House debates
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time today, as he is attending the state luncheon for the President of Malta on my behalf. The Minister for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his declaration that his $10 billion pre-Christmas cash splash would create 75,000 jobs and to his further statement...
- Victorian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How is the government helping farmers in bushfire affected Victoria to get their businesses back up and running?
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (9 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to an answer the Treasurer gave yesterday regarding the manufacture of $4 billion worth of insulation to be installed in...
- Victorian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. What counselling services and psychological support is the government providing for bushfire...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (14 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister, and I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answer. Why is the Prime Minister so confident that the $42 billion package will support 90,000 jobs,...
- Employment (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the 400 workers who have lost their jobs at Albury based Drivetrain Systems International as well as the company’s 300...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery today participants in the Inter-Parliamentary Study Program. The group includes secretaries-general and other senior staff from 15...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline new training options for...
- Employment (16 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the government’s spending spree over the last three months alone: firstly, the $15 billion COAG agreement, which the Treasurer said...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from Samoa led by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Hon. Tolofuaivalelei...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation. What additional measures is the government providing to support Australian workers who are made redundant?
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it refers to an answer he gave to the Leader of the Opposition a little earlier in relation to the $10 billion cash splash before Christmas. The Prime...
- Rail Infrastructure (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister update the House on the government’s investment in rail...
- Special Air Service Regiment (26 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. How many SAS soldiers have been disciplined or sacked for daring to raise concerns about your government’s demands for debt repayment of up to...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. Will the minister advise the House of further responses from small business to the...
- Special Air Service Regiment (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. How many serving SAS soldiers stationed at Campbell Barracks in my electorate of Curtin have been hit with debt repayment notices regarding their...
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and the Minister for the Status of Women. What has been the impact of the government’s first home owner boost on the housing market? What is...
- Special Air Service Regiment (9 speeches)
On behalf of the members for Curtin and Paterson my question is to the Prime Minister. What action has the Prime Minister personally taken to fix the appalling SAS pay scandal since he stood in...
- Organ Donation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What further steps is the government taking to lift organ donation rates across Australia?
- Special Air Service Regiment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the appalling handling of this SAS pay scandal, which has seriously undermined the financial security of our SAS soldiers and their families, will the...
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the Minister inform the House on the implementation of the government’s new Energy Efficient Homes package?...
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 51, I wish to raise a matter of privilege. This is the first opportunity I have had to raise it since the member for Hinkler brought to my attention a specific...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Warning by Speaker (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, yesterday you suspended me from the House for an hour. I understand you then made some comments about warnings not necessarily being given. But under the written record of the House...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
A document is presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Employment (6 speeches)
by leave—We are a resilient people. Our history shows that Australians can pull together in a crisis and come out stronger. The wild bushfires and floods across our nation in recent weeks...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Employment (12 speeches)
The Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for North Sydney proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure...
- Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (22 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 February, on motion by Mr Martin Ferguson: 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.
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (19 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 February, on motion by Ms Kate Ellis: 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.
- Hawkesbury-Nepean River (1 speech)
The Labor Party has been in government for well over a year. It came to power with many promises and raised an expectation that issues of concern to communities would be fixed. It came to power...
- Education (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise to speak tonight about the education revolution that is happening right across the southern suburbs of Adelaide. During the 2007 election campaign, I was pleased to be a...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak of an issue that is of grave concern to the town of Kandos in my electorate—and it is of concern not only to Kandos but to Australia as a whole. It is a concern over...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Victorian Bushfires (1 speech)
It was heart warming to see the demonstrations of mateship and community cohesion after the terrible Victorian bushfires. People of all backgrounds, all ethnicities and all makes supported each...
- Queensland State Election (8 speeches)
Tonight I would like to address my comments to those who are watching and listening to this broadcast, and I want to ask them to have an open mind. They will think that in what I am doing I am...
- Fremantle Electorate: Wave Power Technology (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a technology that is currently being developed and trialled in the Fremantle electorate by Carnegie Corporation; a technology that harnesses the ocean swell to produce...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Ryan Electorate: Queensland State Election (1 speech)
I am pleased to speak in the parliament today and very strongly support the state Liberal National Party candidates in the Ryan electorate—the candidates for the state seats of Mount...
- Page Electorate: Victorian Bushfires; Page Electorate: The Land Sydney Royal Showgirl Competition (1 speech)
There has been an overwhelming response of generosity and solidarity by the people of the Northern Rivers district, which takes in my seat of Page, to the people of Victoria affected by the...
- Ms Roslyn Wilson (1 speech, 1 comment)
This afternoon I pay tribute to a very special lady who is going to be missed by her family, her friends, her work colleagues and, indeed, her local community; I pay tribute to Roslyn Francette...
- Holt Electorate: Volunteer Grants (1 speech)
The generosity of volunteers has, in recent times, been at the forefront of our minds. The vital work of so many volunteers in our community from the most noble and courageous effort to the most...
- Victorian Bushfires (1 speech)
The trout and salmon industry has thrived in my electorate by making use of the cold waters of the Goulburn River below Lake Eildon and the numerous tributaries of the Goulburn River. The...
- Mr David Balfour (1 speech)
It is fitting that I make these comments following the member for McEwen. I had the absolute honour of attending this morning the funeral service for ACT fireman David Balfour. David was a member...
- Fadden Electorate: Student Leaders (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the new student leaders within the schools of Fadden. Australia’s young leaders play an important role in setting a good example by acting responsibly and making...
- Charlton Electorate: Age Pension (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity, today, to provide an update on the government’s policy concerning the age pension and its importance for the residents of Charlton. On behalf of the nearly...
- Swan Electorate: Horseracing Industry (1 speech)
Over the past month a passionate debate has been conducted on the pages of the local Southern Gazette, a newspaper in my electorate of Swan. At times the debate has been highly personalised....
- Mr Aubrey McGill (2 speeches)
I rise on a sad note to acknowledge the passing of a great Australian, Aubrey McGill. In my book, great Australians are often not the people who grace the halls of this place or other high...
- Queensland Floods (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 12 February.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2008-2009; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2008-2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (32 speeches)
Debate resumed from 4 February, on motion by Mr Tanner: That this bill be now read a second time.
