House debates
Thursday, 19 November 2009
- National Health Security Amendment (Background Checking) 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. This bill amends the National Health Security Act 2007 to enhance Australia’s capacity to secure certain biological agents that could be...
- Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 [No. 2] (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. The Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 [No. 2] will amend various acts to give effect to the recent budget measure to introduce...
- Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (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. The Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009 [No. 2] will amend the Medicare Levy Act 1986 to give effect...
- Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge — Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (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. The Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009 [No. 2] will amend the A New Tax System...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) 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. I am pleased to introduce the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009. The bill contains two key...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information) 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 Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information) Bill 2009 consolidates taxation secrecy and disclosure provisions which are...
- Australian Capital Territory and Other Legislation Amendment (Water Management) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Kelly. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Australian Capital Territory and Other Legislation Amendment (Water Management) Bill 2009 is another step in the reform of water governance...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Appropriation (Water Entitlements and Home Insulation) Bill 2009-2010; Appropriation (Water Entitlements) Bill 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (37 speeches, 2 comments)
Debate resumed from 18 November, on motion by Mr Tanner: 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.
- Appropriation (Water Entitlements) Bill 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 18 November, on motion by Mr Tanner: 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists) 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.
- Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) 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.
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Participation Requirement) 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.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Vet Fee-Help and Tertiary Admission Centres) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 September, on motion by Mr Marles: 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.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that today the Minister for Home Affairs will be absent from question time as he is attending the Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management in Perth. The...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his persistent denial of a special deal to entice the 78 asylum seekers from the Oceanic Viking. If the arrangements were...
- Climate Change (22 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the impact of climate change on the frequency of extreme weather events and Australia’s domestic response...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is directed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his persistent denial of a special deal to entice the 78 asylum seekers from the Oceanic Viking. Is the Prime Minister...
- Climate Change (11 speeches)
My question is to—
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to comments reported today from the detainees at the Tanjung Pinang detention centre: We have been here seven months, and some of...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. What are the budget implications arising from current negotiations regarding the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme?
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that, under his new fast-track access policy, the Oceanic Viking asylum seekers that will be resettled in Australia within 42...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the government doing to prepare Australia’s...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer the Prime Minister to the 255 asylum seekers on board a boat in the port of Merak and the statement made by them yesterday: … we are the...
- Prime Minister (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (6 speeches)
I move: That this House censures the Prime Minister for losing control of Australia’s borders with badly thought through policy changes that have dramatically increased the number of...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (18 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 12 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
Order! I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 12 of 2009-10 entitled Administration of Youth Allowance-Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. 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 the Hansard. I move: That the House...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Australia’s Foreign Relations (18 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Deputy Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Social Security Amendment (National Green Jobs Corps Supplement) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bill and informing the House that the Senate does not insist upon its amendment (6) disagreed to by the House and has agreed to the amendment made...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being almost 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Mallee Elecorate: Debt Recovery (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to bring before the House my concerns regarding the tsunami of debt recovery that is occurring across the federal division of Mallee. With drought now in its seventh year,...
- Aung San Suu Kyi (1 speech)
I want to thank all of those people who participated in, helped to organise and supported an event, called ‘Stand for freedom’, that I hosted at the Sydney Opera House on 27 October....
- Petition: Maranoa Electorate Granite Belt (2 speeches)
I rise this afternoon in the adjournment debate to bring the attention of the parliament to a very serious problem which is threatening the livelihood of fruit growers on the Granite Belt in my...
- Copyright (1 speech)
I want to reflect today on the government’s decision to keep in place the system of territorial copyright and the parallel importation restrictions that have served Australia’s...
- East Wanneroo Primary School (3 speeches)
Today, East Wanneroo Primary School is visiting the parliament for the first time and, given that it is their first time here and for almost all of the children their first time in Canberra, I...
- One Laptop per Child (1 speech)
I rise today to draw the parliament’s attention to the organisation One Laptop per Child. One Laptop per Child is a global organisation that was founded by visionary Nicholas Negroponte....
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Petition: Airport Noise (1 speech)
Since late 2008 in my electorate of Cook I have received a considerable number of complaints about aircraft noise from the residents of Sylvania, Kareela, Miranda and Gymea Bay. In July this year...
- Member for Throsby: Retirement (1 speech)
I take the opportunity this morning to advise my parliamentary colleagues of my intention to retire at the next federal election. It has indeed been a great privilege to represent the people of...
- Gippsland Electorate: (1 speech)
I take the opportunity to commend the member for Throsby on her service to our nation in a variety of public roles over many years. I rise today to raise my concerns over the continued violence...
- Capricornia Electorate: (1 speech)
I want to use this opportunity today to highlight the Rudd government’s continued support for the coal industry in Central Queensland. Yesterday the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport,...
- Ryan Electorate: Veterans Superannuation (1 speech)
At the last federal election, in November 2007, federal Labor and the then opposition leader, Mr Rudd, gave a very strong commitment to veterans: if he were elected, his government would be very...
- Forgotten Australians (1 speech)
One of the more extraordinary days that I have seen in the federal parliament was Monday this week when both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition joined in offering an apology to...
- Tangney Electorate: National School Chaplaincy Program (1 speech)
I have been receiving many emails and other expressions of support from my constituents on the issue of school chaplains. Louise, from Willetton, says: I am writing to ask that you request the...
- Werriwa Electorate: Cycling Infrastructure (1 speech)
We know that cycling is becoming a very popular pastime and is very much a practical alternative mode of transport for many people given the high petrol prices, concern over climate change and...
- Swan Electorate: Manning Community Association (1 speech)
I rise to discuss the recent meeting I attended with the Manning Community Association in my electorate of Swan. The Manning Community Association was established by local resident Steve Neates...
- Shortland Electorate: Breast Cancer Forum; Professor John Forbes (2 speeches)
Last Friday, 13 November, I held a breast cancer forum at the Belmont 16 Footers Club. I would like to put on the record my thanks to the Belmont 16 Footers Club for providing the facilities and...
- Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 November, on motion by Ms Macklin: That the House support the apology given on this day by the Prime Minister, on behalf of the nation, to the Forgotten Australians and...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 September, on motion by Mr Shorten: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 October, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Participation Requirement) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 September, on motion by Ms Macklin: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Woodside Army Barracks (1 speech)
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on what is International Men’s Day, a very important initiative. I rise to speak today in this adjournment debate about a very...
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (1 speech)
Next Wednesday, 25 November, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is then timely to raise the example of the extreme and wide-scale violence that has received...
- Petitions: Youth Allowance (1 speech)
I rise to talk about a very serious problem concerning this and future generations of country students. These are year 12 graduates who seek to have a university education. At the commencement of...
- Australian Youth Forum (1 speech)
The federal government has announced intention to develop a national strategy for young people and to include young people in the development of that strategy. This is happening principally...
- Coober Pedy Solar Power Plant; Rudd Government Promises (1 speech)
It is appropriate, as this government passes its second birthday, that we should measure its rhetoric against its performance. Unfortunately, we are likely to find some large gaps. In the short...
- Rene Levi; Telstra; Australian Technical College Northern Tasmania (1 speech)
There are three things I would like to raise today. The first is that I would like to pay my respects, sympathies and condolences to the family of Rene Levi, a 15-year-old boy at Latrobe High...
