House debates
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Public Works I present the second report for 2010 of the committee entitled Report 2/2010: Referrals made February to March 2010. Ordered that the report be...
- Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health and Hospitals Network) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Swan. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health and Hospitals Network) Bill 2010 delivers a central component of the...
- National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010 is a historic bill that delivers one of the major components of the government’s health...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That consideration of government business order of the day No. 3, Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, and No. 4, Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, be...
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment 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 Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 is an omnibus bill that would, if passed, affect 31 acts, involving the amendment of 25...
- Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McMullan, for Mr Stephen Smith. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Mr Deputy Speaker, I hope you will allow me a brief indulgence to say that moving the second reading of the Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010...
- Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Clare. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. During the height of concerns confronting the international education sector last year, the Minister for Education asked the Hon. Bruce Baird AM...
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Clare. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. .Today I introduce the International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010 to give the force of law to the second protocol to the tax treaty...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 4) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Clare. 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. 4) Bill 2010 amends various taxation laws to implement a range of improvements to Australia’s tax...
- National Measurement Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Marles. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The National Measurement Amendment Bill 2010 is a bill to amend the National Measurement Act 1960. This legislation will make changes that have...
- Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Brendan O’Connor. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Rudd government is committed to a strong and effective aviation security regime for Australia. Before turning to the legal reforms contained...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Brendan O’Connor. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill strengthens law enforcement agencies’ powers to gather, examine and use evidence to investigate and prevent the commission of...
- Standing and Sessional Orders (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I move: That standing order 4 be amended as follows:(1)After “When Parliament first meets after a general election, the procedure shall be as follows:”insert:“(a) Local...
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Indexation) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment, appropriation message having been reported; 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.
- Insurance Contracts 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.
- Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate and read a first time. Ordered that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Foreign Source Income Deferral) Bill (No. 1) 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 May, on motion by Dr Emerson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Foreign Source Income Deferral) Bill (No. 1) 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 May, 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.
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present a replacement explanatory memorandum for the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010.
- Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 May, on motion by Mr Burke: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his January 2007 statement that the mining boom had ‘piled in billions of dollars to this country’; to his March...
- Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government’s key reform of delivering a National Health and Hospital Network to Australian families?
- Budget (39 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Penrice Soda, which employs over 300 people at its Angaston mine and Osborne manufacturing plan in South Australia. In the last...
- Health (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister update the House on the latest statistics on the rate of cancer in Australia? What is the government doing to improve...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to admissions from Mr Brad Orgill, head of her BER Implementation Taskforce, that he had not read the Auditor-General’s...
- Education (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 update the...
- Veterans (7 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel. Minister, does the Rudd Labor government believe it is a fair and equitable policy for men and women...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, what income tax relief can Australian families expect from 1 July this year?
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to reports that the ship shown in this photograph, now known as the MV Sun Sea, is on its way to Australia. Given suspected links...
- Small Business (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs and the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. What support is the government...
- Suicide (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the fact that suicide is a leading cause of death for Australians under the age of 44 and to the fact that it is...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Suicide (10 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (11 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Congo Air Crash (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On indulgence, I would like to update the House on efforts to recover the victims of the crash in the Republic of the Congo of a charter plane hired by Sundance Resources. A recovery team,...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (15 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 47 and 48 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
—I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports Nos 47 and 48 of 2009-10 entitled No. 47, Performance audit: management of live animal imports, and No. 48, Performance audit: community...
- 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)
- Financial Services (2 speeches)
by leave—The government is committed to ensuring that the financial advice Australians receive is in their best interests. On 26 April this year, I announced the Rudd government’s...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Rudd Government (10 speeches)
The Speaker has 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 failure of...
- Immigration (Education) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- (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.
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
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.
- Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- (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.
- Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 May, on motion by Mr Burke: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Valedictory (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
In the year 2000, not long after I finished my run around Australia for the Centenary of Federation, a run that took me 191 days, 14,964 kilometres, I received a phone call from John Howard, the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Organised Crime (1 speech)
Denzel Washington earned an Oscar for his portrayal of corrupt LAPD Detective Alonzo Harris in the film Training Day. For those unfamiliar with the plot, it centres on his attempts to trap rookie...
- Economy (1 speech)
During this term of government, we have seen the worst economic crisis in 75 years. We saw financial systems, banks and the world economic system at risk of epic failure. That had terrible...
- Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit (1 speech)
It is with a heavy heart that I rise this evening to inform the House that this Friday is the fourth anniversary of the capture of Israeli soldier Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit by Palestinian...
- Health (1 speech)
Tonight, I want to talk about the government’s GP superclinic program, and my desire to see one of these established at Caboolture in my electorate of Longman. Firstly, I want to express my...
- Paterson electorate: Williamtown (1 speech)
I rise to speak on behalf of residents living around Williamtown RAAF Base and Salt Ash Air Weapons Range. Under the new Australian Noise Exposure Forecast Maps 2025, many people who have never...
- Television Sports Broadcasts (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak about free-to-air television. We have seen, at long last, the deployment of multichannelling and an increase in free-to-air content. The ABC Kids channel is an example of...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Casey Electorate (1 speech)
I rise this morning to pay tribute to two local community leaders and local community groups. I will speak first about a local Montrose resident from the electorate of Casey, Mr David Ferres, who...
- Throsby Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
The provision of health services has been a key issue for the electorate of Throsby. In opposition, together with community groups, we campaigned on the issue of GP shortages, the need for...
- Flinders Electorate: Literacy; Mr Pat Farmer (1 speech)
Today I wish to raise two matters with the House. The first is in relation to the issue of literacy, in particular, early childhood literacy within the Hastings region of my electorate of...
- Middle East (1 speech)
The development of Israeli settlements in the West Bank continues unabated. With the world occupied in getting the parties to the negotiating table, the reality on the ground is changing to the...
- Mallee Electorate: Digital Television (1 speech)
I rise with seven days to go to the switch-off of analog television out of Mildura at the transmitter at Yatpool. This time next Wednesday the analog signal out of Yatpool will be no more. It has...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Soccer Unites Program (1 speech)
On the weekend I had the privilege to attend the launch of a project with the Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services, the Hon. Laurie Ferguson, in my electorate...
- Millennium Development Goals (1 speech)
Yesterday I met with representatives of Micah Challenge here at Parliament House. I met with six of their representatives and I thank my constituent Joanna Elliot and also fellow Western...
- Fremantle Electorate: Ms Amy Fitzgerald and Ms Chloe Corfield (1 speech)
I want to talk today about two girls in my electorate who I find inspiring as I reflect on the different lives that are given to us, some harder and some easier, and on the important role that...
- Mayo Electorate: Norton Summit Primary School (1 speech)
This morning I rise to talk about a very important issue to a small local school in my electorate, which is the Norton Summit Primary School. It is having extreme difficulties with getting the...
- Learn. Earn. Legend! (2 speeches)
Over the last two days I was very pleased to have with me in my office Kira Kelly, who is part of the Learn Earn Legend Program, an internship for young Indigenous students to come and see the...
- Immigration (Education) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 March, on motion by Mr Laurie Ferguson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed from 17 March, on motion by Mr Burke: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 May, on motion by Mr Bowen: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 2) 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 17 March, on motion by Dr Emerson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 4, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to. Sitting suspended from 12.58 pm to 4.00 pm
- Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 2) 2010 (0 speeches)
- Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (16 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 May, on motion by Dr Emerson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn. Question agreed to.
