House debates
Monday, 21 June 2010
- 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 16 June 2010, I present copies of the terms of motions for which notice has been given by the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Reports (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 39(d), I present two reports of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Report 111:Treaties tabled on 25 November 2009 (3), 4 and 24 February 2010 and Report...
- Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bill and informing the House that the Senate does not insist upon its amendments Nos 2 to 14 and 16 to 22, disagreed to by the House.
- Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bill and informing the House that the Senate does not insist upon its amendment disagreed to by the House.
- Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying Doctor Service) Bill 2010; Higher Education Support Amendment (Indexation) Bill 2010; Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That unless otherwise ordered, at the adjournment of the House for this sitting, the following bills stand referred to the Main Committee for further consideration:Crimes...
- National Health Amendment (Continence AIDS Payment Scheme) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 June, on motion by Ms Roxon: 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.
- Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 May, on motion by Mr Bowen: 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.
- Congo Air Crash (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On indulgence, I would like to make some brief remarks about the plane missing between Cameroon and the Congo on which are aboard six Australian citizens and one permanent Australian resident. I...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts will be absent from question time this week, as he is attending the International Whaling Commission meeting...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his claim yesterday that large mining companies are using strong-arm tactics to prevent others in the industry from supporting the...
- Broadband (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s progress in increasing productivity by building a stronger Australian economy through the...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the plight of Clark Equipment, a supplier of forklifts and bobcats based in my electorate and employing nearly 500 people....
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Why is...
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is directed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the plight of Wallis Drilling, a company that operates 40 drill rigs and employs about 225 people. Since the...
- Broadband (4 speeches)
To keep the Tasmanian theme going, my question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Why is the agreement between Telstra and the National Broadband Network Company an important step...
- Budget (23 speeches)
I refer the Prime Minister to the comments of Indigenous leader and Western Australian magistrate Sue Gordon, who said that the job prospects of thousands of Aborigines were at risk unless the...
- Mining (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why is it so important that this mining boom be managed better than the last one?
- Budget (16 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to reports that the government is in live option negotiations with the coalseam-gas-fed LNG companies for the first of the...
- Resources (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Will the minister advise the House of the strength and importance of the relationship between China and Australia...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. In light of the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement that foreign corporations are paying only 13 per cent tax, is the minister aware that a good...
- Families (2 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government supporting families, and are there any challenges to this support?
- Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and goes to the fact that his disastrous Home Insulation Program is now running at around one house fire every day. Prime Minister, now that the toll from...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the minister inform the House of progress with the Trade...
- Mental Health (40 speeches)
Mr Speaker—
- Water (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. What action is the government taking to help rural and regional communities make the transition to a future with less...
- Mental Health (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Professor John Mendoza’s resignation, citing the Prime Minister’s tendency to take credit for the previous...
- Hospitals (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 election commitment to deliver more elective surgery to...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On indulgence: I acknowledge in the gallery today the presence of family and friends of the Montevideo Maru. They are here to listen to an upcoming ministerial statement to the parliament by the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 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.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- World War II: Papua New Guinea Campaign (4 speeches)
I acknowledge the presence in the House today of many of the family, friends and loved ones of those lost on the Montevideo Maru, some of whom have travelled great distances to be here today. I...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 May, 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.
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 May, on motion by Mrs Gash: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Afghanistan (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
On indulgence: it is with profound sadness that I inform the House that a helicopter carrying coalition forces went down in Kandahar province in Afghanistan today. There were 10 Australian...
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements and Other Measures) 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.
- Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 March, 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.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011 (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.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2010-2011 (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.
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011 (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.
- Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 March, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- 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)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Responses; Television Broadcasts (0 speeches)
Dear Ms Irwin Television reception in Turkey Beach and Rodds Bay, Queensland Thank you for your letter dated 18 March 2010 in your capacity as Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions. In...
- Responses; Mobile Phone Services (0 speeches)
Dear Ms Irwin Petition regarding mobile phone coverage at Turkey Beach and Rodds Bay Thank you for your letter dated 18 March 2010 in relation to a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on...
