House debates
Monday, 14 September 2009
- 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 9 September 2009, I present copies of the terms of motions for which notice has be given by...
- International Monetary Agreements Amendment Bill 2009; Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2009; Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Higher Education Support Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. I inform all honourable members that this motion enjoys the support of the Chief Opposition Whip,...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures--Network Information) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 September, 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...
- 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 representing the government at the Gorgon final project...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Building the Education Revolution Program (5 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 her dismissal of...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain the significance of the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank on this day last year and update the House on the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique, His Excellency Mr Oldemiro Baloi. On behalf of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Building the Education Revolution Program (5 speeches)
My question is again 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 wasteful...
- Workplace Relations (11 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 Deputy Prime Minister update the...
- Baulkham Hills North Public School (10 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 Baulkham Hills...
- Jobs and Employment (2 speeches)
Will the Treasurer outline for the House why jobs and employment conditions will continue to be front and centre in the government’s economic strategy?
- Building the Education Revolution Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Employment, Minister for Workplace Relations, Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to a...
- Workplace Relations (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. Can the minister please tell the House why a fair workplace relations system is important for women?
- Building the Education Revolution Program (25 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education. I refer the minister to reports that $85,000 has already been expended on consultants fees at Abbotsford Primary School,...
- Workplace Relations (14 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 outline the impact of Work Choices...
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to recent comments by the respected economist and Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin. Professor McKibbin said that he...
- Liquefied Natural Gas Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, representing the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. What does the final investment decision taken by the Gorgon joint partners...
- Economy (36 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to media comments today by David Koch and Libby Koch. I quote an article titled ‘Wind back stimulus or we’ll cop higher interest...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister update the House on the latest developments regarding the reforms to private health insurance rebates?
- Climate Change (26 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what is the federal government’s policy response to the growing community concerns in locations such as Old Bar, Lake Cathie, Byron...
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. What are the obstacles to returning the budget to surplus?
- 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...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Sri Lanka (2 speeches)
by leave—I wish to update the House on the situation in Sri Lanka, in particular the situation confronting internally displaced people, the need for their resettlement, and the need for...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation. I am rising because I have been grievously misrepresented—
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Network Information) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (15 speeches)
Debate 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That orders of the day Nos 2 and 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The purpose of the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009 (the bill) is to...
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2009 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 10 September.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. On 26 August 2009, the High Court declared that the Australian Military Court, which had been...
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009; Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 September, on motion by Dr Kelly: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 September, on motion by Dr Kelly: 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.
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 September, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill 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.
- Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 17 August.
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petition:
- Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Responses; Debt to Commonwealth (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin I refer to your letter of 11 June 2009, in relation to a debt owed to the Commonwealth by an individual citizen. I can advise you that this matter has been resolved. Thank you...
- Responses; Medicare (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 9 June 2009 to the former Minister for Human Services, Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig regarding a petition received by the Committee requesting that a...
- Responses; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (0 speeches)
Dear Ms Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 July 2009 regarding a petition recently submitted to the Committee’s consideration regarding the display of the flag and artefacts of the...
- Responses; Wakefield Electorate: Health Services (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 24 June 2009 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, requesting a response to the recently submitted petition to reclassify the...
- Responses; Youth Allowance (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 24 June 2009 referring to a petition from members of the McCarthy Catholic College community concerned about the proposed changes to student income...
- Responses; Heritage Listing: Dampier Archipelago (0 speeches)
Dear Ms Irwin Thank you for your letter of 8 May 2009 concerning a petition for the World Heritage listing of the Dampier Archipelago. I regret the delay in responding. As you would be aware,...
- Responses; Child Support Scheme (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 June 2009 about a petition relating to the Child Support Scheme (the Scheme). The petition raises concerns that the new Child Support Scheme does...
- Responses; Internet Filtering (0 speeches)
Dear Ms Irwin Petition concerning internet service provider (ISP) filtering Thank you for your letter dated 9 June 2009 forwarding a copy of a petition concerning internet service provider (ISP)...
- Statements (1 speech)
Members will be aware that the Standing Committee on Petitions is new to this parliament. Tonight I want to add to what the chair, the member for Fowler, has said and to her kind words. I want to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Geothermal and Other Renewable Energy (Emerging Technologies) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (2 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mrs Bronwyn Bishop.
- Clean Energy Security Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (2 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Tuckey.
- Renewable Energy Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff for Electricity) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 August.
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise once again to endorse the Renewable Energy Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff for Electricity) Bill 2009 and to advocate that this legislation be...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being approximately 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Bruce Highway (1 speech)
This is a picture of Rachael Purdy. Rachael’s mother brought it to me and asked that I show it to the parliament. Rachael was killed in a horrific traffic accident on the Bruce Highway at...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
The Rudd Labor government is absolutely resolute in its commitment to Building the Education Revolution. We on this side of the House believe in investing in our students. We understand that they...
- Traveston Crossing Dam (3 speeches)
Yesterday morning, like other people in South-East Queensland, I woke up, opened the Sunday Mail and read the most disturbing news that my electorate and South-East Queensland have heard for a...
- Fowler Electorate (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to inform the House that I will not be seeking the endorsement of the Labor Party to contest the next federal election. This is not intended to be a valedictory speech. I hope...
- Feral Animals (1 speech)
I rise this evening to record my protest against this Labor government’s culling of camels in the outback of Australia. This Labor government is spending some $19 million to cull the wild...
