House debates
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
- Youth Allowance (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the:(1)Government’s proposals for reform of Youth Allowance stand condemned for failing to:(a)protect young Australians who had relied on the...
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (5 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Sturt from moving the following motion:That the:(1)Government’s proposals for reform...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Private Members’ Business; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the recommendations of the whips relating to committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 7 September 2009. Copies of the report have...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the fourth report for 2009 of the committee relating to the proposed construction of a new Australian Embassy complex...
- Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-Registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Gillard. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Much has been said about the international education sector in Australia over recent months. Nearly half a million students come to study every...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Network Information) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Access to high-speed broadband services is critical to Australia’s future economic prosperity and social wellbeing. This is why on 7 April...
- Foreign States Immunities 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)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. As preparations for another bushfire season commence around Australia, we need no reminder of the devastating effects of emergencies and...
- Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 August, 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.
- Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (54 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 August, on motion by Mr Griffin: 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.
- Automotive Transformation Scheme Bill 2009; Acis Administration Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (10 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 June, on motion by Dr Emerson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism will be absent from question time today as he is in China, on behalf of the Australian government,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer confirm that his department has been modelling increases to personal income tax, including a three per cent surcharge? Are any of these secret...
- Liquefied Natural Gas Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on recent announcements in the resources industry and the benefits for Australia?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Honourable Ranil Wikremesinghe, Leader of the Opposition and former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. On behalf of the House I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (31 speeches)
The coalition welcomes the Gorgon and Pluto announcements. My question regarding them is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister guarantee that LNG projects in...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the important role stimulus is playing in propping up investment in our economy until private sector investment returns?
- Taxation (20 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Now that the Treasurer has confirmed that the cabinet this year considered an income tax surcharge but, as he said, it was not adopted, can he rule out any such...
- Liquefied Natural Gas Exports (31 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, representing the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Will the minister advise the House on the sale of Gorgon liquefied natural...
- Taxation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer of his own words in this place, and I quote: … we had to set about putting some fairness into the taxation system. We had to set...
- Liquefied Natural Gas Exports (2 speeches)
My question is the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline for the House the impact that...
- Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the fact that he has confirmed that cabinet considered tax increases and income tax surcharges, yet the Treasurer says that it is all up...
- Economy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Minister, what are the obstacles to returning the budget to surplus?
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, the government has ruled out changes to the GST and the government has ruled out some tax changes to superannuation as part of the Henry review. Why is...
- Liquefied Natural Gas Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the implications for Australia’s relationship with China of the Gorgon liquefied natural gas...
- Nancy Bird Walton Regional Aviation Project (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minster, as part of the much anticipated community cabinet to be held in Port Macquarie next week, will you agree to meet with mayors, administrators...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of Commission III (Law and Legislation, Human Rights and Security Affairs) from the House of Representatives of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. What are the barriers to tackling climate change?
- Solar Energy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to his answer yesterday: … if there are any instances of installers who are in fact not...
- Higher Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth. What are the consequences of the Senate’s decision on the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the Perseverance Primary School. The entire school student body can be seen in this photograph, sitting around the...
- Public Housing and Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. What has been the impact of the government’s nation-building commitment to build and repair social housing...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to Douglas Park Public School in Western Sydney, which applied in March for a new administration centre with their $850,000...
- Health (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Can the minister update the House on the government’s health reform consultations? Minister, where are the next consultations due to be...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time (12 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you and I am mindful of the interpretation of the standing orders which you gave during the minister for health’s last answer. I would simply ask you...
- Parliament House: Water Features (2 speeches)
My question to you, Mr Speaker, is pretty mundane after the heaviness of the last few minutes. I am a member of the House Committee, which you chair along with the other Presiding Officer. In...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation. Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented? Yes, sir. The member for O’Connor may proceed. During question time, the...
