House debates
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 4) Legislation (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence. Yesterday in the House I said the following: Even today I was given information that suggests that, on average, if you took all bank fees paid in Australia and averaged...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply; Afghanistan; Reference (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That:(1)the resumption of debate on the Address in Reply be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration.(2)unless otherwise ordered, at the interruption of the...
- Afghanistan (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (16 speeches)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy presented. Ordered that the order of the day be considered immediately.
- Forgotten Australians (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: on this day a year ago, almost a thousand people from across the country gathered here at Parliament House to witness the official apology to the forgotten Australians...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Gillard Government (28 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her statement last June that the government had lost its way. Given that over the past fortnight her East Timor solution has...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is it important to take action on climate change, and what is the government doing to move to a low-carbon economy?
- Interest Rates (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that a family with a $300,000 mortgage is now paying over $21,000 a year in interest, including the fact that their interest bill went up...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a delegation from Indonesia. On behalf of the House I extend a very warm welcome to the members.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Electricity Sector (2 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister outline how a carbon price can transform Australia’s electricity sector?
- Electricity Prices (9 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her claim that a new carbon tax would not force up electricity prices. I remind her that the Independent Pricing and...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is it important for Australia to introduce the most economically efficient way to tackle climate change and how is the government planning to achieve this?...
- Broadband (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister thinks that the cost-effectiveness of carbon prices, carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes is important enough to warrant proper...
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister outline recent analysis of the drivers of increased electricity prices? Will the minister report on how...
- Broadband (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, at a time when struggling Australian families are scrutinising every dollar that they spend on bills, food, mortgages and rent, why is the...
- Energy Sector (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Minister for Tourism. Will the minister inform the House about the importance of policy certainty to deliver investment in the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Gail Gago MLC, the South Australian Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The OECD criticised the government’s National Broadband Network because it locks Australia into a single fixed line broadband technology provider...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery Andrew Murray, a former senator of the other place, who is here for an important anniversary, as was mentioned earlier in question time, and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. How is the government helping to build consensus on the need to take action on climate change and introduce a carbon price?
- Petrol Sniffing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Health. In March this year, the federal government announced a $2.3 million program to roll out Opal fuel into the Northern Goldfields of Western...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House what the government is doing to assist developing countries to tackle climate change and what key emerging...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to a Pakistani immigration official’s assessment of Australian migration policy, and I quote: It [people-smuggling] is increasing and the...
- Climate Change (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister outline the threat to the Great Barrier Reef from climate change and provide...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and Hansard. I move: That the House...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Cyber-Safety Committee; Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That:(1)paragraph (2) of the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety be amended to read:That the committee consist of 11 members, 4 Members...
- Parliamentary Library Committee; Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That:(1)paragraph (6) of the resolution of appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library be amended to read:That the committee shall elect 2 of...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (12 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 failure of the...
- International Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the International Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Weekly Payments) Bill 2010; National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010; Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010; Social Security Legislation Amendment (Connecting People with Jobs) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Messages received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Fee-Help Loan Fee) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately.
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 November, on motion by Mr Garrett: 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Regional Australia Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip nominating changes in the membership of the Standing Committee on Regional Australia.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (33 speeches)
We have a series of amendments here of which notice has been given. I will be seeking leave in a moment to move the amendments in groups. For the ease of honourable members, in the amendment they...
- Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 November, on motion by Mr Crean: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (4 speeches)
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.
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (25 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed from 20 October, on motion by Mr Gray: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (10 speeches)
Consideration 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.
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Stirling Electorate: Osborne Park RSL (1 speech)
I rise to talk about a very important community organisation in my electorate and that is the Osborne Park RSL. The sub-branch has been located in my electorate for many years and is now enjoying...
- Afghanistan; Ms Kath Byer (1 speech)
During the discussion of Afghanistan in the parliament I ran out of time to mention a phenomenal woman in my electorate, Dr Nouria Salehi. Nouria has been a resident of Australia since 1981 and...
- Paterson Electorate: Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the issue of the introduction of Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas in my electorate of Paterson. I will start by making it clear that I support better fishery management. I...
- McEwen Electorate: Upper Goulburn Community Radio (1 speech)
There is no doubt in my mind that volunteers of community groups are the backbone of our communities. They contribute so greatly. It is hard to quantify their benefit to local areas. I strongly...
