House debates
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
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I advise the House that the Deputy Speaker has fixed Wednesday, 9 February, at 10.30 am, as the time for the next meeting of the Main Committee, unless an alternative day or hour is fixed.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 4) Bill 2010; Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010; HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT (PATHOLOGY REQUESTS) BILL 2010; TERRITORIES LAW REFORM BILL 2010; TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS) BILL 2010; Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010; NATIONAL MEASUREMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2010; SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS AMENDMENT (INTERSTATE FINE ENFORCEMENT) BILL 2010; Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010; TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (CONFIDENTIALITY OF TAXPAYER INFORMATION) BILL 2010; RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2010; FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PARENTING ORDERS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010; FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010; AIRPORTS AMENDMENT BILL 2010; CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (SONS OF GWALIA) BILL 2010 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Affairs (4 speeches)
by leave—I acknowledge the first Australians on whose lands we meet and whose cultures we celebrate as the oldest continuing cultures in human history. I believe that our debates are...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Electronic Transactions Amendment Bill 2011 (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 Electronic Transactions Amendment Bill 2011 will update the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 to reflect internationally recognised standards...
- Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011 (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. Introduction This government is determined to disrupt and deter people-smuggling operations. People smugglers need money to launch ventures....
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (10 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 February, on motion by Ms Gillard: That the House:(1)acknowledges with great sadness the devastation occasioned by this summer’s natural disasters including...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters; Reference (1 speech)
On indulgence, Deputy Speaker Murphy: I congratulate all those who have spoken, from both sides of the House, on their contributions to this condolence debate. I wish to associate myself with...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Sudan (1 speech)
Yesterday, official results were announced. There has been an overwhelming vote for South Sudanese independence. The global ballot saw almost 99 per cent of voters opting for secession. This is a...
- Indonesia (1 speech)
In the late 1970s I attended primary school in Banda Aceh. I was there because my father was working on an AusAID project to improve education in Indonesia. At the same time, Indonesian education...
- Queensland Floods (1 speech)
This morning my office attended a briefing by officials of Emergency Management Australia. I thank the Attorney-General and Minister for Human Services for ensuring that local members are being...
- Whittlesea Country Music Festival (1 speech)
This weekend we celebrate the exciting Whittlesea Country Music Festival. This annual celebration brings the cream of Australian country music and all things country to the historic township of...
- Broadband (1 speech)
As the member for Durack, which covers 63 per cent of Western Australia—about one-quarter of this nation—I rise to speak today about some equity for the bush. We are now listening to...
- Queensland Floods (1 speech)
I would like to commend the efforts of my constituents in Bass for their generosity in donating to the Queensland flood appeal. Many fantastic events have been organised in a short amount of...
- Dairy Industry (1 speech)
I rise today to talk on dairy pricing, and I do so with a daughter of dairy farmers from Timboon in the gallery. She was a winner of one of the Heywire competitions. I congratulate her on that....
- Skilleroos (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate a Throsby constituent from Port Kembla, Mr Guy Brooks, who has recently been selected to represent the Team Australia Skillaroos at the...
- Economy (1 speech)
The men and women of Australia’s small-business community work hard, they take risks and they create jobs right across our economy. They should not be burdened with the unnecessary cost and...
- Ms Anne Mann (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a wonderful woman in my electorate, Anne Mann of Oxley. Anne is the founder of the Young at Heart Seniors Group in Erindale. This self-funded group started eight years...
- Department of the House of Representatives (0 speeches)
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Order! It being 2 pm, in accordance with standing order 43, the time for member’s statements has concluded. I advise members of recent movements in senior staff in the Department of the...
- Christmas Island (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I rise on indulgence to acknowledge the tragic loss of lives which occurred when a vessel known as SIEV221 sunk just off Christmas Island on 15 December last year. That boat came to grief on a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister that after Cyclone Larry the government made available concessional loans of up to half a million dollars for storm affected...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Order! Before calling the member for Dunkley, I inform honourable members that we have in the gallery this afternoon this year’s participants in the Heywire Youth Issues Forum. I warmly...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. While the government is offering concessional loans to small businesses damaged by floods and the cyclone, it is offering no assistance to the thousands of...
- Flood Levy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How many Australians will have to pay the flood levy and how many Australians who would normally be responsible for paying the flood levy will not have to because...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare. Will the government review its decision to cut funding for neighbourhood model occasional care centres, leaving some...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the economic impacts of the recent natural disasters?
- Flood Levy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. A small business in my electorate, Apex Smash Repairs, was flooded up to the ceiling. It lost vital equipment. It suffered damage of $200,000 and was out of...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the fiscal impacts associated with the recent natural disasters and the government’s plan to rebuild the affected...
- Flood Levy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his recent statement in the media that through the flood tax the government is working to ‘rebuild infrastructure and homes’....
- Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister please inform the House about the Australian Defence Force response to the recent natural disasters?
- GP Superclinics (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. I refer the minister to her admission that the government chose the location of GP superclinics without analysing whether there was a...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General inform the House about the Commonwealth’s emergency response to natural disasters across Australia this summer?
- Flood Levy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On 31 March 2009, thousands of residents in my electorate of Cowper were severely impacted by a major flood event. Despite the flood being declared a natural...
- Australian Natural Disasters (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development, Local Government and the Arts. How is the government’s response to natural disasters, including in my own...
- Uranium Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy regarding his recent meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna. Did the minister reaffirm the government’s ban on sales...
- International Development Assistance (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the importance to Australia of the Australia-Indonesia education partnership and of any risks to this...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I asked question No. 45 to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy some 110 days ago. It is about fast broadband speed so I wonder whether you could seek an...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 17 to 26 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports Nos 17 to 26 of 2009-10 entitled No. 17- Assurance audit - 2009-10 Major Projects Report: Defence Materiel Organisation; No. 18- Performance...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members earlier today. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and I move: That the House...
- Election Petitions (0 speeches)
- Court of Disputed Returns (1 speech)
The Clerk: I present letters from the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar of the High Court forwarding in accordance with the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, copies of the following orders...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (16 speeches)
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 failure of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report No. 11 (1 speech)
On behalf of the Speaker I present the Selection Committee’s report No. 11 relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private Members’ business on Monday,...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [2011] (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.
- Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [2011] (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 Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010; Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Access Arrangements) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 November 2010, 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.
- Marriage; Petition: Post Shop at Darch (3 speeches)
I will take this opportunity to table two petitions regarding matters of great concern to my constituents. Firstly, I have a petition from the parish of the All Saints Catholic Church in...
- Ms Connie Nungulla McDonald (1 speech)
As I have total respect for her family and culture I only propose to mention the name of the deceased once, for the purposes of the Hansard record, in the comments that I am about to make. Connie...
- Cairns Mental Health Carers Support Hub (1 speech)
I rise tonight to express serious concerns about the future of a fabulous support organisation in my electorate and to call on the government and the relevant minister to reconsider a decision to...
- Chinese and Vietnamese New Year (1 speech)
Australia’s cultural diversity gives us the opportunity to enjoy more than one New Year celebration. Last weekend was the Chinese and Vietnamese New Year. Since almost 30 per cent of my...
- Male Parliamentarians for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls (1 speech)
I rise to note the very successful meeting that was held in Port Macquarie on 18 December of the Asia-Pacific Regional Standing Committee of Male Parliamentarians for the Elimination of Violence...
- Walk In My Shoes Challenge: Big Steps in Childcare (1 speech)
Last year I had the honour of taking part in the LHMU’s Big Steps in Childcare campaign. Big Steps in Childcare is a campaign to get reforms which provide a higher quality sector and...
- Longman Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
On 10 February a community health forum was run in my electorate of Longman. I thank the shadow minister for health and ageing, Peter Dutton; the state shadow minister for health, Mark McArdle;...
- Chisolm Electorate: Mr Norm Gibbs (2 speeches)
Often, when you read the list of honours on Australia Day you wonder how or why someone gets them. I marvel at times at people who are awarded them, especially when ex-politicians get them for...
- Indi Electorate: Australian Natural Disasters (1 speech)
As we grieve the recent flood tragedies, it is appropriate to reflect on the tragic events of 7 February 2009, when a series of bushfires swept across the state of Victoria, burning over 450,000...
- Australian Natural Disasters; Local Government (1 speech)
Travelling around the local government areas affected by floods in my electorate of Wannon—including in Northern Grampians shire, Ararat rural city, Pyrenees shire, Corangamite shire and...
- Child Care (1 speech)
I rise tonight to bring to the attention of the House my concern over the provision and sustainability of childcare services in regional Western Australia, largely as a result of changes in...
- Surf Life Saving Clubs (2 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Speaker, and I take this opportunity to wish you and all other members in this place all the best for the new year. The Australia Day awards in the East Gippsland region were a time...
- Notices (0 speeches)
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The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Higgins Electorate (1 speech)
Yesterday it was one year ago that I delivered my first speech as the federal member for Higgins in the House of Representatives. It is a true honour and privilege to serve as the local member...
- Same-Sex Relationships (1 speech)
Last year the Gillard government passed a motion calling on members of parliament to gauge the views of their local communities on the issue of same-sex marriage. Over the parliamentary break, I...
- Bonner Electorate: Solar Hot Water Rebate (1 speech)
It is with regret that I rise today to expose the government’s failures in administering the Solar Hot Water Rebate. The climate change portfolio has been plagued with implementation and...
- Corio Electorate: Blokes Day Out (1 speech)
I would like to talk today about an issue in my electorate which benefits not just Geelong but the entire Barwon region. It is a celebration of family and friends and of the ties that bind us as...
- Dairy Industry (1 speech)
The recent marketing gimmick by supermarket giant Coles has made something of a mockery of the Australian dairy industry, the supermarket’s claims at recent Senate inquiries and anything...
- Melbourne Electorate: Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
For the first time this year, many Australian parents were able to access paid parental leave. I and the Greens have welcomed this change, especially as my electorate has one of the highest...
- Cowan Electorate: Mr Maurie Ellemor (1 speech)
As members of parliament, we often hear of illnesses and medical problems that afflict our constituents. Such moments are reminders to us that there are many people in Australia who, through no...
- Shortland Electorate: Awards (1 speech)
On 28 January, the recipients of the 2010 Shortland awards were presented with their awards. This year it was a little different because we also gave awards to three groups. The first is the...
- Australian Natural Disasters; ABC Local Radio (1 speech)
Since parliament has resumed, we have seen an outpouring of emotion over the disasters of this summer, with many members relating heart-rending accounts of what they and members of their...
- Australian Capital Territory: Hospitals (2 speeches)
On 21 December last year, my three-year-old son became ill. After a fall, he began vomiting, and it soon became serious enough that my wife took him to the emergency room. He stayed in hospital...
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 25 November 2010, 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...
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [2011] (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 November 2010.
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to introduce the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and Other Measures)...
- Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [2011] (0 speeches)
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Debate resumed from 22 November 2010.
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Aviation security The Gillard government is committed to a strong and effective aviation...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [2011] (0 speeches)
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Debate resumed from 22 November 2010.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill strengthens law enforcement agencies’ powers to gather, examine and use...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That further proceedings on orders of the day Nos 4 and 7, private members’ business, be conducted in the House. Question agreed to.
