House debates
Wednesday, 6 December 2006
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Statements of Principles and Other Measures) 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 minor but necessary measures that will correct a number of anomalies and improve...
- Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) 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 Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Bill amends the Navigation Act 1912 and the Protection of the Sea...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties I present the committee’s report, incorporating a dissenting report, entitled Report 81: Treaties tabled on 8 August 2006 (2). Ordered...
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (30 speeches)
Debate resumed from 5 December, on motion by Dr Washer: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Special Minister of State will be absent from question time today and tomorrow. He is travelling to Sweden and Norway to attend the Cisco public service summit. The...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Health Funding (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer to the report by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing entitled The blame game. I refer to the advice on health...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. How have Australian families benefited from a strong economy, and what are the threats to the policies on which this prosperity is based?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Ian Cameron, a former member for Maranoa. On behalf of the House I extend to him a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister advise the House how the Australian government is working...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Saban Disli, member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, accompanied by the Turkish ambassador. On behalf of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister and relates to his previous answer in which he placed all blame on the drought for low growth figures released today. Prime Minister, isn’t it the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mrs Siti Nurbaya, the Secretary-General of the Indonesian DPD. On behalf of the House I extend to her a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to my previous question. Prime Minister, isn’t it the case that the government has claimed its Work Choices policies would lead to higher...
- Fiji (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister inform the House of developments in Fiji over the last 24 hours? How is the government proposing to respond to...
- Immigration (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to a report released today by the Commonwealth Ombudsman detailing the wrongful immigration detention of nine children, including Australian...
- Superannuation (13 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer advise the House how Australian workers and retirees will now be able to plan with certainty for their retirements?
- Immigration (4 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. It refers to his previous answer on the Ombudsman’s report on the illegal detention of Australian children. Prime Minister, why do you take...
- Border Protection (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister inform the House about what the government is doing to help our Navy protect our borders against illegal smuggling and...
- Climate Change (10 speeches)
Mr Speaker—
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister advise the House how the government’s workplace relations reforms are delivering higher...
- Climate Change (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the State of the environment report released today shows there has been a significant increase in sea surface...
- Republic of Korea (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister inform the House of the state of bilateral relations with the Republic of Korea and of recent developments on the Korean...
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the State of the environment report released today shows that 22 of Australia’s 64 internationally...
- Health (20 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Is the minister aware of claims that major reforms are required to Australia’s world-class health system? What is the...
- Iraq (31 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the overnight testimony of the new United States Secretary for Defense, Robert Gates, that the coalition is not winning the...
- Families (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Would the minister inform the House of the government’s achievements in providing social...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Commonwealth Ombudsman (0 speeches)
- Report (1 speech)
I present the report for 2005-06 on the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s activities in monitoring controlled operations conducted by the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Federal Police.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Environment; Water (19 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 urgent need for the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the Committee of Privileges concerning an application from Mr Mike Berwick for the publication of a response to a reference made in the House of Representatives....
- Public Works Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the 19th report for 2006 of the committee, relating to the proposed extension and accommodation upgrade to the...
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Reference (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the following order of the day, committee and delegation reports, be referred to the Main Committee for debate: Joint Standing Committee on Treaties—Report 81:...
- Electoral and Referendum 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.
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Marking of Plastic Explosives) 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.
- Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House do now adjourn.
- Lockhart Review (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, on a very quick matter of indulgence, could we acknowledge in the chamber today Mrs Juliet Lockhart, who has been present for the debate on the Prohibition of Human Cloning for...
- Standing Committee on Family and Human Services (1 speech)
I rise to speak briefly about the matter that was raised after question time today concerning the Standing Committee on Family and Human Services and the consideration of the report which has...
- Triabunna: Commemorative Wall (1 speech)
I want to mention in the House that in November each year in my electorate of Lyons, in the township of Triabunna, the municipality there in the local area has a commemorative service for the...
- Ryan Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I am pleased to speak in the parliament today in relation to the so-called Goodna bypass project, which is of very deep interest to the constituents of the Ryan electorate, particularly the...
- Request for Detailed Information (0 speeches)
- Hansard (2 speeches)
asked the Speaker, in writing, on 30 October 2006: Further to my previous question relating to the absence of conservation of Hansard volumes ( Hansard , 5 September 2006, page 68): (1)Are the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Australian Safer Communities Award (1 speech)
I am delighted to have been advised by the federal Attorney-General that the collaborative effort between the Woorabinda Indigenous community, in my electorate, and the Queensland Ambulance...
- Pacific Highway (1 speech)
Today I rise in this House to raise the issue of the Pacific Highway. In the next couple of weeks the section between Karuah and Tea Gardens will be officially opened. Work will commence on the...
- Overseas Development Assistance (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about Australia’s aid contributions to developing countries—an issue which is very important to me, an issue which is certainly very important to many of my...
- Cook Electorate: Surf-Lifesaving Programs (1 speech)
I would like to update the House on recent developments to surf-lifesaving programs at Cronulla Beach, in my electorate of Cook. The people of Cronulla and the rest of the Sutherland shire were...
- Schools Funding (1 speech)
When consideration is given to the allocation of resources to Australian schools, it might be expected that the allocation would be based on a sound educational rationale and fairness and would...
- Karen People (1 speech)
I rise today to speak of the plight and the suffering of the Karen people in Burma, which they have endured for much of the last 50 years. They are peaceful people who have endured suffering,...
- Banking Sector: Offshore Employment (1 speech)
Given the closeness to Christmas, I want to wish a merry Christmas to all, particularly to those in my electorate of Chisholm; I also hope that they are safe on the roads over this busy period. I...
- Inland Rail Link (1 speech)
I rise this morning to commend Everald Compton, who has had the great vision of building an inland rail link from Melbourne to Queensland and right through to Darwin. I commend him for his work...
- Employment (1 speech)
While government members seem pleased to quote low unemployment rates in their electorates, in my electorate of Fowler the picture is not quite as rosy. Unemployment in Fowler has risen from five...
- MRI Licences (2 speeches)
The old saying, ‘Good things come to those who wait,’ has never rung more true than in Gilmore recently. After a determined campaign by the general public, the radiology community and...
- Electoral and Referendum Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 November, on motion by Mr Nairn: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Marking of Plastic Explosives) 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.
