House debates
Thursday, 29 October 2009
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) 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. The framework of Australia’s aviation security legislation has a number of layers to ensure the deterrence, detection and prevention of...
- National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment 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. The purpose of the National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 is to amend the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 (ABC Act)...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That notice No. 3, government business, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Trade Practices Amendment (Infrastructure Access) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Emerson. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Trade Practices Amendment (Infrastructure Access) Bill 2009 amends the National Access Regime in part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974....
- Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Legislation (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (43 speeches)
I seek leave of the House to move the following motion forthwith: That government order of the day No. 39, the Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009, be called on for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (5 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 27 October. Senate’s amendment— (1) Schedule 1, page 10 (after line 27), after item 32, insert: 32A At the end of section 200F Add:...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (24 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed from 28 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Turnbull moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his answer yesterday that decisions about the 11-day stand-off involving the Oceanic Viking and the 78 asylum seekers aboard it...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the lasting improvements the government is making to Australia’s economic capacity and why this is so important to...
- Asylum Seekers (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister guarantee that cash payments will not be made to the 78 Sri Lankans as an incentive to leave the Oceanic Viking?
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. What is the government’s response to the report of the Senate Economics Committee on the government’s stimulus strategy...
- Asylum Seekers (28 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that there are 119 people on board the Oceanic Viking, which is only licensed to carry a total of 75 people? Will the Prime...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House movements in interest rates in recent years and the impact on Australian families?
- Migration (16 speeches)
I address my question to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that the Department of Immigration and Citizenship just last week established a regional displaced persons task force...
- Afghanistan (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the government’s response to recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan?
- Asylum Seekers (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his refusal in question time today to say whether the national security adviser is reporting directly to him, whether the...
- Education: Teachers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the government doing to support the teaching profession and why is quality teaching important?
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. As the government considers how to persuade the 78 asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking to leave that vessel, will the government rule out making...
- Prime Minister’s Prize for Science (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the recent achievements of the Australian scientific community?
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the following remarks made by Paul Howes, the National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union and a member of the...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the House. Can the Leader of the House advise what procedures have been put in place to enable members to participate in the debate on the Carbon Pollution...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Given that the Prime Minister has refused to rule out cash inducements for the 78 asylum seekers to leave the Oceanic Viking, will the minister...
- Small Business (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs and Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. Will the minister advise the House of...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Access to Committee Documents (0 speeches)
- Report (1 speech)
Pursuant to the resolution of the Senate on 6 September 1984 and the House of Representatives on 11 October 1984, I present my report Access to committee documents.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 8 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
—I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 8 of 2009-10 entitled The Australian Taxation Office’s implementation of the change program: a strategic overview. Ordered that...
- 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)
- Economy (26 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Moncrieff proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the first report from the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report are being circulated to honourable members in...
- Asian Development Bank (Additional Subscription) Bill 2009; Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment (Telstra) Bill 2009; Statute Stocktake (Regulatory and Other Laws) Bill 2009; Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill 2009; Tax Agent Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Auscheck Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 5) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment, appropriation message having been reported; 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.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Question Time (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: during question time I said in part, ‘So the deal was, “I’ll pretend I’m sober but I’ll get drunk on four occasions, or at least have a...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Mr Cliff Dohle (1 speech)
I have spoken in this House before of the late Cliff Dohle, a former constituent of mine and Vietnam veteran. I first spoke in this House in 2006, when I called for a re-examination of the Long...
- Narre Community Learning Centre; Ms Emily Kilpatrick (1 speech)
I would like to endorse the eloquent remarks made by the member for Casey on that matter. It is a great pleasure to be able to speak today about the Narre Community Learning Centre, a great...
- St Gabriel’s School for Hearing Impaired Children (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak up on behalf of the St Gabriel’s Hear the Children early intervention centre, which is an important component of the St Gabriel’s School for Hearing...
- Armenia and Turkey (1 speech)
I want to put on the record and call attention to an event which took place on Saturday, 10 October this year. On that day, the governments of Armenia and Turkey reached agreement about future...
- Forrest Electorate: World Stroke Day (1 speech)
Today is World Stroke Day, which is an ideal opportunity to increase the awareness of stroke and highlight how we can recognise and remember the signs of stroke. Stoke is an interruption to the...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate: Ms Derryn Tal (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in praise of Derryn Tal, a Sydney artist who won the Trevisan International Art Award in Ferrara, Italy, on Saturday last. Derryn’s success is no small achievement....
- Macarthur Electorate: Ms Virginia Walters (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a constituent of mine, Virginia Walters—a wonderful person in my community, a lovely young lady who finds herself, as a single mother through no fault of her...
- Petrie Electorate: Redcliffe State High School (1 speech)
It is my pleasure today to congratulate the 15 students of the QUTeach@Redcliffe program who graduated on Tuesday night at Redcliffe State High School. Eleven of the students who graduated that...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Community Facilities (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a significant milestone in an election commitment I made on behalf of the Rudd government to the community of Cooktown and surrounding communities including Hopevale,...
- Werriwa Electorate: Autism (1 speech)
I take the opportunity to place on record my deep thanks to the Rudd Labor government for selecting Liverpool as one of the six locations to establish an early autism development centre. When we...
- National School Chaplaincy Program (2 speeches)
I rise to raise an issue of some concern to me. Over the past week I have received countless emails from parents, teachers and school chaplains regarding the future of the National School...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 5) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 October, on motion by Mr Shorten: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Crimes Amendment (Working with Children — Criminal History) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 20 August, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Airservices Australia (1 speech)
In the five minutes allocated to me in this debate, I want to respond to statements made by officers of Airservices Australia, Senator Conroy and Senator Glenn Sterle, Chair of the Senate...
- Corporate Crime (1 speech)
Corporate crime is always unacceptable, but the global financial crisis has certainly shone a brighter spotlight on the losses sustained by average Australian customers and investors when greed...
- Gippsland Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I rise to highlight an issue of enormous concern to Gippslanders and, I assume, all members in this place, that being the issue of youth unemployment. Recently a report was released titled How...
- Messinian Association of South Australia (1 speech)
I had the honour and pleasure last Sunday, 25 October, to be invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Messinian Association of South Australia. I would like to congratulate the Messinian...
- William Joseph McMaster (1 speech)
A funeral mass was held for William Joseph McMaster at the Holy Family Church at Maryknoll on 16 October 2009, under celebrant Father Tim O’Toole. Father O’Toole was gracious enough...
- Electorate of Deakin: Building the Education Revolution (1 speech)
Today I would like to speak in this adjournment debate about some of the great work going on in terms of construction at my local primary schools in the electorate of Deakin. Last Friday I...
