House debates
Wednesday, 6 September 2006
- Fruit and Vegetable Growers (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry from being required to:(1)confirm to this House that...
- Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (2006 Measures No. 2) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Julie Bishop. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This is the second bill to implement measures recommended by the independent evaluation of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000...
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Julie Bishop. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The measures contained in this bill highlight the government’s commitment to a higher education sector based on quality, sustainability,...
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Julie Bishop. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The purpose of the bill is to amend the Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004, which...
- National Health Amendment (Immunisation) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (20 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 June, on motion by Mr Abbott: 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.
- Fruit and Vegetable Growers (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry from being required to: (1)confirm that fruit and...
- Treasury Documents (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Gellibrand from moving the following motion: That this House: (1)notes the decision made...
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 5 September, on motion by Ms Julie Bishop: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Ms Macklin moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That”...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Treasurer will be absent from question time today and until Thursday of next week. He is travelling to Vietnam for the APEC finance ministers meeting and then on to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Skilled Migration (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of the case of Jack Zhang, a printing worker from China working on a 457 visa in Victoria, who was forced to pay two fees of...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. What do the growth figures released today say about the current state of the economy, and what benefits will flow to electorates like mine?
- Skilled Migration (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the shocking treatment received by Jack Zhang, a 457 visa holder, the latest in a long line of examples of workers being...
- Drugs: Bali (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the appeals processes of the nine Australians sentenced on heroin trafficking charges in...
- Skilled Migration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister’s refusal to take the previous question, I ask him: Prime Minister, who decided that Mr Zhang would come to this country, and...
- Japan: Trade (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how trade between Japan and Australia is creating jobs and...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Vocational and Technical Education, and I refer to the minister’s statement today in relation to training colleges in Africa. If the minister has no...
- Iran (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister inform the parliament and the Ryan electorate of the government’s position on Iran’s failure to implement UN...
- Interest Rates (39 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of figures from the Supreme Court of New South Wales that show mortgage repossessions have more than doubled since 2002 and are...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Councillor Paul Bell, President of the Australian Local Government Association. On behalf of the House I extend to him a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware of new evidence of deceptive claims being made in relation to Australia’s workplace...
- House Prices (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain to homeowners in western suburbs of Sydney, the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and the northern suburbs of Brisbane what the...
- Medical Registration (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister update the House on the progress made in the development of a national medical registration scheme? Have state...
- Medibank Private (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. I refer to today’s newspaper column by respected economic commentator Terry McCrann, who states: ... a company listed on the stock...
- Roads (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the minister update the House on recent developments in funding allocations from the Australian government to...
- Water (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and relates to the ongoing debate about the taxation treatment of compensation payments to groundwater users for the loss of water entitlements in New South...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer. Would the minister advise the House how the government is helping self-employed Australians to save for their...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, the Honourable Dr Feleti Sevele. On behalf of the House I extend to him a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Daintree Rainforest (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. Has the minister seen the full-page advertisement by the Commonwealth funded Australian Rainforest...
- Perth to Bunbury Highway (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads. Would the minister update the House on the status of the Perth to Bunbury highway project? Has the Western...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of the case of my constituent Omir Majstrovic who had been employed by Formbrace Pty Ltd since 1998 but was dismissed after...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform members that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Neal Blewett, a former minister and member of this House. On behalf of the House I extend to him a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Given the Prime Minister’s invitation to me, I seek leave to table the sworn affidavit of my constituent relating to his dismissal. Leave granted.
- Health: Disability Services (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Community Services. Would the minister inform the House how the government is assisting business services to provide jobs and job security for people...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates (34 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I want to add to an answer I gave to the member for Banks, who asked me a very important question relating to issues of housing and land affordability.
- House of Representatives Procedure (0 speeches)
- (9 speeches)
Mr Speaker, in accordance with page 485 of House of Representatives Practice, I seek your indulgence to make a comment or raise a matter concerning the conduct of proceedings. It is specifically...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Rulings (10 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you. During question time, the member for Grayndler asked the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage a question in which he referred...
- Distinguished Visitors (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, today you recognised in the gallery the President of the Local Government Association, as I believe is entirely appropriate. You recently failed to recognise the Vice-President of the...
