House debates
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
- 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, 31 May 2010. Copies of the report have been...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the first report for 2010 of the committee relating to the proposed fit-out of new premises for the Australian...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notices Nos. 1 and 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Child Support and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill contains three measures affecting the family assistance law and child support legislation. Firstly, the bill includes a measure from...
- Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This companion bill to the Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 makes consequential amendments necessary for the operation of the government’s...
- Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Stephen Smith. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Autonomous sanctions are a key tool in Australian diplomacy. They are highly targeted measures intended to apply pressure on regimes to end the...
- Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Stephen Smith. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Export Market Development Grants Scheme remains the government’s key financial assistance program for aspiring and current exporters....
- Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Burke. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Bill 2010 amends the Farm Household Support Act 1992 to facilitate part of the...
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Burke. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010 amends the Fisheries Management Act 1991, the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 and the...
- Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Burke. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Bill 2010 amends the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 to increase the maximum...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Bowen. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill amends the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 to progress GST reforms announced in the 2008 09 and 2009-10 budgets aimed...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Bowen. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends various taxation and superannuation laws to implement a range of improvements to Australia’s tax laws. Schedule 1...
- Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Bowen. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Bill 2010 introduces amendments to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (the...
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Bowen. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introduction The Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements and Other Measures) Bill 2010 continues the legislative...
- Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Bowen. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I introduce a bill which will amend the Corporations Act 2001 to improve Australia’s corporate reporting framework by reducing...
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2010 Budget 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 introducing measures announced in the 2010-11 federal budget that will increase access to repatriation...
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Kate Ellis. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill will cap the childcare rebate annual limit at $7,500 for the next four years, as announced in this year’s budget. Our government...
- Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Laurie Ferguson. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech, 3 comments)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010 amends the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) to give the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship...
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Garrett. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 gives effect to Australia’s international obligations under the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 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.
- National Security 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.
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement 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.
- Interstate Road Transport Charge 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.
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-Scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (15 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 May, on motion by Mr Gray: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Trade will be absent from question time for the remainder of this week as he is representing Australia as a co-chair of the OECD ministerial council...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Mr Dick Karreman, who runs a family owned quarry in Brisbane, who said in relation to the government’s great big new tax...
- Foreign Affairs (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Why has the government followed the convention of not commenting on the detail of intelligence matters? Are there any risks to not following...
- Budget (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the comments of Mr Brad Page, head of the Energy Supply Association, who said: Any additional cost that is imposed on fuels,...
- Foreign Affairs: Australian Passports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the government’s position on recent responses concerning the convention of not commenting on the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Mr Faisal Karim Kundi. On behalf of the House, I extend to him a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (71 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Mr Jones, of Merriwa, who wrote to the Prime Minister on 10 May. In his letter he writes: I am particularly concerned with the...
- Trade Training Centres in Schools Program (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House of any...
- Queensland Health (9 speeches)
I have a question without notice to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Is the minister aware that bats carry lyssavirus, leptospirosis, salmonella, SARS and hendra virus and that of the six...
- Soccer World Cup (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport. Will the minister update the House on the Socceroos World Cup preparations?
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answer on North West Shelf taxation. Does he stand by his answer or does he stand by his resources minister, whose...
- Safer Suburbs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. What steps is the government taking to assist making the suburbs of Perth safer for the community?
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer stand by the accuracy of all the facts and figures and charts in his economic note of 9 May which is being used by the Prime Minister, the...
- Ningaloo Coast (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts. How is the government fulfilling its commitment to protect the Ningaloo coast?
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. If, as the Treasurer says, his figures in his 9 May Economic Note are correct, how does the Treasurer explain the pie chart that said mining companies paid only...
- Prime Minister; Treasurer (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (14 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah moving immediately:That this House censures the Prime Minister and the Treasurer...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the government delivering on its transport infrastructure commitments? Why is it...
- State of Origin (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, it being State of Origin night, for all Queensland members who are here in this chamber—and on both sides of the aisle—I am sure I can comfortably say, ‘Go...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Queensland Health (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- State of Origin (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
Further to the Prime Minister’s remarks, we cannot let the opportunity go past without making a few observations. As someone who comes from what rugby league would regard as a...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- State of Origin (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On behalf of New South Wales members on both sides of the House, I think it is of critical importance that the Blues get a great deal of support tonight. It is a great event. Can I draw your...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (11 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 40 and 41 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
—I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports Nos 40 and 41 of 2009-10 entitled No. 40 Application of the core APS values and codes of conduct to Australian government service...
- 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...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
by leave—The government is committed to providing a better superannuation system for Australians. On 2 May 2010, the government announced its long-term plan to deliver on this objective....
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (26 speeches, 1 comment)
Mr Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for Dunkley proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The adverse impact...
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-Scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary (Judicial Misbehaviour or Incapacity) Commission Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. I inform all honourable members that this motion enjoys the support of the Chief Opposition Whip,...
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-Scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being approximately 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Anzac Day: Lilydale and District Schools Service (1 speech)
It is my pleasure to rise this evening in this House to pay tribute to some of our veterans organisations and our local schools in particular who did so much on Anzac Day and in the days...
- Trade Training Centres (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about the threat of the Liberal Party removing funding from trade training centres in my electorate of Deakin and right across Australia. As members of the House...
- National School Chaplaincy Program (2 speeches)
I rise to present a petition to the Australian parliament in support of the National School Chaplaincy Program. This is the second such petition I have presented as the parents, teachers and...
- Trade Training Centres in Schools Program (1 speech)
It had been my intention tonight to advise the House about my wonderful trade training centre in Hasluck. It involves two schools: Southern River College and Yule Brook College, who work in a...
- Resource Super Profits Tax (3 speeches)
Over the last couple of days in this place we have seen this desperate Rudd Labor government try any tactic possible to divert the Australian people’s attention from their disastrous...
- Tasmania: Director of Public Prosecutions (2 speeches)
Failed prosecutions of senior Tasmanian parliamentarians and police have been wrenching for my state, imposing a cost on our institutions that is greater than the inevitable pain for the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Cowan Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I have often spoken of the great place that is the suburb of Ballajura within Cowan. Ballajura has many fine schools and it also has an excellent war memorial. Its sporting clubs are also second...
- Brand Electorate: Rockingham (1 speech)
Rockingham is a great place to live, with a wonderful sense of community. It is a place I am proud to represent in the federal parliament. It is home to Defence Force families, brought to...
- Canning Electorate: Sewerage Services (1 speech)
Today I speak with some confidence that the unreliable and outdated sewerage tanks sitting in backyards throughout the Peel region may soon be a thing of the past. I welcome the announcement by...
- Kingston Electorate: Seaford Meadows Scout Group (2 speeches)
I rise today to congratulate one of the Scout groups in my electorate—the Seaford Meadows Scout Group. As with many other Scout groups, the Seaford Meadows Scout Group is a great...
- Calare Electorate: Health (1 speech)
I rise to outline to the House one of the most politicised funding decisions in the history of this parliament or any other in Australia. Australians living in rural and regional areas are up to...
- Chisholm Electorate: Health (1 speech)
I rise to speak in support of the government’s increased investment in health and hospitals, particularly in the Monash area of my electorate. Over our first term in government we have...
- Mallee Electorate: Rural Bank (1 speech)
I continue to express my concern in the public interest about the unsavoury debt recovery practices of some banks and financial lenders. It is no wonder there is a developing momentum for a class...
- Disabilities (1 speech)
I want to draw the attention of the House to the use of chemical and other restraints on people with an intellectual disability. The number of young people with an intellectual disability,...
- Grey Electorate: Cooper Creek (1 speech)
It is 20 years since the Cooper Creek isolated the north-east of South Australia by cutting the Birdsville Track. It now seems almost inevitable that this will occur again this year, probably for...
- Fremantle Electorate: Employment (2 speeches)
I would like to touch briefly on the government’s efforts to support employment and to address unemployment in my electorate of Fremantle, which includes a part of the south-west...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2010-2011; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (51 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed from 25 May, on motion by Mr Swan: That this bill be now read a second time.
