House debates
Monday, 12 February 2007
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Airport Development and Aviation Noise Ombudsman Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Georganas.
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Homelessness and the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (9 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)notes that:(a)on nearly any night there are around 100,000 Australians who are homeless and that nearly half of these people are under 25, with young people aged 12-18...
- Australian Aid Program (9 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)supports the Australian aid program’s focus on eradication of poverty and corruption in developing countries;(2)supports the Australian aid program’s efforts...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Airport Security (1 speech)
On 9 August 2006 the Minister for Justice and Customs answered my question No. 3391 in relation to tampering with CCTV cameras in the baggage area of Sydney airport controlled by Customs. That...
- Ms Shirley Su-Lan Huang (1 speech)
Last weekend I joined with hundreds of other local people to celebrate the life of Shirley Su-Lan Huang. Shirley Huang came to Australia to settle in 1988. She was in every possible way a pioneer...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate: Multifaith Service (1 speech)
Late last year I had the opportunity to attend the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, Mary Potter week multifaith service at Calvary Health Care Bethlehem—which I am sure will interest...
- Water (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative Ltd, or CICL, on their successful application to do with the most timely and biggest issue on our agenda at the moment and their...
- Ms Joan Burke (1 speech)
Today I want to tell the House about one of my great constituents, who is one of my harshest critics but one of my greatest fans. I had the joy at the end of last year of attending her final...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Last weekend a Your Rights at Work rally was held at Lithgow, in the new part of my electorate. I certainly accept people’s rights to engage in such rallies and to demonstrate in whichever...
- HMAS Voyager (1 speech)
Saturday, 10 February, was a stark reminder of one of the great naval tragedies in peacetime in Australia, and that is the sinking of the Voyager, the Daring class destroyer that on 10 February...
- Airport Security (1 speech)
I again raise the issue of two security cameras on three occasions being interfered with at Sydney airport and the questions to the Minister for Justice and Customs that are outstanding on the...
- Corangamite Electorate: Investing In Our Schools Program (1 speech)
I want to put on the public record the thanks of the schools in the electorate of Corangamite for $2.8 million that the Howard government has provided to look after the state schools in...
- Airport Security (2 speeches)
I again raise the question of why, on three occasions, two CCTV security cameras in the Customs baggage make-up area of Sydney international airport were interfered with: on 23 October 2004, out...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources will be absent from question time today and for the remainder of this week. He is hosting the APEC mining ministers...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister withdraw his statement that al-Qaeda is praying for a Democrat to become the next President of the United States?
- Climate Change (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister advise the House of the implications for Australia if Senator Bob Brown’s recommendation in relation to the coal...
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and refers to his answer to my previous question. I refer to the text of the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday, which he has reaffirmed in the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. In light of today’s statement on the conduct of monetary policy, what is the outlook for inflation and Australia’s economy?
- Iraq (4 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister and it refers to his answer to my previous question. How can the Prime Minister truthfully say in parliament today that he was not generically attacking...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Judy Madigan, a former Speaker of the Victorian parliament. On behalf of the House, I extend to her a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Water (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House the importance of cooperation between...
- Iraq (7 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister and refers to his answer to my previous question. I refer also to the Prime Minister’s continued affirmation of his statement yesterday that the...
- Coal Exports (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Trade. Would the minister advise the House how the government has supported the responsible development of Australia’s export coal industry? Are...
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question, again to the Prime Minister, refers to his previous answers concerning his remarks yesterday about the Democratic Party on the question of Iraq. Given that Americans know the war in...
- Climate Change (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Would the minister inform the House of the importance of developing clean coal technologies in addressing climate...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Rt Hon. John Hutton, the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Works and Pensions. On behalf of the House, I extend to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Iraq (9 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister and it goes to Iraq. Given that the Prime Minister has spent more than $2 billion of Australian taxpayers’ money on a war in Iraq which, four...
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister inform the House what impact the removal of unfair dismissal laws has had on small business,...
- Iraq (3 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister on the question of Iraq. I refer to his previous answer when he stated that politicians have an obligation to speak responsibly on questions like Iraq....
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister inform the House how the government is meeting growing needs in the aged-care sector? How will this latest...
