House debates
Thursday, 22 March 2007
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Advertising and Other Matters) Bill 2007 (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 Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Advertising and Other Matters) Bill 2007 will amend the Classification...
- Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Robb. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This is the third bill to implement measures recommended by the independent evaluation of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000...
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006; Airspace Bill 2006; Airspace (Consequentials and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 March, on motion by Ms Ley: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (10 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- 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.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Provider Number Review) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (15 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 March, 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.
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Information and Other Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 March, on motion by Mr Andrews: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs will be absent from question time today. He has been representing the government at the funeral of Trooper Joshua Porter at...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with findings of a government report entitled Forecasting productivity growth 2004 to 2024 that: Broadband will help to raise...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of any recent reports which outline the importance of Australian workplace agreements to the resources sector? What is...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What has been the government’s response to Australia’s biggest economic problem, the ageing of the population? Are there any threats to long-term...
- Future Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Has the Treasurer seen comments from finance columnist Terry McCrann, who has said Labor’s broadband proposal is ‘really quite sensible’ and...
- Telecommunications (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the federal government is planning to...
- Broadband (32 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and refers to his answer to the last question. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to the Treasurer’s claim on AM this morning that the provision...
- Employment and Workplace Relations (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister inform the House how the government’s employment and workplace relations policies are...
- Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and follows from his answer about young people in our workplaces. Minister, if a young worker under 18 is given an AWA...
- North Korea (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the latest available information on Australia’s support for preventing nuclear proliferation in North Korea?
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Minister, if an employee is entitled to a casual loading of 25 per cent under an Australian pay and classification scale, to...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Attorney-General. Would the Attorney-General inform the House of the progress of counterterrorism operations against Jemaah Islamiah in the region, especially...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Given that the original guidelines to the Investing in Our Schools Program stated: A school community may be funded up to a...
- Health: Cancer Treatment Services (2 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister inform the House how the federal government is improving cancer services across regional Australia? How has the...
- Broadband (3 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for Health and Ageing about cancer treatment. Minister, are you aware that new digital technology allows a mammogram, a life-saving tool in the battle against...
- Superannuation (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer. Would the minister outline to the House how Australians will benefit from the superannuation reforms coming into...
- Broadband (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and it follows my question yesterday about the $50 million Metropolitan Broadband Connect program. I refer the Prime Minister to his written answer provided...
- Water (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Environment and Water Resources. Would the minister inform the House of how the government is addressing problems of water scarcity across Australia?
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Call Connect Service (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, before question time today I went to use the Telstra Call Connect service, 12456, in this House, which we had used previously. I was told that we were not able to. I then inquired of...
- Air Conditioning (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, has your attention been drawn to reports that the Queensland parliament will allow male members to dispense with either a coat or a tie in order to reduce the amount of air...
- Questions in Writing (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 105(b), I seek your assistance. Would you mind writing to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to seek...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
A document is tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Broadband (19 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Rankin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The importance for...
- Non-Proliferation 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 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Library Committee; Membership (1 speech)
Mr Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Brandis has resigned from the Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library.
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Debt Agreements) Bill 2007; Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Amendment Bill 2007; Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Additional Screening Measures) Bill 2007; Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007; Customs Tariff Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007; Tourism Australia Amendment Bill 2007; Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Information and Other Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Broadband (1 speech)
Yesterday two important policy speeches were given. The Prime Minister gave a speech about the failed and wrong plan in Iraq. The other speech was by the Leader of the Opposition about building a...
- Environment: Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
On the morning of Tuesday, 20 February, an article in the Sydney Morning Herald by the journalist Wendy Frew came to my attention. The article quoted statements from the World Wildlife Fund and...
- Australian Public Service (1 speech)
I welcome the opportunity to speak this evening and in doing so to recognise the many thousands of Australians who go to work each day in the Australian Public Service. The vast majority of those...
- Kingston Electorate: Seaford 6-12 School (1 speech)
I rise today to bring to the attention of the House the outstanding achievement of a school in my electorate of Kingston, the Seaford 6-12 School. Yesterday we celebrated the 2007 National Awards...
