House debates
Thursday, 18 June 2009
- Social Security Amendment (Training Incentives) Bill 2009; Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009; International Monetary Agreements Amendment (Financial Assistance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (4 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 17 June. Senate’s amendments— (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 9, column 1), omit “and 2”, substitute “to...
- Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 June, on motion by Ms Roxon: 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (18 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 4 February. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 1, item 7, page 7 (lines 4 to 7), omit the item. (2) Schedule 1, item 8,...
- Migration Amendment (Protection of Identifying Information) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 May, on motion by Mr Haase: 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.
- Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 May, on motion by Ms Macklin: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (2 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.
- Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2009; Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (14 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 May, on motion by Mr Burke: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I inform the House that the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion will be absent from question time today as she is leading a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (31 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Obama administration’s overnight announcement of sweeping changes to the regulation of the United States...
- Renewable Energy (19 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain how the government’s renewable energy target will assist Australian households to install solar panels and drive the...
- Economy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the fact that Australia’s sovereign debt will be around $475 billion or over $21,000 of government debt for every man, every woman and every...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister outline the importance of supporting renewable energy as part of a comprehensive approach to tackling...
- Education (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the call today from the Australian Education Union for the school stimulus debacle to be reviewed to determine, amongst other...
- Renewable Energy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how developments in the Senate today on renewable energy legislation will impact on jobs and investment in the Australian...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his recent apparent interest in infrastructure in Sydney eastern suburbs schools. I also refer him to the Randwick primary...
- Road Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Would the minister outline for the House the government’s road investment program...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (21 speeches)
I refer the Prime Minister to the comments of the principal of the Berwick Lodge Primary School in the Australian today, which said that schools ‘are being harassed into signing off on...
- Economy (22 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. What is the government’s strategy for lifting Australia’s long-term productivity performance? Why is it vital that the...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (31 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to comments made yesterday by Sam Williams, Chairman of the Naracoorte Primary School Council in my...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. How is the government’s stimulus to the housing sector supporting jobs in our economy?
- Building the Education Revolution (39 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education. Can the minister confirm that the Lake Wangary Primary School on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia has received a...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I wish to add to an earlier answer on the RET legislation. I am advised that it was introduced to the House yesterday. The second reading speech has been delivered and the Senate...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
by leave—I wish to add to an answer. I table the newsletter from the member for Aston, June 2009, which has no Liberal Party logo and purports to support the government’s Building the...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time (2 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Could you please explain to the House whether you found the word ‘arrogant’ on the sign held up by the member for Tangney—
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (13 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. Mr Albanese interjecting Mr Randall...
- Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing Appropriation Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Bill returned from the Senate with an amendment. Ordered that the requested amendment be considered immediately. Senate’s requested amendment—(1)Page 3 (after line 2), at the end of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Small Business (17 speeches)
The Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for Moncrieff proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- McMillan Electorate: Landcare (1 speech)
Thank you for the call, Mr Speaker. I appreciate it. I rise to raise an issue that is important in my electorate, from Hill End to Hedley and Yarragon, Trafalgar, Thorpdale, Korumburra, Leongatha...
- Mission Australia (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a matter that I have found to be most disturbing and that I know many people in my electorate—indeed, many people right around the country—would have also found...
- Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol (1 speech)
The ongoing contributions made by volunteers in the Paterson electorate are extraordinary to say the least. I would like to acknowledge and dedicate this speech to all the special individuals who...
- Budget (1 speech)
Having listened to the MPI debate here a few moments ago and to the opposition’s dishonest attack on the Rudd government, I want to defend the government and restate what we are doing for...
- Iran (1 speech)
Last Friday, the Islamic Republic of Iran held its presidential election. The incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was re-elected. The result, of course, is questionable in the extreme. As...
- Petition: Trail and Monkey Bikes (1 speech)
I rise to table a petition from 486 of my constituents regarding the importation and sale of trail bikes and monkey bikes. This petition was generated by a problem that exists in my electorate...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Melbourne Ports Electorate (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of representing the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Education, at the opening of a capital grants project at Adass Israel School on 28 April in my electorate of...
- Hinkler Electorate: Fruit Industry (1 speech)
One thing Australians enjoy, perhaps more than any other nation on earth, is affordable, high-quality fresh produce. But that might be at risk, subjecting Australians to higher food prices and...
