House debates
Thursday, 30 September 2010
- Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Rudd. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010 was previously tabled before the House by the former Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Stephen Smith MP,...
- Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Rudd. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. When a country experiences a natural disaster or conflict, the capacity of its government to provide security and basic services for its citizens...
- Airports Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I am reintroducing into the parliament the Airports Amendment Bill 2010 to give effect to many of the government’s airport planning...
- Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I am reintroducing into the parliament the Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Bill 2010. This bill was originally introduced into...
- National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 amends the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 (ABC Act) and Special...
- Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010 proposes amendments to the Radiocommunications Act 1992 (the act) to:give the independent...
- Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased today to introduce the Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 into the parliament. The bill encourages parties to take genuine steps to...
- Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010, together with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill...
- Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010, together with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill...
- National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introduction Today I reintroduce the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, which lapsed when parliament was prorogued on 19 July...
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I reintroduce the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010, which lapsed when parliament was prorogued on 19 July 2010...
- Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to introduce the Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010. The bill implements two election promises by the...
- Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 reintroduces measures contained in the bill that I...
- Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Snowdon. 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 my first piece of legislation in my new role as Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, and in doing so I want to thank my...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill, together with the supporting bill, the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010, introduces a new research and...
- Income Tax Rates Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill supports the Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010, which introduces a new research and development tax incentive to...
- 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...
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms King. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill makes a number of amendments to improve the regulation of therapeutic goods in Australia under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989. The...
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms King. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am very pleased today to be introducing the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010 which implements a reform agreed to by the...
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (32 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 September, on the proposed address-in-reply to the speech of Her Excellency the Governor-General— May it please Your Excellency: We, the House of Representatives of...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Sugarloaf Pipeline (1 speech)
On 7 September this year, at the height of the northern Victorian floods, communities in the upper- and lower-Goulburn catchment, in the electorates of McEwen, Murray and Indi, were watching...
- Page Electorate: Telstra (1 speech)
Two days ago, all honourable members would have received by email an invitation to join Telstra’s CEO, David Thodey, and chair, Catherine Livingstone, for cocktails at a function booked...
- Gilmore Electorate: Nerriga Road (1 speech)
This weekend I will be joining the small township of Nerriga to celebrate the sealing of Main Road 92 from Nowra to Canberra—finally! This is a project that has been a long time coming. In...
- Kingston Electorate: Reynella Neighbourhood Centre (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Reynella Neighbourhood Centre on its 21st birthday. I was delighted last Sunday to be celebrating with the volunteers, community members and staff of this...
- Fraser Coast Youth Mentoring Program (1 speech)
The Fraser Coast’s much admired youth mentoring school and student support program, the Triple S program, sponsored by the neighbourhood centre, was scaled down in April and closed in June...
- Energy Efficiency (1 speech)
I bring to the attention of the House the release yesterday of the ABARE-BRS report End use energy intensity in the Australian economy. This report highlights the improvements that have occurred...
- Economy (1 speech)
I want to inform the House of the report from the International Monetary Fund which says that the Australian economy is on a sound footing and has praised the government’s management of the...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Macy Gray’s 1999 debut album has a song on it called Why Didn’t You Call Me? That must be the tune which small business organisations are hearing in their heads. What happened was...
- Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
I rise to add my thanks to Matilda House, a Ngambri elder, for the welcome to country extended to us on Tuesday as we celebrated the opening of this parliament. The setting outdoors was...
- Farrer Electorate: Deniliquin Ute Muster (2 speeches)
After such a welcome week to the 43rd Parliament, I wish to invite members, senators and indeed all listening to this broadcast to join the warm and cosy crowd down the road this weekend at the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion will be absent from question time today as she is due to give birth to her third child. The Minister for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change: Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister that since December 2007 electricity prices are up by 34 per cent, water prices are up 29 per cent, gas prices are up 26 per cent...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on Australia’s role in promoting international trade and what this says about the importance of reform?