- National Police Remembrance Day (1 speech)
The 29th of September each year holds a very special significance for police throughout Australia. It is on this day that National Police Remembrance Day is observed and, significantly, it is a...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Maranoa Electorate: Mobile Internet Safety (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to discuss a very serious issue that is a threat not only to the safety of young people in my electorate of Maranoa but also to young people across Australia—indeed,...
- Fowler Electorate: Disabilities (1 speech)
My speech this afternoon was researched and prepared by Michael Rutherford, a high school student residing in my electorate of Fowler who recently undertook work experience in my electorate...
- Spark of Life Club Program (1 speech)
I would like today to congratulate one of my constituents, who has just received a prestigious international healthcare award for the Spark of Life Club Program, which is making significant...
- National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (1 speech)
Last week I had the great pleasure and honour to attend and be part of the launch of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month here in this place. It was very pleasing to see many members of this...
- Queensland and New South Wales Floods (1 speech)
I take the opportunity to read from a letter to the editor which was published in the Coffs Coast Advocate, relating to the recent floods of 31 March. It was written by Georgia Newell, a very...
- Blaxland Electorate: Bankstown Children's Festival (1 speech)
In 11 days 15,000 people will converge on Paul Keating Park in Bankstown to celebrate the 11th annual Bankstown Children’s Festival. As I have said before in this place, it is a fantastic...
- McMillan Electorate: Poowong Dairy Expo; Farm Safety (1 speech)
I have come not to talk about Poowong Dairy Expo, to be held on 23 to 24 September this year. But last year at that same expo—they are celebrating their 10th year—Professor David de...
- Breast Cancer Screening (1 speech)
The matter of breast screening has been in the news lately with the release by the government of the final report by the Evaluation Advisory Committee of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory...
- Cowan Electorate: Wanneroo Districts Netball Association (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on netball and in particular the Wanneroo Districts Netball Association. This association operates up at the Kingsway Regional Sporting Complex in the electorate of Cowan....
- Horse Racing (2 speeches)
This is the time of year when Australia’s racing industry is usually preparing for another spectacular spring carnival and season of great racing. However, the industry is locked into a...
- Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Services Modernisation) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 20 June, on motion by Mr Bowen: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 4, committee and delegations reports, be postponed to a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Tangney Electorate: Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
I rise to support my constituents of Tangney in the face of the latest attacks on private health insurance by the Rudd Labor government. Over 74 per cent of my electorate have private health...
- Fremantle Electorate: Film and Television Institute (1 speech)
The Film and Television Institute of WA, locally known as the FTI, is a creative production and learning hub based in Fremantle that has helped foster talented filmmakers and community interest...
- Formula One Technology Challenge (1 speech)
This evening I rise to talk about an event I attended on 4 September, the Formula One Technology Challenge. The event involves student teams designing and racing small-scale versions of F1 cars....
- Petition: Parallel Import Restrictions On Books (1 speech)
I present this petition of 3,885 signatures of mainly Maryborough residents requesting that the Productivity Commission recommendation to remove the parallel import restrictions on books be...
- Bowman Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
Pumping through the heart of Redlands is the blood of our service and sporting clubs, Redlands Rugby League Club, Capalaba Warriors Rugby League Club, Capalaba Bulldogs Soccer Club, Victoria...
- Ms Genia Janover (1 speech)
Genia Janover is one of those legendary school principals who influences the course of history in their country. At a special function that I attended on Sunday, tribute was paid to Genia with...
- Rspca (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on something that is really getting stuck in the craw of my rural electorate in Western Australia—that is, the RSPCA. It is a wonderful organisation that is...
- Hospitals (1 speech)
I want to talk this evening about an important investment for Tasmania’s health system. It was just a few weeks ago that I stood with my federal colleague, the member for Denison, and also...
- Mr Matthew Leonard (1 speech)
I rise to give my condolences for the life of Matthew John Leonard, who was just 28 years old when he died in a plane crash near Kokoda in Papua New Guinea on 11 August 2008. On Friday, 4...
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- National Stroke Awareness Week (7 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Ms Hall: That the House:(1)notes that:(a)National Stroke Awareness Week is 14 to 20 September 2009;(b)60,000 people in Australia will suffer a stroke this...
- Dairy Industry (8 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Dr Stone: That the House:(1)recognises the crisis now facing the dairy industry supplying export markets, as they are forced to take prices close to or below the...
- Problem Gambling (8 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Champion: That the House:(1)notes with concern that the incidence of problem gambling has increased since the introduction of electronic gaming machines in...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 7 September.
- Gambling; Work for the Dole (3 speeches)
I feel like a bit of a sooky la la today as I have got so many grievances that I am not sure that 10 minutes will be enough.
- Alcohol Abuse (1 speech)
I want to grieve tonight about what is unfortunately becoming a community-wide problem. When we think of community-wide problems many of us think of things such as poverty, cancer, homelessness...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I would like to note that the issue of broadband has been raised today in debate on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, but I would...
- United Nations (1 speech)
I will not speak for long because I am expected in the House of Representatives chamber for a private member’s bill. I thank the Main Committee and various members for allowing a rejigging...
- Mongolia; Timor Leste; Micah Challenge; International Students (1 speech)
I wish to take advantage of this debate to share with the House some observations and knowledge arising from the recent opportunity I had to visit Mongolia and Timor Leste. These experiences,...
- Global Food Security (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak about my ongoing concern with regard to the issue of global food security. According to the 1996 World Food Summit, ‘food security’ means that food is...
