievance is water or, more to the point, the lack of it. We live in the driest continent on earth. I live in South Australia, the driest state in the driest continent on earth. You cannot...
- Cronulla Riots (1 speech)
Last December Australians across the country witnessed acts of appalling violence and brutality that were committed by their fellow Australians. These, of course, took place in Sydney, New South...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
Sadly, another victim shot by the police; sadly, another mental health statistic; sadly, another family grieving for a family member who is a casualty of the hopelessly inadequate mental health...
- Victoria: January Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise to grieve the losses experienced through the recent January bushfires in Victoria. The weekend of 21 and 22 January experienced extreme weather conditions which sparked some 276 fires...
- Community Development Employment Projects (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about an issue which has received a fair bit of public prominence over the last week or so, especially after the publication by the Australian of an article by Shirley...
- Australian Flag (3 speeches)
I rise on the grievance debate this afternoon to speak about recent media reports that have shocked me—in fact, they have appalled me and many of my constituents in my electorate of...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
That was a very patriotic speech by my neighbour the member for Maranoa, and I want to make an equally patriotic speech: today I wish to lament the Americanisation of our higher education system...
- Great Barrier Reef (2 speeches)
On 2 June 2003, the then Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Dr Kemp, announced with some fanfare in a press release the Great Barrier Reef protection plan in which he referred to the...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I advise the House that the Deputy Speaker has fixed Tuesday, 28 February at 4 pm as the time for the next meeting of the Main Committee unless an alternative day or hour is fixed.
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Anti-Avoidance) Bill 2005; Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2005; Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2005 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for consideration. Question agreed to.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 6) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (24 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 December 2005, on motion by Mr Brough: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson’s private Members’ business notice relating to the disallowance of item...
- Migration Admendment Regulations (0 speeches)
- Motion (48 speeches)
I move: Item 2 of Schedule 7 of Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 240, Migration Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 9) , Division 1.4E—Sponsorship: trade skills training (incorporating...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 6) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Migration Amendment Regulations (0 speeches)
- Ministers of State Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 February, on motion by Dr Stone: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Kelvin Thomson moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That”...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.00 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Taxation (1 speech)
The Treasurer recently appointed leading businessmen Dick Warburton and Peter Hendy to investigate how Australia’s tax system compares to other developed countries. We have been told that...
- Father Laurie Cusack (1 speech)
The headline in my local paper reads ‘Father Laurie Cusack, 78, dies after long illness’ and the article states: A Sale Diocese priest who will be best remembered for his prolific...
- Taxation (1 speech)
The tax inquiry announced yesterday by the perpetual bridesmaid Peter Costello has got to be one of the best cases of bridal envy I have seen since Muriel’s Wedding. The Treasurer, after 10...
- Hasluck Electorate: North East Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to offer my congratulations and to commend the North East Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and its eight chamber members, including the Kalamunda and Districts Chamber of Commerce...
- Taxation (1 speech)
On the weekend, the Treasurer announced that he was appointing a review of the Australian taxation system which would be charged with the responsibility of benchmarking Australia’s tax...
- Taxation; Mr Alan Lawley; Mr Hendrick Drent (1 speech)
I have to say I have been absolutely appalled at the contributions by the honourable member for Ballarat and the honourable member for Prospect in criticising the appointment of Mr Warburton and...
- Australian Flag (2 speeches)
I want to condemn in the parliament those young Australians who, on the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland last week during orientation week, sought to burn the Australian flag and...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
The following notices were given:
