House debates
Thursday, 13 August 2009
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Proposal (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the House approves the following proposal for works in the Parliamentary Zone which was presented to the House on 11 August...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Asian Development Bank (Additional Subscription) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Swan. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is an important step in delivering on Australia’s commitments at the G20 leaders’ meeting in London in April 2009. While...
- Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (38 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 June, on motion by Ms Gillard: 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.
- Jakarta Bombings (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009 (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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 August, on motion by Ms Gillard: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Trade will be absent from question time today as he is attending the ASEAN Economic Ministers-Closer Economic Relations Consultations in Thailand. The...
- Vietnam Servicemen (0 speeches)
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Vietnam Servicemen; Reference (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That further statements by indulgence on the location of the remains of the last two members of the Australian Defence Force missing from the Vietnam conflict, Flying...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the recent comments of the climate change minister, Senator Wong: We’ve always said there will be details we want to...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of the Joint Steering Committee of the Policy Analysis and Research Project from the National Assembly of Nigeria. On...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Airlines PNG (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the actions taken by the government following the plane crash near Kokoda?
- Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
This question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I ask the Prime Minister: given that the government’s refusal to negotiate or adjust its flawed emissions trading scheme has led to its...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon a former member—a former colleague; to carbon date him—a member of the class of 1969; a former minister, Barry...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Airlines PNG (2 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House on the assistance being provided by Australia and the ongoing support being provided to the...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister concerned that under his flawed emissions trading scheme the price of Australian food will increase by about five per cent...
- Climate Change (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on recent developments in Australia’s efforts to tackle climate change?
- Emissions Trading Scheme (8 speeches)
My question is quite brief. It is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House how much more per hour it will cost small businesses in my electorate to run their...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of Committee B for Defence, Security and Foreign Affairs from Timor Leste. On behalf of the House I extend a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (46 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy. I refer the minister to the clause in the emissions trading scheme bill which will require Australian coal producers who sell coal...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Minister, how is the government taking an evidence based approach to tackling environmental issues, including the...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General outline the government’s proposed reforms to counterterrorism legislation and resources being made available in the context...
- Hospitals (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his promise to the Australian people that he would fix public hospitals by mid-2009 or take them over. Prime Minister,...
- Families (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government supporting Australian families, and are there any alternatives to this...
- Schools (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, and I refer the minister to her answer yesterday in relation to the National partnership agreement for low SES school communities in which she blamed...
- Workplace Relations (7 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 reactions to...
- Youth Allowance (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education—a real serious question! Can the minister assist my constituents of Gilmore by explaining where the jobs in rural and regional Australia exist...
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the government showing leadership in its unprecedented investment in public...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (27 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. I move: That the House take note of the following documents:Corporations and Securities-Joint Statutory...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Health System (31 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Dickson proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Vietnam War (1 speech)
Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day is 18 August, and services will be held around Australia throughout next week. With this in mind, I rise today to talk about a subject of national importance and...
- Telstra (3 speeches)
Today I would like to mention a matter which has caused concern to many in my community, particularly low-income older citizens. I refer specifically to the move by Telstra to charge people to...
- Perth: Airport Noise (1 speech)
Anyone familiar with the eastern hills communities in the electorate of Pearce will be well aware of the overwhelming sense of serenity these areas provide. For many people, the choice to live in...
- Member for Oxley (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to correct the record in terms of a number articles, mostly in the Australian newspaper. Its campaign of smear and slander in the past month has been based on...
- Calare Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
Kevin Rudd made health a federal issue at the last election. While health services are going from bad to worse under his watch, the Prime Minister is reviewing the latest review. In Cudal about...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (1 speech)
Today the coalition voted against the national interest. They voted against the global interest. They voted against the government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. They voted against a...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Chemotherapy Medication Funding (1 speech)
Today I wish to reiterate the grave concerns of my electorate and the wider community about the Rudd government’s attitude towards chemotherapy. As we know, Labor is cutting $105 million...
- Isaacs Electorate: Women’s Health Forum (1 speech)
Two weeks ago I conducted a women’s health forum in my electorate. The forum was conducted with the excellent assistance of the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health. The forum...
- Telstra (1 speech)
Bank bashing has been a time honoured and often justified tradition in this place, but every now and again the banks get it right. We have recently seen major banks either removing or reducing...
- Defence: 1st Brigade; Corporal Mathew Hopkins (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the great honour I felt as the federal member for Solomon when I attended the parade on 8 August in Darwin to welcome home the 1st Brigade. I was speaking to Air Chief...
- Victory in the Pacific Day (1 speech)
I wish to speak today in honour of Victory in the Pacific Day, which will be celebrated on Saturday, 15 August. The day commemorates Japan’s acceptance of the allied demand for...
- Lowe Electorate: Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
This morning I speak about the outstanding achievement of three students from my electorate of Lowe who have been awarded the Australian Vocational Student Prize. I extend my congratulations to...
- Swan Electorate: Rotary Clubs (1 speech)
I want to talk about the good work that many Rotary and service clubs are doing across my electorate. Swan is in Rotary district 9470 and there are clubs in Ascot, Belmont, Bentley-Curtin,...
- Ms Rebiya Kadeer (1 speech)
We are all Melburnian, the New Yorker magazine argued last week when discussing the 80,000 hacking attacks from China on the Melbourne International Film Festival screening of Australian director...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I would like to associate myself with those remarks made by the member for Melbourne Ports as well—very well said—and it is important that we stand up for the rights of individuals in...
- Holt Electorate: Erica Maliki (2 speeches)
I would just like to commend the member opposite for his interest in mental health. It is a much undervalued and under-resourced area. But today I would like to talk about my experiences as a...
- Jakarta Bombings (0 speeches)
- Mr Garth McEvoy; Mr Craig Senger; Mr Nathan Verity (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 August, on motion by Mr Rudd: That the House expresses its deep regret at the deaths on 17 July 2009 of Mr Nathan Verity of Western Australia, Mr Garth McEvoy of Victoria...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Private Benjamin Ranaudo (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 August, on motion by Mr Rudd: That the House record its deep regret at the death on 18 July 2009 of Private Benjamin Ranaudo while serving with the second Mentoring and...
- Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (30 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 June, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 60TH Anniversary of the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 August, on motion by Mr McClelland: That the House:(1)notes the sixtieth anniversary of the Four Geneva conventions of 1949;(2)congratulates the International Red Cross and...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Farrer Electorate: Community Partners Program (1 speech)
I would like to bring the House’s attention to a situation in Broken Hill, in the west of my electorate. The Broken Hill Multicultural Women’s Resource and Information Centre have...
- Wakefield Electorate: Mallala Community Hospital; Wakefield Electorate: Vietnam Veterans Charity Walk (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House about two great community events that have occurred in my electorate over the last week. The first was the annual fundraiser for the Mallala Community Hospital, which...
- Swan Electorate: Crime (1 speech)
I hope the member for Wakefield enjoys the member for North Sydney’s wine, and I am sure he will give us some feedback on that. This afternoon, I wish to raise in the parliament the recent...
- Telstra (1 speech)
Today I would like to raise an issue that has caused great concern in my electorate and, I am sure, in other electorates throughout Australia, and that is the reluctance of Telstra to respond to...
- Landcare (1 speech)
At a time when the government is talking about the issues of climate change and Penny Wong is touring the countryside buying up properties and water rights on the premise that it will save our...
- Banking: Occupational Health and Safety (1 speech)
I met recently with the delegation from the New South Wales branch of the Finance Sector Union to discuss the recommendations arising from the national review into model occupational health and...
