House debates
Tuesday, 28 March 2006
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (22 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the Prime Minister seen the analysis by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations overnight in relation to any economic benefit from the...
- Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how the free trade agreement with the United States is helping...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from Pakistan led by the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Hon. Chaudhary Amir...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the exchange last night on the ABC’s Lateline program when the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, in response to the question,...
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the results of the Reserve Bank’s financial stability review? What does this review indicate about the...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to comments by the Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Finance and Administration, Nick Minchin, to the HR Nicholls Society:...
- India (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister inform the House of the government’s response to the agreement reached between the United States and India...
- Cyclone Larry (4 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister would be aware that an estimated 3,500 of Australia’s estimated 4,500 banana and agricultural workers directly...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer again to evidence presented to the Cole inquiry yesterday that the minister said to AWB chief executive Andrew Lindberg last year that...
- Climate Change (11 speeches)
My question is also addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the progress of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate? Are there...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to the minister’s advice to AWB last year that AWB ‘can’t be responsible for what happened to the money after it was...
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House on work being done by Australian troops as part of a coalition to bring security and democracy to Iraq?...
- Oil for Food Program (10 speeches)
My question is again to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to the minister’s advice to AWB last year that AWB ‘can’t be responsible for what happened to the money after...
- Medicare (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister inform the House how the government’s Strengthening Medicare package has lifted the rate of bulk-billing...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question again is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer also to evidence presented in the Cole inquiry yesterday that the government told the AWB’s CEO, Andrew Lindberg, that, in...
- Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Workforce Participation. Would the minister advise the House on the government’s success in moving Australians into work?
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to the fact that in February 2005 Mr Volcker claimed to the Australian ambassador to the UN that the Howard government’s...
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Small Business and Tourism. Would the minister inform the House how the new workplace relations system will benefit Australian small businesses? Are...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I ask for your assistance, under standing order 105, concerning a long list, unfortunately, of questions that remain unanswered by every minister sitting opposite us today regarding...
- Members of Parliament: Colour Printers (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, could you consider the fact that our parliamentary offices here do not have colour printers. We do have them in our electorate offices. I find it very difficult when I need to produce...
- Parliament House: Security (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, you might not be aware that today our guest the Speaker of the Pakistan People’s Assembly was asked to spread his legs and be frisked as he entered the House. Can you ascertain...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Annual Reports (1 speech)
I present an amended schedule showing the allocation to committees of annual reports of departments, agencies, authorities and companies. The amended schedule read as follows— 41st...
- Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present letters from the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory forwarding copies of resolutions of the assembly relating to foreign fishing incursions in Northern...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 34 and 35 of 2005-06 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports for 2005-06 entitled Audit report No. 34: Advance passenger processing—Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Audit...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. I move: That the...
- Cyclone Larry (0 speeches)
- (12 speeches)
by leave—I move: That this House acknowledge the terrible impact that Cyclone Larry has had on the residents of far north Queensland and recognise the efforts and contributions of those...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Cyclone Larry (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the resumption of debate on the motion relating to Cyclone Larry be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
The Speaker has received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works I present the following reports of the committee: the 69th annual report; the fourth report for 2006, on the fit-out of an...
- Treaties Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties I present the committee’s report entitled Report 72: Treaties tabled on 29 November 2005 (2): amendments to the Statute of the Hague...
- Jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates Court Legislation Amendment Bill 2005; Jurisdiction of Courts (Family Law) Bill 2005; Ohs and SRC Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for consideration. Question agreed to.
- Census Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Trade Practices Amendment (Personal Injuries and Death) Bill 2006; Future Fund Bill 2006; Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Cooperative Fisheries Arrangements and Other Matters) Bill 2005; Statute Law Revision Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Proposal (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the House approves the following proposal for works in the Parliamentary Zone which was presented to the House on 27 March...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 1) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 2 March, on motion by Mr Dutton: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- 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.
- Family Assistance, Social Security and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2005 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 February, on motion by Mr Brough: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- 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.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.00 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Trucking Industry (1 speech)
With the introduction this week of the government’s extreme industrial relations laws it is timely to look at the trucking industry, where small operators are facing a severe crisis. At the...
- Whaling (1 speech)
The haunting footage of the last Tasmanian tiger, pacing in its cage, is now etched, as on copperplate, in Australia’s collective memory—the footage of a species reduced to a tragic...
