House debates
Wednesday, 21 June 2006
- Business (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Lalor from moving: That the House notes that the Government has already restricted the...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- National Health Amendment (Immunisation) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This government is proud of its record in funding vaccines. Commonwealth government expenditure on vaccines has increased 22-fold from $13...
- Excise Laws Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (13 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 20 June. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 1, item 37, page 8 (line 15), omit “31 March”, substitute...
- Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006; Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006; Law Enforcement (Afp Professional Standards and Related Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (20 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 March, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (12 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. Order! It being 2 pm, the debate is interrupted.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Allowable Matters (38 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the clarification he provided to the House yesterday when he said that, at the time of the election—‘at that...
- Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister.
- 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 Malaysia led by His Excellency the Hon. Tan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid bin Pawanteh, the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to comments made by the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Pell, on Sunday: I don’t particularly like the new IR laws...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (2 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. Has the Prime Minister’s attention been drawn to reports that some state governments are charging an administrative fee to schools that have been...
- Australian Defence Force: Deployment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. I refer to the minister’s previous statements regarding the deployment of Australian troops. In February, the minister said our troops were going...
- Exports (2 speeches)
My question is directed to the Deputy Prime Minister in his capacity as the Minister for Trade. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how our rural and regional export industries...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Ms Judy Maddigan, Speaker of the Parliament of Victoria, and I remind the House that this year the Parliament of Victoria...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Indonesia (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I draw the Prime Minister’s attention to comments by Theo L Sambuaga, chair of Indonesia’s foreign relations committee, in relation to the...
- Small Business (18 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer update the House on recent measures announced by the government to assist small business? How will these benefits provide real...
- Workplace Relations (43 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it also in part relates to Lateline last night. But I refer the Prime Minister to the comments made by Annette Harris on 25 May, about how she felt when...
- Transport Infrastructure (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...
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the question asked of him yesterday about his answers to Laurie Oakes on Sunday about annual leave loadings. Has the Prime...
- Defence (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House on the Australian government’s defence capability plan?
- Skilled Migration (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of yet more official complaints which have been lodged regarding the alleged misuse of the government’s 457 guest worker...
- Health: Policy (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister inform the House of the results contained in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s latest...
- Skilled Migration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister claim that his skilled migrant visa program is operating properly or effectively, given the breaches and abuses of 457 visa...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Attorney-General. Would the Attorney-General advise the House whether the government is taking appropriate measures to protect the Australian community from the...
- Fruit and Vegetable Industry (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In a pre-election statement released on 1 October 2004, the then National Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister,...
- HMAS Perth (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence. Would the minister outline to the House the importance of the handover to the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Allowable Matters (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I wish to raise a matter of privilege under standing order 51. I received a letter from the now Second Commissioner of Taxation, Mr Kevin Fitzpatrick. Mr Fitzpatrick wrote to inform me that had...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Ms Diane Hawke (7 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I was wondering whether you were aware that, during our winter recess, a worker of 31 years standing in this parliament will be retiring: Diane Hawke from the Parliamentary Library.
- Hansard (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have two questions to you. The first one flows from your responsibilities as Speaker under page 604 of House of Representatives Practice in terms of Hansard. I refer to the Prime...
- Minister for Defence (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a further question to you. I refer to the limits which are referred to in House of Representatives Practice of seeking to correct remarks in this place. Yesterday, the Minister...
- Hansard (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I also have a question to you about a similar matter. Could the Speaker please check the tape of the Prime Minister’s answer in question time today when he said that the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (16 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Hansard (2 speeches)
I have a question to you, Mr Speaker. The member for Corio in his personal explanation has just used the phrase ‘deposed AWAs’. If Hansard corrects that to...
- Questions in Writing (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you in relation to standing order 105(b). Could you write to the Prime Minister and seek a response to my question 2230 of 5 September last year concerning...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 47 of 2005-06 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 47 of 2005-06 entitled Performance audit: Funding for communities and community organisations: Department of Families, Community Services...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members earlier today. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and I move: That the House...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Howard Government (24 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
- 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.
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Asio Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Tax Reduction and Improved Depreciation Arrangements) Bill 2006; Australian Trade Commission Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works I present the 11th report for 2006 of the committee relating to the proposed fit-out of new leased premises for the Australian...
- Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services I present the committee’s report entitled Corporate responsibility: managing risk and creating value...
- Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Law Enforcement (Afp Professional Standards and Related Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’S Skills Needs) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (31 speeches)
Debate resumed from 20 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 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- New South Wales War Widows Association Incorporated (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to draw the House’s attention to the activities of an organisation registered as the New South Wales War Widows Association Inc. and previously going under the name of...
- Ipswich Motorway (1 speech)
It is great to rise to speak in the adjournment debate this evening because I have got a bit of a tale to tell. The Beattie government in Queensland is getting a deserved reputation across...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
On Tuesday one of my constituents, Mrs Karen Palmer, sat in the public gallery during question time as questions about her unfair dismissal from her job were put by the Leader of the Opposition...
- Mallee Electorate: Ouyen (1 speech)
I would like to take the opportunity this evening to wax lyrical and boast about a community in my electorate that I am immensely proud of. It is the township of Ouyen. It is an hour’s...
- Drug Action Week (1 speech)
This week is Drug Action Week, so I will take this opportunity to reflect on the impact of drug laws and, in particular, on the regulation of drug addiction treatments in Australia. New South...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to thank a number of my constituents for participating in the workings of this place. Recently, a number of petitions were given to me, containing the names, addresses and...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Mr Greg Combet (1 speech)
In the Australian parliament today I wish to pay tribute to Greg Combet. On 12 June 2006 Greg Combet was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia, or an AM. It was a richly deserved award for a...
- La Trobe Electorate: Timbarra Estate (1 speech)
I rise today to inform the House about Timbarra Estate in Berwick in my electorate of La Trobe. The Victorian state government has indicated that it intends to sell off a large tract of vacant...
- Internet Pornography (1 speech)
I rise today to speak to a petition, which I am now tabling, of some 4,936 signatures requesting that urgent action be taken to protect our children from accessing internet pornography in public...
- Forde Electorate (1 speech)
In 1996, just after I was first elected to parliament, I established the Forde community contribution awards as a way of saying thank you to those special people who dedicate so much of their...
- Iraq (3 speeches)
Last night, I checked the Iraq update page of the Prime Minister’s website in search of details about the latest decision to move the 450 Australian troops now stationed in Al Muthanna...
- Fisher Electorate: Health; Queensland Election (1 speech)
All of us have been very interested in the disastrous headlines for the Queensland Labor government on the health crisis engulfing that state, but I would like to bring to the attention of the...
- Soccer: Television Broadcasting Rights (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an issue that will have a major significance to patriotic Australians and sporting fans over the coming seven years: TV broadcasting rights to Socceroos matches. Like 1.87...
- Weakleys Drive (1 speech)
Today I make an announcement I thought I would never be making, and that is the commencement of works for Weakleys Drive interchange. Weakleys Drive interchange is at the start of the F3 freeway....
- Budget 2006-07 (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity today to expand briefly on several issues of the federal budget that I did not get an opportunity to speak about during the speeches on the appropriations...
- Gilmore Electorate: Blueprint Shoalhaven (2 speeches)
Today I would like to talk about Blueprint Shoalhaven, a project in the Gilmore electorate which is jointly funded by local, state and federal government. The background of Blueprint Shoalhaven...
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (21 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 March, on motion by Mr Truss: That this bill be now read a second time.
- East Timor (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 June, on motion by Mr Beazley: That the House take note of the statements.
