House debates
Monday, 24 May 2010
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- National Security (1 speech)
On 25 February, I advised the House of the suspected fraudulent use of a number of Australian passports in connection with the murder of senior Hamas figure Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh. I now advise the...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Private Members’ Motions (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 41(h), and the recommendations of the whips adopted by the House on 12 May 2010, I present copies of the terms of motions for which notice has be given by the...
- Do Not Call Register Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House of a resolution agreed to by the Senate on 13 May 2010 relating to a reference to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters....
- Do Not Call Register Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bill.
- Ministers of State Amendment Bill 2010; Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010; National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010; Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2010; Immigration (Education) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2010-2011; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 May, on motion by Mr Swan: That this bill be now read a second time.
- 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 as she is addressing the Australian Davos Connection...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (21 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister.
- 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 the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island led by the Chief Minister, the Hon....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that official ATO taxation statistics on the Taxation Office website show that the effective company tax rate for the mining...
- Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. How is the government supporting quality teaching through...
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the letter dated 17 May 2010 from BHP Billiton Chairman Mr Jac Nasser AO to shareholders and released to the Australian Stock...
- Health (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister update the House on the implementation of the government’s GP superclinics and of the level of community support for...
- Budget (38 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the claim he made earlier in question time that the undergraduate research paper from the University of North Carolina was a...
- Superannuation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. How will the government’s stronger and fairer superannuation reforms...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and relates to the mining companies BHP and Shenhua Coal, and their coal exploration licences on the Liverpool Plains in the electorate of New England. The...
- China (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade. Will the minister advise the House—
- Home Insulation Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to today’s comments by insulation small-business owner Ms Kellie Jackson of Albury: He, Mr Rudd, has ruined an industry and is getting away...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. How is the government tackling housing affordability for working Australians and their families? What are the...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Can the minister explain why, under the school hall program over which she has presided, a cubbyhouse canteen, like this one at the Orange Grove...
- Rail Infrastructure (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Why has the government prioritised upgrading the national rail freight network? How will...
- South Korea (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek to make a statement on indulgence concerning the sinking of the Republic of Korea naval vessel the Cheonan. Members would be aware that the stability of North-East Asia has...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 34 to 39 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports Nos 34 to 39 of 2009-10: No. 34, Performance audit: management and use of double taxation agreement information collected through automatic...
- Australian National Audit Office (0 speeches)
- Report of Independent Auditor (1 speech)
—In accordance with the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the report of the Independent Auditor, dated May 2010, on a performance audit entitled Australian National Audit Office IT...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
A document is presented in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members. Details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and I move: That the House take note of...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
by leave—The government’s plan for a stronger, simpler, fairer tax system was announced three weeks ago. Since that time, it has been the subject of robust debate around the...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2010-2011; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
The following ministerial responses to petitions have been received:
- Responses; Indigenous Deaths (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 19 November 2009 regarding a petition submitted for the Committee’s consideration concerning the death in custody of Mr Ward. The petition states...
- Responses; Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 26 November 2009 concerning the submission of a petition relating to the proposal to relocate Grey-headed Flying-foxes from the Royal Botanic Gardens,...
- Responses; Immigration (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 26 November 2009, concerning your request for a response to the petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions,...
- Responses; National School Chaplaincy (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 February 2010, concerning two recently submitted petitions about ongoing funding for the National School Chaplaincy Program. I apologise for the...
- Responses; Trade: Live Animal Exports (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your correspondence of 10 February 2009 on behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions concerning a petition about livestock exports. The Australian Government...
- Responses; Human Rights: Falun Gong (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 10 February 2010 about a petition recently submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions on the arrest of Falun Gong...
- Responses; Renewable Energy (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 10 February 2010 to the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, concerning a petition on clean energy...
- Responses; Religious Persecution (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter dated 10 February 2010 about a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding apostasy laws. The Australian Government shares the...
- Responses; Whaling (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 10 February 2010 about a petition recently considered by the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding Japanese whaling. The Australian Government is...
- Responses; Climate Change (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 10 February 2010 concerning a petition in regard to climate change financing for developing countries. Climate change is one of the greatest social,...
- Responses; China: Child Adoption (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 February 2010, concerning a petition submitted on 8 February 2010 to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding a request to allow a Chinese...
- Responses; Camden Airport (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 February 2010 concerning a petition regarding the draft Master Plan for Camden Airport. My Department provides comments on draft Master Plans for...
- Responses; Human Rights: Falun Gong (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 February 2010 about a petition recently submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions on persecution of Falun Gong in...
- Responses; National Archives of Australia (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 February 2010 regarding a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions on the proposed closure of the National Archives of Australia...
- Responses; Administration of Justice (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin I refer to your letter dated 18 March 2009 seeking a written response to a petition submitted to your Committee regarding a Section 72(ii) process under the Constitution. Section...
- Statements (1 speech)
Tonight, I am pleased to take the opportunity to report to the House about recent activities of the Standing Committee on Petitions as it followed up matters relating to petitions. The standing...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Hospitals (16 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)congratulates the Rudd Government on reaching its historic COAG agreement on health and hospital reform;(2)acknowledges the massive investment by the Government in...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Australian Aviation Record (1 speech)
On July 16, 1910, John Robertson Duigan flew an aircraft—it was a seven-metre hop—at his family’s property, Spring Plains, at Mia-Mia, near Kyneton in Victoria. That Australian...
