House debates
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I table the revised ministry list reflected in the changes I announced on 26 February 2010. I seek leave to have the document incorporated into Hansard. The document read as follows— RUDD...
- Queensland Floods (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On indulgence, as members would be aware, Queensland has been experiencing significant flooding across the state. Fifty-eight local government areas in Queensland have been declared disaster...
- President of Indonesia (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Tomorrow in this House we will welcome Indonesia’s President, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who will become the first Indonesian head of state to address a joint sitting of the Australian...
- Member for Berowra (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches, 1 comment)
On indulgence, I rise to acknowledge an important milestone that has been passed by none other than the Father of the House, the member for Berowra. Last week the member for Berowra became the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Paid Parental Leave (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the paid maternity leave scheme available to his own staff and to the employees in his own department, which provides for full...
- Hospitals (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s plan to reform the health system to ensure that it is federally funded and locally run in...
- Paid Parental Leave (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, a young woman employed as a chef on a salary of $68,000 will only receive $9,788 for the 18 weeks spent on parental leave under...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a delegation from New Caledonia: Mes amis du Pacifique, vous etes tres welcome—my French deserted me for the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Does the government support proposals to increase taxes in order to fund new social spending?
- Paid Parental Leave (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, a young woman employed as a sales account manager on a salary of $55,000 will receive $9,788 for the 18 weeks spent on parental leave under...
- Hospitals (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How will the government’s health reform plan drive efficiency and eliminate waste in the health system? Will there be any impact on...
- Paid Parental Leave (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, a young woman employed as a childcare worker on a salary of $40,000 will receive $9,788 for the 18 weeks spent on parental leave under...
- 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 Rwanda led by the President of the Senate of the Rwandan parliament, the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Hospitals (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What are the critical economic and financial reforms central to the government’s plan for a national health and hospital network and why is it important...
- Taxation (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Prime Minister’s statement last week in which he suggested he was too busy to release the Henry review into Australia’s tax system. Now...
- Hospitals (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How has the government’s health reform plan been received by the community?
- Goods and Services Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the comments of Ken Baxter, the former head of former Premier Bob Carr’s department in New South Wales, who said, ‘I do not...
- Paid Parental Leave (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government supporting new parents, and how confident can they be that this support will...
- Hospitals (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his proposed local hospital networks and ask: how many networks will there be, how many hospitals will be in each network, how...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What are the main take-outs from the national accounts released last week? What do they say about the state of our economic recovery and the importance of...
- Drought (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Whilst the Australian people, particularly those 70,000 employed in the beef industry, appreciated yesterday’s stand...
- International Women’s Day (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Status of Women. What action is the government taking to promote the equality of women in Australia?
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (21 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish 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)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That:(1)the House invite His Excellency, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, to attend and address the House on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, at 2...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Paid Parental Leave (46 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment Bill 2010; National Health Security Amendment (Background Checking) Bill 2009; International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009; Aviation Transport Security Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009; Australian Astronomical Observatory Bill 2009; Australian Astronomical Observatory (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate acquainting the House that the Senate does not insist on its amendments disagreed to by the House and has agreed to the amendments made by the House in place of them.
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2010; National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment Bill 2010; Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-Registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Speaker’S Panel (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 17, I lay on the table my warrant revoking the nomination of the honourable member for Barker and nominating the honourable member for Grey to be a member of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 February, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: 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.
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (37 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 February, on motion by Mr Byrne: 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.
- University of Western Sydney: Women of the West Award 2010 (1 speech)
We are very fortunate here to have exceptional people in our communities, people who genuinely make a difference, and it is only right that we acknowledge their contribution. On Monday afternoon...
- Centre for Cerebral Palsy (1 speech)
Last Sunday I had the privilege to be involved in a fundraising event for the Centre for Cerebral Palsy called the Wheelie Big Day Out. The Wheelie Big Day Out is a community event that not only...
- Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
As we debate the adjournment of the House, I would like to take the opportunity to consider some of the debate that occurred in the House today—in particular the discussions during question...
- Native Vegetation Legislation (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about native vegetation and the related issue of property rights. In the 12 years since the New South Wales and Queensland governments introduced legislation to restrict...
- Ride Launceston; Bass Electorate: National Bike Paths Projects (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise in the House this evening to speak on a fantastic community event that happened over the weekend, which highlighted the success of a project funded by the Rudd Labor government. Over the...
- Fisher Electorate: Palmview Residential Development (2 speeches)
It is incredibly disappointing that the state Labor government is trying to foist a half-baked project onto the people of the Sunshine Coast which would see more than 14,000 people put into an...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
The following notices were given:
