House debates
Monday, 29 May 2006
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Committee on Publications, I present the committee’s report entitled Distribution of the parliamentary papers series, together with the minutes of proceedings and...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (5 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee’s report entitled Report 74—Treaty tabled on 28 March 2006: agreement for establishment of the Global...
- Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol Ratification) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (2 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese.
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Religious Minorities (6 speeches)
I ask leave of the House to amend notice No. 2, private members’ business, in the terms circulated to honourable members. Leave granted. I move notice No. 2 as amended: That this...
- Fuel Prices (11 speeches)
I move: That this House:(1)notes the continuing and alarmingly high fuel prices in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne and across Australia;(2)recognises the enormous impact of these high fuel...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Mr Ron Byrnes (1 speech)
I would like to take the opportunity today in the House to acknowledge the passing of Mr Ron Byrnes. Ron was a very important member of our community. He worked in the mines for many years and...
- Snowy Hydro Corporatisation (1 speech)
I give notice that at the next sitting I shall present a bill for an act to amend the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997. For related purposes I would like to signal that the amendment will go...
- Westralia Airports Corporation (1 speech)
I present to the House two petitions, one signed by 2,500 people from the City of Belmont in my electorate and one from the Belmont Council itself. Since January Westralia Airports Corporation,...
- Fuel Prices (1 speech)
I challenge the member for Holt to ask his Labor colleague the Premier of Victoria to call for the GST component of petrol prices to be made an agenda item at the next COAG meeting. Will the...
- Awaba Open-Cut Coalmine (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to congratulate the residents of West Lake Macquarie in their win in opposing an open-cut coalmine that was proposed for Awaba by Centennial Coal in our region. There was a...
- Macquarie Electorate: Blackheath-Mount Victoria RSL (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Blackheath Mount Victoria subbranch of the RSL on their 85th anniversary. For 85 years this small but very active subbranch has played an important role in our...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Turkish-Australian Community (1 speech)
I appreciate getting the call, because I have been urged strongly by members of the Turkish-Australian community living in Gellibrand to speak today. Unfortunately, I was not able to speak on Mr...
- Corangamite Electorate: Schools Funding (1 speech)
I wish to acknowledge on behalf of the 18 local schools in Corangamite that they were allocated $1.75 million under the Commonwealth government’s Investing in Our Schools program. As...
- Richmond Electorate: Whaling (1 speech)
I seek leave to table a petition calling on the Howard government to take action on Japanese plans to kill whales in Australian territorial waters. Leave granted. This is a major issue of concern...
- Cowper Electorate: Woolgoolga Surf Lifesaving Club (2 speeches)
I recently had the honour of attending a function to celebrate the repair of the Woolgoolga Surf Lifesaving Club premises, which unfortunately had been damaged in a severe storm. The roof was...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Occupational Health and Safety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does mine safety training pertain to the employer-employee relationship or is mine safety training not part of the miner’s job and something which...
- Beaconsfield Mine (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister advise the House what initiatives the government will take following the Beaconsfield mine tragedy and rescue?
- Occupational Health and Safety (5 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister and it follows on from his answer to the Leader of the Opposition in which he said that mine safety training should be allowable as a matter of course. I...
- East Timor (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the political situation in East Timor and Australia’s ongoing consular and humanitarian...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of the 10th delegation from the International Youth Cooperation Development Centre of Vietnam who are visiting...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Occupational Health and Safety (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the government’s Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) and Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill. Is it...
- Corporate Governance Framework (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer update the House on threats to the corporate governance framework in Australia? Further, what action needs to be taken to address...
- Queensland: The Nationals (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to his response to news of a merger between the Queensland Nationals and Liberal Party,...
- East Timor (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House on the progress of operations in East Timor?
- Queensland: The Nationals (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and follows the answer he gave to my previous question. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to his decision to abandon the member for Dawson and allow...
- China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Trade. To recognise the interests of my constituency in this question, would the minister update the House on progress in negotiations on a free trade...
- Share Trading (2 speeches)
My question is also to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Trade and Leader of the National Party. I refer the minister to an answer he gave in this place on 1 March this year, when he said:...
- Indonesia (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the government’s response to the recent earthquake that struck Indonesia?
- Parliamentary Behaviour (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing in his capacity as Leader of the House. Does the Leader of the House recall his comments on 19 June 2000, when he said in respect of members...
- After-Hours Medical Services (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House how the government is providing better access to doctors after hours?
- Howard Government: Leadership (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the member for Lindsay, who believes the Treasurer has no ideas about the issues affecting voters in Western Sydney? Will...
- 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)
- Baha’i Faith In Iran (9 speeches)
I move: That this House:(1)notes the statement made on 20 March 2006 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief expressing concern about the treatment of followers...
- United Nations and Darfur (9 speeches)
I move: That this House calls on the United Nations to:(1)substantially increase the level of aid to the Darfur region of the Sudan;(2)call upon member nations to provide peacekeeping forces to...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Question proposed: That grievances be noted.
- Area Consultative Committees (1 speech)
Throughout my life in public office I have always been concerned about the delivery of government policies. One of the best ways, especially at the national level, is to have an overarching...
- Cook Electorate: Kurnell Peninsula (1 speech)
My electorate of Cook is lucky enough to boast the site of first landfall of Captain James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour. It was at Kurnell that the Endeavour dropped anchor, it was there...
- Employment: People with Disabilities (1 speech)
I have a long interest in disability issues and was recently approached by Sam Morton from Competitive Foods, an Australia-wide company, because he is having a few problems with the processes of...
- Roads: Ipswich Motorway (1 speech)
As is my wont, from time to time I rise in this place to bring to book the crazy attitude of the Queensland state government in relation to the development of the Ipswich Motorway and its...
- Doctor Shortage (1 speech)
It never fails to amaze me that, every time I hear a Queensland member of the House of Representatives stand to speak in this House, they speak about state issues. They are afraid to talk about...
- Flinders Electorate: Somerville Secondary College (1 speech)
In rising in this grievance debate I wish to raise a lost opportunity within the electorate of Flinders. It is a considerable lost opportunity—that is, the neglect of the future of...
- Skills Shortage (1 speech)
I rise not only to make a grievance speech but also to make a speech of grieving. My grievance relates to the skills crisis in New South Wales, in my home town of Bankstown and, indeed, in the...
- Townsville City Council (2 speeches)
I think the grievance debate is the appropriate forum in which to raise this serious issue in the interest of the ratepayers of the Townsville City Council. We remember the Queensland ALP...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That, unless otherwise ordered, for the Main Committee meeting tomorrow the first item of business shall be Members’ three minute statements continuing for a period...
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
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Debate resumed from 11 May.
- Second Reading (17 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) Bill 2006 will...
- 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.
- East Timor (1 speech)
This afternoon and this evening in Dili, in Timor Leste, a council of state has been meeting. A council of state includes the President of Timor Leste, Xanana Gusmao; the Prime Minister, Mari...
- Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
I rise tonight to express my disgust at just how far the Leader of the Opposition, the Labor Party and union officials have gone to attempt to increase their profile in my electorate of Dobell....
- Glenelg Surf Life Saving Club; Year of the Surf Lifesaver (1 speech)
On Saturday, 27 May, I was honoured to be invited to the annual awards of the Glenelg Surf Life Saving Club at their new premises on the Glenelg foreshore. I was very thankful for their kind...
- Bonner Electorate: Community Water Grants (1 speech)
It is with a sense of pride that I rise this evening and confirm that, as a result of eight local community water projects, approximately 9,250,000 litres of water will be saved each year from...
- Sri Lanka (1 speech)
Tonight I again raise my deep concerns regarding the rising violence in Sri Lanka, particularly the killing of civilians, including the most vulnerable of victims—children. In what could be...
- Share Trading (3 speeches)
The member for Wills last week in this place again effectively claimed that I had engaged in insider trading when my wife and I sold AWB shares last year. I again categorically deny any such...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2006-2007; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2006-2007; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2006-2007; Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2005-2006; Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2005-2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (23 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 May, on motion by Mr Costello: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Swan moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be omitted...
