House debates
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Julie Bishop. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The primary purpose of this bill is to amend the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 by appropriating additional funding of $26.1...
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Julie Bishop. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The purpose of the bill is to amend the Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004 (the...
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Ley. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The red-meat processor industry has a value of about $15 billion a year and earns nearly $7 billion in export revenue. Collectively-funded...
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Ley. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill will improve the management of the Torres Strait fisheries, better enable monitoring of fishing activity in Commonwealth fisheries and...
- Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Ley. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill contains amendments which are consequential to the Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 and complements the Howard...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (55 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May, on motion by Mr Costello: 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (26 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May, on motion by Mr Dutton: 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That orders of the day Nos 3 and 4, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May, on motion by Ms Ley: 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.
- Governance Review Implementation (Treasury Portfolio Agencies) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Consideration resumed from 10 May. Senate’s amendment— (1) Schedule 1, item 24, page 10 (lines 20 to 32), omit subsection 601AE(1A), substitute:...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May, on motion by Ms Ley: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time today and tomorrow. He is travelling to the United States on official business. The Minister...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Future Fund (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm evidence in Senate estimates by Future Fund CEO Paul Costello today that the Future Fund made no independent inquiries regarding the...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how does a strong, flexible economy help sustain the prosperity that underpins the wellbeing of families such as those in...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Brian Howe, former Deputy Prime Minister and now a member of the board of the Australia and New Zealand School of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Future Fund (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Treasurer. I refer to his previous statement that he had no capacity to influence the Future Fund’s decision to appoint Northern Trust as its global custodian,...
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is also addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House how reform of the Australian tax system has affected Australia’s economic performance? Is the Treasurer...
- Future Fund (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Treasurer, and it also concerns injustice. Can the Treasurer confirm that Northern Trust, the Future Fund’s global custodian, managed the Enron staff...
- State Governments (9 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Is the government working in partnership with regional communities to solve local problems...
- Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall making the following statement to parliament in 1992 expressing his longstanding views on industrial relations. He said: ......
- Indigenous Affairs (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, will the minister update the House on...
- Workplace Relations (18 speeches)
Prime Minister, isn’t it a fact that this Australian workplace agreement, drawn up by the Hotels, Motels and Accommodation Association, takes away penalty rates, overtime, public holiday...
- Exports (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Trade. Would the minister advise the House how a better-run waterfront is helping Australia’s export performance? Is the minister aware of any...
- Advertising Campaigns (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm whether or not the government is planning to mail to all eight million households in Australia a taxpayer funded, full-colour...
- Diabetes (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House what the government is doing to tackle chronic illnesses such as diabetes and how will this policy assist...
- Advertising Campaigns (8 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister and it refers to his previous answer when he said that no decision had been made on a taxpayer funded letter to Australian households on climate change....
- Agriculture (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Would the minister advise the House of recent developments in Australian agriculture following the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (11 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Zone (2 speeches)
I notice that works are being undertaken to semi-permanently cover many of the water features of this magnificent building. As this building is owned by every Australian and as it attracts great...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 38 of 2006-07 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 38 of 2006-07 entitled Performance audit: Administration of the community aged care packages program: Department of Health and Ageing....
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Working Families (27 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Melbourne proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 (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 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Reports (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Public Works I present the second, third and fourth reports for 2007 of the committee relating to Defence Force School of Signals...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May, on motion by Ms Ley: 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.
- Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 May, on motion by Mr Billson: 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.
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May, on motion by Mr Hunt: 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 3) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May, on motion by Mr Dutton: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being almost 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Birth Certificates (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an incredibly sensitive and moving subject that relates to the struggle of a young mother and her quest to have her baby daughter recognised. In raising this matter tonight I...
- Palmerston High School (1 speech)
Recently I had the great pleasure to visit Palmerston High School in my electorate to meet with teachers and students. The school had received funding to upgrade their computer technology and...
- Advertising Campaigns (1 speech)
I have just done a radio interview with an announcer in Sydney. I had one of those moments where I thought, ‘Gee, I wish I had come up with that.’ I was doing an interview in my...
- Bonner Electorate: EM Tooth Memorial Home (1 speech)
On Friday, 18 May I had the great pleasure of attending the 17th annual dinner at the EM Memorial Tooth Home in Brisbane’s Bayside suburb of Lota. The EM Tooth Memorial Home is a highly...
- Centrelink (1 speech)
I was recently contacted in my Sydney office by a constituent of mine—Leanne, a university student from Balmain. She was experiencing some problems with Centrelink that raise some broader...
- Taiwan (1 speech)
I rise this evening to voice my concern and frustration over the exclusion of Taiwan over the last 10 years from participation in the world’s premier public health forum, the World Health...
- Request for Detailed Information (0 speeches)
- Parliament House Security Passes (1 speech)
asked the Speaker:(1)How many Parliament House Security passes in the category (a) Ministerial Wing, Staff of Minister, (b) Ministerial Wing, Family of Minister, (c) Ministerial...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (9 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Water (1 speech)
In my electorate of Lalor and right around the country people are concerned about saving water. They are concerned about climate change, they are concerned about water and they are doing their...
- Fisher Electorate: Sunshine Eye Clinic (1 speech)
I was recently able to assist a dedicated new eye surgery in my electorate on the Sunshine Coast. This clinic opened last year and we were able to assist it with respect to the Department of...
- Proposed Tyalgum Dam (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on a very important issue in my electorate: the Howard government’s recent proposal to build a dam at Tyalgum and send the water from northern New South Wales to...
- Moreton Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I hope the member for Richmond tells her constituents that the Leader of the Opposition’s advice given to the Goss government in the early 1990s—when he was in charge of the cabinet...
- Throsby Electorate: General Practitioners (1 speech)
I take the opportunity this morning to raise the concerns of many constituents in my electorate about the growing crisis in the provision of GP services in Throsby. For some years the population...
- Paterson Electorate: Ambulance Services (1 speech)
I rise today to raise an issue of concern to my electorate of Paterson. I have been approached by a number of people concerned about access to and waiting times of the ambulance service. Last...
- University of Western Sydney (1 speech)
Today I wish to bring to the attention of the chamber the increasing difficulties faced by my local university, the University of Western Sydney, in providing those all-important, non-academic...
- Hasluck Electorate: Sustainable Gardening (1 speech)
I wish to speak this morning about Zanthorrea Nursery in Maida Vale in my electorate of Hasluck which was recently declared the first sustainable garden centre in Western Australia. I was very...
- Capricornia Electorate: Nuclear-Free Zone (1 speech)
Every day is glorious on the beautiful Capricorn Coast in my electorate. Today the councillors of the Livingstone Shire will be asked to support a motion to protect the unique natural heritage of...
- Children’s Medical Research Institute (2 speeches)
On Friday, 11 May this year, I had the genuine pleasure of attending a lunch function at the Gerringong town hall in the Gilmore electorate. The event was to celebrate a significant milestone in...
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 May, on motion by Mr Billson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008; APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2006-2007; Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2006-2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (38 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 May, on motion by Mr Costello: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Tanner moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be omitted...