- World Humanitarian Day (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I just want to draw to the attention of the House that today is the inaugural World Humanitarian Day. Six years ago today, 19 August 2003, the United Nations office in...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Supporting Australians under Financial Pressure (2 speeches)
by leave—New research released today confirms what community organisations have been telling us since the global economic crisis struck last year. More Australians are under financial...
- World War I Servicemen (2 speeches)
by leave—I rise to make a ministerial statement on the progress of the project which is currently underway in Fromelles, France. The project involves the meticulous excavation and...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (18 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Kennedy proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The urgent need for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 60TH Anniversary of the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy presented. Ordered that the order of the day be considered immediately.
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) 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.
- Automotive Transformation Scheme Bill 2009; Acis Administration Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Hinkler Electorate: Mr Don Dingle (1 speech)
On 31 May, the Bundaberg region lost one of its greatest characters and one of Australia’s most renowned axemen, Donald Earle Dingle, who passed away after competing in a woodchop event at...
- Question Time (1 speech)
Today we had a rare insight into the inner workings of the coalition party room. Today we saw what really happens and it was in full public view. There was an orchestrated abuse of the...
- South Australia: Proposed Independent Commission Against Corruption (1 speech)
I will slightly amend the remarks I was about to make this evening in the adjournment debate, as the member for Oxley unfortunately continues the representation of Oxley in this place by...
- Economy (1 speech)
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak during the grievance debate about the impact of the global economic recession on families and businesses in my electorate. In particular, I spoke...
- Paterson Electorate: Pollies for Small Business (1 speech)
Tonight I want to raise the Pollies for Small Business event organised by the New South Wales Business Chamber that connects members of parliament with their small business community. Let me say...
- Deakin Electorate: Blackburn Primary School (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about the works being undertaken at Blackburn Primary School under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century component of Building the Education Revolution. Of course,...
- La Trobe Electorate: Clyde Road (1 speech)
I just briefly want to remind the government of one of their election promises in my electorate of La Trobe, and that is Clyde Road. It was promised during the election; where is it? It is one of...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Sturt Electorate: National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I rise today to raise an issue that most members of my electorate would be quite unaware was growing apace as a problem for them into the future. In fact, when they find out, they will be...
- Banks Electorate: Closing the Gap Awards (1 speech)
On 4 August I was privileged to host the inaugural Closing the Gap Awards in my electorate of Banks. The government introduced these awards to recognise and honour those Australians who...
- Telstra (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to follow the member for Banks. I rise this morning to talk not about a positive issue, as the member for Banks has just done so eloquently, but, unfortunately, about an issue...
- Newcastle Electorate: National Energy Efficiency Initiative (1 speech)
Just recently, Newcastle City Council announced it will bid for the federal government’s National Energy Efficiency Initiative, Smart Grid, Smart City. This initiative will support the...
- Forest Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
I rise to call on the government and the Minister for Education, Minister Gillard, to stop ignoring the plight of current gap year students and their families caused by the government’s...
- Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy (1 speech)
I wish to detail the consultation that occurred around this country starting on 29 June in Newcastle and finishing last Wednesday in Albury about this country’s refugee humanitarian...
- Petition: Warrego Highway (1 speech)
I present a petition on the condition of the Warrego Highway to put on the record for evermore the urgent message from 5,362 petitioners who are calling on the federal government to immediately...
- Macarthur Triathalon Club (1 speech)
I rise this morning to extend my congratulations to an exceptional group of athletes in my electorate who have achieved remarkable success. We Australians take great pride in our continual...
- Youth Allowance (1 speech)
Labor should have thought twice when it decided to save $1.87 billion by making changes to the independent youth allowance, hitting hard at rural and regional students. The anger and frustration...
- Housing (6 speeches)
I would like to speak today on the principles of universal design and their application in Australia. Universal design is the simple and powerful concept of building homes that meet the needs of...
- 60TH Anniversary of the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 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...
- Vietnam Servicemen (0 speeches)
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 June, on motion by Mr Butler: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 August, on motion by Mr Garrett: That this bill be now read a second time.
