House debates
Thursday, 17 August 2006
- Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent: (1)the Treasurer coming in to the House to explain why he is prepared to extend a tax break to James...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 5) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Pearce. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends various taxation laws to implement a range of changes and improvements to Australia’s taxation system. A number of changes...
- Independent Contractors Bill 2006; Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (27 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 June, on motion by Mr Andrews: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (7 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Clause 2, page 3 (table...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Defence will be absent from question time today. He is travelling to Hobart to attend the funeral of Lieutenant Michael Wertheimer. The Minister for...
- Vietnam Veterans Day and the 40TH Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, may I have the indulgence of the House to speak briefly about the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan and Vietnam Vietnams Day, which will be marked tomorrow. As members know,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Sex Discrimination Commissioner (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the Sex Discrimination Commissioner has recently been reappointed for three years, after the expiry of her five-year...
- Nuclear Energy (20 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the 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 the United Kingdom. On behalf of the House I extend to them a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Council for Australian-Arab Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that his government has just appointed Pru Goward chairwoman of the Council for Australian-Arab Relations, replacing former...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer update the House on what the government is doing to crack down on tax fraud and to defend the integrity of Australia’s tax system?
- History (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the history summit being held in Canberra today and the importance of teaching pivotal facts. Given the Prime Minister is so...
- Education Exports (2 speeches)
My question is directed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Would the Minister for Trade inform the House how education has contributed to our strong export performance? How does...
- Chickens (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. I refer the Treasurer to table 1B in the latest version of the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication 7215, showing...
- Youth Employment (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker—
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to a confidential cable to the minister of October 2003 on the $300 million ‘wheat for weapons’ scandal, on which he was...
- Mackay Base Hospital (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. With due deference to my Central Queensland colleague the member for Dawson, I ask: is the minister aware of claims of alleged...
- Oil for Food Program (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and it follows the minister for health’s concerns about misconduct being swept under the carpet. I refer him to an internal email from...
- Queensland Transport Infrastructure (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the minister advise the House on the progress of vital transport infrastructure works in Queensland? Is the minister...
- Oil for Food Program (7 speeches)
My question is again to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer the minister to an email from the Australian embassy in Oman to the AWB nine months before the Iraq war, which has just been...
- Australian History Summit (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Would the minister update the House on today’s Australian History Summit? Is the minister aware of any views...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. I refer to Qantas’s $670 million yearly profit, announced today, and CEO Mr Geoff Dixon’s confirmation in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Is the minister aware of reports of a new emissions trading scheme announced yesterday? What is the government’s response...
- Younger People in Nursing Homes (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Would the minister advise the House on government initiatives to bring about a reduction in the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Aviation Security (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (31 speeches)
At seven o’clock this morning they were putting bolts on that door and then they put out a press release to say that they had already been there, and, Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Unparliamentary Language (7 speeches)
My question to you, Mr Speaker, again relates to your ruling with respect to unparliamentary language.
- Standing Orders (2 speeches)
I have a question of you, Mr Speaker. I want to assure you and the House that I raise this question not as a means of making a smart point but because I think we have established a serious area...
- Ministerial Comment (7 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to ask a question of you. I ask you to reflect on and reconsider a ruling you made, which did not have any impact on the proceedings today, in which you said that it was not...
- Questions in Writing (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek your assistance under standing order 105(b). I would be grateful if you would write to the minister responsible and seek reasons for the delay in reply to my questions,...
- Distinguished Visitors (2 speeches)
I refer again to your failure to recognise Mr Edward McMillan-Scott, the Vice-President of the European Parliament, and Mr David Kilgour, a long-serving and recently retired Canadian MP and...
- Vietnam Veterans Day and the 40TH Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the House take note of the statements of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition on the subject of Vietnam Veterans’ Day and the 40th Anniversary of...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Spa boy! I could recommend that some of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Interest (34 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Grayndler proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government...
- Privacy Legislation 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 the 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report are being placed on the table. Report—by...
- Independent Contractors Bill 2006; Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Telecommunications (3 speeches)
This speech is for the benefit of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, in the hope that she and the rest of the government will snap out of their complacency and...
- Charter of Victims Rights (1 speech)
In an earlier statement to the House I spoke about the case of Nicole Robach, whose partner Michael Carey was murdered by Mr Rudzitis on 28 February 2005. Mr Rudzitis is presently incarcerated in...
- Mr David Hicks (1 speech)
I have spoken in the House on a number of occasions in relation to the plight of David Hicks and his incarceration in Guantanamo Bay. I put a notice of motion on the Notice Paper on 2 March 2006...