- Solomon Electorate: Kormilda College and Glenti Festival (1 speech)
I rise today to mention two events that have happened in my electorate of Solomon in the last couple of weeks. The first was the opening of new facilities at Kormilda College. They were opened on...
- Mitchell Electorate: Queen’s Birthday Honours List (1 speech)
I rise this morning to record my congratulations and appreciation to the recipients of honours in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List in the electorate of Mitchell and...
- Parramatta Electorate: Hills Sports High School (1 speech)
Last month I was delighted to officially open the new state-of-the-art fitness centre and refurbished library at the Hills Sports High School at Seven Hills on behalf of the Minister for...
- Bond University (1 speech)
On Saturday, 6 June 2009 Bond University celebrated 20 years of educating local, national and international students at the Robina campus in my electorate of McPherson. This is truly a milestone...
- Corangamite Electorate: Visy Pulp and Paper (1 speech)
I would like to make a short statement in support of the workforce at the Visy Pulp and Paper factory in Tarneit. I believe the efforts of these workers should be brought to the attention of our...
- Macarthur Electorate: Immigration (1 speech)
As all in this House would be aware, I represent the seat of Macarthur out in Western Sydney. We have a population that is quite multicultural out there in Western Sydney, and because of that I...
- Shortland Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
Today I would like to share with the House what the economic stimulus package has meant to the Shortland electorate. The stimulus program has developed real nation building in the electorate of...
- Petition: Youth Allowance (3 speeches)
I rise to present a petition approved by the Standing Committee on Petitions. This petition is in direct response to the Rudd government’s flawed decision to change the eligibility criteria...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 May, on motion by Mr Tanner: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that the bill be reported to the House without...
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 May, on motion by Mr Tanner: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that the bill be reported to the House without...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Maranoa Electorate: Migration (1 speech)
I rise in this adjournment debate to talk about a very serious issue that is confronting the employers in my electorate of Maranoa and particularly in what I would call the Surat coal basin,...
- Robertson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to inform members of the progress of the delivery of infrastructure projects to the residents of my electorate of Robertson through the Rudd Labor government’s economic...
- Paterson Electorate: Hospital Funding (1 speech)
It was during the election campaign on 22 October 2007 that Kevin Rudd, the then Leader of the Opposition, said: ‘The Rudd government is committing to delivering a better health outcome for...
- Gawler Rail Upgrade; Waltzing Matilda (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Gawler rail upgrade. But before I get onto that I want to talk a bit about a story by Charles Miranda which was in The Punch recently. It is about the fact that Waltzing...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Thank you for the opportunity to address the Main Committee on a very important issue. It is largely a state issue but it is an issue of extreme importance for all of us. In recent times, as the...
- Italian Consulate, South Australia (1 speech)
On Monday I became aware that the Italian consulate in Adelaide has been earmarked for closure some time in the year 2010 or perhaps 2011—we do not have a firm date. The decision is part of...
- Cowan Electorate: Community Awareness Initiative (1 speech)
There are certain elements in this nation that seem to be trying to undermine the strengths of Australia. I count in that list those who forever demand or promote their rights without firstly...
- Forde Electorate: Queensland 150th Anniversary (1 speech)
The date of 6 June 1859 was the day that Queen Victoria signed the letters patent that essentially formed the colony of Queensland. A vast area of what was known as New South Wales became the...
- Sri Lanka (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in support of the people of Sri Lanka—all the people Sri Lanka. My seat of Tangney is home to many people from Sri Lanka, including Tamil people. I have a wonderful...
- Blair Electorate: City of Ipswich (1 speech)
This week I was asked by one of my local newspapers, the Ipswich News, what I thought the icons of Ipswich were. I mentioned St Mary’s Catholic Church in Ipswich—a beautiful...
- New South Wales Budget (3 speeches)
I would like to talk about the New South Wales budget and the effect it will have on my electorate of Farrer in western New South Wales. The New South Wales budget announced on Tuesday...
- Greater Geelong Region (1 speech)
I wish to make a short speech documenting the extraordinary progress the greater Geelong region and in particular my region of Corangamite has made in just 18 months since the election of Labor....