- Responses; Landcare (0 speeches)
Dear Ms Irwin Thank you for your letter of 10 March 2010 on behalf of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions about the petition presented by the Member for Gippsland...
- Responses; MRI Licence, Warrnambool (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 13 May 2010 forwarding a petition from the electorate of Wannon, regarding a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ‘licence’ for Warrnambool...
- Responses; Medicare (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 13 May 2010 regarding a petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions about the removal of Medicare Benefits Schedule...
- Statements (1 speech)
This evening I am pleased to present the report by the Petitions Committee entitled The work of the first Petitions Committee: 2008-2010, together with the minutes of proceedings. Ordered that...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Constitution Alteration (Just Terms) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (2 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Katter.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- HMAS Sydney (1 speech)
Chief Electrical Artificer and acting Chief Petty Officer Allen Leslie Smith was somebody I would have called uncle if he had lived. He was onboard HMAS Sydney when it was attacked by the...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Only a few weeks ago the community cabinet visited my electorate of Braddon and I was able to reflect on some of the $450 million worth of investment by this government in my region. In many...
- Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
With so many examples of Labor wasting taxpayer funds, mishandling programs and backflipping on policies, you can forgive the public and the press for somewhat forgetting about the Home...
- Petition: National Schools Curriculum (1 speech)
I rise tonight to present a petition to the House regarding the inclusion of the Modern Greek language in the national curriculum that is currently being developed by the Australian Curriculum,...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
Be it as I am unexpectedly here to speak on this occasion, I think we have some very important points as a coalition to put forward. I note that it was only a couple of days ago that we announced...
- Mr Gilad Shalit (2 speeches)
I rise again to speak with deep sadness on the anniversary of the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit. This is the third occasion on which I have spoken on this anniversary in this place and I hope it...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Mrs Andrea West (2 speeches)
I rise today to remember both the life and career of Mrs Andrea West, who preceded me as a coalition member of parliament in this place from 1996 to 1998. Andrea West will be remembered by many...
- Blair Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
Last Friday, I was privileged to attend the BER opening at the Fernvale State Primary School. Fernvale is a part of the Somerset regional area which has been redistributed into the federal...
- Dickson Electorate: Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
Today I wish to highlight the ongoing farce and tragedy surrounding the Labor government’s bungled roof insulation scheme. The fallout from the scheme, which is just one of Mr Rudd’s...
- Calwell Electorate: National Refugee Week (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about National Refugee Week, which we are celebrating this week. Last Friday the launch of National Refugee Week in my electorate attracted a huge gathering at the...
- Paterson Electorate: Queen’s Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise five special residents in the Paterson Electorate: Ronald Franks, Howard Grigor , Diane Bennett, Doris Brooker and Charles Munnery. Each has made an outstanding...
- Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union: Clean Start Campaign (1 speech)
Last week I attended a breakfast meeting in this place. It was organised by the LHMU to kick off their Clean Start campaign in Australia’s shopping centres. The Deputy Prime Minister...
- McMillan Electorate: Port Welshpool (1 speech)
The development in Townsville of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority administrative offices, tourist information and the aquarium, along with boat based ecotourism throughout the reef,...
- Corio Electorate: Ryrie Street (1 speech)
I have spoken before in this place about Geelong’s strength as a heritage city and, I believe, our tendency to undersell that heritage. Today I would like to talk about one particular...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the National Broadband Network announcement yesterday by the federal government and the lauding of this policy. The government went to the last election with a $4 billion...
- Deakin Electorate: Foundation Skills Package (2 speeches)
I would like to inform the House today of my recent visit to the Swinburne TAFE campus in Croydon in my electorate to talk about the Foundation Skills Package, a $120 million Rudd government...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (105 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 17 June 2010. Finance and Deregulation Portfolio Proposed expenditure, $668,590,000
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 May, on motion by Mr Tanner: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that the bill be reported to the House without...
