House debates
Thursday, 28 October 2010
- Committees (0 speeches)
- International Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment 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 has two purposes: one, to amend the International Monetary Agreements Act 1947 to authorise the subscription by Australia to additional...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent orders of the day Nos 6, 8, 3, 1 and 5, private Members’ business, being called on...
- Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 October, on motion by Mr Wilkie: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill 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.
- Commission of Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution Program Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 October, on motion by Mr Pyne: That this bill be now read a second time. Question negatived.
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Youth Allowance (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 18 October, on motion by Ms Marino: That this House:(1)requires the Government:(a)urgently to introduce legislation to reinstate the former workplace participation criteria...
- Australia’s Future Tax System Review (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 18 October, on motion by Mr Hockey: That this House:(1)notes that:(a)Australia’s Future Tax System Review (the ‘Henry Review’) made a large number of...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 18 October, on motion by Mr Morrison: That this House:(1)notes that:(a)the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugees Convention) states that ‘contracting...
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Proposal (1 speech)
On behalf of the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the House approves the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 September, on motion by Mr McClelland: 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 September, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 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...
- Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
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.
- Australian Civilian Corps 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.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Connecting People with Jobs) 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.
- Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008 [2010]; Poker Machine (Reduced Losses — Interim Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Reference to Committee (1 speech)
Mr Speaker has received the following message from the Senate: The following resolution has been agreed to by the Senate: That the Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Ryan Electorate: CSIRO Land (1 speech)
I wish to speak about the recent announcement of the federal government’s sale of the CSIRO land at Long Pocket. This comes as a massive blow to the residents and community groups in Ryan...
- Home and Community Care Services (1 speech)
Today, I warmly welcome the massive $51 million boost in funding for home and community care services in Queensland announced by the federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler,...
- Dawson Electorate: Election Campaign (1 speech)
I want to thank various people who assisted the Liberal National Party with its fantastic win in Dawson. To the campaign office team, in particular Dennis O’Riely, Shelley Argent, Dawn...
- Sudan (1 speech)
My friend Abdelhadi Matar, the founder of the Darfur-Australia Network, has condemned the appointment of the Sudanese ambassador to Australia. He pointed out, and I agree, that the scale of...
- Association of Independent Retirees (1 speech)
In light of it being Seniors Week next week, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge an important organisation which I have had the opportunity to meet with on a number of occasions....
- OzHarvest Canberra (1 speech)
I draw the House’s attention to the work being done by OzHarvest Canberra, which is managed and supported by Communities@Work. OzHarvest Canberra is a not-for-profit organisation that...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
Billions of dollars have been wasted on the Building the Education Revolution program under this Labor government. Now another issue highlights their incompetence. Schools and school communities...
- Bass Electorate: Junior Sports (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate all those volunteers in the electorate of Bass who are supporting junior sport. It has been a fantastic effort and the BER money in Bass has made a major contribution to...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has no doubt been a little bit hopeful that a lack of appearances by members on the floor this week might indicate...
- Robertson Electorate: Mangrove Mountain Country Fair (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Mangrove Mountain community and its community leaders, who pulled together to celebrate life on the mountain at the annual Mangrove Mountain Country Fair on Saturday,...
- Youth Allowance (2 speeches)
I welcome the parliament’s support this morning for my motion on youth allowance, which aims to put fairness back into the criteria for independent youth allowance. The parliament has now...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Since Labor came to office, electricity prices are up by 42 per cent, gas prices are up by 27 per cent, water prices are up by 46 per cent, health costs are...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to reported analysis by Grant King, the head of Origin Energy, that putting a price on carbon will triple electricity bills by...
- Infrastructure (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the contents of the Access Economics Investment Monitor and the importance of ongoing investment in infrastructure?
- Electricity Prices (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the following statement regarding the impact of a carbon price on electricity prices over and above any other electricity price...
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister update the House on the force protection measures being implemented for our troops in Afghanistan?
- Emissions Trading Scheme (19 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given her previous answer that a carbon price is necessary for reform, why then did she pressure the former Prime Minister into dropping the emissions...
- Climate Change (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister outline the benefits of a market mechanism for pricing carbon over other mechanisms? Why is consistent...
- 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 Argentina led by Senator Sonia Escudero. I take this opportunity to offer...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Electricity Prices (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the following statement by Professor Garnaut regarding the impact of the carbon price on electricity prices: A major part, if...
- Parliamentary Practice (4 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the House. How have the new parliamentary procedures been put into practice? How, Minister, have these reforms been received and what is the government’s...
- Interest Rates (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the reported statement yesterday by the National Australia Bank CEO, Cameron Clyne, that the country’s major banks will not be...
- Moreton Bay Rail Link (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Can the minister advise the House how work is progressing on the Moreton Bay rail link—
- Price Signalling (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the statement this morning by the member for Deakin, who said, ‘What it really comes down to is getting more banks into...
- Infrastructure (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister advise the House on why the Epping to Parramatta rail link is important and how it has been received?
- Economy (3 speeches)
I have a question without notice to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Is the minister aware of the study from the Australian Food and Grocery Council...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Taxation (3 speeches)
I refer you, Mr Speaker, to order of the day No. 1 today, which was my private member’s motion in relation to Australia’s Future Tax System Review. I refer you to an interview on the...
