House debates
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
- Liberal Party of Australia: Leadership (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, at a meeting of the parliamentary Liberal Party this morning, I was elected leader. The member for Curtin will continue as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, and I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. What concrete action is the Prime Minister now taking to further strengthen the Australian economy, in particular the financial sector, in response...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Before calling the honourable member for Ballarat—and I welcome her back—I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on recent global financial market developments?
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Will the minister outline the need to maintain a strong budget surplus? What is the government’s response to suggestions that...
- 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 United States of America, who are visiting Australia under the auspices of the Australian...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Age Pension (2 speeches)
My question today is to the Prime Minister. When will the Prime Minister deliver on his promise to provide financial relief to the thousands of struggling pensioners in my electorate of Aston,...
- Education (2 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 release...
- Murray-Darling River System (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister explain how diverting 75 billion litres of water annually from the Goulburn River, a vital part of the...
- Dental Health (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Why is it important to make funding available for the Commonwealth Dental Health Program?
- Drought (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Why has the government deserted Gippsland farmers and removed the exceptional circumstances support despite the local...
- Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline the importance of the new Home Interaction Program as part of the Rudd government’s education revolution?
- Traveston Crossing Dam (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Is the minister aware of the supplementary environmental impact statement for the Traveston Crossing Dam? Will...
- Economy (17 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House warnings from the IMF about the impacts of reckless spending on domestic inflation and interest rates?
- Infrastructure (18 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister confirm that the government intends to secure the site of the...
- Wonthaggi Region Desalination Plant (2 speeches)
I proffer my question to the Prime Minister with the utmost concern and sincerity. Is the Prime Minister aware of the deep community concern over the Wonthaggi desalination plant and the...
- Zimbabwe (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister provide an update on the political situation in Zimbabwe?
- Rural and Regional Health Services (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. I ask the minister what she is doing about the commitment by the Howard government of $500,000, supported by the Labor candidate in Barker,...
- Disability Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation. Will the minister update the House on measures to improve rates of employment for people with a disability?
- Stronger Families and Communities Strategy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Minister, the Oxenford and Coomera Community Youth Centre in Fadden, along with many other similar...
- Wheat Exports (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister advise the House on progress on the wheat marketing for the current harvest?
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Catering Contract (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the House to make a very short statement prior to asking you two questions.
- Parliamentary Zone: Water Use (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to do with the issue of water used for gardening purposes in the parliamentary precinct. For some weeks now I have noticed sprinklers in the precinct coming on late at...
- Parliament House: Catering Contract (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, to follow on from the question of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade to you, will you liaise with the President of the Senate and consider issuing a survey to all...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (21 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- 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)
- Geothermal Energy (2 speeches)
by leave—Australia’s geothermal energy resources have tremendous potential for Australia’s clean energy, both in terms of our future and our long-term energy security—the...
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
by leave—A decent house with stability of tenure is a very basic need, but unfortunately over the last 12 years it has become more in the nature of an aspiration, a source of stress and an...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Trade (14 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for Groom proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008; First Home Saver Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 4 September, on motion by Mr Swan: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. I indicate to all honourable members that the Chief Opposition Whip, the honourable member for...
- First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008; First Home Saver Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- STEP ForWARD Project (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about an exciting and extremely important research project taking place on the Gold Coast. Bond University, in partnership with Griffith University, is investigating the...
- Modra Family; Chisholm Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Tonight I want to record my appreciation and admiration for the Modra family, who shared their family’s story with us last night on Australian Story. Ellen and Mark Modra live in my...
- Australian Student Prize (1 speech)
One of the great joys of being a federal member of the Australian parliament is, of course, the opportunity to meet so many different kinds of people in our electorates, from businesspeople to...
- Paid Maternity Leave (1 speech)
I speak tonight on the very important issue of paid maternity leave. It is an issue which has been spoken about, debated, deferred and put into the too hard basket by all sides of politics in...
- Farrer Electorate: Drought (1 speech)
Last weekend I attended the Hay Agricultural Show. Hay is a town in the Riverina in my electorate of Farrer, which has a total area of 200,000 square kilometres in New South Wales. I would never...
- Throsby Eelctorate: Dental Health (2 speeches)
Dental health issues are of major concern to constituents in the electorate of Throsby. In the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region we currently have over 7,000 people languishing on public dental waiting...
- Notices (0 speeches)
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The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Stirling Electorate: Fishing (1 speech)
Today I wish to talk about the North Beach fishing platform project in my electorate, which the now retired state member for Carine, Katie Hodson-Thomas, and I both worked hard to achieve. Katie...
- Grayndler Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to speak about an important event which will take place in my electorate this Friday: the 125th birthday celebrations of Orange Grove Public School in Lilyfield. The...
- Question Time (1 speech)
I want to suggest today to the chamber that it is time we instituted the ‘windbag award’. The reason for doing this is that anyone who has been observing question time recently would...
- Politician Adoption Scheme; Mr Mitchell Carter (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the Politician Adoption Scheme. It is a scheme run in Western Australia by the Developmental Disability Council. Its intention is to provide...
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. I had Warrant Officer Class 2 Alan Bungate with me, and I asked him to write something about this program to put into the...
- South-East Queensland; Blair Electorate: Boonah Arts Festival (1 speech)
It is an absolute fact that inner city Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast are filling up quickly. So South-East Queensland west is becoming increasingly important in terms of the...
- Jetstar (1 speech)
Last week I was criticised by DPS Broadcasting for not using a microphone, so I will confirm that the microphone is on. I received some really average customer service last Sunday night. I was on...
- Corio Electorate: Alcohol Abuse (1 speech)
Picture, if you will, an ordinary Saturday evening. It is late and you are fast asleep, blissfully unaware of your surroundings—that is, until you are suddenly woken by the sound of...
- Imtrade Australia (1 speech)
I am extremely disturbed by the conduct of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority in pursuing a chemical company controlled by one of my constituents. Imtrade Australia has...
- Mr William Akell (2 speeches)
I rise today to talk about someone whom it has been my great privilege to know and work alongside in resolving a longstanding issue. The person I would like to talk about is Mr William...
- Auslink (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 September, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