- Mr Rod Irwin (1 speech)
In 2004, with the assistance and cooperation of like-minded members and senators, the Parkinson’s Parliamentary Support Group was formed. A key proponent of its establishment was one of my...
- Beverley Bernadette Cresswell (1 speech)
On Wednesday, 27 October 2010 a funeral service was conducted at St Paul the Apostle South Church in Endeavour Hills. The church was overflowing with mourners, with many hundreds of people...
- Cowper Electorate: Senior Citizens; Cowper Electorate: Village of Wooli (1 speech)
I raise three issues in the House this evening. The first relates to the need for a seniors citizens’ centre in South West Rocks. The South West Rocks Seniors’ Association is one of...
- Braddon Electorate: Active After-School Communities (1 speech)
I want to talk about the Active After-school Communities program, which, fortunately, has had its funding extended by the minister—and I thank the minister very much. Like my colleague the...
- Telecommunication Scams (1 speech)
It is my melancholy duty to again raise before this parliament the outrageous telco scam that is afflicting thousands of Australian small businesses in particular as well as community...
- Chifley Electorate: Ms Alicia Martin (1 speech, 1 comment)
One of the great honours one experiences as a new MP is the opportunity to see firsthand the work of people within the community who selflessly serve others. The other honour as an MP is to be in...
- Ryan Electorate: Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I rise tonight to recognise the significant date that passed last Thursday on Australia’s calendar. Remembrance Day is a day that should never be forgotten. The legacy of those who have...
- Foreign Farm Acquisitions (1 speech)
I rise to give voice to many Hindmarsh constituents and of course South Australians more generally who have expressed their interest in reports of foreign acquisitions of agricultural land in...
- Stradbroke Island Sandmining (2 speeches)
In a pre-election preference deal Premier Anna Bligh elected to wipe out sandmining on Stradbroke Island by 2027 and with it liquid-papering away 250 mining jobs and another 350 indirect jobs....
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Aston Electorate: Remembrance Day Commemorations (1 speech)
Last week I had the opportunity to attend several Remembrance Day services, where we paid our respects to those brave men and women who have died in the service of our country. The first such...
- Fowler Electorate: Rotary Club of Liverpool Greenway (1 speech)
I recently had the good fortune to attend the Rotary Club of Liverpool Greenway’s 20th annual charity ball, which was held at Roma Function Centre in Liverpool. Nearly 400 people turned up...
- Farrer Electorate: Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
On 28 October I advised parliament of the growing confusion surrounding the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s consultation process into the draft guide for its Basin Plan. At the time I...
- Iraq (2 speeches)
It is my honour, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you very much. I rise today to condemn in the strongest possible terms recent acts of violence in Iraq against Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs and...
- Senior Sergeant Corey Allen (1 speech)
I wish to place on record my congratulations to Senior Sergeant Corey Allen, who has recently been nominated as a Queensland finalist for the Australian of the Year awards in the category...
- Throsby Electorate: Job Creation (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Gillard Labor government’s priorities in job creation, education and skills and the importance to my electorate of Throsby. Those priorities have seen over 600,000...
- Green Loans (1 speech)
Sitting with me in my electorate office was a constituent at a loss financially. He was frustrated, exasperated and totally fed up. This is the human face reflecting the Labor Party’s...
- Education (1 speech)
Higher education is integral to achieving the federal Labor government’s vision of a stronger and fairer Australia. It drives economic development, productivity and high-skilled jobs. In...
- Wright Electorate: Food Security (1 speech)
According to the 2010 Intergenerational Report, Australia will have a population of 35 million by 2050, with over six million of these people living in South-East Queensland. In my electorate of...
- Robertson Electorate: Brisbane Water Oyster Festival (2 speeches)
I rise today to congratulate the organisers and participants of the Brisbane Water Oyster Festival, which I attended at Ettalong Beach last weekend. It was the 10th time the festival has been...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (4 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion byMr Stephen Smith: That the House take note of the document.
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (21 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 November, 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...
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That further proceedings on the orders of the day for the resumption of debate on the following motions be conducted in the House:Take note of the document (presented on 19 October 2010),...
