House debates
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Treasurer will be absent from question time today as he is unwell. The Minister for Finance and Deregulation will answer questions on his behalf. Further, the Minister...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer him to the answers he gave in question time yesterday concerning his or his officers’ involvement in the matters to do with the nine days at...
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on recent reports on the impact of climate change on Australia and Australia’s response to the global...
- Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House when he was first notified that the people aboard the Oceanic Viking would not be permitted to land at the port of...
- Climate Change (21 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. How is dangerous climate change predicted to affect Australia’s coastal zone environment and how is the government...
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House who is making decisions regarding the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking? Who is issuing instructions to the...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, and very relevant to my question, I want to join with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and congratulate the member for Throsby and also give...
- Asylum Seekers (28 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer him to the interview with the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government on the ABC’s Lateline last...
- Automotive Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the government doing in response to job losses at...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from Bosnia and Herzegovina led by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer him to his previous answers and indeed his answers in this House today. Why is the Prime Minister seeking to absolve himself of all...
- Infrastructure (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is nation building infrastructure important for Australia’s future economic growth?
- E-security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital...
- Education: School Principals (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Education, and Social Inclusion. I refer the minister to her comment today in relation to the Principal Autonomy...
- Forgotten Children (11 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to—
- Hospitals (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Treasury secretary’s concerns over Australia’s revised population increase. Minister, how many additional...
- Body Image (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport. What action is the government taking to promote positive body image amongst young Australians?
- Aged Care (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing. Given that the minister’s department identified the need for 1,208 new residential aged-care beds in Western Australia in the 2008-09 aged-care...
- Southern Bluefin Tuna (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister update the House on the outcome of the recent meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern...
- National School Chaplaincy Program (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the thousands of chaplains who will start their final month of employment next week, following the government’s decision...
- Preventive Health (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What steps is the government taking on preventive health? Are there any impediments to this reform agenda?
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I refer to question No. 854 on the Notice Paper, a question from me to the Treasurer. It has been 77 days since the question was submitted. I ask that you write to the Treasurer and...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (10 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek 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...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That, unless otherwise ordered, the time and order of business for the sittings on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 and Thursday, 29 October 2009 be as follows:(1)standing orders...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That consideration of government business notice No. 1 be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (22 speeches)
The Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for Wide Bay, the Leader of the Nationals, proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for...
- Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009; Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 5) Bill 2009; Tax Laws Amendment (Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists) 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. I indicate to all honourable members that this motion enjoys the support of the Chief Opposition...
- Tax Agent Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Bill returned from Main Committee with an amendment, appropriation message having been reported; certified copy of the bill and a schedule of the amendment presented. Ordered that this bill be...
- 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.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) 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 at the next sitting.
- National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Bill 2009; Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Services Modernisation) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (0 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with an amendment. Ordered that the amendment be considered at a later hour this day.
- Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (0 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered at a later hour this day.
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 October, on motion by Ms Gillard: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- 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.
- Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 June, on motion by Mr McClelland: 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.
- Ryan Electorate: Ryan Rocks Initiative (1 speech)
I have received a letter which says: Dear Michael Ryan Rocks Competition 2009 was fantastic! My son Matthew played rhythm guitar in the band Kreedhorse. It was the most valuable experience he...
- Kingston Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise to raise an issue that is very important in my electorate and very important to small businesses in my electorate and that is the issue of broadband. I have raised this...
- Petition: Youth Allowance (1 speech)
I hereby present a petition from the electorate of Gilmore regarding the changes to youth allowance announced in this year’s federal budget. The petition read as follows: To the Honourable...
- Fowler Electorate: Warragamba Dam (1 speech)
One of the most enduring memories I have as a child is of going on family picnics to Warragamba Dam. I looked forward to the day out, and getting to ride in the back of my father’s...
- Parliamentary Privilege (1 speech)
It is a great honour to be able to stand in this parliament as an elected representative of the people of Cowan. It is great to be able to stand here and speak with the protection of...
- Braddon Electorate: Montello Sports Facility; Youth: Survey (1 speech)
I would like to mention two things tonight, if I may—one local and one national. The local one is that I had the privilege last Saturday to go to the new Montello sports facility, the home...
- Parliament: Freedom of Speech (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to talk about a serious concern, and that concern is one of censorship and the denial of freedom of speech and expression in this House. Through regulation instituted by the Rudd...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
The following notices were given:
