House debates
Thursday, 19 June 2008
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 (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.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009 (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.
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 (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.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2007-2008 (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.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2007-2008 (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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee’s report entitled Report 92—treaty tabled on 4 June 2008. Ordered that the report be made a...
- Dental Benefits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008; First Home Saver Accounts Bill 2008; Income Tax (First Home Saver Accounts Misuse Tax) Bill 2008; First Home Saver Accounts (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008; Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Messages received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Dental Benefits Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (0 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with an amendment. Ordered that the amendment be considered at the next sitting.
- Military Memorials of National Significance Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (31 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 June, on motion by Mr Griffin: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mrs Bronwyn Bishop moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel Prices (6 speeches, 6 comments)
My question is to the Prime Minister. With petrol at $1.70 a litre, why is the Prime Minister wanting to take a blowtorch to the oil-producing countries but not to his own petrol excise?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Witner K. Mutale Nalumango, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia. On behalf of the House I extend to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer agree with Darren McCubbin, the Labor candidate for Gippsland, who said yesterday that reducing the price of petrol is ridiculous?
- Oil Conference (4 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer agree with the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday that the government’s inflation forecast for next year is 3.75 per cent?
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the reasons why the government’s policy to reduce the withholding tax is being unnecessarily delayed? What is being...
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer to his answer to my previous question and to the first page of the first chapter of Budget Paper No. 1, which states that the government’s...
- Australian-American Leadership Dialogue (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House about the...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Given the central importance of inflation and inflationary expectations in the management of our economy, will the Prime Minister—
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on government support for carers and pensioners and on the...
- Economy (16 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister: will the Prime Minister confirm his government’s budget forecasts for inflation?
- Same-Sex Relationships (3 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General update the House on progress to remove discrimination against Australians in same-sex relationships and their children from...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government’s comments in the Daily Telegraph on 12 June...
- Northern Territory Emergency Response (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s efforts to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia?
- Tourism (9 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. At a time when the tourism export industry is doing it exceptionally tough, will the minister justify...
- Beijing Olympic Games (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sport and Minister for Youth. Would the minister please update the House on the preparations of Australian athletes for the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics?
- Murray-Darling River System (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Minister, given that Eildon Dam is at 13 per cent capacity and the water storages of Melbourne and Geelong are currently...
- Whaling (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister update the House—
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (11 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Members’ Attendance (2 speeches)
Proceedings of the Main Committee are considered to be proceedings of the House of Representatives. Under the standing orders, what is the situation when a member on a sitting day attends and...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (10 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
A document is tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 42 of 2007-08 (1 speech)
—I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 42 of 2007-08 entitled Management of customer debt—follow-up audit: Centrelink; Department of Education, Employment and...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008; Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2008; Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Bill 2008; Health Care (Appropriation) Amendment Bill 2008; Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Health Insurance Amendment (90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme) Bill 2008; Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Bill 2008; Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008; Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2008; Law Officers Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Content) Bill 2008; Farm Household Support Amendment (Additional Drought Assistance Measures) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Australian Energy Market Amendment (Minor Amendments) 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. (Quorum formed)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Job Security (27 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Moncrieff proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Mr Peter O’Callaghan (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to pay tribute to the late Peter O’Callaghan, who lost his battle with cancer just a couple of weeks ago. Peter was a great builder of the local Croydon community....
- Job Security (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the Howard government’s record on job security. This is the government that brought us the Workplace Relations Act 1996, which included Australian workplace...
- Parliamentary Education (1 speech)
During my term as the member for Gilmore, I have had the privilege of having a number of students from my electorate come to Parliament House and learn of the experience of life as a politician....
- Mr Leonard Code; Mr Erin Grashuis (1 speech)
Last week, the Minister for Ageing came to Bonner to recognise two prominent local residents, Mr Leonard Code and Mr Eric Grashuis, for their significant contribution to improving the lives of...
