House debates
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Calare Electorate: Employment (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the 200 jobs lost at CBH Resources and the 40 jobs lost at Tip Top bakery in my electorate of Calare. Can the Prime Minister...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline why, after 12 years of neglect, Australia needs to embark upon a new era of nation building?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Deputy Speaker of the German Bundestag, Dr Wolfgang Thierse, and the Director-General Research and International...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (42 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the loss of 130 jobs at the sawmill in Dartmoor, in my electorate of Wannon. Can the Prime Minister inform the House how...
- Interest Rates (50 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision today on interest rates?
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. How does the budget provide for future generations and what challenges does the government face in maintaining its budget position?
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer again to the statement issued today by the Governor of the Reserve Bank, which stated, ‘Inflation is likely to remain relatively high in...
- Education (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. What steps has the government taken to invest in the...
- Budget Surplus (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, is the surplus for spending or saving?
- Climate Change (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, representing the Minister for Climate Change and Water. What is the impact of climate change on drought and on our water...
- Budget (27 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what impact will $40 billion of additional infrastructure spending have on the projected budget surplus?
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How is the government helping farmers to prepare for climate change? How is this approach different from that of the past...
- Water (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister support the coalition’s $50 million emergency assistance package for the communities, the environment, the farmers and the...
- Child Abuse (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. What activities are planned to raise awareness of children’s issues, especially issues of...
- Rudd Government (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, when is the blame game going to end?
- Employment (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation. How will Australia’s new employment services benefit job seekers and help to address the nation’s skills crisis?
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Standing Orders (2 speeches)
Last night in the House, while the member for Fowler was presenting her petitions, which is her duty as the chair of that committee—and this question is to you—I noted that a number...
- Question Time (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I am sure that you are familiar with the Deputy Prime Minister’s view that ministerial answers should be limited to four minutes. Given the view of members opposite and the...
- Points of Order (15 speeches)
Today, as one of the opposition’s 19 points of order moved during question time, the Manager of Opposition Business reached his tonne: his 100th point of order during this parliament, as...
- 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.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Intercountry Adoption (4 speeches)
Today I would like to address some very serious allegations that have arisen over the past fortnight in regard to intercountry adoption. As members would be aware, allegations have arisen that...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (23 speeches)
The Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for Wentworth proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 3) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, the member for Port Adelaide, I present the sixth report for 2008 of the committee, relating to the proposed...
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Datum) Bill 2008; International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 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. Could I inform all honourable members that this motion enjoys the support of the Chief...
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 September, on motion by Ms Macklin: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill 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.
- Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2008; Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2008; Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (19 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 September, on motion by Mr Burke: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Cook Electorate: Gweagal Boomerang (1 speech)
How we honour our nation’s heritage says a lot about who we are. It is about acknowledging where we have all come from so we can all move forward together as Australians in the future. As...
- Interest Rates (1 speech)
I rise to take note of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision today in relation to the official cash rate. The decision of the Reserve Bank means that the official cash rate has been cut...
- Petition: ABC Radio Service in Nannup (1 speech)
I wish to present to the House a petition from the residents of Nannup in my electorate of Forrest, the principal petitioner being Mrs Valerie Russell. This petition has been lodged with the...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about the behaviour that those opposite are engaging in in the Senate. They are being obstructive and blocking this government’s measures in our first budget. We...
- Able Seaman Thomas William Aldridge (1 speech)
Sadly, I am going to take the chamber on a journey back in time. On 12 April 1957, Able Seaman Thomas William Aldridge was a young member of the Royal Australian Navy. He was a youthful...
- Economy (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, like so many of my constituents in Moreton and your constituents in Scullin, I welcome the Reserve Bank decision today to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. This rate cut will...
