House debates
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
- Office of the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Privilege (1 speech)
Yesterday the member for Grayndler raised a matter of privilege relating to a report in the Australian newspaper on 1 May 2007 of comments by a spokesperson for the member for Mackellar. The...
- Attorney-General (0 speeches)
- Motion (28 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Attorney-General from coming into this House and detailing the operation of the secret taxpayer funded...
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Costello. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introduction and overview This is a bill to amend the Trade Practices Act 1974 to improve its ability to foster competition in Australian markets...
- National Health Amendment (National HPV Vaccination Program Register) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Billson for Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The government is committed to ensuring that Australians can continue to access free vaccines to protect the population against vaccine...
- Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Stone. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill contains amendments to the Social Security Act 1991 to give effect to policy announcements made in the budget. These announcements...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing and Datacasting) Bill 2007 (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. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) frequently receives information through the performance of its functions and the...
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Further 2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007 (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. This bill provides the legislative basis for several 2007 budget measures in the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio,...
- Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’S Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 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 bill provides funding to expand the highly successful Australian technical colleges initiative by building three more colleges, as announced...
- Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Consideration resumed from 14 June. Senate’s amendments— (1) Subclause 2(1), page 2 (table items 2 to 4), omit the table items, substitute: 2. Schedule 1, items 1...
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Proposal (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the House approves the following proposal for work in the Parliamentary Zone which was presented to the House on 18 June...
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (19 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 June, on motion by Mr McGauran: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Crean moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be omitted...
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 3, government business, Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 June, on motion by Mr Pyne: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and refers to his claim that employment growth explains poor productivity in the Australian economy, due to the addition of less productive workers to the...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the findings of the OECD employment outlook 2007? What does this indicate about the relationship between...
- Interest Rates (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister claim that working families in Australia have never been better off when Reserve Bank figures show that a record 11.7...
- Transport Infrastructure (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 the coalition government’s...
- Liberal Party (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to the joint operational arrangements for the BCA-ACCI campaign and specifically to the fact that the campaign director is chief Liberal...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House about changes to the tax system that will come into effect on 1 July? Treasurer, are you aware of any alternative...
- Liberal Party (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that the Liberal Party operatives running the BCA-ACCI campaign have not had access to taxpayer funded opinion poll research?
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister inform the House how flexible employment and workplace relations systems contribute to a...
- Liberal Party (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister give me one simple guarantee that no taxpayer funded opinion poll research has been made available to any of the organisers of the...
- Trade Unions (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister please update the House on union campaigns in hospitals, particularly a scaremongering campaign at the Nepean...
- Ethanol (7 speeches)
I ask a question without notice of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Is the minister aware that Al Gore quotes corn ethanol as a 29 per cent emissions reducer and as his first...
- Royal Australian Navy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Defence. Would the minister update the House on steps being taken by the Australian government to strengthen the Royal Australian Navy? What is the...
- Ministerial Staff (3 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. I refer the Attorney-General to the tabled list of government personal staffing arrangements, which identifies that 13 positions are allocated to him. How...
- Broadband (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in his capacity as minister representing the Minister for Communications, Information, Technology and the Arts....
- Liberal Party (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Workplace Relations. Can the Minister for Workplace Relations guarantee that no taxpayer funded opinion poll research has been made available to any of the...
- Water (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Would the minister inform the House of the government’s determination to ensure better access to water for...
- Ministerial Staff (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Attorney-General. I refer to his previous answer in which he indicated that staff at his ministerial office at 70 Phillip Street, Sydney read the newspapers, monitor...
- Unemployment (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Workforce Participation. Would the minister inform the House what action the government is taking to assist long-term unemployed Australians into...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mr Allan Taylor (2 speeches)
I seek the indulgence of the House to briefly inform the House of the death of, and pay tribute to, a very distinguished Australian public servant, Mr Allan Taylor, who died last night after a...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
Through you, Mr Speaker, I ask: can the Prime Minister indicate when he will provide the information he has promised to provide in response to my questions? Will this information cover the...
