House debates
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (14 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 March, on motion by Mr Shorten: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- An Australian Soldier (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: I wish to make a statement to the House concerning the death of an Australian soldier. I was deeply saddened to learn that an Australian soldier was killed yesterday in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and is about his flawed emissions trading scheme, which threatens to destroy thousands of Australian jobs while doing little or nothing to protect the...
- 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 Philippines who are visiting under the auspices of the Australian Political Exchange...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on developments in Pakistan? What are the implications for security in Afghanistan?
- Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the economic modelling by Frontier Economics for the New South Wales Treasury on the impact of the emissions trading...
- G20 Finance Ministers Meeting (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What were the outcomes of the G20 finance ministers meeting held over the weekend in London and what do they mean for the upcoming leaders meeting?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the New Zealand Minister for Economic Development and Energy and Resources, the Hon. Gerry Brownlee. On behalf of the House I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (41 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the facts that, firstly, the economy is now shrinking; secondly, the government is pushing ahead blindly with changes in industrial relations;...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What does the Prime Minister have to say to the people of Newcastle, Mount Isa, Gladstone and Latrobe, whose mayors have called on the federal government not...
- Climate Change (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. What progress has been made in implementing the government’s Energy Efficient Homes package?
- Employment (17 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his answer yesterday regarding Queensland Premier Anna Bligh’s guarantee on Sunday that if re-elected she will create...
- Schools: Funding (27 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister inform the House why Eatons Hill State School in my electorate was advised by Education Queensland that the school would not be...
- Alcopops (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Minister, what is the progress of the government’s alcopops measure and what will be the consequences if it is blocked?
- Schools: Funding (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Were the guidelines for Building the Education Revolution conveniently made more flexible, changed or ignored for Eatons Hill State School to suit...
- Alcopops (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister advise the House about the impacts of alcohol abuse on policing?
- Food Labelling (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. It relates to New South Wales Independent MP Richard Torbay’s truth in meat labelling bill, which would make it an...
- Alcopops (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Youth. Will the minister update the House on the role that alcohol plays in violence among young Australians and the need for decisive action to address binge...
- Schools: Funding (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer her to the minutes of the Eatons Hill State School P&C Association of 27 February, which state: ‘Eatons Hill State School was...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. Minister, how is the government supporting small business through the global financial crisis?
- National School Pride Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the Wahroonga Public School in my electorate, which is seeking funding under the National School Pride program for perimeter...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How will local communities benefit from the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (27 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek permission to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, in the last couple of sitting days it has become clear—and I ask you to consider this point—that when members on this side make personal explanations the Leader of the...
- 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 and Hansard. I table a press release,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (10 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Australian Business Investment Partnership Bill 2009; Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 March, on motion by Mr Tanner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with requested amendments. Ordered that the requested amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s requested amendments—(1)Clause 2, page 2 (after...
- Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Bill returned from the Senate with requested amendments. Ordered that the requested amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s requested amendments—(1)Clause 2, page 2 (after...
- Australian Business Investment Partnership Bill 2009; Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (30 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.
- Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 March, on motion by Mr Tanner: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill 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.
- Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 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.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Cook Electorate: Sisters of Charity (1 speech)
Dorothy Seguna and her husband, Reg, live in my electorate of Cook. Their family home was in Burraneer. Due to advanced dementia, for the past 12 months Dorothy has been a resident of the Stella...
- Gorton Electorate: Deer Park Bypass (1 speech)
My constituents in the suburbs of Deer Park, Caroline Springs, Burnside and Cairnlea are very happy because the decades-old traffic bottleneck around Deer Park and in particular on the Western...
- Maranoa Electorate: Queensland State Election (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about four members in my electorate of Maranoa—four people who have worked hard for the people of Queensland and who are ready to make a change for a better Queensland....
- Petrie Electorate: Harmony Day (1 speech)
Surprisingly, after that ‘speech’ that we just heard, I wish to talk about Harmony Day. Harmony Day is celebrated this Saturday, 21 March, which happens to correspond with the state...
- Cowper Electorate: Informal Sport (1 speech)
In 2006 a group of mates in Nana Glen decided to play some touch football on the town’s new oval. They put up a notice at the general store and started to play during the daylight saving...
- Queensland’s Sesquicentenary; Quota Australia: 90th Birthday Celebrations (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure today that I stand up to speak on a number of events that have happened in my electorate of Forde over recent weeks. To give some background to this, on 6 June 1859...
- Mitchell Electorate: 123rd Castle Hill Show (1 speech)
I rise to record my appreciation for the 123rd annual Castle Hill show, which is commencing this Friday at the Castle Hill showground in my electorate. The show runs from this Friday to this...
- Parthenon Marbles (1 speech)
I believe we as a parliament should recognise the just claim of the Greek government for the return of the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum. We should encourage the British Museum to...
- Herbert Electorate: Queensland State Election (1 speech)
During election campaigns, good things happen and concerning things happen. We currently have a state election campaign going on in Queensland and, in the last week, there have been some terrific...
- Shortland Electorate: Surf Lifesaving (2 speeches)
The Shortland electorate is a coastal electorate. The eastern border of the entire electorate is the Pacific Ocean, and so part of the identity of the Shortland electorate is intrinsically linked...
- Social Security Amendment (Liquid Assets Waiting Period) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (32 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 March, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (10 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 March, on motion by Ms Kate Ellis: That this bill be now read a second time.
