House debates
Thursday, 14 September 2006
- Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme — New Formula and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Brough. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill delivers the legislation for the remaining two stages of the government’s major overhaul of the Child Support Scheme, flowing...
- Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Consequential, Transitional and Other Measures Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Brough. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2005, introduced into this House in June last year, is intended to repeal and...
- Corporations Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Brough. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This Corporations Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations) Bill 2006 amends the Corporations Act 2001. The amendments...
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Brough. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill gives further effect to the government’s package of reforms announced as part of the 2006 budget. The measures will boost support...
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Billson. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. In October 2005, in tabling the Howard government response to the 2005 Senate report into the effectiveness of Australia’s military justice...
- Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Billson. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to present legislation to give effect to a federal government initiative that will provide non-liability cancer treatment for...
- Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Billson. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to present the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions)...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Enforcement Powers) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mrs De-Anne Kelly. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. As Australia’s broadcasting and communications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) plays a critical role in...
- Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mrs De-Anne Kelly. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 2006 amends the Television Licence Fees Act 1964 as a consequence of provisions in the Broadcasting...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (8 speeches)
At the request of the Special Minister of State, 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...
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
On behalf of the Special Minister of State, I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969 , the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary...
- Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006; Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 September, on motion by Mr Ruddock: 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.
- Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 September, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill 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.
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (28 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 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”...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Media Ownership (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that under his proposals the number of media owners could fall from six to four in regional markets such as Albury-Wodonga,...
- Workplace Relations (11 speeches)
My question is also addressed to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Australian labour market has benefited from greater choice? Is the Prime Minister aware...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Would the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade advise the House of the importance of the Cairns Group meeting in...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it follows on from his answer to a previous question, in which he referred to his so-called truth about AWAs. Isn’t it the case that under the Serco...
- APEC Finance Ministers Meeting (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Following on from the Prime Minister’s statements about reform, would the Treasurer inform the House of outcomes of the APEC Finance Ministers...
- Workplace Relations (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it again relates to the Serco Sodexho Defence Services AWA at Duntroon. Isn’t it the case that under this AWA someone working on the roster I am...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a delegation from the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. On behalf of the House I extend a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing Loans (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of comments made by Standard & Poor’s on ABC radio this morning that arrears on housing loans have increased by about...
- Workforce Participation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services. Would the minister update the House about how the government is helping to increase workforce participation? Is the minister aware of proposals...
- Sydney Airport (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and relates to the draft Productivity Commission report titled Review of price regulation of airport services. Are you aware that the report recommends that...
- Iraq (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister inform the House of the latest developments in the trial of Saddam Hussein? How is Australia contributing to the...
- Oil for Food Program (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, as one of the best friends that Saddam Hussein ever had.
- Iraq (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. As the member representing the garrison city of Townsville, I ask: would the minister inform the House of recent rotations of our forces in...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to my question yesterday concerning his foreign policy adviser’s meeting with the AWB on how the AWB should respond to questions from the...
- Health Insurance (12 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister outline to the House measures that the government is taking to make private health insurance a better product?...
- Oil for Food Program (16 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to his answer to my previous question. He said that it was a matter for Commissioner Cole to request any expansion in his terms of reference in...
- National Security (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the minister advise the House of how security has been upgraded at Australian airports? Also, Minister, would...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Energy Initiatives (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Standing Orders (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, during question time you ruled out of order the following sentence in a question that the member for Griffith asked the Minister for Trade: Does the minister accept any responsibility...
- iPods (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wonder if you could clarify this for the House. Given advances in technology, if a member is finding an answer so boring that they resort to listening to an iPod, is that in order?
- Standing Orders (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 103 I want to follow up the point of order that I moved in question time and the question to you from the member for Melbourne. It appears to me from a detailed...
- Question Time (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 103 I have a further question to you. Are you aware that, up to the end of question time today, the member for Oxley was the 91st person asked to leave the...
- Standing Orders (10 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question of you. Prior to question time when the member for Werriwa was speaking the only person to pay deference to the convention of the line of sight between the Speaker...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (17 speeches)
Documents are tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and I move: That the House take note of the...
- Special Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House, at its rising, adjourn until 12.30 pm on Monday, 9 October, unless the Speaker or, in the event of the Speaker being unavailable, the Deputy Speaker, fixes an alternative...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (27 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Griffith proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Plans and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Financial Transaction Reports Amendment 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)
- 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...
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment, appropriation message having been reported; 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.
