House debates
Thursday, 23 October 2008
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (10 speeches)
I present a chart showing the program of sittings for 2009. Copies of the program have been placed on the table. I ask leave of the House to move that the program be agreed to. Leave granted. I...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Coag Reform Fund Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Swan. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Mr Speaker, the COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008 establishes the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of disbursing funds to the states and territories....
- Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Gillard. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech, 1 comment)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introductory remarks It gives me great pleasure to present theAustralian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Bill 2008. This bill is...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notices Nos 3 and 4, government business, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (2 speeches)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Procedure Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Procedure I present the committee’s report entitled Re-opening the debate: inquiry into the arrangements for the opening day of parliament, together...
- Procedure Committee; Report: Referral to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to.
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the committee’s report, incorporating a dissenting report, entitled Advisory report on the Commonwealth Electoral...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report: Referral to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to.
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Publications. Copies of the report are being placed on the table. Report—by leave—agreed to.
- Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008; Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Albanese: 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.
- Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 September, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (4 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.
- Leader of the Opposition (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (22 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the House moving a motion without notice to require the Leader of the Opposition to...
- Dissent from Ruling (0 speeches)
- (53 speeches)
Does the honourable member for Sturt wish to move dissent from the chair’s ruling?
- Leader of the Opposition (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (24 speeches)
I ask leave of the House to move the following motion: that the Prime Minister be invited to remain in the House to make a prime ministerial statement concerning his bungled mismanagement of the...
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, in the Daily Telegraph today Mr Steve Lewis has written an article which appears to reflect that he had access to the report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Banking (15 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to an answer given by the Treasurer at 2.23 pm in this House yesterday to a question as to whether the new fee for...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Clarrie Millar, a former member for Wide Bay and a former and, might I add, respected Deputy Speaker of this House. To...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House why it is so important that confidence in the regulators is not undermined in these uncertain global times?
- Banking (24 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to advice from the Governor of the Reserve Bank to the Treasury secretary, Dr Henry, on 17 October in which the Governor of the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Bob Sneath, President of the South Australian Legislative Council. On behalf of the House, I extend to him a very...
- Prime Minister; Treasurer (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (13 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion of censure against the Prime Minister and the Treasurer. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Member for Warringah (9 speeches)
Mr Speaker, earlier today in the House of Representatives, while at the dispatch box, I was approached from behind by the member for Warringah—
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Yesterday the member for Hume raised a matter of privilege concerning comments reported to have been made about him by the New South Wales National Party leader, Mr Andrew Stoner. The member...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 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)
- Norfolk Island (2 speeches)
by leave—Perhaps we should turn the telescope around and look at a tiny dot in the Pacific. Mr Speaker, Australia’s territories are often forgotten when we think of our national...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Banking (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for Aston proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Archives Amendment 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.
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) 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.
- National Rental Affordability Scheme Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately.
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- 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.
- National Rental Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed.
- 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)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Privileges and Members’ Interests Committee Report (6 speeches)
I take this opportunity in this adjournment debate—and I thank my colleagues for allowing me to speak—to make comment on the report just tabled: the report of the House of...
- Deakin Electorate: Asian Women at Work Action Group (1 speech)
Today in the adjournment debate I would like to inform the House that on Tuesday, 21 October I had the privilege of meeting with the Asian Women at Work Action Group. Debbie Carstens, the...
- Gold Coast Hospital (1 speech)
I was contacted only yesterday by the son-in-law of a significantly ill woman who is and has been treated for two weeks by the Gold Coast Hospital. Obviously any stay in hospital is regrettable...
- Drought (1 speech)
Tonight I want to talk about the release of the social expert panel report on the review of national drought policy. The social expert panel report was received by the Minister for Agriculture,...
- Joint Strike Fighter (1 speech)
Concerns about the Joint Strike Fighter, the actions of its proponents and Australia’s plans to buy the troubled aircraft are continuing to deepen. I recently received a document prepared...
- Relay for Life (1 speech)
I rise to bring it to the House’s attention that this Saturday there will be the Relay for Life on the Central Coast. Some six or seven weeks ago, I had the privilege of meeting with the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Stirling Electorate: Scarborough Beach (1 speech)
Scarborough Beach is on the Sunset Coast, only 15 minutes drive from the centre of Perth. It forms a natural border in the west of my electorate of Stirling. Many happy days are spent by Stirling...
- Kokoda Trail (1 speech)
Prime Minister John Curtin told the Australian parliament in 1942: Today as in 1915 men are dying so that the nation may live. There will come a new dawn, bringing with it peace and freedom for...
- Greenway Electorate: Richmond Road (1 speech)
One of the most traumatic events to see is the aftermath of a car accident—the human cost and the twisted metal wreckage smashed against fences, light poles or tangled with other cars. On...
- Lindsay Electorate: Filipino Community (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the important contribution of Filipino Australians in my local community. Filipinos are the fifth largest ethnic group in my electorate, with more than 1,300 people speaking...
- Cook Electorate (1 speech)
There are many things that government can do and, more specifically, there are many things that MPs in this place can do. But, at the end of the day, we should never kid ourselves because the...
- Sydney Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I want to draw the attention of the parliament to some very important local events in my electorate. Four of my local schools are celebrating quite exceptional milestones. North Newtown Public...
- Cowan Electorate: Mrs Damiana Martinet (1 speech)
Today I raise the issue of the Martinet family of Noranda, a suburb in the electorate of Cowan, and the tragedy that has befallen Mrs Damiana Martinet. On 30 March 2007 Damiana underwent a...
- Asbestos (1 speech)
I rise this morning to talk about asbestos. There is no known safe level for any carcinogen. This means that it is not known at what minimum level of asbestos fibres in breathing space a person...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Mr Austin Canty (1 speech)
I am 34 years old and have the great privilege of representing the people of Moncrieff. I have lived, I must say, in relative terms, a very good life. I raise this matter because recently I...
- Landmines (2 speeches)
Yesterday I had the privilege of coming across a former member of this House, the former member for Cowan, a friend of mine who is now the patron of the Australian Network to Ban Landmines....
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Byrne: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 October, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 12.49 pm, I propose the question: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Water (1 speech)
In the matter of public importance debate on Tuesday this week, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts attempted to rewrite history and at the same time tried to account for his...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Multicultural Aged Care Inc. (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an event that is taking place in my electorate today, which I would have dearly loved to have attended. The participants of that event deserve our appreciation and collective...