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 May, on motion by Mr Tanner: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that the bill be reported to the House without...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Cowan Electorate: Goollelal Primary School (1 speech)
On 17 June 2010, I visited Goollelal Primary School, a very good local school in the suburb of Kingsley in the Cowan electorate. While I was there I had a brief conversation with the principal,...
- Canberra Electorate: Mr Darryl McLindin (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the loss of a great community member of ours. Sadly, Darryl McLindin, a community member in my electorate, passed away on Sunday, 13 June. I, along with many members of...
- Farrer Electorate: Blood Donations (1 speech)
I would like to recognise the willingness of the people of Hay, in my electorate of Farrer, to donate blood. This is emphasised in federal parliament today as I table a petition with 1,095...
- Learn Earn Legend Program (3 speeches)
The words I am about to read were prepared by Tamara Gibbs, of St Saviour’s College Toowoomba, Queensland, who is 16 years old and in year 12, and Corey Colbung, from Katanning Senior High,...
- Swan Electorate: Demons District Football Club Junior Carnival (3 speeches)
Yesterday, I attended the Demons District Football Club Junior Carnival, which was held at Higgins Park in the suburb of Victoria Park in my electorate. The teams that were involved in the...
- Dawson Electorate: China First Coal Project (1 speech)
I welcome the good news today of the announcement by the Prime Minister of Australia and the Vice President of China of the signing of a cooperation agreement for the China First coal development...
- Bradfield Electorate (1 speech, 1 comment)
Amidst the long catalogue of outrages perpetrated on the Upper North Shore by the New South Wales state Labor government we have had, recently, one that really ranks as amongst the very worst....
- Kyrgyzstan; Israel; Mr Xi Jinping; Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (1 speech)
Tonight I want to briefly raise a few matters of international concern. Firstly, I want to express sorrow at the ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan that have caused some 300,000 Uzbeks to be internally...
- Mr John Coombe (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to the Chief Executive Officer of the Alexandrina Council, Mr John Coombe, who on 7 June this year announced that, as of 22 December, he will retire from being the...
- Hasluck Electorate: Midland Health Campus (2 speeches)
I rise today to talk about my ongoing concerns about the Midland Health Campus in my electorate of Hasluck. In the 2009-10 budget, the Rudd government provided $180.1 million in funding for the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- World War II: Papua New Guinea Campaign (4 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Ms King: That the House:(1)expresses:(a)the gratitude of the Australian nation to the service personnel and civilians in Rabaul and the New Guinea Islands for their...
- Egypt: Coptic Christians (6 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Andrews: That the House:(1)notes that:(a)there are around eight million Coptic Christians living in Egypt;(b)freedom of religion is a universal human...
- Initiatives Supporting Working Women (5 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Ms George: That the House:(1)congratulates the Government on delivering major initiatives to help working women, including the introduction of Paid Parental Leave,...
- North West Sydney: Road Infrastructure (11 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Hawke: That the House:(1)recognises the lack of adequate transport infrastructure in North West Sydney;(2)condemns the NSW Government for its under-funding of...
- Australian Women’s Football Squad (5 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Ms Neal: That the House:(1)congratulates the Australian Women’s Football Squad, the Matildas, for its spectacular victory in the 2010 Asian Football...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 14 June.
- Budget (2 speeches)
Tonight I rise to talk about the resources super profits tax and how it is affecting constituents in my electorate and what it will mean to Western Australia. I recently spoke about this subject...
- Flinders Electorate: Point Nepean (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to appear before you this evening. There is, I want to make it absolutely clear, a grievance which I bring to this chamber on behalf of my electorate of Flinders. The future of...
- Refugees (1 speech)
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the settlement in Australia of Vietnamese, the so-called original boat people in this country. In fact, yesterday was the actual date 35 years ago that the...
- Science (1 speech)
The crumbling of the Soviet Union and the rest of the Eastern bloc almost 20 years ago would deliver a peace dividend to the West, we were told—and, to an extent, it did. But we were also...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
There is no question that the Copenhagen climate change talks were a big disappointment to those of us who believe in the urgency of concerted action to reduce the world’s carbon emissions...
