House debates
Monday, 19 June 2006
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Science and Innovation Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, I am pleased to present the committee’s report entitled Pathways to technological innovation,...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (2 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Katter.
- Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (2 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mrs Hull.
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Law and Cultural Practices (18 speeches)
I move: That this House reaffirms that : (1)every Australian is entitled to the full protection of Australian law;(2)cultural practices in any community do not lessen that protection;...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Migration (1 speech)
Tomorrow, of all days, is World Refugee Day. The theme for World Refugee Day this year is hope. In the Senate shortly will be presented some 12,000 signatures on petitions, which I have here with...
- Mr Jim Raptis (1 speech)
Last month I had the honour of attending and speaking at a very special service and commemorative luncheon at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Anna on the Gold Coast. It was the 30th anniversary...
- Dental Health (1 speech)
I rise today to present more petitions in relation to the very urgent need for the Howard government to restore funding for dental health. I have 1,000 signatures here today. This is a very...
- Gold Coast Mobility Office (1 speech)
On Friday last week I had the opportunity to visit the Gold Coast Mobility Office, which is coordinated by Judene Wallace. The Gold Coast Mobility Office plays a very important and crucial task...
- Ranka Cotic; Jim Strachan (1 speech)
I would like to pay my respects to two people in Isaacs who have recently died. The first is Ranka Cotic, who was a member of the Chelsea branch of the ALP. Ranka was 74 years old and she died a...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (1 speech)
The Australian government recognises the importance of providing schools with facilities that will enhance the education and wellbeing of students. It is very disappointing that the New South...
- Make Poverty History Campaign (1 speech)
Today, on behalf of Parade College Bundoora, I present a Make Poverty History banner. The banner is 13 metres long. This has been organised by the winner of their Community Action Award last...
- Mr Abu Bakar Bashir (1 speech)
I wish to express my concern at the recent release from prison in Indonesia of Mr Abu Bakar Bashir. After receiving a very modest 30-month sentence for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, he has...
- Adelaide Electorate: General Practitioners (1 speech)
I rise today to present a further 1,086 signatures on my petition calling on the Minister for Health and Ageing to grant an exemption under section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act and allow a...
- City of Greater Geelong Council (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the report into the City of Greater Geelong Council by Merv Whelan, Inspector of Municipal Administration. Mr Whelan was commissioned to investigate campaign donations...
- Lucas Heights Reactor (2 speeches)
Last Wednesday, the Minister for Education, Science and Training made a statement that there has been no impact at all upon the health of workers at Lucas Heights or the surrounding community and...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time today and for the remainder of this week. He is travelling to Europe for bilateral discussions and will...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (25 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that, of the 20 MPIs and censure debates on the subject of industrial relations moved since October 2005 in this House, he has...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Would the Deputy Prime Minister advise the House of the threat to Australia’s trade performance and wider...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It follows the one previously asked on this side of the House and the one before on his side of the House. Is the Prime Minister aware of the concluding...
- Birth Rate (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of recent trends in the birth rate of Australia? Is an increase in the birth rate positive for Australia’s future?
- Workplace Relations (17 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to comments on Sunday by the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, about the government’s industrial...
- Indigenous Communities (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Would the minister explain to the House how the government is proposing to make it easier for...
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the recent Federal Court case involving a Landscape Direct employee, employed under the relevant award, who commenced performing duties as an...
- Transport Infrastructure: New South Wales (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the minister update the House on the government’s support for better transport infrastructure in New...
- Fuel Prices (4 speeches)
My question is directed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his refusal on 8 June to give the ACCC further powers to scrutinise petrol prices. Why won’t the government get...
- Rural Health Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing and relates to the shortage of doctors in country Australia and recent discussions with the University of New England and the University of...
- Defence Air Capability (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House on recent steps that the government has taken to improve the Australian Defence Force air capability?
- Electorate Offices (4 speeches)
My question is to the Special Minister of State. Can the minister advise the House whether it is appropriate for coalition senators to regularly relocate their electorate offices to maximise...
- Indigenous Health (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House of action the government is taking to combat substance abuse amongst Indigenous Australians?
- Electorate Offices (14 speeches)
My question is to the Special Minister of State and I refer the minister to his previous answer. I draw the minister’s attention to the March issue of the Liberal Party’s Goldstein...
- National Security (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Attorney-General. Would the Attorney-General advise the House of developments in the continuing need for counter-terrorism legislation?
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I rise on a matter of privilege. I recently undertook to send through Australia Post’s Nepean business centre 20,987 invitations to the screening of a documentary film, The Men Who Saved...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Shell Questacon Science Circus (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, you will be aware, as I think you attended the function as well, that last Thursday in the Great Hall we saw the celebration of the 21st birthday of Questacon’s science...