- Fuel-Efficient Cars (1 speech)
This afternoon I want to sing the praises of factory-built LPG vehicles. I have been driving a factory-built Ford Fairmont for the past couple of months. I am most impressed by its performance,...
- Health: Hunter Syndrome (1 speech)
In late October last year I was privileged to meet the Webber family and their incredible young son, Jimmy. Jimmy is 12 years old and suffers from Hunter syndrome, or MPS II. Children with Hunter...
- Iraq (2 speeches)
Last week when the Prime Minister was flying around the Middle East, quite rightly visiting our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, there was much speculation that he was to make a major speech about...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Hockey Australia (1 speech)
Many Australians are aware of the tremendous success of Australia’s national hockey teams, the Hockeyroos and the Kookaburras, and the success they have had over the last 20 years. Much of...
- Petrie Electorate: Redcliffe Hospital (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about the appalling state of Redcliffe Hospital. I have real concerns regarding this hospital in my electorate of Petrie, but what is the state member for Redcliffe, Lillian...
- Werriwa Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Today I want to raise an issue of great concern to the residents of Ingleburn, Macquarie Fields, Glenfield, Minto and other suburbs: the state of the crossing at the Cambridge Avenue bridge in...
- Port of Brisbane Motorway Project (1 speech)
All residents in Bonner have a right to drive on safer roads, and businesses need better roads to transport their goods. Improved roads not only help reduce the number of traffic accidents and...
- Parramatta Electorate: Lynwood Park Public School (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a very special event in my electorate: the opening of the parliament of the Lynwood Park Public School. I was privileged to hear policy speeches by each...
- Mr Jim Kirkbride (1 speech)
I rise to place on the Hansard record the death of James Kirkbride—or Jim, as he was known to his family and friends. While his name may not be familiar in this place, Jim Kirkbride will be...
- Water (1 speech)
The 2nd/48th was a unit my uncle Ralph served in, and I can concur with the member for Maranoa’s comments. Money talks, even louder than state premiers, and these words led the Sydney...
- National Community Crime Prevention Program (1 speech)
I wish to speak on an issue dear to my heart, law and order, and on the achievements of a remarkable Territorian in this field. While the Howard government’s National Community Crime...
- Banks Electorate: Veterans (1 speech)
I wish to bring to the attention of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs a matter raised with me by my constituents Mr Garry Lilley and Ms Maha Aziz. I have been advised there is a new...
- Water (4 speeches)
Today is National Water Day and it is a timely reminder to us to consider water. Water is a critical issue on the Central Coast. It is not a federal obligation to provide water. Water is...
- Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 March.
- Second Reading (35 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to the Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Unemployment: Statistics (1 speech)
Since 1960 the Australian Bureau of Statistics has relied on the labour force survey to provide our community with information on employment, unemployment and labour force participation. The...
- Water (1 speech)
Today is International Water Day. On International Water Day in my electorate of Flinders at Gunnamatta Beach—one of the great beaches in Australia—every hour, 17 million litres of...
- Electoral Roll (1 speech)
I regret to advise the House that as of 2006 only 48 per cent of all 18-year-olds were enrolled to vote. Of the people in that age bracket, some 260,000, the AEC has only 126,000...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (1 speech)
I rise to talk about one of the best programs that has ever been initiated by the Howard coalition government, and that is the Investing in Our Schools Program, which was announced in the lead-up...
- International Women’s Day: Ms Malalai Joya (1 speech)
I want to talk this morning about International Women’s Day, which was held on 8 March. Particularly, I want to talk about a wonderful opportunity that I was able to share in on the morning...
- Iraq; Harmony Day (1 speech)
I am indebted to the member for Canberra for putting all of that on the public record in this place, because it very nicely ties in to some of the comments I want to make. It highlights very much...
- New South Wales: Labor Government (7 speeches)
With the upcoming New South Wales state election this Saturday, I rise to draw the state’s attention to the use of public resources by the Premier of New South Wales. He has faxed to all...
