House debates
Thursday, 7 September 2006
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That, for this sitting, so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent questions without notice being called on at 2.30 p.m.
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Marking of Plastic Explosives) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Ruddock. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill implements the obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection,...
- Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Ruddock. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 contains approximately 1,200 amendments to the Customs Tariff Act 1995....
- Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Ruddock. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 contains amendments to the Customs Act 1901 that are complementary to the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 6 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”...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- 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.
- Condolences: Hon. Donald Leslie Chipp Ao (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy presented. Ordered that the order of the day be considered immediately.
- Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Maritime Security Guards and Other Measures) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 May.
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Maritime Security Guards...
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I seek the chair’s indulgence to raise a matter of privilege.
- Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Maritime Security Guards and Other Measures) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to 19-year-old Shane Denning from Penrith, New South Wales, who is in the gallery today. He was contracted to do warehouse and delivery work for...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister advise the House of recent developments in the Australian labour market and what they mean for my electorate of Braddon?
- Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister and again refers to Mr Shane Denning. Is the Prime Minister aware that Shane’s contract with BM Sydney Building Materials provided that Shane was...
- East Timor (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what is the current level of the Australian Defence Force and police commitment to East Timor? Are any changes to that commitment...
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of protected industrial action, a ban on overtime, for Heinemann Electric employees in Melbourne? Is the Prime Minister...
- Drugs: Bali (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What action will the government take to support the six Australians facing the death penalty in Indonesia?
- 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 New Caledonia. On behalf of the House I extend a very warm welcome to our visitors.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates (14 speeches)
With your indulgence, Mr Speaker, I indicate that the opposition supports the government’s efforts at securing clemency with regard to the individuals dealt with in the answer from the...
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is it a fact that today’s industrial disputation data show that strikes are at the lowest level on record?...
- Interest Rates (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his claim that the states are to blame for the pain felt by mortgage holders from rising interest rates, because they have...
- Trade: Cotton Industry (19 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Would the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade inform the House of the success of Australia’s cotton exports,...
- Superannuation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain why we legislate one set of laws for setting superannuation entitlements, pay, termination payouts and benefits for our...
- Guantanamo Bay (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Is the minister aware of the transfer of 14 terrorists to Guantanamo Bay, and what is the government’s response?
- Aviation Security (6 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Is the minister aware that at Ballina Airport passengers are not screened before they board aircraft unless it...
- Health (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House of measures the government has taken to support doctors in rural and regional areas? How is this...
- Aviation Security (39 speeches)
My question without notice is again to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Is the minister aware that at Dubbo airport passengers are not screened with metal detector wands or...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Would the minister inform the House how schools in my electorate and in Queensland generally are benefiting from the...
- Aviation Security (6 speeches)
My question without notice is again to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Is the minister aware that aviation regulations state: A hand-held metal detector must not be used—...
- Transport Infrastructure (3 speeches)
My question is also addressed to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. I ask: would the minister advise the House of progress in the development of the Melbourne to Brisbane rail...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Photographs of Proceedings (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you subsequent to my point of order during question time. At the next sitting of this House, will you make a statement to the House as to the entitlement and...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Rulings (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you relating to the standing orders. Yesterday and today you ruled out parts of questions, saying that they were unnecessary. Could you advise the House, maybe...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports (1 speech)
I present the following Auditor-General’s reports: Australian National Audit Office—Report for 2005-2006, and Performance audit report No. 3 of 2006-2007—Management of Army...
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee (1 speech)
I present the response of the Presiding Officers to the report of the Joint Committee on Publications entitled Distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series.
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence for the remainder of the current period of sittings be given to Mr Kerr on the ground of public business overseas. Question agreed to.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Interests Rates (43 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Prospect proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Mr Harold Hamilton (1 speech)
As the representative of the inner suburbs of Melbourne, I am blessed with many longstanding, dedicated community activists in my electorate—people such as Sandra Joy, Josip Lenger, Jean...
- National Threatened Species Day; National Bilby Day (1 speech)
Today being National Threatened Species Day, I rise this afternoon in the adjournment debate to speak about one of Australia’s most unique marsupials. It is not the kangaroo and it is not...