- Poverty; Miss Chloe Hennessy (1 speech)
The number of people living in poverty in Australia has grown enormously under the Howard government. To put this in perspective, I visited the ACOSS website and looked at what the test for...
- Mayse Young OAM (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to pay tribute to a great Territorian, Mayse Young OAM, who passed away last week. Mayse Young was born in North Queensland 93 years ago. Her father was a ganger on the railways...
- AWB Ltd: Shareholdings (1 speech)
New evidence has emerged concerning the extent of shareholdings in AWB by senior Liberal and National Party members. In 1996, soon after he came to office, then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister...
- AusLink (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to draw to the attention of the House the success of the AusLink program and the various funding mechanisms in it for people in rural and regional Australia. In the last week I...
- Request for Detailed Information (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Great Hall (2 speeches)
asked the Speaker, in writing, on 6 March 2006:(1)Was any payment made by the Liberal Party of Australia for use of the Great Hall of Parliament House for the 10th anniversary fundraising dinner...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Telstra (1 speech)
Over recent years I have made a number of speeches in the House in relation to Telstra and privacy issues. Some of the themes that I have covered were picked up last year in the Australian...
- Mrs Maureen Kingston AM (1 speech)
I wish to bring to the attention of the parliament the considerable achievements of a wonderful resident of my electorate, Mrs Maureen Kingston AM. Maureen has been a tireless and dedicated...
- Cyclone Larry (1 speech)
I thank the opposition whip for her courtesy and consideration for allowing me to speak at this time. A week or so ago North Queensland was hit by Cyclone Larry. But the message that I would like...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Yesterday marked the introduction of the Howard government’s extreme workplace laws. Overnight, the entire notion of a fair go was junked for working Australians. This legislation marks the...
- Child Care (1 speech)
This is the third time since December I have risen to speak on the issue of child care. I am returning to it because I am angry, just as working parents in my electorate are angry. They are angry...
- Flinders Electorate: Environmental Initiatives (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to identify and praise those involved in two different sets of environmental activities within the electorate of Flinders. The first is in relation to the Green...
- Calwell Electorate: Medical Services (1 speech)
I want to speak today on the significant reduction of the after-hours medical services at the Dianella health centre in Broadmeadows in my electorate of Calwell. I also want to present to the...
- Mr Patrick Corrigan (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to laud the excellent example and good work of a leading citizen on the Gold Coast—that is, Mr Patrick Corrigan AM, a philanthropist who has certainly created a...
- Democracy in the Philippines (1 speech)
In recent months we have seen a number of developments that give cause for concern about the strength of democracy in the Philippines. On 24 February Philippines President Gloria Arroyo declared...
- Hinkler Electorate (2 speeches)
Hinkler has again defied the ALP doom and gloom merchants by achieving Queensland’s second highest increase in bulk-billing rates between 2004 and 2005. Hinkler’s bulk-billing rate...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Same-Sex Relationships (2 speeches)
Today I rise to outline the continuing legal and social inequalities that are still faced by lesbians and gay men across Australia every day. All individuals are entitled to the right to...
- Iraq (1 speech)
I was encouraged by some of the remarks of Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, about Australia’s role in the Middle East and particularly the war in Iraq. As part of the grievance...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
At the height of the Cold War, John Fitzgerald Kennedy famously said that the United States did things not because they were easy but because they were hard. In our time Australia also has to do...
- Car Surfing; Mooloolaba Triathlon; Sunshine Coast Tourism (3 speeches)
Recently, the Australian Advertising Standards Bureau received numerous complaint letters regarding a certain television commercial. As a result of the complaints, the television commercial is no...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
I want to start by saying thank you to my fellow swimming team mates in the ALP swimming relay team today. While, sadly, we lost again, we did put in a wonderful effort in the pool today and all...
- National Security (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, the world remembered the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the trains in Madrid, Spain, that occurred on 11 March 2004. Those attacks killed 190 people and injured...
- Northern Territory: Health System (17 speeches)
I rise today to speak in relation to the state of the Northern Territory health system. It is great cause for concern. It is a system that I feel I have to raise in this adjournment debate this...
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Fees and Charges) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (10 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 February, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (10 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 March, on motion by Mr Lloyd: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Ripoll moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be omitted...
