House debates
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- OzCar (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister stand by his answer in question time on 4 June concerning the Bennelong—
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on developments in global markets and Australia’s decisive response to the global recession?
- OzCar (34 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to representations made to the member for Flynn by Longreach Motors, a car dealership in his electorate. Did the Treasurer have a personal...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Before giving the call to the member for Lindsay, I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from the Republic of the Philippines,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Electronic Security (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Will the...
- OzCar (62 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 treated ‘just like everybody else’.
- Agriculture (21 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. What are the likely seasonal outlooks ahead, and what policy options have been supported in the past?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
It has been brought to my attention that we have in the gallery this afternoon a delegation from the Australian Golf Industry Council, including Dawn Fraser, who I think needs no further...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- OzCar (14 speeches)
Thank you for the build-up, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Treasurer. Now that the Treasurer has conceded finally that, of the 240 car dealers the government says required support, just one...
- Political Donations (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Minister representing the Special Minister of State. Will the minister outline the importance of the government’s proposed...
- OzCar (16 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the fact that the government says 240 car dealers required support. I refer to the fact that just one car dealer received phone calls from the...
- Alcopops (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister update the House on the latest developments on the alcopops initiative, and support for the measure?
- OzCar (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his earlier answer where he stood by his statement to the House on 4 June relating to the Bennelong car dealer. On 4 June, the...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, representing the Minister for Education. Will the minister update the House on the issue...
- OzCar (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Now that the Treasurer has conceded that the only phone conversation he had with a car dealer was with John Grant, now that the Treasurer has conceded that the...
- Climate Change (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister outline any obstacles to Australia playing its part in the global solution to climate change and the importance of honest leadership?
- Swine Influenza (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On indulgence, I have the sad responsibility to report to the House that another person with H1N1 influenza has died. Since we have been in the chamber today, the Victorian government has made an...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Electronic Security (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 105(b), I rise to inform you that my question in writing No. 431, dated 27 November 2008, which is seven months ago, to the Minister for Immigration and...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 43 and 44 of 2008-09 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports for 2008-09 entitled Audit report No. 43, Performance audit: construction of the Christmas Island immigration detention centre: Department of...
- 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)
- Local Sporting Champions (2 speeches)
I am pleased to highlight today that the government has delivered on its election commitment to support Australian junior athletes through the implementation of the Local Sporting Champions...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- OzCar (25 speeches)
I have 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 of the...
- Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill 2009; Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the third report for 2009 of the committee, relating to the proposed fit-out of new leased premises for the Australian...
- Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (31 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 June, on motion by Mr Burke: 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.
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 March, on motion by Mr Combet: 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.
- Petition: Queensland and New South Wales Floods (1 speech)
I rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents of Coffs Coast, because there has been substantial inequity in the treatment of the victims of the storm event of 31 March. It is an issue...
- Ballarat Electorate: Young Leaders Visit to Canberra (1 speech)
It was once said that democracy ‘forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements’. We have seen...
- Pollie Pedal 2009; Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Sydney University (2 speeches)
May I compliment the member for Ballarat on her initiative and her contribution to the House. I pay tribute tonight, in what I hope is a similar spirit, to all of the people who have been...
- Norfolk Island (1 speech)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and hear, hear to that. This evening I would like to take the opportunity to talk about Norfolk Island, an Australian external territory out in the Pacific Ocean....
- Child Pornography (1 speech)
Australia’s internet child pornography laws are far too lenient. I remind the House of the recent investigation by Queensland’s Taskforce Argos, with Interpol and the FBI, which...
- Budget (1 speech)
I certainly support the words of the member for Farrer. This evening I would like to inform the House about the importance of this year’s budget and highlight the obvious positive effects...
- Gorton electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
With very little time left I want to take this opportunity to thank my constituents in the electorate of Gorton for their hard work in campaigning for the Deer Park Bypass. The Deer Park Bypass...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
The following notices were given:
