House debates
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Deputy Prime Minister will be late to question time today as she is returning from an event in Melbourne. Until her return, the Minister for Employment Participation...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Banking (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Reserve Bank recommend to the government that the deposit guarantee be unlimited?
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s response to the global financial crisis?
- Banking (2 speeches)
I refer the Prime Minister to his answer to my previous question, in which he told the House that the strategic policy and budget committee of the cabinet made its decision on the deposit...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Minister, how is the government’s economic security strategy addressing the challenges presented by the global financial crisis?...
- Banking (6 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. In the interests of clarifying the confusion of his previous answers, will the Prime Minister say simply and clearly whether the Reserve Bank...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Partly prompted by the exuberance and transgression of standing order 65(b) by the present member for Cowan, I inform the House that we have in the gallery today a former member for Cowan and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Trade with China (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade. Can the minister outline the importance of the Australia-China relationship and the future of Australia’s trade relationship with China?
- Banking (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s previous answers to my questions today and to his press conference on 12 October where he said in relation to the...
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister update the House on progress in Afghanistan and recent successes achieved by the Australian troops?
- Banking (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Has the Governor of the Reserve Bank recommended that the government’s unlimited deposit guarantee—barely a week old—be changed...
- Rights of Women (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Attorney-General. Can the Attorney-General update the House on what the government is doing to protect and promote the rights of women, including on the...
- Banking (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Is the Treasurer aware of any advice from the Reserve Bank governor to the secretary of his department, Dr Ken Henry, that the government should limit the deposit...
- Cluster Munitions (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the Australian government doing to help eliminate cluster munitions?
- Banking (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s revelation in his earlier answers that, in the course of the weekend of 11 and 12 October, he did not speak directly to...
- Murray-Darling River System (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts representing the Minister for Climate Change and Water. I ask the minister: what action has the government taken to...
- Banking (12 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Given that the Prime Minister was too busy to speak to the Reserve Bank governor himself on the deposit guarantee matter, if it turns out that the...
- Trade Training Centres in Schools Program (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Can the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how many schools...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (24 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I repeat the offer that I made to the Leader of the Opposition before when I offered him leave to correct the record regarding the Treasury secretary. I ask him to reflect on his...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Australia’s Resale Royalty Right (2 speeches)
by leave—On Friday 3 October I announced the government’s intention to introduce a resale royalty right by 1 July 2009. This is a landmark and genuinely historic moment for the more...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (39 speeches)
I have 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 failure of the...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 September, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008; Archives Amendment Bill 2008; Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2008; Customs Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008; Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. I indicate that the Chief Opposition Whip, the honourable member for Fairfax, supports this...
- Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Schools Assistance Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (25 speeches)
Debate resumed from 20 October, 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.
- Schools Assistance Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 September, on motion by Ms Gillard: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008; Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 25 September, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Schools Assistance 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.
- Rotary Kokoda Memorial Wall (1 speech)
Recently I was honoured to attend the official unveiling ceremony, dedication and commemorative service of the Rotary Kokoda Memorial Wall in Cascade Gardens, Broadbeach. The Kokoda memorial at...
- McGrath Foundation (1 speech)
Tonight I want to speak on the McGrath Foundation and recent announcements made by the Rudd Labor government, including one made on 13 October 2008. Jane McGrath co-founded the McGrath Foundation...
- Flinders Electorate: Warley Hospital (1 speech)
I rise this evening to make it absolutely clear that the assets of Warley Hospital on Phillip Island belong to the people of Phillip Island. They were intended—beginning in 1923—to be...
- Central Coast Business Enterprise Centre (1 speech)
It was my pleasure 2½ weeks ago to launch the Central Coast Business Enterprise Centre at its new location in the Tuggerah Business Park on the Central Coast. The Rudd government is...
- Poverty (1 speech)
I am going to talk to the House about the issue of poverty. Most people associate poverty with being a global issue somewhat removed from day-to-day life in Australia. However, poverty is an...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
Some 24,500 pensioners, people with disabilities and carers, and around 12,000 working families will benefit from the Rudd government’s Economic Security Strategy in coming months. There is...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Swan Electorate: Ascot Racecourse (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the Ascot Racecourse in my electorate of Swan at the invitation of the Perth Racing committee for the opening day of the spring racing carnival....
- Forde Electorate: National Carers Week (1 speech)
Today I rise to bring to the attention of the House that it is National Carers Week. Most of us as members are aware of this and we are wearing little icons to suggest that we need to understand...
- ABC Radio National (1 speech)
Last week ABC Radio National cut eight highly topical programs, including, significantly, the Religion Report. I can tell you that many people in Townsville are very angry about that. The...
- Lights on the Hill Trucking Memorial (1 speech)
On 11 October 2008 I had the privilege and pleasure of being present at the Lights on the Hill Trucking Memorial Annual Memorial Day at Lake Apex at Gatton. Lights on the Hill is a non-profit...
- Mrs Dulcie Turnbull (1 speech)
I rise today in this parliament to pay tribute to the late Dulcie Turnbull, OAM. Sadly, Dulcie passed away on 14 October 2008 and she will be sadly missed by all that knew her, in particular of...
- Chinese-Australian War Memorial (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on progress to establish a Chinese-Australian war memorial in my electorate. The memorial will honour the past and present involvement of Chinese-Australians serving in...
- Petition: Kempsey District Hospital (1 speech)
I rise in this parliament to speak on the issue of Kempsey District Hospital. Kempsey hospital is a good hospital. It has dedicated staff, but it is under-resourced and the buildings are years...
- Deakin University (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Deakin University on its recent award success in the fields of automotive engineering and education exporting to international markets. Deakin University is Geelong’s...
- Kyeema Air Crash (1 speech)
Today I want to draw to the attention of all members a service that is going to be held at Mount Dandenong on Saturday. Organised by the Mount Dandenong historical society, whom I commend...
- Breast Cancer (2 speeches)
This month we remember women who have suffered from breast cancer. We look at the research that has taken place in the area of breast cancer treatment and we consider what we can do to address...
- National Rental Affordability Scheme Bill 2008; National Rental Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (22 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 October, on motion by Ms Plibersek: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Morrison moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
