House debates
Monday, 22 June 2009
- Treasurer (0 speeches)
- (117 speeches)
Given the debate in recent days, the government can inform the Leader of the Opposition that it would be prepared to provide a facility in the House now for the Leader of the Opposition to (1)...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
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)
- OzCar (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister establish a judicial inquiry into the OzCar matter, as I proposed in my second speech in the previous debate?
- Business of the House (8 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the House. Will the Leader of the House outline the government’s priorities for the programming of the business of the House and the considerations that the...
- OzCar (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer, and I refer the Treasurer to his statement in the House on 4 June, when he said that Mr John Grant ‘received the same assistance as any other car...
- Parliamentary Standards (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Minister representing the Special Minister of State. What steps has the government taken to improve the transparency and...
- OzCar (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement—
- Financial Services Industry (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law and Minister for Human Services. Minister, are you concerned about reports of misleading conduct with...
- Ozcar (13 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement in the House on 4 June, when he said that Mr John Grant ‘made representations to my office, and he was...
- Alcopops (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister update the House on the government’s action on alcopops and of recent responses to this action?
- OzCar (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement in the House on 4 June, when he said that Mr John Grant: …was referred on to the SPV, just like everybody else. I...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the government’s secure and sustainable pension...
- OzCar (9 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement in the House on 4 June when he said that Mr John Grant ‘received the same assistance as every other car...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Water. Will the minister update of House on the business...
- Car Dealerships (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to a Mitsubishi franchise and RACV service depot, Graham Nelson Motors in Rochester in my electorate of Murray—a small car dealer...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the outlook for the global economy and the government’s efforts to cushion the impact of the global recession on the...
- OzCar (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement in this House on 4 June, when he said that Mr Grant ‘was referred on to the SPV, just like everybody else’ and...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the developments in the global economy and Australia’s response to the global recession?
- Treasurer (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (13 speeches)
I move: That this House censures the Treasurer:(1)For failing to make a full and unreserved statement about his personal involvement and that of his office in the Ozcar ‘deals for...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 42 of 2008-09 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 42 of 2008-09 entitled Interim phase of the audit of financial statements of general government sector agencies for the year ending 30 June...
- 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 17 June 2009, I present copies of the terms of motions for which notice has been given by the...
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2009; Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Bill 2009; Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Apprentices) Bill 2009; Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 3) Bill 2009; Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Bill 2009; Social Security Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-over) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bill.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
- 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.
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
- 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.
- Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] and cognate Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2]...
- Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Of course, the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] is a complementary measure to the Excise Tariff Amendment (2009...
- Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introduction Put simply, without an accessible system of justice, the public’s confidence in the rule of law is compromised....
- Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum—by leave—presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009 (the bill) meets the Australian government’s obligation, under the...
- Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill—by leave—and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Burke. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill 2009 amends the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980 (AWBC Act) to allow the...
- Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
The question is that this bill be now read a second time. There being more than one voice calling for a division, in accordance with standing order 133 the division is deferred, until after 8 pm....
- Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 June, on motion by Mr Burke: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Consideration 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.
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Consideration 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Migration Committee; Membership (1 speech)
Mr Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Fierravanti-Wells has been discharged from attendance on the Joint Standing Committee on Migration and that...
- Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Responses; Sri Lanka (0 speeches)
Dear Madam Chair Thank you for your letter of 8 May 2009 on behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, referring to me a petition on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). As you would...
- Responses; Workplace Relations (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 8 May 2009, in which you referred three petitions calling for the abolition of the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner...
- Responses; Health: Radiotherapy Treatment (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 8 May 2009 on behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding funding for the establishment of a public radiotherapy unit on the Central Coast....
- Responses; Gaza Strip (0 speeches)
Dear Madam Chair Thank you for your letter dated 8 May 2009, regarding a petition recently submitted for consideration by the Standing Committee on Petitions. This letter responds to the...
- Responses; Statements (2 speeches)
I am pleased to have the opportunity this evening to outline for the House some of the work of the Procedure Committee since it was first established—and that was on the first day of this...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Crime Commission Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, I present the committee’s report entitled Examination of the Australian Crime Commission annual report...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the following reports, incorporating dissenting reports, of the committee, together with the minutes of the proceedings:...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report: Referral to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to.
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, I present the committee’s report entitled Level crossing safety: An update to...
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Committee; Report: Referral to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to.
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present the committee’s report entitled Report 414: Review of Auditor-General’s reports tabled between August 2007 and...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Trade Practices Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Quarantine Proclamation Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill presented by Mr Katter. Debate interrupted.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Parkes Electorate: Youth Allowance (1 speech)
I rise tonight to address a burning issue that has been evident in my electorate for some time and to indicate that tomorrow I will be presenting to the Petitions Committee some 2,006 signatures...
