House debates
Thursday, 11 February 2010
- Minister for Environment, Heriatge and the Arts (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing Orders (6 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Flinders from moving the following motion forthwith: That the Minister for Environment,...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
The member for Moreton, as I understand it, is seeking my indulgence. Indulgence is granted.
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
As I have indicated, I will now make a response to the matters related to the unauthorised disclosure of committee proceedings of evidence of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works....
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Byrne. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to present legislation to reform and modernise the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918—the electoral act—and the Referendum...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-Registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (5 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 8 February. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 1, item 11, page 5 (after line 7), after subsection 9A(1), insert: ...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2010; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2010; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2010; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2010; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2010; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2010; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2010; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2010; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (23 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (35 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.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, 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.
- Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, 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.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, 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.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, 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.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, 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.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Message from the Governor-General recommending...
- 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 (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Message from the Governor-General recommending...
- 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.
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, 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.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, 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.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 February, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Message from the Governor-General recommending...
- 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.
- National Health Security Amendment (Background Checking) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 November 2009, on motion by Ms Roxon: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Affairs (6 speeches, 1 comment)
by leave—I acknowledge the First Australians on whose land we meet, and whose cultures we celebrate as one of the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Two years ago I made a formal...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- National Health Security Amendment (Background Checking) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 November 2009, on motion by Ms Roxon: 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.
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 November 2009, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
by leave—Insulation is one of the cheapest and most effective forms of household energy efficiency. Ceiling insulation can reduce heating and cooling costs by up to 40 per cent and these...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Can the minister confirm that, following the tragic death of an installer in October 2009, the CEO of Master...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What is the best way to tackle climate change and secure Australia as a low-pollution economy for the future?
- Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to the March 2009 National Electrical and Communications Association letter to him, the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How successful has the government been in protecting Australian jobs and has there been any commentary about Australia’s recent economic performance?
- Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to revelations last night, which were finally confirmed by him in parliament today, that he was...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Why is it important to ensure accuracy in public debate regarding fiscal policy in government programs?
- Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to his confirmation on Tuesday that mandatory training standards for all insulation installers will...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the employment data released this morning and what it says about Australia’s economic performance?
- Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to the audit conducted by his own department that has found a real danger of electrocution exists...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What has been the effect of the federal government’s...
- Home Insulation Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I refer to the opposition’s letter to the Auditor-General of 27 August 2009 requesting an urgent and comprehensive...
- Closing the Gap (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Service Delivery. What is the government doing to close the gap in Indigenous health?
- Home Insulation Program (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with his finance minister that the Home Insulation Program, which has contributed to the deaths of four Australians, was a...
- Health (17 speeches)
My question—
- Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the minister for the environment’s bungled handling of Japanese whaling, $850 million blow out in the Solar Homes program, collapsed Green Loans...
- Prime Minister (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (11 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion of censure of the Prime Minister. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Deputy Leader of the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Administrator of the United Nations Development Program, The Rt Hon. Helen Clark. On behalf of the House I extend a very...
- Australian Winter Olympics Team (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: I take this opportunity, on behalf of the government and the parliament, to wish the very best of luck to our Winter Olympics team going to the Vancouver Games. They...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, in question time the Deputy Prime Minister rose and sought to have a remark made by the member for Dickson withdrawn and it was withdrawn. I am not sure of the status of Twitter, but...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (13 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 22 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 22 of 2009-10 entitled Geoscience Australia. 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.
- Hansard: Incorporation of Speeches (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I have a statement to make about incorporation of speeches. As I understand it, this matter was raised with the Deputy Speaker by the member for Hughes earlier this day. The longstanding practice...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Older Australians (7 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Mackellar proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Royal Flying Doctor Service (1 speech)
I rise this evening to pay tribute, as I have on a number of occasions in the past in this House, to the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and to extend my gratitude to the service for the vital work...
- Badgerys Creek; Member for Robertson (1 speech)
The national aviation white paper released at the end of last year spells the death knell for Badgerys Creek airport. It is no longer an option. After 11 years of Howard government...
- Hume Electorate: Superannuation (1 speech)
In late December 2009 the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority announced that they had suspended Trio Capital Ltd as a trustee of...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise to draw attention to the dishonesty of the approach to taking action on climate change that has been brought forward by the Leader of the Opposition. The first element of the dishonesty of...
- Veterans’ Affairs (1 speech)
I rise in my capacity as shadow minister for veterans’ affairs to speak on some issues that are affecting Australia’s veterans. It is a vital that entitlements and services for...
- Haiti: United Nations Staff (2 speeches)
On 13 January the television news started to penetrate Australia’s summer reverie with images of the devastation in Haiti caused by the earthquake that had occurred in the late afternoon of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- McPherson Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
Australia Day is a day to reflect on what we have achieved as a nation. It is a day for each of us to commit to making Australia an even better place for the future and it is a day when we...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Camden Classic Carnival (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a fantastic event in the electorate of Hindmarsh that took place last Sunday, 7 February. That was the Camden Classic Carnival, an athletics meet in Camden Park at the...
- Grey Electorate: Drought (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House that the 2009-10 harvest in South Australia has been one of the best for many years. Following years of drought, it has come as a welcome relief and it will allow most...
- Robertson Electorate: Radiotherapy Service (1 speech)
I rise today to inform members of my continuing campaign for a public radiotherapy service on the coast and to correct the record in relation to radio ads presently being run on the Central...
- Gilmore Electorate: Digital Black Spots (1 speech)
I rise to bring to the attention of the House a matter that is of interest and concern to all Australians: television. According to Roy Morgan research, in a typical week during 2007, the average...
- Iran (1 speech)
During the last week attention has been drawn yet again to the way that Iran is positioning itself as a nuclear player. As the House is aware, another matter of grave concern is the ongoing human...
- Forrest Electorate: Country Women’s Association (1 speech)
On 23 October last year I attended the 60th birthday of the Country Women’s Association Dunsborough branch. As you would expect, CWA ladies came from near and far to celebrate this...
- Hasluck Electorate: Midvale Early Childhood and Parenting Centre (1 speech)
One of the most enjoyable aspects of being a member of this place is the diverse range of people, agencies and businesses that you have contact with and learn about. Today I would like to tell...
- Indi Electorate: Defence (1 speech)
I rise this morning to commend a local company, Bruck Textiles, from Wangaratta in my electorate that has invested in its workers and in research and innovation to develop the wonderful...
- Kingston Electorate: Voluntary Organisations (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about some of the great work that is done by local organisations in my electorate. In particular, I would like to speak about the work done over the Christmas period. We all know...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2009-2010; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Dr Emerson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Corporate Governance (1 speech)
I wish to outline my concern regarding the corporations amendment financial market supervision legislation tabled last Wednesday, 10 February 2010. The global economy has just seen a market...
- Archives (1 speech)
This week I spoke in the debate on private members’ business on the motion regarding the retention of archives in their respective states. I was making a case for the materials to be taken...
- Indigenous Welfare (1 speech)
I have just come from the House of Representatives, where the Prime Minister has made an announcement on Indigenous welfare across Australia. If he can deliver what he has outlined, he will have...
- Redhead Gardens Palliative Care (1 speech)
I would like to associate myself with the words of the previous speaker. At the end of the day, a member of parliament needs to look at what they have done to help people and what difference they...
- Gilmore Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
I would like to share with the House an exciting initiative launched by a constituent in my electorate. It has come to my attention that Darcy Moore and his family, including his daughters Sarah,...
- Fishing (1 speech)
Recently, as the result of our international obligations under our environmental responsibilities an impasse occurred affecting recreational fishers with regard to shortfin mako sharks and...