- Morcombe Foundation (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On behalf of Bruce and Denise Morcombe and the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, I would like to thank the Prime Minister, you, Mr Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition, the Deputy Prime Minister, the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (19 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the Selection Committee’s report No. 5 relating to the consideration of bills. The report will be printed in today’s Hansard. Copies of the report have been placed on the...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 13 and 14 of 2010-11 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 13 of 2010-11 entitled Performance audit-implementation and administration of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s safety management...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. I move: That the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (21 speeches)
I have 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 government’s...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I apologise to the Minister for Trade. I should have given him the opportunity to make his personal explanation.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being almost 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Barker Electorate: Keith Hospital (1 speech)
I continue to raise an issue which is red-hot in my electorate of Barker. It relates to the area I come from, Keith, and it is the issue of the Keith hospital. If nothing is done about the Labor...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (17 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Calwell Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I would like to talk about unemployment and some very worthwhile initiatives being undertaken to combat unemployment, youth unemployment in particular, in my electorate of Calwell. Calwell, as...
- Daniel Morcombe Foundation (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an issue that is dear to all our hearts and that is the protection and safety of our children. 29 October—tomorrow—is a significant and pertinent day for this...
- Newcastle Electorate: Youth Achievements (1 speech)
I acknowledge the member for Fisher’s comments. It is a day for Daniel and for children everywhere in Australia, and I applaud the courage of his parents. I rise also to acknowledge the...
- Bennelong Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
Over the past few years my electorate of Bennelong has been detrimentally impacted by social housing and other federal policies, leading to overdevelopment without proper approval processes and...
- Health (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about the importance of health reform to members in this place and the other place. We know that prior to this parliament being dissolved in July of this year that the Rudd...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Aston Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Yesterday a public transport forum was held at the City of Knox in Wantirna South in my electorate. Unfortunately I was unable to attend that forum because of parliamentary sittings. One of the...
- Griffith Electorate: Day for Daniel (1 speech)
Tomorrow, 29 October, is the Day for Daniel, which remembers Daniel Morcombe. Daniel, as anyone familiar with these tragic events would know, was a wonderful teenager full of life who went...
- Cowper Electorate: Riverside Drive Upgrade (1 speech)
I rise to draw the attention of the parliament to a vital road project in my electorate which urgently requires funding assistance. The project is the upgrade of Riverside Drive in Nambucca...
- Cunningham Electorate: Big Heart Enterprise (1 speech)
I want to report to the House a visit that I made to an excellent new initiative in my electorate. It was very sad for the whole community when Pacific Brands announced that they were closing...
- Solomon Electorate: Housing (3 speeches)
I rise today to discuss the future of the suburb of Eaton in Darwin—or, as locals call it, RAAF Base Winnellie. Darwin, and indeed the Northern Territory, is currently experiencing the...
- Bass Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
Three local health and hospital networks are the only acceptable model for service delivery in Tasmania. I spoke on the National Health and Hospitals Network Bill earlier this week in the...
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (2 speeches)
I would like to bring to the attention of the House that this week the Australian parliament plays host to 15 members of the Australian Defence Force participating in the second part of this...
- Wills Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Coburg, which is situated in the heart of the Wills electorate, needs a year 7 to year 12 open entry government high school. During the 1990s, the City of Moreland had a large number of schools...
- McPherson Electorate: Palm Beach Post Office (1 speech)
I have been advised that Australia Post intends to close the Palm Beach Post Office as soon as 26 November this year. This will be a great loss to the residents and businesses of Palm Beach. My...
- Millennium Development Goals: Child Mortality (2 speeches)
I rise to share with the House a birthday party that I attended on 1 August. It was at the Lakes Baptist Church in Gorokan, and it was a Survive Past Five birthday party. The whole of the church...
- Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 September, on motion by Mr Rudd: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Connecting People with Jobs) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed from 21 October, on motion by Ms Kate Ellis: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 October, on motion by Mr Stephen Smith: That the House take note of the document.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Alcohol (1 speech)
I rise to raise my concerns with the excessive consumption of alcohol and the harm that is being caused in our homes and on our streets. According to the Department of Health and Ageing’s...
- Chisholm Electorate: Sustainable Living Fabrics (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a fantastic company within my electorate, Sustainable Living Fabrics, which is based in Oakleigh. Sustainable Living Fabrics manufactures furnishing fabrics for...
- Flinders Electorate: Westernport (1 speech)
I want to set out today a plan for the protection of Westernport. I grew up in a household for which Westernport was central. My father, Alan Hunt, was a planning minister during the course of...
- Safe Work ACT Awards (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the winners of the Safe Work ACT Awards recently announced in Canberra. Work safety is vital for the health, wellbeing and peace of mind of Canberra’s workers and...
- Day for Daniel (1 speech)
Before I call the honourable member for Higgins, who is looking resplendent in red, I would like to celebrate Day for Daniel and the importance of child safety. I would also like to thank the...
- Gillard Government (3 speeches)
The Gillard government made a great virtue of its commitment to transparency and a commitment to consultation before the last federal election. It was these commitments that were supposed to set...
- Asylum Seekers (3 speeches)
We just had in the House the faux concern for the Afghan asylum seekers expressed by the member for Cook and the opposition. I never thought I would see the day that I would have to rise, using...
