House debates
Monday, 15 June 2009
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Private Members’ Motions (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 41(h), and the recommendations of the whips adopted by the House on 3 June 2009, I present copies of the terms of motions for which notice has been given by the...
- Employment and Workplace Relations Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bill.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That members be discharged and appointed as members of certain committees in accordance with the list which has been placed on the table. As the list is a lengthy one, I do...
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum—by leave—presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill implements key elements of the government’s secure and sustainable pension reform package announced in the 2009 budget. This...
- International Monetary Agreements Amendment (Financial Assistance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 4 June, on motion by Mr Bowen: 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.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 May, on motion by Ms Roxon: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present for the benefit of the House ministerial arrangements following the appointment of new members of the executive last week. The document read as follows— RUDD MINISTRY 9 June 2009...
- Member for Higgins (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
On indulgence, Mr Speaker, today is a momentous day in the history of our parliament and in the history of our country. The member for Higgins, the Hon. Peter Costello, has announced that he will...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Commonwealth Bank’s claim that its recent rate rise was caused by an increase in its own long-term wholesale borrowing costs. Given the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the government of the Republic of Rwanda, the Hon. Mrs Rosemary...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s nation building for recovery program to drive Australia out of the worst global recession...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the government’s claim that its massive debt burden is responsible for job creation and has nothing at all to do with rising interest rates. Will...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on recent media...
- OzCar (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Mr John Grant, who has supplied him with a free car for almost all of the time he has been Leader of the Labor Party,...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the estimated cost to the economy and the budget of not acting to support up to 210,000 jobs?
- OzCar (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement in question time on 4 June that Mr John Grant’s representations in relation to OzCar were referred to Treasury as the...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. How have the government’s stimulus measures helped to support the Australian economy and why is it important for these measures...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the Hastings Public School in New South Wales, which was granted $400,000 for a covered outdoor learning area under the...
- Infrastructure (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister please update the House on the rollout of the government’s record...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Does the minister agree with the Prime Minister’s comments on 3 February about the school stimulus package when he said, ‘This government...
- Solar Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. How will the new solar credits continue the government’s unprecedented support for the solar panel industry? How...
- National School Pride Program (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Education. Will the minister explain why her National School Pride program prohibits schools from installing air conditioning in existing classrooms...
- Climate Change (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and the Minister Assisting Minister for Climate Change. Will the minister outline to the House the work that has been...
- North West Queensland Mineral Province (7 speeches)
My question without notice is to the honourable Minister for Resources and Energy. The minister would be aware of his own role as the Lone Ranger riding to the rescue of the $15 billion North...
- Swine Influenza (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister advise the House on the latest swine flu developments in Australia and internationally and on the government’s...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer explain why a $900 cash-splash cheque from the Reserve Bank to Mrs Gloria Hartridge has bounced, resulting in a $9 dishonour fee to this...
- FIFA World Cup Bid (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport. Will the minister update the House on Australia’s bid for the 2018-22 FIFA World Cup?
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (16 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)
- Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea (2 speeches)
by leave—On 12 June 2009 in a joint media release with the foreign minister, the Hon. Stephen Smith MP, I announced that Australia has strengthened its commitment to international efforts...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009; Nation-Building Funds Amendment Bill 2009; Higher Education Support Amendment (Vet Fee-Help and Providers) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 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.
- Social Security Amendment (Training Incentives) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 May, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: 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.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Improved Support for Carers) (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 May, on motion by Ms Macklin: 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.
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Apprentices) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 May, on motion by Ms Gillard: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 209, I present the following ministerial responses to petitions that have been received:
- Responses; Mr Farzad Kamangar (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter dated 8 May 2009 on behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, concerning a petition against the death penalty in Iran and the possible execution of a...
- Responses; Education Funding (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter dated 8 May 2009 about the petition submitted for the Committee’s consideration on the proposal to relocate the East Gippsland TAFE and to develop a...
- Statements (1 speech)
In recent weeks during my statements to the House I have focused on the value that has been gained from public hearings held by the Standing Committee on Petitions. The committee has been very...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Urban Planning (7 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)recognises the importance of sound urban planning for the long term future of our towns and cities;(2)acknowledges that:(a)planning new communities and regenerating...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Rural Fire Service Awards (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to inform this House that on Saturday, 30 May, I attended a very special ceremony at the Bulahdelah Golf Club recognising the outstanding achievement of the members of the Great...
- Delegation to Dharamsala (1 speech)
At the end of next week when the House rises for the winter break, I will have the great privilege of leading the first Australian parliamentary delegation to Dharamsala in India. This is the...
- Hinkler Electorate: Hervey Bay (1 speech)
During the 2007 election, I campaigned on a commitment to secure $1.5 million to help build the much-needed community centre for the fast growing city of Hervey Bay in my electorate. If ever...
- Petition: Coral Sea Heritage Park (1 speech)
I rise tonight to present a petition approved by the Standing Committee on Petitions. The petition has been organised by Mr Wayne Bayne, Mr Robert Erskine and other concerned citizens, who have...
- Coral Sea Heritage Park; Herbert Electorate (1 speech)
I am pleased that the member for Leichhardt has raised this issue tonight and I would like to add my contribution in relation to it. I have long been on the public record calling for the...
- Mr Herbert Morton Olm (1 speech)
I am speaking tonight about a remarkable individual. His name is Herbert Morton Olm. He was born at Ropeley in the Lockyer Valley on 7 August 1908. He is still with us. He is a much loved and...
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 May, on motion by Mr Snowdon: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2009-2010; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 4 June, on motion by Mr Swan: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (29 speeches)
May I suggest that it might suit the Main Committee to consider the items of proposed expenditure in the order shown in the schedule which has been circulated to honourable members. I also take...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Type 2 Diabetes (1 speech)
Last Friday I visited Bond University to meet with participants in a free walking program for women aged 65 to 74 with type 2 diabetes. The program is a joint study being run by Bond University...
- Mr Steve Gianola (1 speech)
I would like to pay tribute to a long-time Labor Party member, Steve Gianola, who sadly passed away on 13 April 2009 aged 79. Steve was born at Mornington Mills near Wokalup in the south-west of...
- Maternity Services (1 speech)
I rise today in support of the mothers and midwives in my electorate who came to see me about their concerns over the Rudd government’s failure to accommodate the needs of women choosing to...
- Iran (1 speech)
A shiver went down the spine of the international community with the re-election of President Ahmadinejad in Iran just yesterday. An Iranian analyst has reported that in the Iranian election...
- Health Services (1 speech)
As we approach June 30 we are nearing the deadline for one of the major election promises made by Kevin Rudd during the 2007 election campaign. ‘When it comes to health, the buck stops with...
- Rt Hon. John Curtin (1 speech)
John Curtin, former federal member for Fremantle and one of our greatest prime ministers, was an extraordinary figure in Australian history. He and his family lived in a modest house at 24 Jarrad...
- Budget (1 speech)
On ABC TV news on Wednesday last week, under union pressure to abolish the ABCC, the Prime Minister said: We will be adhering to our pre-election commitment....
- Hasluck Electorate: Biggest Morning Tea (1 speech)
I would like to use tonight to record my thanks to the Woodlupine Seniors Committee for their work with me on this year’s Biggest Morning Tea in Forrestfield. We were joined by some 211...
- Cowan Electorate: Flaming Evangelical Ministry (1 speech)
On Sunday I attended the Australian launch of the Flaming Evangelical Ministry. Flaming Evangelical Ministry is dedicated to the salvation of mankind and was founded in 1997 in Freetown in Sierra...
- Parliamentary Delegation to India (2 speeches)
When this parliament concludes for the winter session, I will be leading a very disparate group of parliamentarians to Dharamsala in the far north of India to honor the 74th birthday of his...
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Powers of Intervention (5 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Dr Stone: That the House:(1)notes that under section 417 of the Migration Act 1958, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship may intervene personally making...
- Foot-and-Mouth Disease (10 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Bruce Scott: That the House:(1)notes that the report of the Beale review of Australia’s quarantine and biosecurity arrangements, One Biosecurity: a working...
- Water Safety (8 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Neumann: That the House:(1)notes the Federal Government’s ‘Saving Lives in the Water’ measure announced in the 2008-09 Budget and the priorities...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 1 June.
- Area Consultative Committees (1 speech)
Tonight I grieve not for the people involved but for the way they have been treated by this government. I talk about the area consultative committees, a network of regionally based economic and...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I want to speak on behalf of my constituents, who are aggrieved and concerned about their current access to broadband in Tasmania. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as of 30 June...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
I would like to speak about the great concerns I have with the government’s Building the Education Revolution, which appears by the day to be running into more and more horror stories of...
- National Rugby League (1 speech)
This year has been a testing time for the game of rugby league. Many of the recent revelations regarding the behaviour of individuals associated with the game have been shocking and such conduct...
- Queensland and New South Wales Floods (1 speech)
Two weeks ago I brought to the attention of the House the injustice of the Rudd government’s decision to deny Coffs Coast and Clarence Valley residents affected by the March 31 floods...
- Attacks on Indian Students (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to respond to the violent attacks on Indian students in Sydney and Melbourne. Thankfully, I do not have to refer to anything that occurred in my electorate of Moreton in Brisbane....
