House debates
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
- Supplementary Questions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Agreement for a Better Parliament has focused attention on the matter of supplementary questions. The agreement provides for the Leader of the Opposition or his or her delegate to be able to...
- Divisions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I have discussed the matter of chairing arrangements for divisions with the Deputy Speaker and the Second Deputy Speaker. I understand that members of the Speaker’s panel may not wish to be...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) 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. Australian telecommunications is at a crossroads. The government has an ambitious program that will drive future growth, productivity and...
- Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) 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 Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010 will improve patient choice of pathology services, and encourage providers to...
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other 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 one 2010 budget measure and several other measures. The budget measure in the bill will enhance the existing arrangements for...
- Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) 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 Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010 amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to revise the maximum...
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Fee-Help Loan Fee) 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 Higher Education Support Amendment (FEE-HELP Loan Fee) Bill 2010 amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (the act) to implement the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before Notice No. 10 government business, Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 4) Bill 2010, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Standing Orders (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I move: That standing orders 207 and 209 be amended to read as follows: 207 Presenting a petition A petition may be presented in one of two ways:(a)The Chair of the Standing Committee on...
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) 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. I am pleased to present the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010, implementing the...
- Protection of the Sea 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.
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 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.
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment 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.
- Primary Industries (Excise) Levies 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.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 October, on motion by Ms Gillard: That the House take note of the document:
- Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010 be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (5 speeches, 2 comments)
Debate resumed from 19 October, 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 the...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Adelaide Mushrooms (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate the success of a great South Australian company, Adelaide Mushrooms, which last week opened its brand-new world-leading facility at Monarto, which is just on the other...
- Makin Electorate: King’s Kids Playgroup (1 speech)
Last Saturday I attended the 10th anniversary fete and celebrations of the King’s Kids Playgroup held at the Golden Grove Baptist Church. The playgroup was established by young parents of...
- Forrest Electorate: Medical Workforce (1 speech)
I have to ask the Labor government why it has recently taken measures that will seriously impact on the quality of health provided for my constituents in the electorate of Forrest. People in the...
- Capricornia Electorate: Daniel Johnston and Danielle Dougan (1 speech)
I wish today to offer my very hearty congratulations to two young people in Rockhampton, Daniel Johnston and Danielle Dougan, who have been awarded the Australian Vocational Student Prize. This...
- Fadden Electorate: Isaac Robb, Taylor Hayes and Max Muggeridge (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge three great junior sportspeople in the electorate of Fadden who, I am announcing today, will be receiving a $500 grant as part of the local sporting championship grants for...
- Sydney Australian-Filipino Seniors Inc. (1 speech)
Last Sunday I was fortunate to attend the 23rd anniversary celebrations for Sydney Australian-Filipino Seniors Inc., better known as SAFSI. For 23 years SAFSI has served our community, becoming...
- Dunghutti Aboriginal Leadership Management Alliance: Closing the Gap (1 speech)
I rise to commend the work being done in the Kempsey area in my electorate by the Dunghutti Aboriginal Leadership Management Alliance. The area has a relatively large Indigenous population and,...
- Plenty Valley Christian College: Make Poverty History Campaign (1 speech)
I rise to thank and congratulate the students and staff of Plenty Valley Christian College for their outstanding work on the Make Poverty History campaign. After the students learned how much...
- Mrs Rose Richards (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise in this place the very special efforts of a very special woman in my electorate of Leichhardt, Mrs Rose Richards, affectionately known as Auntie Rosie. Auntie Rosie has...
- Active After-school Communities Program (2 speeches)
I want to share with the House an email I have received from one of my small schools, Hernani Public School. It is about the Active After-school Communities program. It reads: Dear Ms Saffin, I...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hon. Kenneth Shaw ‘Ken’ Wriedt (3 speeches)
I move: That the House record its deep regret at the death on 17 October 2010, of The Honourable Kenneth Shaw Wriedt, former Senator for Tasmania and Minister for Primary Industry, Minister for...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Hon. Kenneth Shaw ‘Ken’ Wriedt; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day relating to the resumption of debate on the Prime Minister’s motion of condolence in connection with the death of the Honourable Kenneth Shaw Wriedt be...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Labor Party: Kevin Bracken (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the comment of Kevin Bracken, President of the Victorian Trades Hall Council and member of the Port Melbourne branch of the Labor Party that, in...
- Broadband (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the structural separation of Telstra a key step in delivering the National Broadband Network, and why is it important that Australian households and...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the former Prime Minister’s special deal over the Oceanic Viking require Australia to take any of the 17 passengers currently in Romania, some of...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is the National Broadband Network important for our future economy?
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her proposal for a regional processing centre in East Timor. Will the Prime Minister define which countries constitute...
- 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 the...
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her comments in the House that the government’s intention to accommodate 1,200 detainees at the Curtin detention centre...
- E-Health (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister advise the House—
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister, or any of her ministers, say to BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto or Xstrata representatives during negotiations on the minerals resource rent...
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the importance of transparent and credible fiscal policy?
- Federal Election (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. At the 2010 federal election, ALP candidates right around Australia made numerous specific promises about what the government would do in their electorates...
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Why is a price on carbon essential for our future economy and how is such reform viewed by the broader community?
- Murray-Darling Basin (23 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the government undertaken modelling on the impact on prices of proposed cuts to the water allocations in the Murray-Darling Basin?
- Water (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister explain the government’s approach to water reform and how these reforms...
- Murray-Darling Basin (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Minister, Taskers New Holland, a family machinery dealership in Deniliquin in my electorate of...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade. Minister, what role does trade play in Australia’s economic growth and how will the Doha Round assist in strengthening the Australian economy?