- Parliament House Security (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on Monday I witnessed at the House of Representatives entrance a person I believed to be the new US ambassador—and the staff there certainly thought so as well—having a...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 2 of 2006-07 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 2 of 2006-07 entitled Export certification—Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service. Ordered that the report be made a...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Class 457 Visas (22 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Brand proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Local Government (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)recognises that local government is part of the governance of Australia, serving communities through locally elected councils;(2)values the rich diversity of councils...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Local Government; Reference (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the resumption of debate on his motion in relation to Local Government be referred to the Main Committee. Question agreed to.
- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (Export Control and Quarantine) Bill 2006; Australia-Japan Foundation (Repeal and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006; Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2006 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Main Committee orders of the day Nos 6 to 9, government business, order of the day No. 1, private Members’ business, and orders of the day Nos. 13 to 22,...
- Withdrawal (5 speeches)
by leave—I move: That those orders of the day returned to the House in accordance with the resolution agreed to this day be discharged. I do not propose to read the titles from the list...
- Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems) 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.
- Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Public Works I present the 13th report for 2006 of the committee, relating to the proposed Australian Institute of Police Management redevelopment at...
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Skilled Migration (1 speech)
The Prime Minister is on the record as saying he wants immigrants to adopt Australian values and learn to speak English, but as usual the reality of his actions illustrates the opposite. His...
- Lebanese Community (1 speech)
Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I thank my colleagues also for their assistance tonight. I wish to inform the House of recent developments in strengthening...
- Skilled Migration (1 speech)
You really have to go out of your way to come up with a policy which disadvantages foreign workers and disadvantages Australian workers, but this government has found a way to do it. The 457 visa...
- Northern Territory: Law and Order (7 speeches)
I rise tonight to advise the House that on Wednesday, 30 August I convened a community crime forum for residents of Malak and Karama in Darwin’s northern suburbs at O’Loughlin...
- Skilled Migration (1 speech)
I want to make some comments tonight about the government’s use of 457 visas, and I want to make it clear from the outset that Labor not only supports the 457 visa class as an instrument to...
- Germaine Greer (2 speeches)
I am sure that almost all Australians have taken offence at the latest outrage from one of Australia’s least favourite exports, Germaine Greer. She has published a tasteless diatribe...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Wills Electorate: Mobile Phone Tower (1 speech)
I wish to speak in support of the community campaign against the mobile phone tower planned for the corner of Kent and Cumberland Roads, Pascoe Vale, in the electorate of Wills. In 2004 I...
- Homeownership (1 speech)
Most Australians, especially younger families, aspire to the great Australian dream of owning their own home. Owning a little piece of Australia gives families security and stability to plan for...
- Gorton Electorate: Education (1 speech)
Last week, I had the good fortune of meeting with school captains and teams leaders from Copperfield College in my electorate. I also met with Tony Simpson, the principal of that college. That...
- James Cook University (1 speech)
James Cook University is in my home city of Townsville. The majority of the current councillors of the James Cook University Student Association were elected last year on a campaign platform of...
- Drugs: Bali (1 speech)
I was horrified this morning to read page 1 of the Sydney Morning Herald and the report titled ‘Death for four more Bali mules’. Inter alia, the report from Mark Forbes reads: Four...
- Mr Steve Irwin (1 speech)
I rise in the Main Committee today to express my condolences in relation to the sad passing of Steve Irwin, whom I have known for many years. In particular, I would like to pass my best wishes on...
- Superannuation (1 speech)
I want to raise what I think is a serious issue in regard to superannuation. It involves a scam. I think all members of parliament admire those people who work very hard and honestly to earn a...
- Mr Steve Irwin; Petrie Electorate: Education (1 speech)
I would also like to add my condolences on the tragic and sad passing of Steve Irwin. My condolences go to his wife, Terri, and children, Bindi and Bob. Australia Zoo is only a short distance...
- Australian Labor Party Family Watch Task Force; Cost of Living (3 speeches)
I want to put on the record the fine activities of the Australian Labor Party Family Watch Task Force. It has been travelling around the country, and we have been meeting and talking with people...
- Flinders Electorate: Seniors (2 speeches)
I want to speak, firstly, about the contribution of seniors in the electorate of Flinders and, secondly, about a particular initiative we are taking to host a free seniors forum on 6 October...
- Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (31 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 June, on motion by Mr Truss: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 May.
- Second Reading (14 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005 amends the Civil Aviation Act 1988 to put into effect an...