- Mr Charles Hamilton (1 speech)
As a new member of this place, I have been following the example of someone I believe is the best local member in this House—that is, the member for Gilmore, who sits here before...
- Education (1 speech)
Benjamin Disraeli once said: Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. This is as true of Australia today as it was of 19th century England. We have a...
- Journalism (2 speeches)
Last month in Kenya 12 women were burned to death as witches. But it appears that good old-fashioned witch-hunts are not restricted to deepest, darkest Africa. For the past two weeks in Australia...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
to move— That the House:(1)notes that:(a)the 19 June 2008 marks the 63rd birthday of Nobel laureate and leader of the democracy movement in Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi;(b)Daw Aung San Suu...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
What a distinct pleasure once again! I rise to raise an issue of significant importance to my electorate of Fadden, which of course is the fastest growing electorate in the nation, and that is...
- Mr Michael Walsh (1 speech)
On 17 May I joined a group of junior cyclists from the Parramatta Cycling Club and rode from Parramatta down to Liverpool to meet up with 16-year-old Michael Walsh. While we had been riding down...
- Herbert Electorate: St Anthony’s School (1 speech)
I want the parliament to know, I want the Australian government to know and I want the Australian people to know that I support the students at St Anthony’s school at Deeragun who care for...
- World Youth Day (1 speech)
In just 26 days, thousands of young people will converge on Sydney to celebrate World Youth Day. Around 250,000 young people are expected to attend, making it the largest youth event in the world...
- World Youth Day; Fishing Industry (1 speech)
At the outset, I would like to commend the honourable member for Moreton on his contribution. I think it is wonderful that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI is visiting Australia. It would be...
- Liquified Petroleum Gas Vehicle Scheme (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the LPG Vehicle Scheme, particularly in relation to my electorate of Forde. I have talked on a number of occasions about the diverse nature of my electorate—the...
- Your Water Your Say (1 speech)
I have previously spoken about the priority in Victoria for water recycling from the Gunnamatta outfall. At present 150 billion litres of waste water is discharged off our coast every year. That...
- Shortland Electorate: Northlakes Public School (1 speech)
On 20 May I visited Northlakes Public School to spend some time with the young people involved in the Active After-school Communities program. I would like to say that this is an outstanding...
- Western Australian Gas Explosion (1 speech)
On 3 June 2008 a gas explosion occurred on Varanus Island, off the north-west coast of WA. Operated by Apache Energy, Varanus Island is an oil-, condensate- and gas-processing hub and generates...
- Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation (2 speeches)
Last Saturday my wife, Bernadette, and I had the pleasure of attending the annual Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation Ball. It was not the first time that I have attended this particular ball. As...
- Australian Energy Market Amendment (Minor Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (20 speeches)
Debate resumed from 20 March, on motion by Mr Martin Ferguson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Crime (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the No. 1 concern of people in my electorate of Stirling: crime. I know from talking to local families that there is an immense sense of frustration within my community about...
- Calwell Electorate: Bridgewater Aged Care Facility (1 speech)
I want to speak today about the residents and staff at the Bridgewater Aged Care Facility in Roxburgh Park, which is in my electorate of Calwell. In particular, I want to acknowledge the...
- Flinders Electorate: Desalination Plant (1 speech)
I want to raise an issue which I have raised in this Committee previously—indeed, today—and that is the implications of the desalination plant which is currently being proposed in the...
- Battle of Crete (1 speech)
I rise to draw the House’s attention to the recent anniversary of the Battle of Crete, an anniversary that commemorates the heroic efforts of Australian defence forces and the local...
- Landcare (1 speech)
I rise today to alert this chamber and the House to the concerns in my electorate for the future of Landcare. Landcare is a 20-year-old community driven program with an international reputation...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I speak today in support of the Rudd government’s initiatives in the renewable energy and solar industries. Here we have a government that has a real and abiding interest in promoting the...
