House debates
Tuesday, 30 May 2006
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hon. John Murray Wheeldon (9 speeches)
I move: That the House expresses its deep regret at the death on 24 May 2006, of the Honourable John Murray Wheeldon, former Federal Minister and Senator for Western Australia and places on...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Divisions: Recording of Votes (1 speech)
The Manager of Opposition Business requested that I check the circumstances in which a number of members may have entered the chamber after I ordered the doors to be locked but before the doors...
- Parliamentary Behaviour (1 speech)
The Manager of Opposition Business also asked whether a motion of closure of a member was valid in light of the terms in which it was moved. Given the withdrawals by the Leader of the House, the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Wheat Exports (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Can the Deputy Prime Minister confirm that, in March this year, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Mr Peter...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Bruce Cowan, a former member for Lyne. On behalf of the House, I extend to him a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Trade: Import Risk Analysis (3 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Can the Deputy Prime Minister confirm that the government is currently reviewing import risk analysis arrangements for mushroom...
- Snowy Hydro Corporatisation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what is the government doing to protect the Australian character of the Snowy?
- Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Spotlight 2c an hour AWA which would see Mrs Annette Harris lose $90 a week in take-home pay. Is the Prime Minister aware of the statement on...
- East Timor (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister advise the House of further developments in East Timor?
- Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister and is about the Spotlight 2c an hour AWA which would see Mrs Annette Harris lose $90 a week in take-home pay. I ask whether the Prime Minister has seen...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the latest data on the Australian economy? What does it indicate about its strengths and how does it compare with...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. I refer to Senate estimates hearings last night where the spotlight was on AWAs and the Office of the Employment Advocate. Isn’t it the case that,...
- East Timor (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House on the progress of Australian Defence Force operations in East Timor?
- Workplace Relations (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that 260 Australian workers at the Teys Bros meatworks in Naracoorte, South Australia, have had their employment reduced to four...
- Budget 2006-07 (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer outline to the House the extent of the tax cuts announced in the budget? How will these help families and keep the country competitive?
- Snowy Hydro Ltd (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and leader of the ‘Old Liberals’.
- Indonesian Earthquake (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the government’s response to the recent earthquake that struck Indonesia?
- Skills Shortage (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Vocational and Technical Education. Does the minister stand by his attempt today to shift blame for the nation’s skills shortage onto the mining industry...
- Influenza (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House of steps the government is taking to protect Australians from a flu pandemic?
- Oil for Food Program (7 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister’s sworn evidence to the Cole inquiry dated 5 April 2006 in which he stated on 43...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Behaviour (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question relating to the ruling that you gave at the start of question time today on the motion moved by the Leader of the House last Thursday, the motion being ‘That...
- Divisions: Recording of Votes (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question for you relating to the ruling that you gave at the start of question time today on the issue of the doors being locked. Can I refer you to page 273 of House...
- Parliamentary Behaviour (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you, and it follows from the first question asked by the Manager of Opposition Business. Can you confirm that it is not possible for a motion to be in order if it...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
A document is tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and I move: That the House take note of the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Snowy Hydro LTD (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Calare from moving that this House: 1.notes the growing public outrage at the majority decision...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Communities (16 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Lingiari proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The need for the...
- Australian Trade Commission Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (17 speeches)
Debate resumed from 20 May, on motion by Mr Vaile: That this bill be now read a second time.
- 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.
- Royal Commissions Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (22 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 May, on motion by Mr Turnbull: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.00 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Queensland Liberal and National Parties (1 speech)
The Queensland National Party have hung up the ‘For sale’ sign. I do not mean they have hung up the ‘For sale’ sign like they used to, when in the good old days with a...
- Regional and Northern Maintenance Services (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to speak of the achievements of a great and growing Northern Territory business with a bright future. It is a business owned by Northern Territorians, built by Northern...
- Queensland Liberal and National Parties (1 speech)
It will be no surprise to you, Mr Speaker, or to the rest of the House, that I raise the issue of the rolling joke in Queensland: the coalition. It is important to all Queenslanders and the rest...
- East Timor: Friends of Ermera (1 speech)
I rise tonight to praise the efforts of an organisation called the Friends of Ermera. The Friends of Ermera is an aid agency based in Narre Warren in Melbourne, in my electorate of La Trobe. As...
- Queensland Liberal and National Parties (3 speeches)
The Prime Minister has declared: If there is to be a single party in Queensland, then the only basis on which I would accept a single party in Queensland would be the Liberal Party. The Prime...
- Mrs Dorothy Edwards CBE (2 speeches)
Often in this parliament we draw aside, pay tribute, give recognition and pause to remember people who have contributed to national life, state life and local communities. Tonight I draw aside...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Veterans: Services (1 speech)
I rise in the chamber today to speak briefly about a recent visit to Tasmania, where I attended the state RSL congress in Ulverstone. I also met with representatives of the Vietnam...
- Mr Joseph Toft (1 speech)
Yesterday, Monday the 29th, an icon of the Australian sugar industry passed away. Joseph, or Joe, Toft died in Bundaberg at the age of 95 from complications after suffering a heart attack over...
- School Visits (1 speech)
I want to raise an issue today that is of great concern to schools and schoolchildren in my electorate. Everyone in this House knows how much school visits are enjoyed by students from our...
- McPherson Electorate: Hill View House (6 speeches)
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of welcoming the Hon. Tony Abbott, Minister for Health and Ageing, into my electorate. Tony undertook the very special task of officially opening Hill View House...
- Richmond Electorate: Terranora Public School (1 speech)
Today I rise to extend my congratulations to one of the great schools in my electorate—Terranora Public School—which recently celebrated its centenary, a remarkable effort. These...
- Fisher Electorate: Horton Park Golf Club (4 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, on behalf of coalition members for Queensland I would like to thank you for your generous comment about six members of the hopefully soon to be merged Liberal and National...
- Australian Bureau of Statistics: Time Use Survey (1 speech)
Today I wish to raise the issue of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Time Use Survey. This survey requires people to account for every five minutes over a 48-hour period. This is an onerous...
- East Timor (1 speech)
I begin by recognising Dr Peter de Jersey and his wife, Beverley, in the gallery this afternoon. Peter and Bev have given long service to medicine in North Queensland—particularly, in...
- Great Eastern Highway (1 speech)
Before I start my speech, I will make a suggestion about the new amalgamated party in Queensland. It will obviously be looking for a name. The member for Herbert might like to take back that it...
- Moncrieff Youth Forum (2 speeches)
I am pleased to rise this afternoon to talk about an excellent function that I was able to host in my electorate office a little over a month ago. As part of an annual event that I host, I...
- 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 (21 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 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...