- Matters of Public Importance (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question for you and it goes to your decision to choose for discussion today the matter of public importance proposed by the member for Moreton. Given that this is the first...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 46 of 2006-07 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 46 of 2006-07 entitled Management of the Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program: Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. Ordered that...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Trade Unions (25 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable member for Moreton and the honourable member for Lilley proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion...
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- 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 84: treaty tabled on 6 December 2006. Ordered...
- Public Works Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works I present the fifth report for 2007 of the committee relating to the proposed provision of facilities for Project Single Living...
- Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, I present the committee’s report entitled Tuning in to community broadcasting, together with the...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) 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.
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 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 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.
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2007 (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.
- Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2007 (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.
- Workplace Relations Amendment (a Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (30 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the...
- Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Men’s and Fathers Family Friendly Policy Forum (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about my impressions of a forum that I actually addressed the Main Committee about this morning. I was so impressed by what I experienced in that forum that I thought I...
- Northern Territory: Greek Community (1 speech)
In my electorate, we have a large Greek population. It is estimated that there are between 7,000 and 8,000 Greeks living in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Only recently I joined with...
- Welfare to Work (1 speech)
I say to the member for Solomon: yasu and well done. This evening I want to bring to the attention of this House some of the concerns local constituents in my electorate of Calwell have raised...
- Surf-lifesaving Movement (1 speech)
The year 2007 has been recognised as the International Year of the Surf Lifesaver—100 years of heroes, 100 summers of surf lifesaving. The year of the surf-lifesaver is a time to honour...
- Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement (1 speech)
Next week the current Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement, the CSTDA, which is the third agreement, will come to its end. This is the funding agreement by which accommodation,...
- Community Crime (2 speeches)
I rise to draw the attention of the House to the impact that antisocial behaviour, crime, even things like graffiti, and the pervading presence of drugs has on families in the communities in...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (10 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Condolences: Mr George Burarrawanga (1 speech)
Today I pay respect to George Burarrawanga, the charismatic former leader, advocate and character who passed away recently. My comments draw on the moving and appropriate tribute of Chips...
- Broaband (1 speech)
The government’s launch of Australia Connected this week is a major step forward in the delivery of fast, affordable broadband to the residents of Bonner. I note that the centrepiece of...
- Men’s and Fathers Family Friendly Policy Forum (1 speech)
I rise today to raise in this place a very important forum that is going to be held in Parliament House today—and it is well known to the member for Throsby—and that is the...
- Fisher Seniors Forum (1 speech)
Since the year 2001 I have held the annual Fisher Seniors Forum in conjunction with the Fisher Seniors Council, a peak group of seniors organisations which I established in 2001. The seniors...
- Broadband (1 speech)
My community will be very disappointed that the government’s recently announced broadband plan will deliver only a second-class service in the electorate I represent. As we know, the Prime...
- Water (1 speech)
I want to respond to the Victorian government’s water plan and, firstly, look at the lost opportunity in relation to recycling as opposed to the plan to steal water from stressed rural...
- Mr Brendan Keilar (1 speech)
In the 1980s I had the opportunity to visit New York City many times. I used to enjoy my visits to this great metropolis. One of the things that used to unfortunately characterise one of the...
- Queensland: Roads (1 speech)
I continue to update the House on the southern Brisbane bypass, the Gateway and Logan motorways and the tollway, which the state government of Queensland have implemented over the past decade....
- Mr Brendan Keilar; Calder Highway (1 speech)
Before I refer to some of the issues I have to deal with in my own electorate, I associate myself with the sentiments expressed by the member for Melbourne Ports about the tragic death of Brendan...
- People with Disabilities (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on behalf of people with physical disabilities. In recent years quite a number of these men and women have been able to overcome some of their mobility problems by having...
- Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 May.
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 amends the Migration Act 1958 to...
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May, on motion by Mr Nairn: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 June.
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
BALDWIN, Mr Robert Charles, Paterson 190 11.12 am Baldwin, Robert, MP LL6 Paterson LP 1 0Mr BALDWIN(Paterson—Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and...
- Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 May.
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to the Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2007 and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill I am introducing today strengthens the Australian...
