House debates
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Attorney-General will be absent from question time today as he is attending the farewell ceremony for the Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China. The...
- Afghanistan (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
by leave—Yesterday afternoon I advised the House of the accident involving a coalition helicopter in southern Afghanistan in the early hours of Monday morning. I informed the House that,...
- Congo Air Crash (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: members would be aware that an aircraft chartered by the Australian company Sundance Resources went missing two days ago on a flight between Cameroon and the Republic...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Treasury secretary’s preference to extend the superprofits tax on mining to other sectors of the economy. Will the...
- Welfare Reform (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what are the implications of the passage of the government’s welfare reform legislation in the Senate last night?
- Budget (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that Telstra, Woolworths, Coca-Cola, JB Hi-Fi, Leighton, Metcash, Foster’s, Brambles and Cochlear, to name a few, were all more profitable...
- Welfare Reform (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government reforming welfare to protect vulnerable Australians?
- Budget (7 speeches)
Given that the Treasury secretary wants to impose a super profits tax—
- Broadband (7 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. What...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a small business in my electorate, Foztrax, which subcontracts to the resources sector. Since the announcement of the great big...
- Broadband (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Minister, how will the development of the National Broadband Network, commencing as it is in my electorate of Braddon, enable the...
- 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 Indonesia’s Commission 1, the Indonesian House of Representatives committee...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to his previous answer where he said that his new $9 billion-a-year tax on mining would be a veritable bonanza of investment and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Chairman of Indonesia’s Parliamentary Commission VI, Mr Airlangga Hartarto. On behalf of the House I extend to him...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (2 speeches)
I have a question for the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. Minister, what will be a benefit of the National Broadband Network for Australia’s...
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the statement of Indigenous leader and Melbourne university professor, Marcia Langton, who said: If this super resource tax...
- Mental Health (31 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will he explain to the House why his chief adviser on mental health, Professor John Mendoza, resigned in disgust?
- Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion and Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline the...
- Budget (14 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to yet another Indigenous leader who is concerned about the impact of his great big new tax on mining. This time it is the...
- Work and Family (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government supporting families to make their own work and family choices, and are there...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the statement by the Attorney-General that there are now 508 children being detained by the Department of Immigration and...
- Health: Natal Services (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the government increasing support services for Australian mothers and their babies and are there any threats to this approach?
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to reports that a boat carrying 200 asylum seekers, suspected of being Tamil Tigers, has left Sri Lanka and is heading to...
- Young People (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. What new measures is the government implementing to prevent violence against women and to assist young people in...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 46 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 46 of 2009-10 entitled Child Support Reforms: Building a Better Child Support Agency. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- 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)
- E-Health (15 speeches)
I ask leave of the House to make a ministerial statement relating to e-health reform.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Education (10 speeches)
The Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for Lyne proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The national crisis...
- Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Bill 2010; Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Amendment Bill 2010; Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 2) 2010 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. I indicate to all honourable members that this motion enjoys the support of the Chief Opposition Whip, the...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Recreational Fishing for Mako and Porbeagle Sharks) Bill 2010; Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- International Monetary Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Dr Emerson: 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.
- Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 June, on motion by Mr Combet: 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.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying Doctor Service) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Bill returned from Main Committee with amendments; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Main Committee’s amendments—...
- 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. 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.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on a topic which is often ignored, the topic of mental health. Mental illness is prevalent in our society. One in every five Australians is likely to experience some...
- Human Rights (1 speech)
As the Australian federal election draws closer during what many speculate might be the final sitting week of the parliament, I would like to take this opportunity to speak about democracy in our...
- Women in Parliament (1 speech)
It is over 17 years since I was first elected and sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives. I took my place with just three other women on our side of the benches. Since that time we...
- Unemployment (1 speech)
I congratulate the member for Pearce on her observations and comments. I want to take the opportunity tonight to talk about an issue that has been a persistent concern in my electorate, and that...
- Minister for Health and Ageing; Budget (3 speeches)
Although this is not the purpose of my seeking the call tonight, it draws a similar comment—I want to talk about the trend in this House to rely on personal denigration of one’s...
- Braddon Electorate: Horsehead Water Ski Club (6 speeches)
In my electorate we have the Horsehead Water Ski Club, which is the oldest continuously operating waterski club in Australia. It was established in 1958. Not only is it the oldest established...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches, 2 comments)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Grey Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
It gives me no pleasure to have to report more BER disasters and rip-offs. The Port Broughton Area School Chairperson, Mr Andrew Bowley, has reported the school is extremely disappointed to have...
- Capricornia Electorate: Drug and Alcohol Abuse Related Crime (1 speech)
Today I want to bring to the attention of the House the shocking state of drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and child abuse that is increasingly becoming part of our daily lives in...
- Petition: Homelessness (1 speech)
I present a petition, which has been approved by the Standing Committee on Petitions, in which the petitioners draw to the attention of the House that Australia has more than 100,000 homeless...
- Holt Electorate: Cranbourne Information and Support Service (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the magnificent work of Leanne Petrides, staff and volunteers at the Cranbourne Information and Support Service. I have had a longstanding admiration for Leanne and...
- Petition: School Chaplaincy Program (1 speech)
I rise today to comment on the School Chaplaincy Program, which the previous government introduced and which has proved to be one of its most successful and popular programs. The School...
- Forde Electorate: Mr Brian Harris; Forde Electorate: Canterbury College Cantabile Choir (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to note with some sadness the passing of a well-known Eagleby character, Mr Brian Harris. Brian Harris was born on 29 September 1954 in the UK. He grew up in Elizabeth,...
- Schools; Greek Community (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the current threat to the diversity of foreign languages in our government schools. The Rudd government is currently considering reducing the number of foreign languages taught...
- Solomon Electorate: Projects (1 speech)
I rise today to comment on the fantastic projects that have been and are being delivered in my seat of Solomon. My first priority when elected was to end the blame game between the Northern...
- Murray Electorate: Victorian Auditor-General's Report (1 speech)
In Victoria there is a report just released by the Auditor-General that looks at the extraordinary malpractice that has gone on in relation to the North-South Pipeline and the so-called Northern...
- Learn. Earn. Legend! (2 speeches)
The Learn. Earn. Legend! campaign has arranged for 100 eager Indigenous students from all over the nation to spend one week in Canberra, exploring and undertaking work experience in Parliament...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying Doctor Service) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 June, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Indexation) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 May, on motion by Ms Gillard: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 May, on motion by Mr Bowen: That this bill be now read a second time.
