House debates
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
- Aged Care Amendment (Securing the Future of Aged Care for Australians) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Pyne. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Earlier this year the government announced a $1.6 billion package of reforms, known as Securing the Future of Aged Care for Australians, aimed at...
- Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 18 September, on motion by Mr Abbott: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (9 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.
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (Cape York Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (19 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 August, on motion by Ms Julie Bishop: 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 (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (32 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 August, on motion by Dr Stone: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (12 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 Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 September, on motion by Mr Abbott: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (7 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. Order! It being almost 2 pm, we will now move straight to question time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence (13 speeches)
My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer the minister to a community meeting last week in his seat of Eden-Monaro where Labor candidate and decorated soldier—
- Taxation: Income Tax (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the rates and thresholds which currently apply in the personal income tax system? Is the Treasurer aware of any...
- Defence (7 speeches)
My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the following exchange with Mike Kelly, a former colonel, at a community meeting in his electorate. Mike Kelly said: No, I was a...
- Transport: Road Safety (2 speeches)
My question today is addressed to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Australian government is helping to improve the safety of schoolchildren with a...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a delegation from the American Council of Young Political Leaders, who are visiting under the auspices of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Special Minister of State. I refer the Special Minister of State to the fact that the tape of what occurred at the meeting in his electorate was played on ABC Radio...
- Schools: Funding (51 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Would the minister inform the House of the government’s record in supporting schools? Are there any threats to...
- Transport: Infrastructure (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister advise the House how the government’s vision for transport is...
- Education (18 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister on education. I again refer to the OECD report card 2007. Prime Minister, isn’t it the case that expenditure on early childhood education in...
- Dissent from Ruling (0 speeches)
- (66 speeches)
I move: That the Speaker’s ruling be dissented from.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Speaker’s Ruling (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question relates to procedure when the member for Melbourne was at the dispatch box. At no point while the member for Melbourne was at the dispatch box was the microphone system...
- Question Time (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have question to you. It relates to comments made by the member for Indi yesterday when she was mocking the member for Grayndler by saying that he pronounced...
- Parliament: Broadcast of Proceedings (1 speech)
Last week the Chief Opposition Whip asked me a question about the use of television cameras in the galleries. As the honourable member would know from our previous discussions about this subject,...
- Australian National Audit Office (0 speeches)
- Annual Reports (1 speech)
I present the annual report of the Australian National Audit Office for 2006-07. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- 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)
- Education (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Perth proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the Government...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics, Finance and Public Administration Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration, I present the committee’s Report of the 2007 New Zealand Parliamentary...
- Public Works Committee; Reports (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the 10th, 11th and 12th reports for 2007 of the committee, which relate to CSIRO co-location with the Queensland government on...
- Environment and Heritage Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage, I present the committee’s report entitled Managing the flow: regulating plumbing product quality,...
- Australian Crime Commission Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, I present the committee’s report, incorporating additional comments, entitled Inquiry into the future...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Child Sex Tourism Offences and Related Measures) 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.
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Bill returned from Main Committee with amendments; certified copy of the bill and schedules of amendments presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Main Committee’s...
- 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.
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (16 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 18 September. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 2, page 5 (after line 5), after item 1, insert: 1A After subsection 46(1)...
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2007 MEASURES; No. 5) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Message from Governor-General recommending an appropriation for the purposes of amendments of the Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 announced. Bill returned from the Senate with...
- Australian Crime Commission Amendment Bill 2007 (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.
- 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.
- Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-Disclosure Tax) Bill (No. 2) 2007; Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-Disclosure Tax) Bill (No. 1) 2007; Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007; Quarantine Amendment (Commission of Inquiry) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 6, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for Students) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 June, on motion by Mr Robb: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (2 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.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending Fee-Help for Vet Diploma and Vet Advanced Diploma Courses) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 September, on motion by Mr Robb: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Federal Election (1 speech)
In what might be the last sitting week of this parliament I would like to take the opportunity tonight to speak about why, in my electorate of Gellibrand, we need a Rudd Labor government. First...
- Mr Gavan O’Connor MHR (1 speech)
My opponent in the House of Representatives for the last 14 years, the honourable member for Corio, leaves this place for pastures greener. The parliament will miss the good-humoured...
- Police Integrity (1 speech)
In the course of the last two weeks we have seen two occasions on which members of the government have seen fit to use this parliament to attack the integrity and independence of the police force...
- World War I Soldiers (1 speech)
I rise tonight in the adjournment debate to speak about the recent discovery of the bodies of two missing World War I soldiers in the battlefields of the Western Front, almost 90 years after...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Italian Community (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight on behalf of the many Italian constituents within my electorate of Hindmarsh who have made Hindmarsh in the western suburbs of Adelaide their home. I acknowledge the...
- Wakefield Electorate: Projects (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to report to the House about some developments in the electorate of Wakefield in the suburbs of Smithfield Plains and Davoren Park—collectively known as the ‘Peachy...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Health (1 speech)
Health policy is an issue that is very strong among the communities of Lyons at the moment. The Howard government have failed the people of Lyons on this matter—in fact, they have failed...
- Fisher Electorate: Projects (1 speech)
The honourable member for Lyons, who just spoke, has clearly misled the chamber because it is obviously not time for a Rudd Labor government, as we all know. However, during the time I have been...
- Annandale North Public School; Housing Affordability (1 speech)
I wish to speak today about Annandale North Public School, a wonderful school in my area that has been celebrating over the weekend and early this week the centenary of the school. The school was...
- Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (1 speech)
I rise today to convey my continued support for the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council in my electorate. The Darkinjung are a proud people who have been working towards self-reliance, but...
- KU Starting Points (1 speech)
Since becoming the member for Werriwa I have had the distinct pleasure of working with a range of different groups that do nothing other than help serve our community. On Saturday night I...
- Paterson Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
Forster-Tuncurry is a community in my electorate that is without a public hospital. So dire is the situation that years ago the community set about raising money to build a hospital, and build a...
- Badgerys Creek Airport (3 speeches)
Somewhat novelly, I would like to talk about a federal issue, as this is the federal parliament—
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
The Howard government believes strongly in sharing the dividends of the strong economy that we have been able to create for the benefit of all Australians through hard work and effort and without...
- Grandparents (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker Causley, I want to shock you but, firstly, I want to praise an aspect of a state government’s program and highlight concerns that I have about the national government....
- Education (2 speeches)
I rise again to express my concerns about the activities of the teachers unions peddling political propaganda in our public schools. They are doing this at the school gate by handing out...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Child Sex Tourism Offences and Related Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 13 September, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Before I call the next speaker, could I welcome visitors from the Thai parliament to the Main Committee of the Australian parliament. Welcome.
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Child Sex Tourism Offences and Related Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 August, on motion by Mr Billson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Committees (0 speeches)