- Home Insulation Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what financial recourse is there for households who paid for their own roof inspections, in light of the failure of the government’s...
- Indigenous Affairs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. What progress has been made on delivering improved housing in the Northern Territory?
- Home Insulation Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the government suppressing the results of 96,000 foil and non-foil insulation safety inspections that show the extent of the risk of fire and...
- Defence Procurement (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Materiel. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the Super Hornet acquisition project and the benefits of this project to...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (6 speeches)
I have a question for the Minister representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware of the case of the Cowan Public School, in the...
- Crime (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice. Minister, what action is the government taking to combat serious and organised crime, including the scourge of drug...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (11 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 25 October 2010. The report will...
- Speaker's Panel (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 17, I lay on the table my warrant nominating the honourable members for Petrie, Reid, Capricornia, Wills and Calwell to be members of the Speaker’s panel to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 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)
- Murray-Darling Basin (30 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Murray proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Commission of Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution Program Bill 2010; Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010; Carer Recognition Bill 2010; Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010; Defence Legislation Amendment (Security of Defence Premises) Bill 2010; Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the following bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration:Commission of Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution Program Bill...
- Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) 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.
- Tradex Scheme 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.
- Civil Dispute Resolution 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.
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 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.
- Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services 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.
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (7 speeches)
Debate resumed 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 the Commonwealth of...
- Airports Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 October, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.00 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Anti-Poverty Week (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Anti-Poverty Week, an expansion of Anti-Poverty Day, which was held on October 17. Anti-Poverty Week is a nationwide campaign with the stated aims of, firstly,...
- Calwell Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
I would like to bring to the attention of the House two significant events related to mental health that recently took place in my electorate of Calwell. The events coincided with Mental Health...
- Inquiry into the Child Protection System in the Northern Territory (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Inquiry into the Child Protection System in the Northern Territory. On Monday, 18 October 2010, yet another report was released that will bring distress to all caring...
- Page Electorate (4 speeches)
I want to talk about some of the wonderful events that I have been able to attend in my electorate of Page over recent times. I attended one in September, when a palliative care volunteers...
- Swan Electorate: Langford Senior Citizens Club (1 speech)
It is a bit of deja vu for me to be following the member for Page, because I followed her maiden speech with my maiden speech. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then. It is good to...
- Greenway Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
I think we can all agree that few things are more important than the health of our family and friends. That is why I have made fighting for better healthcare for our community one of my top...
- Personal Services Income (1 speech)
I have a couple of issues I would like to raise tonight, one a familiar one and one a very much local achievement that I would like to share with the House. The first issue concerns personal...
- Gene Patents (1 speech)
I want to place on record my gratitude to those members who spoke in support of my motion relating to gene patents that was debated on Monday, 18 October: the members for Moore, Page, Moreton,...
- Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak on an issue that is of grave concern to the people of regional Australia, including the people of the electorate of Parkes, and that is the issue of local rural roads. As...
- Cunningham Electorate: Aspect South Coast School (1 speech)
On 17 September I was invited to attend a thankyou morning tea at one of my local schools at Corrimal. It was the Aspect South Coast School. They were having a morning tea to say thank you to a...
- Palm Island (1 speech)
In 2007, when Kevin Rudd led the Labor Party to power, the outgoing coalition government left them $762 million in housing funding for our first Australians. Those first Australians include the...
- Deakin Electorate: Maroondah Hospital (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House of developments at Maroondah Hospital, a large public hospital in my electorate of Deakin. As the member for Deakin since 2007 I am always out and about talking...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Main Committee: Sittings (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Yesterday the Main Committee was due to convene at four o’clock and, quite understandably, the decision was made to delay our meeting so everyone could listen to the Prime Minister and the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Murray Electorate: Murray-Darling Basin Plan (1 speech)
Since the release of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan there has been a spate of letters and articles in my local media written or submitted a small group calling themselves the Northern Victorian...
- World Teachers Day (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the many teachers in my electorate of Holt and around the country. We here know teaching is one of the most important jobs in our community and we welcome the...
- Mayo Electorate: Immigration (1 speech)
I rise today to again place on the record a matter of extreme concern for my community. The ambush announcement by the Prime Minister on Monday, that my community will have a detention centre...
- Food Labelling (1 speech)
As time ran out for the debate on the private member’s motion on food labelling I wish to continue the discussion. I was going through the New Zealand guide because it gave a very good...
- Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
In the time available to me I would like to advise the House that it is my intention to introduce on behalf of the opposition a private member’s bill called the Paid Parental Leave...
- Mr Gareth Clayton (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Gareth Clayton, a predecessor of mine as the federal member for Isaacs, who tragically passed away on 1 July in Bangkok, Thailand, following a road accident. Gareth...
- Paterson Electorate: Great Lakes (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the most environmentally pristine and valuable lake system in Australia. The lakes all reside within my electorate. They are the Great Lakes, Smiths Lake and Myall Lake,...
- Ms Jessica Sparks (1 speech)
I take the opportunity in the debate this morning to recognise an Illawarra woman, Jessica Sparks. I met Jessica not so long ago—only last year, actually. It was through her family...
- Gippsland Electorate: Farms (1 speech)
Last week I attended a forum in Bairnsdale hosted by the Victorian Farmers Federation. It was a very constructive debate attended by about 70 people. Two of the key issues were the ongoing dry...
- Makin Electorate: GM Holden (2 speeches)
Last Wednesday, 13 October, I and the member for Wakefield attended the commissioning of the new Holden Cruze production line at the GMH plant at Elizabeth. The new production line was switched...
- Tradex Scheme Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 September, on motion by Mr Garrett: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 September, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 September, on motion by Ms King: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 September, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 November, on motion by Mr Griffin: That this bill be now read a second time.