- Education (1 speech)
Tonight I speak on the extensive and impressive commitment that the Rudd government has made to education in our country. Most recently, the government announced a record $62.1 billion investment...
- Citizenship: Mr Roger Allan (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on behalf of Mr Roger Allan in regard to a legislative oversight in section 16(3) of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007. In 1922, Roger’s father, Mr Peter Allan,...
- Offensive Website (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to draw the parliament’s attention to a website that is causing considerable harm in my region, and which I believe could be breaching sections of the Criminal Code relating...
- Business (1 speech)
Today is 22 June 2009. This is a very significant date for me and my wife and my family because it marks the third birthday of my little son Ryan Andrew Johnson, who is the light of my life. I...
- Genetic Research (1 speech)
Last year, the Melbourne company Genetic Technologies ordered Australian hospital laboratories to stop testing for breast cancer as it claimed such testing infringed the licence it had obtained...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Youth Allowance (1 speech)
Tonight I want to follow on from my adjournment speech of last Wednesday to table a petition that was taken up in my electorate, particularly around Warrnambool, raising serious concerns about...
- Economic Stimulus Plan (1 speech)
On Friday at 1 pm I was at Oonoonbah State School announcing the federal government funding for the P21 investment into a new resource centre worth $1.1 million and a new multipurpose hall worth...
- Tangney Electorate: Child Sponsorship (1 speech)
In this time of financial woes and negativity there shines a bright light in my electorate of Tangney. Recently Canning Vale was named by World Vision as the third most generous suburb in Western...
- Blair Electorate: Kalbar Show (1 speech)
Last Saturday I was privileged to open the Kalbar Show and to celebrate 80 years of the Kalbar Show operating. I want to commend the Kalbar and District Agricultural and Pastoral Association Inc....
- Koalas (1 speech)
I rise because of concern about the falling koala population in my electorate. What we have seen from censuses conducted since 1996 through to 2005 and 2008 is a halving of the population,...
- Australian Bocce Championships (1 speech)
The Australian Bocce Championships for 2009 were held between 5 June and 8 June at the Campania Sport and Social Club in the electorate of Makin, with support from the Molinara club located in...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Recently many small business owners in my electorate have become anxious about what new modern awards mean for them. Small businesses which already operate on small profit margins are rightly...
- Louisa Lawson (1 speech)
I had the pleasure this weekend travelling to Gulgong in New South Wales to speak at the Gulgong branch Country Labor Party Louisa Lawson dinner. Louisa Lawson was Australia’s first woman...
- Cowan Electorate: Carramar and Tapping Residents Association (1 speech)
The Carramar and Tapping Residents Association has a history of activism and constructive engagement in the Carramar district. Indeed, I would say that the association is arguably the most active...
- Relay for Life (1 speech)
The Relay for Life, an initiative of the Cancer Council of New South Wales, is a 24-hour event where teams take turns walking laps of a local oval to raise awareness of cancer and funds to combat...
- Girl Guides (1 speech)
Girl Guides will be celebrating a century of guiding in Australia next year at a jamboree in Victoria. The venue has had to be moved as the original location was badly damaged in the Victorian...
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Burma (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 May, on motion by Ms Saffin: That the House:(1)notes:(a)that 27 May is the 19th anniversary of the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) overwhelming election...
- Poland (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Mr Slipper: That the House:(1)notes that:(a)4 June 2009 was the 20th anniversary of the first post war free elections in Poland, and that these elections...
- Republic of Turkey (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Mr Danby: That the House:(1)notes:(a)the Commonwealth of Australia and the Republic of Turkey have established a unique relationship and bond based upon...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 June.
- Maranoa Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I rise in this grievance debate to talk about a very important highway in my electorate. It is a national highway. It is the Warrego Highway. I have just come from a meeting with senior people...
- Throsby Electorate: Higher Education (1 speech)
My contribution to the grievance debate tonight mirrors an issue I raised in the very early days following my election to the federal parliament—namely, the underrepresentation of children...
- Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project; Youth Allowance (1 speech)
I rise in this grievance debate to raise several matters, time permitting. The first of these is the piping of the Wimmera Mallee stock and domestic system—a huge project entirely contained...
- Building the Education Revolution (8 speeches)
I am pleased, I must say, as a great advocate of education in our society to see it dominating so significantly in the grievance debate tonight. I have enjoyed the contributions of both my...
- Fisher Electorate: Queensland State Labor Government (7 speeches)
With respect to the provisions of infrastructure and government facilities, I must say that I hold a fairly old-fashioned view. I believe that Australians, regardless of what state or town they...
- Forestry (9 speeches, 1 comment)
I have a really strong grievance about the way that Tasmania has been badly maligned. There have been some severe misunderstandings regarding the issue of forestry as it relates to many of the...
