House debates
Thursday, 18 March 2010
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I rise on a matter of privilege. I draw to your attention to photography in the chamber by one member of another. On Wednesday, 10 March, during the address to parliament by President...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
On behalf of the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, I move: That consideration of government business order of the day No.1, Social Security and Indigenous...
- National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (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. Introduction An effective legal framework is fundamental to our ability to address Australia’s security environment. In December 2008, the...
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010 (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. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010, along with the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill, forms part of the...
- Social Security and Indigenous Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten for Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill introduces an important measure from the 2008 budget supporting Australia’s carers. The bill also introduces two non-budget...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) 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. The Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) Bill 2010 amends the tax law to further progress a package of reforms announced in the 2009-10...
- Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Combet. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010 aims to ensure that credible and meaningful energy efficiency information is given to...
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Gray. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010 amends the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and related legislation to...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Gray. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2010 amends the Telecommunications Act 1997 to provide a legislative...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, and by reason of the urgent nature of the work, it is expedient that the following proposed work be carried...
- Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 March, on motion by Mr McClelland: 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Cyber-Safety Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip and the Chief Opposition Whip nominating members to be members of the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety.
- National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 February, on motion by Mr Martin Ferguson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table), omit the...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs will be absent from question time today. The Minister for Housing and the Minister for the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his statement in question time yesterday: … assessments under section 501— of the Migration Act— are...
- Hospitals (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s actions to achieve better health and better hospitals for all Australians?
- Health (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing Orders (20 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah speaking for 10 minutes on hospital and health policy and for the Prime Minister...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
We have present in the House this afternoon the Governor of Wyoming, Governor David Freudenthal. May I say to the governor that, even after this debate, he has brought some...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Federal Election (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his 2007 commitment. I quote: I think it’s far more decent if we have, as I’ve already proposed, something run by...
- Medical Workforce (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Minister, what is the effect of the government’s policies in regard to investment in general practice?
- Home Insulation Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister inform the House how many homeowners like Mr Daniel Gouveia, from Bexley in Sydney, have had paper insulation installed in their roofs...
- Health (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Will the minister advise the House of the need for sound financial planning in health and of the reasons for previous reductions in...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a delegation from the Republic of Colombia, led by the foreign minister, Jaime Bermudez. On behalf of the House, I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Building the Education Revolution Program (41 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the case of the Berridale Public School, which received a prefabricated, transportable library under the school halls program...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform members that we have in the gallery today the Hon. Malarndirri McCarthy, who is the Northern Territory Minister for Local Government, for Regional Development, for Indigenous...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Special Schools (10 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. I can assure the Deputy Prime Minister that these principals, who I have spoken to,...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What role is the community playing in the formulation of the 2010 budget and why is it important that all Australians work together to put in place the economic...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the Hastings Public School in New South Wales, which has now been told that their new school stimulus covered outdoor...
- National Security (3 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, and I ask him: what steps is the government taking to ensure an effective legal framework for Australia’s national security and counterterrorism efforts?
- Health (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On indulgence, further to the debate we had in question time today on the health and hospital system, my office has contacted the National Press Club. I am advised that the next available date...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (19 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Earlier today, the honourable member for Fisher raised a matter of privilege relating to the taking of a photograph of him in the House of Representatives. Acts which may obstruct or impede the...
- Address by the President of the United States of America to a Joint Meeting of the House of Representatives and the Senate (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That:(1)the House invite the Honourable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, to attend and address the House on Friday, 26 March 2010, at a time to be...
- Special Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That in accordance with the resolution agreed to this sitting, the House, at its rising, adjourn until Friday 26 March 2010 at a time to be fixed, or until an alternative date and hour to...
- 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...
- Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Reference to Committee (1 speech)
Order! I have received the following message from the Senate: informing the House that the provisions of the Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 have been referred to the Joint Standing Committee on...
- Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Weekly Payments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bill and acquainting the House that the Senate has agreed to the bill as amended by the House at the request of the Senate.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Warringah proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The waste and misuse of...
- Protection of the Sea Legislation 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. 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.
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008; Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009; Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Bill 2009; Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Bill 2010; Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2009; Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill 2009; Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2009; Aviation Transport Security Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009; Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill 2010; Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2009-2010; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 1, item 4, page 26 (after line 15),...
- Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program Amendment (Building Innovative Capability) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 1, item 32, page 9 (after...
- National Radioactive Waste Management 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.
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence be given to every Member of the House of Representatives:(1)from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting; and(2)if the House...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House do now adjourn. Question agreed to.
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Mr Arshag Badelian (1 speech)
I have long argued that this parliament should recognise the Armenian genocide that occurred in 1915. In the past month, the Swedish parliament and the United States House Committee on Foreign...
- Deakin Electorate: Springvale Road (1 speech)
Last Friday, 12 March, I had the pleasure of attending the official opening of the new smart bicycle cages at Nunawading station in my electorate of Deakin. The bike cages are yet another...
- Gippsland Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
I rise to raise my concerns about the so-called Building the Education Revolution program and Primary Schools for the 21st Century. I note from the outset that the costs have blown out for this...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate: Melbourne Grand Prix (1 speech)
Albert Park, in my electorate, is one of the highest density residential areas in Melbourne. A few people in the area no doubt enjoy the spectacle of the Grand Prix; thousands of others will have...
- Swan Electorate: Swan and Canning Rivers (3 speeches)
Today I rise to speak about the Swan and Canning Rivers in my electorate of Swan. I have on many occasions in the past spoken in this place about the high concentration of nutrients in the Swan...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Pooch Park (1 speech)
I am very pleased to have the opportunity today to speak about an issue of importance and concern in my local community regarding the safety of pedestrians and the safety of families and their...
- Barker Electorate: Digital Television (1 speech)
I want to speak today on something that has been a bone of contention with many of my constituents in Barker but particularly those in Mount Gambier and also the Barossa and, more specifically,...
- Youth Allowance (3 speeches)
After needless months of obstruction by those opposite there was good news yesterday in the House that the youth allowance and student support system will now go through. I know that thousands of...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in support of those ADF personnel who risked their lives after the SIEV 36 explosion at Ashmore Reef on 16 April 2009. In doing so, I join my colleague Senator David...
- Workplace Bullying (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the issue of workplace bullying. We would not think it was acceptable for people to come to work and be exposed to asbestos or toxic chemicals. We should not think, therefore,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 3 February, on motion by Mr Andrews: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Higgins Electorate: Parking (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on an issue that is critical to residents and small businesses in Higgins—extended clearway times. In my first speech I spoke of Higgins as a seat filled with...
- Shortland Electorate: Youth (1 speech)
Last Friday I invited school leaders from local high schools to a working luncheon. Representatives from most schools were able to attend, and another luncheon is being organised for those unable...
- Lyne Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
I rise today to appeal again to the Minister for Health and Ageing about an application that has been put forward under the very welcome announcement by the government in last May’s budget...
- Hasluck Electorate: Maddington Primary School (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the launch of Dave the Kangaroo at Maddington Primary School in my electorate. I was very fortunate to be invited to participate in a school assembly at Maddington...
- Bradfield Electorate: Building the Education Revolution (1 speech)
I rise to address the issue of value for money in Commonwealth procurement, particularly in the area of education. I refer to the specific case of the Gordon East primary school. I asked a...
- St John’s Lutheran Church, Ipswich; Bethany Lutheran Primary School (1 speech)
I speak to congratulate the Lutherans of Ipswich on 150 years of worship in the Ipswich area. I was pleased to attend the weekend celebrations on 20 and 21 February 2010, when the sesquicentenary...