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- MR John Craig (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call on the adjournment debate, I take this opportunity to inform the House of the impending retirement of John Craig, who is at the Clerk’s table this afternoon. John retires...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Fuel Prices (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I also express my appreciation to John Craig and wish him a long and happy retirement. The Prime Minister evidently believes that he has hit on a guaranteed vote-buying policy...
- Water (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the issue of water. It should be on everybody’s lips today because the issue of water has crashed into the area of Gippsland. I have here a copy of a letter to the...
- Oil for Food Program (1 speech)
The Australian Wheat Board wheat for weapons scandal is one which, had it occurred in any other Western democracy, would have at least ended the political careers of the ministers who presided...
- New South Wales Labor Government: Central Coast (1 speech)
I rise tonight to once again express my dismay at the total inaction of the New South Wales Iemma Labor government in addressing the issues that matter to Central Coast residents. Labor is simply...
- Liberal Party: Epping Preselection (1 speech)
Could I, at the outset, associate myself with your kind remarks regarding the distinguished service of John Craig. This weekend the Liberal Party will preselect its candidate for Epping at the...
- Mr Steve Irwin (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon in the adjournment debate to talk about the disgraceful comments made about the late Steve Irwin by an animal rights activist organisation based in the United States. I have...
- Queensland: Electoral Redistribution (2 speeches)
I would like to take the remaining moments before we adjourn to comment briefly on the finalisation of the redistribution in Queensland, in what seems to be another kafuffle in the coalition...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
Recently we saw the announcement from the government that the drug Herceptin will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. This is something that will bring relief to thousands of women,...
- Darwin Radiation Oncology Facility (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House on the progress of the radiation oncology facility in Darwin. I am somewhat relieved to report that the Northern Territory government have at least agreed to work...
- Mr Charles Frederick Van Buren (1 speech)
I rise this morning to commemorate the passing of a great union man and great Labor man. Charles Frederick Van Buren passed away this week. He was a friend of mine and, indeed, a friend of the...
- Investing in Our Schools Program; Wirreanda High School (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge an initiative of the Howard government which has provided untold benefits in my local community. The Howard government’s Investing in Our Schools program has...
- Mr Charles Frederick Van Buren (1 speech)
I want to join with my colleague the member for Gorton to also pay my respects and express my deep sympathy at the passing of my constituent and very good friend Charles Frederick Van Buren, very...
- Employment: Job Seekers (1 speech)
I rise today to report on the job seeker relocation trial, the pilot scheme designed to help unemployed Australians receiving welfare relocate to take up meaningful work. I have been working on...
- Centrelink (1 speech)
Today I would like to raise an issue of great concern to me. One of my constituents, Corrina, contacted my office by writing to me on 9 August. I received the letter on 10 August. It was a horror...
- Phillip Island (1 speech)
I rise today to address two issues in relation to the development of the wonderful Phillip Island within my electorate of Flinders. The first is in relation to the proposal for a Phillip Island...
- Mr Frankie Cunningham (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure today in this parliament to acknowledge the contribution of one of Geelong’s unsung heroes to the welfare of his fellow man. At the recent annual dinner hosted by...
- International Day of Peace (2 speeches)
I rise to add to my comments in private member’s business in support of the International Day of Peace, which will be occurring on 21 September. The Australian government recognises the...
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (50 speeches)
Debate resumed from 6 September, on motion by Ms Julie Bishop: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Newcastle (1 speech)
I rise to applaud the wonderful spirit of Newcastle. Two events last week reminded me just how passionate, proud and committed Novocastrians are to giving something back to their community. Last...
- Mr Richard Dowdy (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, you would know that over the years we have work experience students in my electorate of Gilmore. Present in the chamber today is Richard Dowdy, who has done work experience for...
- Aboriginal Communities (1 speech)
Earlier in the week you will recall, Mr Deputy Speaker, that a question was asked by the member of Solomon of the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mr Brough. The...
- Knox Basketball Association (1 speech)
I rise to praise Knox Basketball Association, who are from the suburb of Boronia in my electorate of La Trobe. They are doing a fantastic job and I am very keen to help them secure federal...
- Telstra (1 speech)
I wish to bring to the attention of the House what could only be described as a deliberate con. Unfortunately, it has been perpetrated by Telstra on one of my constituents in Central Queensland....
- Employment (1 speech)
The June 2006 quarter results in the small-area labour market for my seat of Lindsay show 4.3 per cent unemployment—4.3 per cent unemployment after our Work Choices laws have been in place...