- Interest Rates (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to broad market expectations that interest rates will increase by up to one per cent over the next 12 months. That is more than $3,000 per annum on the...
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on what the International Monetary Fund and other international institutions have had to say about the government’s...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I refer you to the New South Wales government analysis showing that households will pay an extra $300 a year for electricity if a carbon tax...
- Broadband (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How will high speed broadband, such as that being rolled out in my electorate, drive a modern, productive Australian economy?
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Why has the government decided to provide additional artillery trainers to Afghanistan? What further commitments of Australian personnel and equipment...
- National Broadband Network (7 speeches)
My questions is to the minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. I refer to a statement reported on 17 August by the CEO of the iiNET, a firm...
- Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How are the health services improving due to the government’s Health and Hospitals Fund? What is planned for the next round of the fund...
- Immigration Detention Centres (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Will the minister confirm whether contractors working or tendering for work on the Curtin Detention Centre during the election...
- Superannuation (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation.
- Murray-Darling Basin (4 speeches, 1 comment)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. As the minister responsible for the joint issues of population and water, and with...
- Pensions and Benefits (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How will Australian families benefit from the government’s new paid parental leave scheme?
- Ministerial Performance (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Auditor-General’s report released yesterday into the Green Loans Program, which exposed a failure of governance...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Will the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship please update the House on issues relating to the suspension of processing asylum...
- Education Funding (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations. I refer...
- Age Pension (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Minister, how has the government improved support for pensioners?
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the government’s denials before the last election of any plan to expand the immigration detention facilities at...
- Education Funding (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Would the minister update the House on the Gillard government’s commitment to school education?
- Commonwealth Games (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On indulgence, Mr Speaker: obviously this is the last day parliament sits before commencement of the Commonwealth Games. While the focus has been on security and safety issues—I did have...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Speaker’S Panel (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 17(a), I lay on the table my warrant nominating the honourable members for Lyons, Cunningham, Hindmarsh, and Braddon to be members of the Speaker’s panel to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Joint Committees; Appointment (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that the Senate agrees with the resolutions of the House relating to the appointment of the following joint committees: Cyber-Safety;...
- Selection Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip that he has nominated Ms Hall, Mr Hayes and Ms Saffin; the Chief Opposition Whip that he has nominated Ms Marino and Mr Secker; and Mr...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent(1)the Selection Committee:(a)meeting on or after today, if necessary by teleconference, to...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Speaker’s Panel (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you. You tabled correspondence about the people who help to assist chair the parliament. Is it the case that only government members have nominated for the...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 10 and 11 of 2010-2011 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports Nos 10 and 11 of 2010-2011 entitled No. 10 Performance audit—Centrelink Fraud Investigations, and No. 11 Performance audit—Direct...
- 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...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (14 speeches, 1 comment)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for North Sydney proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
There has been a lot of talk in the last few weeks of a new paradigm of parliamentary cooperation and goodwill. Since the election the government has promised us that we will have a kinder,...
- Robertson Electorate: Kulnura Pioneer Memorial Hall (1 speech)
I rise today to advise the House of happy developments in the area of community infrastructure in the town of Kulnura in the part of my electorate that we call ‘the plateau’ around...
- Rural and Regional Australia; Tourism (1 speech)
I rise today to speak to the nearly seven million Australians who live outside our capital cities and the nearly 500,000 Australians who work in our tourism industry. If there is one thing these...
- Councillor Mike Downie (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that my first speech in the 43rd Parliament should be to honour the life of my friend the late Michael John Downie. Mike’s funeral was today and I wish I could have...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
In question time today, the Prime Minister whitewashed the sins of the minister for the environment in relation to the Green Loans Program. In response to a question from the member for Parkes,...
- Deakin Electorate: Loreen Bray (2 speeches)
As this is my first opportunity in this parliament, may I congratulate you, Mr Speaker, on your re-election as Speaker of the House. I look forward to your patient guidance and knowledge of the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