- Parliament House: Signage (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on quite a different matter, I wonder whether you might make an inquiry and report to the House on the reason for the sign which appears in the area where parliamentarians assembled...
- 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)
- Work Choices Legislation (22 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)recalls and records the solemn commitment given by the Prime Minister to Alan Jones on Radio 2GB on 4 August 2005 that “I mean some people are going to...
- Marriage (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)recognise and honour marriage as an exclusive union between a man and a woman;(2)celebrate the importance of marriage as an indispensable institution in Australian...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Question proposed: That grievances be noted.
- Mr Stanley Major; Prostate Cancer: Be a Man Campaign (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to a very dear friend of mine who, sadly, passed away on 31 May. When Stan Major’s funeral arrangements were being made, his family asked me whether I would make a...
- Alcohol Taxation (1 speech)
I would like to take the opportunity to touch on an issue related to the taxation arrangements for premixed drinks, or RTDs. This ties in with the recently debated Excise Laws Amendment (Fuel Tax...
- Do Not Call Register Legislation (3 speeches)
I am not here to grieve today; I am here to crow. I am here to absolutely crow about a piece of legislation the government was forced to introduce last week. Sadly, I could not be here last week...
- Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities (1 speech)
I grieve for the people of Australia and, in particular, for those in my own state of Victoria because the Labor Party’s social engineers are at it again. Once again the Victorian people...
- Non-Government Organisations (5 speeches)
I raise the recently published discussion paper by UNSW visiting fellow Joan Staples entitled NGOs out in the cold: the Howard government policy towards NGOs. It is part of the Democratic Audit...
- New South Wales: State Government Funding (1 speech)
Several years ago in this House the honourable member for O’Connor, in his ministerial portfolio at the time, raised the point of the relevance to Australia in this day and age of having...
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
When the Howard government came to office, it said its main objective was to make Australians feel relaxed and comfortable. If there is one thing that you can say about the Australian people in...
- New South Wales: State Government Funding (2 speeches)
It is delightful to get the call from you Mr Deputy Speaker Causley, especially following the member for Fowler, who represents an electorate adjacent to my area. It is quite amazing: I have very...
- Royal Commissions Amendment Bill 2006; Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme — Initial Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Administrator reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006; Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2006; Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 2) Bill 2006; Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Age Discrimination Amendment Bill 2006; Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Amendment Bill 2006; Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fishing Offences) Bill 2006; Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Australian Trade Commission Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Subscription Television Drama and Community Broadcasting Licences) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time. Ordered that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
- Special Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House, at its rising, adjourn until 12.30 p.m., Tuesday, 20 June 2006, unless the Speaker or, in the event of the Speaker being unavailable, the Deputy Speaker, fixes an...
- Business (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended to enable proceedings as specified below to occur during government business on Monday 19 June 2006:(1)in relation to...
- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (30 speeches)
Debate resumed from 31 May, on motion by Mr Brough: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
In accordance with the resolution agreed to earlier today, the question now is that the remaining stages of the bill, including the government amendments as circulated, be agreed to. The...
- Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’S Skills Needs) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 15 June, on motion by Mr Hardgrave: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Ms Macklin moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- New Technologies (1 speech)
I want to make a contribution tonight to the national debate on nuclear energy. The Prime Minister appointed a nuclear power task force in a cynical attempt to divert the negative attention he...
- Memorials (1 speech)
One of the privileges of being an Australian is the way our communities remember those who have served and have sacrificed their lives—often the best part of their lives—for their...
- Unlawful Detention (1 speech)
I think many, if not most, of us living here in Australia would consider ourselves lucky either to have been born here or to have come and built a new life within Australia. This nation of ours...
- Hasluck Electorate (2 speeches)
It has come to my attention that the Leader of the Opposition, in the company of Senator Sterle, made a lightning visit to my electorate of Hasluck a couple of weeks ago for a tea party. He...
- Mr David Hicks (1 speech)
Tonight I speak about the continued treatment of David Hicks. In recent weeks, there has been greater criticism of US policy on Guantanamo Bay, with conservative European leaders such as Danish...
- Bass Electorate: Sporting identities; Mr Rod Beaumont (1 speech)
I rise tonight to bring to the attention of the House the numerous sporting achievements of my constituents in Bass in Northern Tasmania of whom I am very proud. Sport, like other pursuits, plays...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Committees (0 speeches)
- East Timor (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 June, on motion by Mr Beazley: That the House take note of the statements.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2006-2007 (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (162 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 15 June. Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio Proposed expenditure, $841,720,000
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2006-2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 May, on motion by Mr Dutton: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that this bill be reported to the House without...
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2006-2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 May, on motion by Mr Dutton: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that this bill be reported to the House without...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2005-2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 May, on motion by Mr Dutton: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that this bill be reported to the House without...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2005-2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 May, on motion by Mr Dutton: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that this bill be reported to the House without...