- Major Norman Hector Bent MBE (1 speech)
Today I would like to inform this House of the passing of a great Australian: Major Norman Hector Bent MBE. Norman passed away on 31 July 2006, aged 96. He began his association with my...
- Australian Technical College Northern Adelaide (1 speech)
I rise tonight to draw to the attention of the House a fantastic event that has occurred in the last week and which will benefit the people of Wakefield. I refer to the two public information...
- Uni-Capitol Washington Internship Program (1 speech)
Every year for the past seven years, students from around Australia have undertaken a journey, travelling halfway around the world, often at their own expense, in order to learn about another...
- Interest Rates (1 speech)
To be the last speaker in this adjournment debate today is an unexpected pleasure and a wonderful opportunity for me to return to the theme of my earlier speech, which was housing affordability...
- Death Penalty (2 speeches)
We are all horrified at the reports of the six young Australians who are now on death row in Indonesia. I am gravely concerned that, from everything President Yudhoyono has already said, it is...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Bhavan Australia (1 speech)
On Wednesday, 30 August I was proud to attend the formal inauguration of Bhavan Australia’s Institute of Arts and Culture and the Gandhi Institute of Computer and Information Technology at...
- Bonner Electorate (1 speech)
Bonner is a diverse community and, since being elected, I have made it my priority to gain an understanding of the issues that are of greatest importance to all sections of the community. I feel...
- National Dementia Awareness Month (1 speech)
Tomorrow, 8 September, marks the beginning of National Dementia Awareness Month. This year commemorates 100 years since the German physician Alois Alzheimer first described the condition we now...
- Regional Partnerships program (1 speech)
I rise to discuss the great work being achieved by the Upwey-Belgrave RSL. On Wednesday, 26 July this year, the Prime Minister, the Hon. John Howard, made time in his heavy schedule to visit the...
- Eating Disorders (1 speech)
This week is National Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Few people would be aware of that fact. Since Sunday there have been 30 news reports on the issue of obesity; there has been...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (3 speeches)
On 1 September, I visited Nangus Public School to do an Investing in Our Schools project. In the 80-year history of the school, it has not had climbing, gross motor or fitness equipment....
- Health: Central Coast MRI (1 speech)
An issue that is of great importance to the people on the Central Coast is the fact that no MRI has been licensed there within the public system. I would like to congratulate the New South Wales...
- Mr Steve Irwin (1 speech)
Yesterday I was pleased to have the opportunity to rise in the Main Committee to praise the life and work of Steve Irwin, a person I have had an enormously high regard for and who I have known...
- United Kempo Martial Arts Academy (1 speech)
I would like to draw to the attention of the House the fact that, since 1997, the United Kempo Martial Arts Academy has been providing instruction in martial arts for the youth of the south-west...
- Telecross Program; Redcliffe Community Bus (2 speeches)
Today I would like to highlight the fantastic work of two local community organisations that are reaching out to vulnerable members of our Petrie community. As members would be aware, there are...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hon. Donald Leslie Chipp AO (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 4 September, on motion by Mr Howard: That this House record its deep regret at the death on 28 August, 2006 of the Honourable Donald Leslie Chipp AO, former Federal Minister...
- Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 6 September, on motion by Mr Truss: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 31 May, on motion by Mr Billson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Mining Industry (1 speech)
Australia is the world’s premier mining country, and clearly the mining industry plays a fundamentally important role in our economy and in our society. Not only does Australia play a major...
- Western Australia: Roads (1 speech)
I rise to talk on the shocking failure of the Western Australian Labor government and its Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Alannah MacTiernan, to put the safety of the people in my...
- University of Wollongong (1 speech)
In 1999 the Prime Minister promised the Australian community that there would be no $100,000 degrees under his government. He actually used the words: The government will not be introducing an...
- Childhood Obesity (1 speech)
There are an estimated 1.5 million people under 18 who are considered overweight or obese. This translates to some 20 to 25 per cent of children and adolescents. About 20 to 25 per cent of...
- Multiculturalism (1 speech)
As the representative of the most multicultural electorate in Australia, I have been alarmed by the comments made by a number of our nation’s leaders in recent weeks. We have seen the Prime...
- Gladstone Health Services (1 speech)
I recently wrote to the people of Gladstone to let them know some of the different ways in which the coalition government is bringing health services to them and to other families. I outlined a...