- Somerville (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, may I say it is a pleasure to present in your august presence this evening. On Thursday evening last week, 20 May, I held a community meeting in Somerville with my state colleague,...
- Lidcombe Car Bombing (1 speech)
On Thursday night two weeks ago, while we in the House here were on our way home from hearing the budget in reply speech, a car bomb exploded in an office building in Lidcombe in Sydney, in the...
- Paterson Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
Last week I invited the Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, to the electorate of Paterson to see firsthand the impact of the Rudd Labor government 40 per cent resource super tax and the...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
I have spoken consistently about the challenges facing Cairns and the Far North Queensland economy during the past 18 months as a result of the global financial crisis that led to the global...
- Cook 2020 Taskforce (2 speeches)
On 29 April, I joined with others in the shire community to celebrate the 240th anniversary of Cook’s landing at Kurnell. In less than 10 years, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches, 2 comments)
The following notices were given:
- Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (18 speeches)
Debate resumed from 22 June 2009, on motion by Mr Burke: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministers of State Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (20 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 March, on motion by Dr Kelly: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Greenway Electorate: Make Poverty History (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge three young, passionate individuals from my local community who visited Parliament House two weeks ago to participate in the Make Poverty History awareness week. I had the...
- Dampier Archipelago (2 speeches)
The Dampier Archipelago is a group of islands located off the northern Pilbara coast of Western Australia which is a vast treasure trove containing the largest concentration of rock art in the...
- Cowan Electorate: South Ballajura Primary School (1 speech)
As the federal member for Cowan I have a lot involvement with schools across the electorate and I intend to be involved because I like to encourage the potential in our young people. I have a lot...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
It was my pleasure in April to officially open the Glen Huon Primary School’s multipurpose hall as part of the Rudd government’s Building the Education Revolution program. The Glen...
- Gippsland Electorate: Mr Tim Bull; Gippsland Electorate: Princes Highway (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate one of my constituents, Tim Bull, on his preselection for the Nationals as a candidate for the upcoming Victorian state election. Mr Bull is an outstanding choice of...
- Blair Electorate: Ipswich Motorway (1 speech)
Riverview residents are set to benefit from an additional pedestrian crossing over the Ipswich Motorway following breakthrough changes to the project design. The addition of a pedestrian bridge...
- Cowper Electorate: Fishing (1 speech)
I rise to express my concern with regard to the areas for further assessment announced recently by Minister Garrett. Communities from Hat Head to Brooms Head in my electorate could be decimated...
- Mr Tom Smitheringale (1 speech)
I am thrilled to be able to speak in this place about a rare being indeed: a modern-day Arctic explorer, Tom Smitheringale, who calls Fremantle home. On 26 February 2010, Tom embarked on a solo...
- Swan Electorate: Association for the Blind of WA (1 speech)
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of presenting awards to some fantastic young people at the Association for the Blind of WA-Guide Dogs WA 2010 awards ceremony in Victoria Park. I must...
- Blair Electorate: Scenic Rim Community Hydrotherapy and Health Management Complex (1 speech)
On 16 May 2010, I was pleased to officially open the Scenic Rim Community Hydrotherapy and Health Management Complex. It is a fantastic initiative and I congratulate the whole Boonah community. I...
- Wentworth Electorate: Mental Health (2 speeches)
Probably no aspect of the federal budget has been the subject of more unanimous criticism than the lack of attention to funding mental health services. Right at the local level, in my electorate...
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Sydney Airport Long Term Operating Plan (5 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Morrison: That the House:(1)notes the impact that the noise generated by aircraft landing at Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport in Sydney has on all residents of...
- Battle of Crete (5 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Georganas: That the House:(1)acknowledges the important contributions of Australian, New Zealand, British and Greek soldiers and Greek civilians in the defence of...
- Debt (7 speeches)
On 17 November last year I reported to the parliament my concerns about a debt tsunami raging across my electorate. After 10 years of drought and drastic water shortages for irrigators, the...
- Military Superannuation Pensions (8 speeches, 11 comments)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Oakeshott: That the House:(1)should consider increasing the Military Superannuation Pension twice annually by the greatest of either the Consumer Price Index, the...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 15 March.
- Gallantry Decorations (1 speech)
This afternoon, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith received a letter from the Prime Minister regarding the reinstatement of original gallantry recommendations for 12 veterans of the Battle of Long...
- Rudd Government (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the contribution of the member for Hinkler. It is with a great deal of pleasure that I rise to highlight some of the achievements of the Rudd government in the last...
- Health Services (1 speech)
I rise this evening to raise a grievance on behalf of my constituents regarding access to health services and doctors within the electorate of Paterson. It is important to note the Rudd Labor...
- Women in the Workforce (1 speech)
In tonight’s grievance debate, I want to take issue with the opposition’s decade of lost opportunities to institute reforms and changes to address longstanding issues of concern to...
- New South Wales Mid-North Coast (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to report to the House, and also back to the electorate of Lyne, on some of the targeted strategic planning issues that several of us have been working on in the local area of the...
- Herbert Electorate: Health (2 speeches)
I would like to grieve tonight about the state of the delivery of health services in Townsville in my electorate of Herbert. There are a number of issues that I would like to cover tonight. The...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn. Question agreed to.
