House debates
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
- Crimes Amendment (Working with Children — Criminal History) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (0 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with the amendment in the annexed schedule. Ordered that the amendment be considered at a later hour this day.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Private Members’ Business; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the recommendations of the whips relating to committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 15 March 2010. Copies of the report have been...
- Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Income Support Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Griffin. 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 addressing minor but necessary measures that will remove anomalies between veterans’ entitlements law...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this morning members of a parliamentary delegation from New Zealand, members of the Select Committee on Health, led by Dr Paul Hutchison. On...
- Social Security Amendment (Flexible Participation Requirements for Principal Carers) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Clare. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The government’s bill addresses the problems encountered by many parents who are income support recipients in meeting activity...
- Personal Property Securities (Corporations and Other Amendments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Emerson, for Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill is the second suite of consequential amendments to Commonwealth legislation brought about by the passage of the Personal Property...
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 March, on motion by Mr Byrne: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Mr Bowen: 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 (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Mr Bowen: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Address by the President of the Republic of Indonesia (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
His Excellency, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, having been announced and escorted into the chamber—
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 24 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 24 of 2009-10 entitled Procurement of explosive ordance for the Australian Defence Force—Department of Defence. Ordered that the...
- 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...
- Queensland Floods (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the House to make a statement about the floods in Queensland.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Home Insulation Program (5 speeches)
by leave—On Friday, 26 February the Prime Minister appointed me as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. The government has determined to move the...
- Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill 2010 (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.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed.
- 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.
- Home Insulation Program (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I seek leave to move a motion to refer the ministerial statement by the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency on the home insulation...
- Crimes Amendment (Working with Children — Criminal History) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Consideration resumed. Senate amendment— (1) Schedule 1, item 6, page 5 (line 31) to page 6 (line 7), omit section 85ZZGG, substitute: 85ZZGG Reviews of operation of this...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- 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 orders of the day Nos 4 and 5, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010; Healthcare Identifiers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (10 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Ms Roxon: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Youth Connect (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about Youth Connect, a not-for-profit community focused organisation that offers assistance to young people in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. In particular, I...
- Iran: Persecution of Baha'i Faith; Fairtrade Certification (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to highlight two separate issues in overseas countries that have been brought to me by groups of constituents in Deakin. Firstly, I would like to comment on the situation of the...
- Gippsland Electorate: Lakes Entrance Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to pay tribute to the Lakes Entrance Surf Life Saving Club, Life Saving Victoria and surf-lifesavers across Australia more generally. Over the weekend, the Lakes Entrance...
- Middle East (1 speech)
There has been a lot of attention given recently to the assassination of senior Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. I do not know who killed Mr Mahmoud. The only people who have been...
- Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
Let us make no mistake about it: if the state of health care in the central west of New South Wales was given a check up, the findings would be far worse than a cough, a bump or a dodgy knee. The...
- Blair Electorate: Ipswich Historical Society (1 speech)
I speak tonight about the Ipswich Historical Society. On 6 March 2010, I had the privilege and pleasure of being at the Cooneana Heritage Centre open day. Present was the member for Oxley, Bernie...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Swan Electorate: Brightwater Oats Street (1 speech)
Last week I met with the staff and graduates of the Brightwater Oats Street home in East Victoria Park in my electorate of Swan. Brightwater Oats Street provides a wide range of specialist...
- Gorton Electorate: Gorton Young Leaders Awards (1 speech)
I think that we would all agree that it is important to encourage and support young people who demonstrate a commitment to their communities and to active public leadership. It is for this reason...
- Indi Electorate: Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak on the concerns and anxieties of some local constituents of mine. I am sure that to many others here today this will not be a surprise. I am sure they have had...
- Werriwa Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
Last week the Prime Minister announced the biggest change to Australia’s health and hospitals system since the introduction of Medicare. This announcement was certainly welcome in my...
- Paterson Electorate: Hospitals (2 speeches)
Last Friday my constituents awoke to read the front page of the Daily Telegraph. The headline read ‘The hit list—Revealed: the 117 health services at risk of closing’. The...
- Blaxland Electorate: Urban Theatre Projects; Blaxland Electorate: Bankstown Arts Centre (1 speech)
And here is a good news story! Bankstown has produced some of Australia’s greatest sporting champions: John and Ilsa Konrads, Steve and Mark Waugh, Ian Thorpe, Jeff Thomson and Len Pascoe....
- Greenway Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the threat to local hospitals in my community. My local community is deeply concerned that the Prime Minister’s announcement of last week could threaten services at...
- Bishop Kevin Manning; Bishop Anthony Fisher OP (1 speech)
I rise to take note of the retirement of Bishop Kevin Manning and the installation of Anthony Fisher OP as the third bishop of the Diocese of Parramatta. Kevin Manning served as bishop of the...
- Cowan Electorate: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group (1 speech)
I recently visited Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group at their headquarters at the Ocean Reef Marina. Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group is one of three volunteer groups, together with Sea...
- Bass Electorate: Australian Youth Forum (2 speeches)
I wish to speak today in relation to the Australian Youth Forum. The AYF is run by the Rudd Labor government as a communication channel between the government and young people aged between 15 and...
- Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Mr Garrett: That this bill be now read a second time.