- United Nations (1 speech)
Today I want to speak in parliament on a meeting earlier this week that I had the great pleasure of attending, along with many of my colleagues from both the House and the Senate. I had the great...
- Battle of Long Tan (1 speech)
I rise on this day to take note of the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. Firstly, I would like to make a general comment on the Vietnam War commemorations that will be occurring all...
- Warnervale Community Centre; Central Coast: Coalmining; Parliamentarians’ Entitlements: Printing (1 speech)
I have been pushing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs for some time to include the Warnervale Community Centre in a pilot program. However, today in the Main...
- Mr David Hicks (4 speeches)
This morning I was very fortunate, along with over 30 parliamentary colleagues from both the House and the Senate, to be involved in a briefing by Major Michael Dante Mori, the very brave and...
- Ministerial Reply (4 speeches)
In the adjournment debate, the member for Dobell raised the issue of printing entitlements. It was also raised in the MPI earlier today and through comments by the member for Wills over the last...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Western Suburbs Housing Cooperative (1 speech)
Today I bring to the attention of the House the wonderful work being performed by the Western Suburbs Housing Cooperative in Sydney. In the current climate of interest rate rises and dwindling...
- Duyfken and HMAS Gladstone (1 speech)
Last weekend the authentic replica of the Dutch vessel Duyfken dropped anchor in Gladstone. It was moored at the O’Connell Wharf, giving thousands of people a rare opportunity of...
- Battle of Long Tan (1 speech)
On the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan I want to put on record my thanks to all Vietnam veterans, most particularly the Vietnam veterans who make up the backbone of Box Hill RSL. On...
- Battle of Long Tan Memorial (1 speech)
I rise in the chamber today to praise the Maroochy Shire Council for the memorial it is in the process of constructing at Alexandra Headland in my electorate of Fisher and to commemorate the...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
As my electorate is home to the Melbourne airport, I have many constituents who work in the aviation industry and who are employees of Qantas and its subsidiary Jetstar. So today I want to speak...
- Kingston Electorate: Exxon Mobil (1 speech)
I rise today to raise an issue which is vitally important to many of the residents in my electorate. In 2003 Exxon Mobil closed its refining facility at Port Stanvac in my electorate of Kingston....
- Seniors Watch (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on a very important initiative, which is Seniors Watch. This initiative has been launched in my electorate of Richmond. Over 20 per cent of the people living in Richmond,...
- Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate all those involved in the 14th annual Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum, which was held last week in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. This event was started in its current format...
- Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (1 speech)
The residents of Kingsford Smith are completely opposed to the proposals for an extension of business activities at Sydney airport. Whenever there is discussion and debate surrounding the...
- Energy Initiatives (1 speech)
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister announced exciting new initiatives to help Australia confront the spectre of rising fuel costs. In doing so he has effectively stimulated a debate on...
- Battle of Long Tan (2 speeches)
In the few seconds remaining in this debate I would like to pay homage to all of the Vietnam veterans in the Shortland electorate at the time of the 40th anniversary of Long Tan.
- Privacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 June, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 August, on motion by Mr Abbott: That the House take note of the following document: Australian Defence Force commitment to Afghanistan—Ministerial Statement, 9 August...
- Energy Initiatives (14 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 August, on motion by Mr Abbott: That the House take note of the following document: Energy Initiatives—Ministerial Statement, 14 August 2006.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Adelaide Electorate: Broadband Services (1 speech)
I rise to draw the attention of the House to the realities of broadband accessibility in the federal seat of Adelaide. I was bemused, to say the least, early last week in the wake of the decision...
- Victims’ Rights (1 speech)
On 28 February 2005, Michael Carey of Sanctuary Point in my electorate of Gilmore was murdered most brutally and callously by Michael Rudzitis, an acquaintance of his who shared an interest in...
- Mr Gregory Andrews (1 speech)
The purpose of my contribution today is to further expose the relationship between the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, his office and his department in deceiving...
- Ryan Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Education of course is central to the lives of young Australians and a great education is what all of us here in the Australian parliament would wish for our young people. Of course, the...
- Warnervale Community Centre (1 speech)
I would like to bring to the attention of the House the plight of the Warnervale Community Centre, which is situated within the electorate of Dobell but is used by constituents living in...
- Stirling Electorate: Balcatta Soccer Club and Stirling Lions Soccer Club (1 speech)
I will certainly be passing on the member for Shortland’s comments to the member for Dobell. They will not find a better champion on the Central Coast than he has proven to be as their...
