House debates
Tuesday, 28 February 2006
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Mr Trevor Flugge (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer. Can the minister confirm that Mr Trevor Flugge would have been eligible for an income tax exemption under the program under...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the results of today’s balance of payments release? What does this data indicate about Australia’s...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Lady Sonia McMahon. On behalf of the House I extend to her a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (19 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister assure the parliament that his government responded competently to the concerns raised with the government by the United Nations in...
- Illegal Fishing (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on recent developments to prevent illegal fishing in Australia’s northern waters?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform members of the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Nick Dondas, Mrs Ricki Johnston and Mrs Elizabeth Grace, all former members of the House. On behalf of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his statement of 30 January 2006, when he said in relation to the AWB’s dealings with Saddam Hussein’s regime, ‘We had no...
- Trade (9 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer outline to the House the results of the March quarter Australian commodities release? How important is experienced and consistent...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his statement of 30 January 2006 when he said in relation to the AWB’s dealings with Iraq: We had no suspicion, no suggestion there’d...
- 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 Philippines who are visiting Australia under the auspices of the Australian Political...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aviation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the minister advise the House of measures the government has taken to improve Australia’s international...
- Oil for Food Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to the minister’s statement to parliament that the United Nations had only raised with the government ‘a general concern...
- Health Insurance (16 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister inform the House how private health insurance is delivering good value to about nine million Australians? What...
- Oil for Food Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to his statement to parliament that the United Nations had only raised with the government a general concern about contracts of the...
- Education: Queensland (12 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Would the minister advise the House of the government’s education initiatives to ease the shortage of doctors...
- Oil for Food Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Minister, given that these cables of 13 and 18 January 2000 were sent to your office, were you personally briefed on them?
- Political Donations (33 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister update the House on political donations made by registered organisations under the Workplace...
- Oil for Food Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. It relates to the answer he gave to the previous question. Now that he has conceded for the first time in this place that he was briefed on the...
- Trade: Exports (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Would the minister inform the House of the latest export forecasts for Australia’s resources sector?
- Oil for Food Program (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his statement on national television on Sunday, 12 February that the Cole inquiry had ‘all of the documents’. When did the government...
- Prime Minister; Minister for Foreign Affairs (0 speeches)
- Censure Motion (21 speeches)
I seek leave to move: That this House censures the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister for:(1)turning a blind eye to stark warnings that AWB was doing illicit business with Saddam Hussein...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (11 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I inform the House that I have received a copy of a resolution passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory on 16 February 2006 relating to foreign fishing incursions in...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 30 of 2005-06 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 30 of 2005-06 entitled Performance audit: the ATO’s strategies to address the cash economy—Australian Taxation Office. Ordered...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (5 speeches)
Did the minister at the table make the letter from the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory a parliamentary paper? If he did not, will you request that the letter from the Legislative...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (20 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Griffith proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Government Whip nominating members to be members of certain committees.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Discharge of Orders of the Day (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the following government business orders of the day, including certain tariff proposals comprising part of order of the day No. 105, be discharged:...
- Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Main Committee orders of the day Nos 5 to 11, government business, be returned to the House. The list read as follows— 5 Standing...
- Discharge of Orders of the Day (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That those orders of the day returned to the House in accordance with the resolution agreed to earlier be discharged. Details will be recorded in the Votes and...
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Census Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005; Trade Practices Amendment (Personal Injuries and Death) Bill 2004 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Crime Commission Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator the Hon. Ian Macdonald has been appointed to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission.
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 27 March 2006. The report will be...
- Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 February, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for consideration. Question agreed to.
- Ministers of State Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (27 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 February, on motion by Mr Nairn: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Kelvin Thomson moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That”...
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Future Fund Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 February, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Howard Government (1 speech)
In 2006 we have seen the government return to its true form. We have seen a return to the era of dog-whistling. Today in the House, the Minister for Health and Ageing said: I read in the...
- Greenway Electorate: Sudanese Refugees (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak on an issue of great significance to the local community in my electorate of Greenway. Yesterday the Sydney Daily Telegraph published an opinion piece by Lillian Saleh...
- United Nations (1 speech)
I note the remarks of the member for Greenway and I hope that she reproaches and censures the Minister for Health and Ageing, whose cheap jibe this afternoon—‘Are there any...
- Australian Flag (1 speech)
I rise tonight in the adjournment debate to continue my remarks about the plan of a socialist youth group called Resistance to encourage people to burn the Australian flag by selling flag burning...
- Industry: Regulation (1 speech)
Graeme Samuel, ACCC chairman, has pointed out that the Trade Practices Act provides a framework for effective industry regulation. However, he also argues that while government provides a solid...
- Australian Flag (1 speech)
I want to record in the House tonight my appreciation of the patriotism of the Liberal councillors of Waverley Council in my electorate. Last year Councillor Joy Clayton, a Liberal councillor,...
- Visas (2 speeches)
In the few moments that are left of this debate tonight I would like to raise an issue that has been raised with me many times in my electorate, and that is the way visitors visas are managed....
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
I would like to speak to a petition that I wish to table of 10,467 signatures. That petition relates to the availability of Herceptin on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for women that...
- McPherson Electorate: Lions Youth of the Year Quest (1 speech)
I had the honour last week of chairing a committee to judge the Palm Beach-Currumbin Lions Club Youth of the Year Quest. I was joined in my judging responsibilities by Mr Ron Workman OAM,...
- Health Insurance (1 speech)
I rise on an issue which is a very real concern to the people of the electorate of Hindmarsh. Once again, private health insurance has gone up. Once again, the Minister for Health and Ageing has...
- Angel Flight (1 speech)
I would like to bring to the attention of the House a charity organisation that has been doing some extremely good work in the Queensland community. The charity is Angel Flight. I wish to draw...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of the botched implementation of the Howard government’s Investing in Our Schools program. Most, if not all, central Victorian schools are still waiting for their...
- Casey Electorate: Bayswater North Primary School (1 speech)
Last Monday I again had the pleasure of visiting a highly successful primary school in the federal electorate of Casey—the Bayswater North Primary School, where I had the privilege of...
- Hume Highway (1 speech)
Last week a public meeting was convened by Campbelltown City Council to discuss the problems surrounding the proposed funding for the Hume Highway on and off ramps at Ingleburn. The funding of...
- Beattie Government (3 speeches)
What is going on in Queensland with the Beattie government? They cannot run the hospital system, they cannot run the police force and they cannot run the ambulances. I want to illustrate that...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss Australia Post’s long-term plan to restructure their letter-processing facilities and infrastructure throughout south-east Queensland. This is an issue of importance...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (1 speech)
The Labor Party’s criticism of the coalition’s Investing in Our Schools program, which the member for Bendigo spoke about earlier, shows that the party has no idea about the funding...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
Yesterday we saw in the parliament a debate on child care, which I would have thought—given the views of the member for Lindsay, who has been very critical of the government—would...
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Cooperative Fisheries Arrangements and Other Matters) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 February.
- Second Reading (22 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Cooperative Fisheries Arrangements and Other Matters) Bill 2005 will help to ensure that the...
- Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2005 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 February.
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2005 continues the important exercise of correcting errors and removing expired laws from the statute book....
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Anti-Avoidance) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (10 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 December 2005, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
