House debates
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
- Rudd Government (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (2 speeches)
At the previous sitting, the first two divisions deferred in accordance with standing order 133 were called on the questions that the members for Moncrieff and Cowper be no longer heard. I do not...
- Dissent from Ruling (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
Order! In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion that the member for North Sydney be no longer heard, on which a division was called for and...
- Member for Moncrieff (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
Order! In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion that the member for Moncrieff be suspended from the service of the House, on which a division...
- Member for Cowper (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion that the member for Cowper be suspended from the service of the House, on which a division was called...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Government business orders of the day have priority prior to 2 p.m. for this sitting. Question agreed to.
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 February, on motion by Ms Gillard: 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)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (2 speeches)
On indulgence, Mr Speaker: I am just wondering if the Leader of the House could give us an indication of the new sitting schedule some time earlier than Friday, given that a number of members...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mr Siegfried (Sid) Spindler (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on Saturday, 1 March 2008 of Siegfried Emil (Sid) Spindler, a former senator. Mr Spindler represented the state of Victoria from 1990 to 1996. As a mark of respect...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (3 speeches)
by leave—Today marks an important step forward in building a modern Australia, ready to face the challenges of the future. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that Australia...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister really understand the anxiety that he and his government are causing to vulnerable carers? Will the Prime Minister give a guarantee...
- Alcohol Abuse (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What is the government doing to begin the important job of reducing the level of binge drinking in Australia?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Before calling the member for Warringah, and with fear and trepidation that I might affect Irish-Australian relationships in doing this straight after that question, I inform the House that we...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister give a guarantee to over two million seniors that the annual lump sum payment will be delivered in the coming budget? I further ask:...
- Alcohol Abuse (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister explain the health impacts of binge drinking and why the government is taking action to combat it?
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, can you confirm that your office has received seven letters from Mr Ashley Norman, of Walkerston, regarding the carers lump sum payment?...
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the latest economic figures and what they say about the need for an economic agenda focused on productivity?
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. If he will not guarantee that carers lump sum payments will be paid in the coming budget, will he alternatively guarantee that carers payments will be...
- Climate Change (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. How is the government addressing the barriers to practical action to improve Australia’s environmental...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister will not guarantee that carers and seniors lump sum payments will continue in this budget, and if he will not guarantee an...
- Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister update the House on the timing of the implementation of the government’s laws to end the making of...
- Budget 2008-09 (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. If it is the Prime Minister’s position that someone must suffer in the fight against inflation, why has he decided that carers and pensioners...
- Iraq (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House on progress on the implementation of the government’s election commitment to withdraw troops from...
- Pensions and Benefits (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the case of Mrs Pat Stafford, who has motor neurone disease and who says that the carer’s bonus enables her and her...
- Rudd Government (0 speeches)
- Censure Motion (23 speeches)
by leave—I move: That this House censures the Prime Minister and the Government for its plans to cut the benefits received by 400,000 carers and more than 2 million seniors, in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
The member for Warringah.
- Quarantine (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Can the minister inform the House of the latest—
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Member for Moncrieff (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, this is a question to you and it is asked not with any malice nor to prolong an unfortunate incident. I ask you to reflect on an incident that occurred in respect of the member for...
- Standing Orders (4 speeches)
A number of the standing orders and procedures of the House now refer to the Friday sitting. Can we act on those procedures and standing orders at this time when they actually refer to a Friday...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 24, 25, 26 of 2007-08 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports for 2007-08 entitled Audit report No. 24, Performance audit: DIAC’s management of the introduction of biometric technologies, Department...
- 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.
- Election Petition (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: I present a copy of the order of the High Court of Australia remitting the election petition Mitchell v Bailey and Anor to the Federal Court of Australia.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (25 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Bradfield proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The need for a clear...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Ms Grierson be discharged from the House Committee, and that Members be appoin-ted as members of certain committees in accord-ance with the following schedule: ...
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Bill returned from Main Committee with amendments; certified copy of the bill and schedule of amendments presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Main Committee...
- 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 Amendment (Access Declarations) Bill 2008 (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.
- Apology to Australia’S Indigenous Peoples (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee; certified copy of the motion presented. Ordered that the order of the day be considered immediately.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Cross-Border Insolvency Bill 2008 (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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 February, on motion by Mr Hale: That the Address be agreed to.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 16, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 February, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008; Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Screen Australia Bill 2008; National Film and Sound Archive Bill 2008; Screen Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008; Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Review of Prudential Decisions) Bill 2008 (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.
- Skills Australia Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (19 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 February, on motion by Ms Gillard: 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.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House do now adjourn.
- Water (1 speech)
It is interesting to look at this parliament on the ninth day of sitting of the new government. We have had three disasters already. On the first day of sitting we sat until two o’clock in...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight on behalf of some of the wonderful volunteer groups within the electorate of Hindmarsh, which I represent. I recently had the pleasure of holding a lunch in my electorate...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I am pleased to return to the parliament today. I come on the back of a very strong wave of community anger, uncertainty and fear from my electorate about the Rudd Labor government’s...
- Institutionalised Children (1 speech)
The love that a parent provides for their child is about as fundamental to the human condition as it gets, a sense of self-worth is about as important a gift as any parent can give to their...
- Folic Acid (1 speech)
I rise to my feet this evening to try and bring to the attention of this House and the people of Australia an unfortunate by-product of what I think was a very well-meant decision by FSANZ, Food...
- Dental Health (1 speech)
I rise tonight to welcome the implementation of two important election commitments that will assist the people of Blaxland: the re-establishment of the Commonwealth dental program and the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
The following notices were given:
