House debates
Thursday, 5 February 2009
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the House that the Deputy Speaker has fixed today, Thursday, 5 February, at 10.30 am, as the time for the next meeting of the Main Committee, unless an alternative day or hour is fixed.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Migration Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Eggleston has been discharged from the Joint Standing Committee on Migration and that Senator Fierravanti-Wells has been...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 4 (line 22),...
- Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2008 [2009] (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time. Ordered that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 [2009] (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time. Ordered that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 3 December 2008, on motion by Mr McClelland: 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.
- Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 3 December 2008, on motion by Mr McClelland: 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip that he has nominated Mrs Irwin to be a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties in place of Mr Trevor.
- Auditor-General Amendment Bill 2008 [2009] (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time. Ordered that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
- Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 3 December, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent government business today continuing past 2 p.m. and being interrupted at 2.30 p.m. for Question Time. The...
- Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2008 (0 speeches)
- 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.
- Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 3 December, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Queensland Floods (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I rise to provide the House with an update on the Queensland flooding situation. In recent weeks and months Queenslanders have faced severe storms, tropical cyclones...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Assistant Treasurer will be absent from question time today. The Treasurer will answer questions on his behalf.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (11 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his recent statement regarding his $42 billion spending package, where he said, ‘We all must rise to this...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from the Republic of Chile. On behalf of the House I extend a very warm welcome to our...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is it so important that the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan be implemented as soon as possible?
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation’s statement this morning that the coalition’s proposal to bring forward...
- Education (34 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister and I refer to his failure to answer my previous question. Will the Prime Minister advise the House whether the government is committed to...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Tourism. Would the minister outline for the House the benefits of the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan for the tourism industry?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, the Hon. Paul Henderson. On behalf of the House, I extend to him a very warm...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why does the government need to increase the borrowing limit of the Commonwealth from $75 billion to $200 billion immediately?
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister outline to the House what additional funding the government has provided...
- Economy (33 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. How many jobs have been created by the December $10 billion cash splash, and how many jobs will be created by the proposed March $11 billion cash...
- Indonesia: Merauke Five (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what are you and your Minister for Foreign Affairs doing to secure the return to Australia of Old Bar resident Mr Keith Mortimer, who is one...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan benefit rural and regional Australian economies?
- Economy (22 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s statement on 24 January that his new fifty-fifty $4 billion partnership, the Australian Business Investment...
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and the Minister for the Status of Women. Will the minister inform the House how the new spending on social housing will support jobs and local communities?
- Economy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the government’s plans for a Commonwealth debt of $200 billion and ask him, in his capacity as chairman of the Australian Loan...
- Education (7 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 20 of 2008-09 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Performance Audit report No. 20 of 2008-09 entitled Approval of funding for public works. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
On indulgence, it being Thursday afternoon, for the benefit of members who have travel plans, it is intended now, as I advised the House earlier, that we will reverse the normal order and have...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (29 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Calare proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The adverse effects of high...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Situation in Sri Lanka (2 speeches)
by leave—Over recent weeks and months, the Australian government has consistently stated that its strong view remains that Sri Lanka’s conflict cannot be resolved through military...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Mackellar Electorate: Judy Dubois (1 speech)
I rise to speak this morning about an important member of our community in my seat of Mackellar, one Judy Dubois. Judy is a person who has a history of involvement in community groups and of...
- Franklin Electorate: Egg Islands Reserve (1 speech)
I rise this morning to talk about a recent visit to my electorate by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I was fortunate to be involved in a visit with the minister to a...
- Hinkler Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I am not exaggerating when I say that my office has been fielding complaints about telecommunications services and infrastructure—or, more precisely, the lack of services and...
- Deakin Electorate: Rainwater Tanks (1 speech)
Today I would like to talk about the Rudd government’s National Rainwater and Greywater Initiative. This is a $250 million program that delivers on our election commitment to deliver...
- Mayo Electorate: Lower Lakes (1 speech)
I, too, rise to speak on the issue of water, following on from the member for Deakin. However, I speak of the greatest environmental disaster our country faces, which is in my electorate, the...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate: Child Care (1 speech)
An early learning and childcare centre will be built in Port Melbourne, the second of the two childcare centres promised by the government at the election. Victoria and the City of Port Phillip...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (1 speech)
I raised in my contribution to the debate on the stimulus package unintended consequences of that package. I questioned whether the package was an optimal solution. I certainly questioned the...
- Holt Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
On Australia Day this year, on a magnificent summer’s day, I had the honour on behalf of the Holt electorate to celebrate and publicly recognise unsung heroes in our community by presenting...
- Ms Pauline Talty (1 speech)
I want to bring to the House’s attention today the circumstances of a courageous young woman who this morning is lying in a Sydney hospital bed wondering whether this time next year she...
- Shortland Electorate: Meals on Wheels (2 speeches)
On 19 January, I assisted one of the drivers for Charleston Meals on Wheels to deliver meals. Over the years I have been out with a number of Meals on Wheels organisations within the Shortland...
- Aviation Legislation Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 3 December 2008, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- National Student Leadership Forum (1 speech)
Last year in September, 19-year-old Emily Nye from the Shoalhaven participated in the National Student Leadership Forum. I would like to read a condensed version of her comments onto the record,...
- Bush For Life (1 speech)
Bush For Life is one of the programs run by Trees For Life, a non-profit community organisation that works to protect, maintain and renew the native vegetation of South Australia. Bush For Life...
- Hopman Cup (1 speech)
Every January or December since 1988 in my electorate of Swan the Burswood Dome has hosted the Hopman Cup international tennis tournament. The cup is Western Australia’s premier tennis...
- Longman Electorate: Nation Building and Jobs Plan (1 speech)
Can I say to the member for Swan that I would like to support him in his call for the continued television coverage of the Hopman Cup. It is an excellent tournament and a wonderful format in...
- Economy (1 speech)
I rise to condemn the Rudd Labor government for failing to properly manage Australia through the global financial difficulties that have the potential to beggar the robust Australian economy and...
- Mr Jack Pompei (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Jack Pompei OAM—a man who touched many lives and helped shape our local community. Jack was born in Italy and came to Australia with his family at a very young...
