House debates
Thursday, 14 June 2007
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McGauran. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. It has been an immensely difficult 18 months for Australia’s wheat growers. Last year they faced a devastating growing season as winter and...
- International Trade Integrity 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 International Trade Integrity Bill 2007 continues Australia’s tough stance against foreign bribery and contravention of United Nations...
- Judges’ Pensions Amendment 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. This bill would amend the Judges’ Pensions Act 1968 so that, where a federal judge is subject to the superannuation surcharge, reduced...
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment 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. This bill amends the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to implement the second stage of recommendations of the report of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (8 speeches)
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 which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Privileges Committee; Report (6 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion for the House to consider the Committee of Privileges report presented on 31 May 2007 about allegations of documents fraudulently and inaccurately written...
- Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007; Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007; Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 May, on motion by Mr Pearce: 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.
- Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 May, on motion by Mr Pearce: 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.
- Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 May, on motion by Mr Pearce: 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.
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other 2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 31 May, on motion by Mr Brough: 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 (Sponsorship Fees) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 May, on motion by Mr Andrews: 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.
- Social Security Amendment (Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up for Australian Apprentices) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 June, on motion by Mr Robb: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Stephen Smith moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Liberal Party (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the questions I asked in the parliament yesterday concerning the use of Kirribilli as a fundraising venue for the Liberal...
- Wealth Distribution (5 speeches)
My question is also addressed to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of criticisms being made in relation to wealth distribution in Australia? Are these criticisms justified?
- Liberal Party (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister and relates to my earlier questions on the use of Kirribilli and the Lodge as fundraising venues for the Liberal Party. Prime Minister, how much money...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is directed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer detail to the House information released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the effects of the government’s tax and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I draw members’ attention to the presence in the gallery this afternoon of the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, His Excellency Mr Abdulrahman Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah. On...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Liberal Party (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how much money did the Liberal Party pay to the Commonwealth for the use of the Lodge on 24 June 2005, and when was that payment made?
- Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that real wages are continuing to grow? How much have they grown since 1996? Is the Prime Minister aware of any...
- Liberal Party (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer to the previous question when he said that he would tell the parliament how much the Liberal Party had...
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the relationship between industrial relations policy and productivity? How would recentralisation of the labour...
- Liberal Party (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer to my previous question on Kirribilli and the Lodge, their use for fundraising purposes by the Liberal...
- Airport Security (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how seriously the coalition government...
- Liberal Party (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the statement by the Australian Electoral Commission director for funding and disclosure, Mr Kevin Bodel, that the Prime Minister’s...
- Privacy Act (2 speeches)
I have been anxious to ask a question of the Attorney-General. Would the Attorney-General advise the House on the importance of the Privacy Act and the obligations on organisations to protect and...
- Liberal Party (10 speeches)
My question, again, is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his claim yesterday that the Kirribilli function was no more than ‘hospitality provided by me’. Does the...
- Prime Minister (0 speeches)
- Motion (55 speeches)
I seek leave to move a censure motion. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition moving...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (14 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Speaker’s Rulings (8 speeches)
I have a question to you, Mr Speaker. It concerns the use of standing order 94(a) to exclude the member for Lilley today from the House without warning, for an hour.
- House of Representatives: Photographs (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, could you investigate whether someone in the journalists area, a female wearing a brown coat, took a photo during the last division, with her digital camera? I notice that she has...
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I ask you to write to the Minister for Education, Science and Training and ask for reasons why she has not responded to my question of 6 February, question 5299, in respect of the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time (2 speeches)
My question relates to the matter that the member for O’Connor just raised. During question time the Leader of the Opposition asked the Prime Minister a question which included a reference...
- Parliament House: Demonstration (7 speeches)
My question concerns respect for public property and the parliament. At the time of the 1996 budget you will remember that the union movement, particularly the CFMEU, doorknocked Parliament...
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
I request, in accordance with the standing orders, that you write to the Minister for Small Business and Tourism seeking an answer to question No. 5592, which was placed on the Notice Paper on 26...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 44 of 2006-07 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 44 of 2006-07 entitled Performance audit: management of tribunal operations—Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
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...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Liberal Party (2 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 Government’s...
- AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) AMENDMENT BILL 2007; AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2007 MEASURES; No. 1) Bill 2007; GOVERNANCE REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION (SCIENCE RESEARCH AGENCIES) BILL 2007; CORPORATIONS (NZ CLOSER ECONOMIC RELATIONS) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2007; MIGRATION AMENDMENT (STATUTORY AGENCY) BILL 2007; VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2007 MEASURES; No. 1) Bill 2007; Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007; LIQUID FUEL EMERGENCY AMENDMENT BILL 2007; HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT (INAPPROPRIATE AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2007; DEFENCE FORCE (HOME LOANS ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2007 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Social Security Amendment (Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up for Australian Apprentices) 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.
