House debates
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the arrival yesterday of another boat carrying 58 unauthorised arrivals 100 nautical miles off the Western Australian coast. I...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the significance of the government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme for Australia’s low-pollution...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
I address my question to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments yesterday in the House where he identified the government’s defeatist response to the surge in people...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the reasons why passing the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme this week is critical for the future of the Australian economy?
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to reports today of a special unit of Australian immigration officials being flown in to Indonesia from around the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the New Zealand Minister of Justice, the Honourable Simon Power. On behalf of the House I extend to him a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. Will the minister outline how the government’s Carbon...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What were the budgeted costs for the Christmas Island detention centre for this financial year and, given the ongoing surge in unauthorised arrivals and the...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Do the government’s proposed changes to the CPRS undermine efforts to return the budget to surplus?
- Budget (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his pre-election commitment to adopt the budget discipline of the Howard government. He said: I am an economic conservative,...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. What action is the government taking to support Australia’s near neighbours prepare for the impact of climate...
- Infrastructure (30 speeches)
My question is directed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his pre-election commitment: If you are serious about building the 21st century economy in Australia you have got to...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. How will the government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme ensure Australia’s energy security?
- Building the Education Revolution Program (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer him to the $1.2 billion blow-out in computers in schools, which has failed to deliver on a promise of a computer for every student; the $1.7 billion...
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
- Hospitals (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the AMA’s Public Hospital Report Card 2009, which found that the Prime Minister’s public hospital system is getting...
- People with Disability (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. I ask: what action is the government taking to support people with disabilities?
- Terrorism (20 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his commitment in question time yesterday to examine the private member’s bill put forward by the member...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 13 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 13 of 2009-10 entitled 2008-09 Major Projects Report—Defence Materiel Organisation. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- 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)
- Freedom of Information Reform (1 speech)
I present a copy of the statement by the Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary, Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig, on freedom of information reform, made in the Senate on 24 November 2009.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Small Business (21 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Lyne proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: Assisting small business in...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works I present the sixth report for 2009 of the committee relating to the proposed redevelopment of the Villawood Immigration...
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2009; Aviation Transport Security Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) 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 the Chief Opposition Whip, the honourable member for...
- Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 2) 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.
- Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 November, on motion by Ms Gillard: 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.
- Acis Administration Amendment (Application) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 November, on motion by Mr Martin Ferguson: 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.
- Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 November, on motion by Mr Martin Ferguson: 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.
- Veterans (1 speech)
I want to raise a very important issue that concerns a substantial majority of my electorate. In particular it concerns the veterans of the Ryan electorate. This is an issue that, quite frankly,...
- Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan (1 speech)
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of visiting some of the sites in my electorate that are undergoing work as part of the government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan, along with the...
- Property Rights (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the ongoing erosion of private property rights in Australia due to an increase in the amount of environmental legislation and associated legislation affecting the...
- Page Electorate (1 speech)
Tonight I want to talk about my electorate of Page, about what a wonderful electorate it is, the whole 16,091 square kilometres of it, and the people, some 137,000-odd at the last census, that...
- Assisting the Victims of International Terrorism Legislation (12 speeches)
Last night in the Main Committee I spoke on the Assisting the Victims of International Terrorism Bill 2009 and unfortunately, due to timing, I did not get to put on the record all of my concerns....
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (11 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Swan Electorate: Crime Prevention Programs (1 speech)
Last Friday I was pleased to attend the launch of the City of Belmont’s CCTV Alarm Assist project in my electorate of Swan. I have followed the progress of this project closely over the...
- Newcastle Electorate: Mr Kurt Fearnley (1 speech)
I rise today to commend a wonderful man, a constituent in my electorate of Newcastle, Mr Kurt Fearnley. Last week he completed an absolutely astounding feat: he quite literally crawled the Kokoda...
- Gilmore Electorate: Institute of Design (1 speech)
Hear, hear! I endorse your comments entirely. It is with great pleasure that I inform the House about an exciting new venture in my electorate, which I had the privilege of officially opening...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Today I speak about a petition I have received from the Edmund Rice Centre for justice and community education. The Edmund Rice Centre is a non-government organisation located in Homebush, in my...
- Cook Electorate: St Patrick’s Parish (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge St Patrick’s Catholic parish, Sutherland, for recently reaching its 75-year milestone. Last weekend I attended a special celebratory mass that was held to mark...
- Kingston Electorate: Defence Force Cadets (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the importance of Defence Force cadets in our local community but especially 40 Army Cadet Unit based at Noarlunga. On 31 October this year I had the privilege to...
- Disability Services (1 speech)
I rise to express my support for the government’s announcement of the Productivity Commission inquiry into disability services and particularly the consideration of the merits of the...
- St Marys North Public School; Councillor Jackie Greenow (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate St Marys North Public School on recently celebrating its 50th anniversary. I wish to place on record my gratitude at being invited to join in the celebrations last weekend....
- Wanneroo Agricultural Show (1 speech)
On Friday, 27 November the 100th anniversary Wanneroo Agricultural Show will take place at the Wanneroo showgrounds. The first Wanneroo show took place on 21 April 1909 and was opened by the...
- Shortland Electorate: Belmont Medicare Office (2 speeches)
Today I wish to speak about some really good news for the people of the Shortland electorate. In 1997 the Howard government closed the Belmont Medicare office, despite the fact that the Belmont...
- Committees (0 speeches)