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. I ask whether the Prime Minister recalls stating about the Iraq war three years ago in this parliament: The reality is that the Leader of the...
- Prime Minister (0 speeches)
- Censure Motion (28 speeches)
by leave—I move: That this House:(1)censures the Prime Minister for:(a)his statement that Al-Qaeda is praying for a Democrat party candidate to win the next United States Presidential...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Government Regulations (2 speeches)
My office has been advised by the bills and papers office staff that government regulations are no longer to be provided in print form or that the process is being phased out with the intention...
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, in accordance with standing orders, could I ask you to write to the following ministers on these questions in writing: the Minister representing the Minister for Justice and Customs,...
- House of Representatives: Dress Code (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I refer you to a number of initiatives that have been taken around the precincts of Parliament House that relate to the need to combat global warming and water shortages. I understand...
- Question Time (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question for you concerning the conclusion of question time today. Extraordinarily, the Prime Minister chose not to vote in the censure motion against him that was moved by...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows and copies will be referred to the appropriate ministers:
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Mr David Hicks (9 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)acknowledges that the ongoing detention without trial of David Hicks is inconsistent with both international and Australian legal standards (including the principle of...
- Human Rights: Burma (8 speeches)
by leave—I move the motion as amended in the terms circulated to honourable members: That the House:(1)notes that Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Question proposed: That grievances be noted.
- Scullin Electorate: Child Care (1 speech)
Preparing for this grievance debate is very difficult because we are confronted with a veritable panoply of grievances. As each day goes by, you can add to the list. I wish to highlight one...
- Australian Values (1 speech)
As a parliamentarian, I regard it as a great privilege to have the opportunity to meet a whole range of different groups in the community, particularly in my electorate of Aston. I especially...
- Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial (1 speech)
I rise to speak in this debate to give voice to the grievance of hundreds of Australian ex-prisoners of war and their families at the government’s continued refusal to have the Ex-POW...
- Northern Territory Crime (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about the No. 1 issue that people come to me with in my electorate of Solomon: crime. Darwin and Palmerston are by far the best places to live in Australia, but,...
- Dental Health (1 speech)
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write a column for the Sydney Morning Herald once a fortnight and I wrote one recently about the state of dental care in Australia. Although...
- Pilbara Workers Housing (1 speech)
I rise this evening with a grievance about the lack of available accommodation for workers in the Pilbara, specifically in the area of Port Hedland and South Hedland. For a number of years now,...
- Eating Disorders (1 speech)
At the beginning of fashion week in New York, London and throughout Europe, I want to make some comments on zero-size models. Over the last couple of months, we have seen growing calls around the...
- Western Australian Police Service; Reid Highway (2 speeches)
I rise to grieve about the law and order situation in Western Australia, specifically in my electorate of Stirling. Local families in my electorate have all had enough of hoons, graffiti and...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2006-2007; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2006-2007 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That, unless otherwise ordered, at the adjournment of the House for this sitting the bills stand referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
I move: That notices Nos 1 and 2, government business, be postponed until the next sitting.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 6) Bill 2006; LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MARKING OF PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES) BILL 2006; CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (INCORPORATION OF PROPOSALS) BILL 2006; AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION AMENDMENT (AUDIT INSPECTION) BILL 2006 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 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)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2006-2007; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2006-2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (17 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 February, on motion by Mr Nairn: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.00 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Country Fire Authority (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the work of the firefighters of the Country Fire Authority and the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment this fire season. We have had an unprecedented fire...
- Water (1 speech)
My electorate of Dobell is facing the prospect of level 5 water restrictions if we do not get reasonable rain. This would limit each resident to only 130 litres of water a day. As our local paper...
- Television Sports Broadcasting (1 speech)
I was highly disappointed last week to learn of the detail of Foxtel’s deal with the free-to-air television networks in the carve-up of AFL games for the 2007 through to 2011 seasons. From...
- Iran (1 speech)
Just a month ago Mohammad Ahmadinejad, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, stood with a former head of the Ku Klux Klan of America, David Duke, in Tehran. This was the first time ever...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise in the House tonight to express the concerns of quite a few of my constituents about an issue that has been debated a lot of late—that is, the question of climate change. Many of my...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