- Australian Public Service (1 speech)
I want to talk this evening about some matters relating to the Public Service. Firstly, and most importantly, I want to talk about politicisation of the Public Service. I have a serious concern...
- South Australian Education Budget (3 speeches)
As we speak, thousands of South Australian teachers and parents are rallying across South Australia protesting against the South Australian Labor government’s budget cuts to public schools....
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Yesterday in question time the Minister for Health and Ageing on behalf of the Howard government attacked our hard-working nurses. It was a disgraceful, shameful attack in which he falsely...
- Stirling Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House that the Western Australian state Labor government is, astonishingly, about to turn down $10 million of Commonwealth money to fix a black spot in my electorate of...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity in the adjournment debate this evening to endorse the statements of my colleague the member for Richmond and speak on behalf of the many hardworking nurses in our...
- Workplace Relations; Veterans: Legal Action (1 speech)
I find it extraordinary that the previous speaker could find anything that Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells said as extreme or extraordinary. She is a very valuable, conservative member of our...
- Liberal Party (2 speeches)
In the few seconds that remain tonight I would just like to remind the House that once again we saw the Prime Minister dodging a proper discussion of issues which relate to the activities that he...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Telstra (1 speech)
I was concerned to read a report in the Sydney Morning Herald of 13 June 2007 which stated that Western Australian MPs have been advised by email from Telstra that constituents should be advised...
- Agricultural Shows (1 speech)
I would like to commend the people of the electorate of Fisher and its surrounding areas for their very strong support for the substantial number of agricultural shows held each year in and...
- New South Wales Flood (1 speech)
The tempest that struck our region last Friday exposed the people of Newcastle and the Hunter to the world and, although we appeared battered and bruised, our community strength has been revealed...
- Education (1 speech)
I rise this morning to support and comment on the Australian government’s initiatives for education. In a regional area such as Braddon, located on an island off the mainland, the need for...
- International Men’s Health Week (1 speech)
Monday, 11 June to Sunday, 17 June is International Men’s Health Week and is primarily concerned with the health challenges that men face and the incidence of particular diseases to which...
- Micah Challenge (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge and support the work of Micah Challenge. Micah Challenge Australia is a global Christian campaign comprising over 40 Christian aid and development and church groups...
- Badgerys Creek Airport (1 speech)
I rise today to add my voice to the ongoing calls for this government to come clean on its plans for a second airport at Badgerys Creek. As usual, we are seeing the government at its tricky best,...
- Queensland: Toll Roads (1 speech)
I have reported to the House on many occasions the fact that the only toll road in the entire state of Queensland passes through my electorate. Residents in my area not only have to pay a toll to...
- Telstra; Radio and Television Reception (3 speeches)
I would like to support the comments made by the member for Banks in his statement to this House. I have had similar concerns. The Area General Manager of Telstra in the Hunter, Chris Cusack,...
- Hinkler Electorate: Xavier Catholic College (2 speeches)
Last weekend I had the pleasure of helping to open almost $10 million worth of capital works at Hervey Bay’s Xavier Catholic College representing ministers Bishop and Truss. The college...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (160 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 13 June. Department of Health and Ageing Proposed expenditure, $4,914,078,000.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Public Benevolent Institution Status (1 speech)
I would like to make a special mention of an issue which I raised earlier here today, in the consideration in detail, with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer: the House of...
- Queensland: Toll Roads (5 speeches)
I am indebted to the Courier-Mail newspaper for finding, buried in the Queensland government’s recent budget, the fact that the government is increasing tax on south-side residents. It...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate: Jewish Schools (1 speech)
The systemic inequity in funding of some Jewish schools in my electorate is an issue that I wish to raise today. My colleague the member for Perth, the shadow minister for education and training,...
- Duyfken (3 speeches)
Members may recall just a little over a year ago a replica of the Duyfken or ‘Little Dove’ set sail on a 12,000-kilometre voyage around Australia to commemorate the 400th anniversary...
- Gorton Electorate: Medicare Office (1 speech)
My electorate of Gorton does not have a Medicare office. It did have a Medicare office in Deer Park but that was closed down by the Howard government. In February this year I wrote to the...
- Budget 2007-08 (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to speak on the 2007 budget and its strong, positive impact on regional Australia. My region of Braddon, as with other regional areas, has received considerable benefit from...
