House debates
Thursday, 10 September 2009
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) 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. Higher education is central to achieving this government’s vision of a stronger and fairer nation. At the last budget the government...
- Australian National Preventive Health Agency Bill 2009 (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. Preventive health measures work. This has been demonstrated by our experience in smoking, the impact of HIV-AIDS, the road toll, seatbelts, heart...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Network Information) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (28 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 September, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time. Ordered that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time. Ordered that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
- Foreign States Immunities Amendment 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.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Network Information) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 August, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Billson moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Building the Education Revolution Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to the brave stand of...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on today’s unemployment figures and the need for sustained global efforts to ensure governments are supporting...
- Primary Schools for the 21st Century Program (17 speeches)
Mr Speaker—
- Liquefied Natural Gas Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on developments in the past hour in Australia’s resources sector?
- Building the Education Revolution Program (14 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the minister confirm that at Berridale...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How do Australia’s employment numbers compare with jobs data in other advanced economies?
- Building the Education Revolution Program (10 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to the decision of...
- Employment (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the impact of the latest unemployment numbers and what is...
- Building the Education Revolution (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations, Education and Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to revelations that hundreds of out of school hours...
- Budget (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the government’s fiscal strategy and explain why a considered plan to bring the budget back to surplus when the...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I draw the minister to her assurance in this House on 17 June that Langwarrin Primary School would not be forced to accept a template building that...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What measures will the government employ to enhance aviation security, and have there been...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (18 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Education, and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer her to the offer she has made in...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Minister, what are the options for reining in government spending in order to ensure a return to surplus?
- Building the Education Revolution Program (18 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to the...
- Private Health Insurance (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What are the government’s plans to reform the private health insurance rebate to make it fairer and more sustainable?
- Building the Education Revolution Program (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Minister for Education and the Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to the...
- Timor Sea Oil Spill (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Minister for Tourism. Will the minister update the House on the status of the Montara oil spill?
- Member for Denison (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
On indulgence, I was recently informed by my good friend and colleague the honourable Duncan Kerr that he has decided not to recontest his seat of Denison in Tasmania at the next federal...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 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 and I move: That the House take note of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Building the Education Revolution Program (8 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Sturt proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government’s...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Farrer Electorate: Dairy Industry (1 speech)
I would like to report to the House today on the dire circumstances facing the dairy industry in my electorate of Farrer. Spring has, unfortunately, crashed in the New South Wales Murray region,...
- Economy (1 speech)
We are in the midst of the worst global recession in 75 years following on from the global financial crisis last year. Despite that, Australia has been weathering the storm better than other...
- Royal Flying Doctor Service (1 speech)
I rise to talk about a matter of the utmost significance in western New South Wales. The story of the Royal Flying Doctor Service is the story of outback Australia. The flying doctor was born out...
- Sri Lanka (1 speech)
Today I speak again about the horrific humanitarian disaster in the north of Sri Lanka. The hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils displaced by the military offensive are living in camps in...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
Quite often in this place, a member from the other side refers to my previous employment with the former Prime Minister. It happened again today, and this time it was the member for Blair, and...
- Braddon Electorate: Primary Industries (2 speeches)
I would remind the member for Mayo of his former boss’s comments about ‘never ever’. I was really pleased on 2 September to have the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- McMillan Electorate: Poverty (1 speech)
Oh, what a happy day it was today when I woke up to the sun streaming down on Canberra after some rain knowing that there were thousands of refugee families and former detainees that today were...
- Bennelong Electorate: Economic Confidence (1 speech)
I share the sunny optimism of the member for McMillan. In fact, I rise today to speak about confidence and the confidence that I think you can feel right across the country—in cities, in...
- Mitchell Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise this morning to draw the parliament’s attention to an important local community group in my electorate, the Hills Community Medical Equipment Pool, which operates out of Balcombe...
- Dobell Electorate: Central Coast (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Central Coast and the need for the Central Coast to have a stronger identity and regional recognition. The Central Coast is one of the most beautiful parts of Australia...
- Rotary Adventure in Citizenship Program (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Before I call the member for Gilmore, I want to recognise the participants of the Rotary Adventure in Citizenship program from all around Australia who are with us today. I commend the Rotary...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Gilmore Electorate: Petrol Prices (1 speech)
I concur with that, Madam Deputy Speaker. If the suggestion put by the Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry, to increase the price of petrol by 10c a litre is adopted, there will be a lot of unhappy...
- Lieutenant Commander Peter Johnson (1 speech)
I take the opportunity today to place on the record of this parliament the outstanding personal and career achievements of Lieutenant Commander Peter Johnson, late of the Australian Hydrographic...
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
I rise to speak on behalf of the millions of Australians whose lives have been touched by breast cancer and the millions more who at some stage will either suffer from the disease or know someone...
- Lindsay Electorate: Australian Red Cross (1 speech)
I rise to speak about my disappointment with the decision taken by the Australian Red Cross to close its voluntary aid service in New South Wales. The Red Cross movement right around the world...
- Ballajura Primary School (1 speech)
Although I have spoken on many occasions in this place about the successes of people and organisations within the suburb of Ballajura, this is the first time I have spoken about Ballajura Primary...
- Shortland Electorate: Overseas Aid (2 speeches)
I would like to acknowledge the presence in the chamber today of the year 11 students from throughout Australia who are here representing Rotary. I welcome them to the parliament and hope that...
- Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 August, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Services Modernisation) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 June, on motion by Mr Bowen: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Dunkley Electorate: Langwarrin Primary School (1 speech)
I rise today to again draw the parliament’s attention to the difficulties that the Langwarrin Primary School is facing in being fitted up with a Building the Education Revolution building...
- Jobs Fund: Julie Burgess Maritime Discovery Centre (1 speech)
I congratulate the government on the Jobs Fund and the jobs that it is stimulating, the jobs that it is retaining and the jobs that we will have in the future. So far, my electorate has been...
- McMillan Electorate: Landcare (3 speeches)
The first thing I would like to say to the member for Braddon is that he should be congratulated for the input and inspiration of his local community, which the federal government supported, just...
- Moreton Electorate; Sport (1 speech)
It is a very big weekend for Brisbane sport with our National Rugby League and AFL teams both carrying the hopes of their fans into the finals. The mighty Brisbane Lions take on the Western...
- Herbert Electorate: Employment; Herbert Electorate: 3rd Brigade (1 speech)
Since the global financial crisis started, employment growth in the northern and north-western statistical divisions of Queensland has been truly remarkable. According to recent research, the...
- Iraq: Religious Persecution (1 speech)
I rise today to speak out against the religious persecution of the Sabaean-Mandaean community and Christian minority groups in Iraq that I feel requires a more proactive and compassionate...
