House debates
Thursday, 10 February 2011
- Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Gillard. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. On Tuesday I expressed the nation’s heartbreak. Today I express the nation’s resolve: to rebuild, to get back up, to rise from the...
- Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill presented by Ms Gillard. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 will introduce new tax rates for the 2011-12 financial year, which...
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill delivers on three significant government election commitments to support families and senior Australians. Work bonus for pensioners...
- Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Mrca Supplement) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Snowdon. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to present legislation that will make a number of minor changes to the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act. The changes...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2010-2011 (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. There are two additional estimates bills this year: Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2010-2011 and Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2010-11. The additional...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2010-2011 (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. Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2010-2011 provides additional funding to agencies for:expenses in relation to grants to the states under section 96 of...
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing Orders (5 speeches)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following items of private members’ business, being reported from the Main...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Public Health and Safety) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 November 2010, on motion by Mr Hartsuyker: That this bill be now read a second time. Question put.
- Third Reading (5 speeches)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (2 speeches)
I move: That in accordance with standing order 132, standing and sessional orders be suspended to enable the House to divide again on the question viz.: That the bill be now read a second time. I...
- Recommittal (0 speeches)
Question put: 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.
- 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...
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (3 speeches, 1 comment)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present the following reports: Report 418: Review of Auditor-General’s reports Nos 4 to 38 (2009-10); Report 419: Inquiry...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Egypt (3 speeches)
by leave—Over the last several weeks, we have faced a consular crisis in Egypt that has been highly complex and highly unpredictable. Our first responsibility as a government is to do...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report are being placed on the table. Report—by...
- Crimes 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.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Queensland Floods (1 speech)
We have heard many poignant addresses to the House in relation to the natural tragedies which have befallen Queensland and other parts of the country. The Sunshine Coast fared rather better than...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to recognise the outstanding work being done by schools across my electorate of Greenway, and particularly the way in which those schools have benefited from their Building...
- Regional Airlines (1 speech)
Regional Express Airlines, Australia’s largest independent regional airline, is based in Wagga Wagga in my electorate of Riverina. Following the September 2001 collapse of Ansett, regional...
- Sudan (1 speech)
I rise on behalf of the many Sudanese in my electorate to congratulate the government of Sudan, and particularly the people of southern Sudan, on the recent referendum. The results are now in and...
- Queensland Floods (1 speech)
When there is crisis and disaster it is a time for action and energy not necessarily for scepticism and scrutiny. So I do not criticise authorities unless lives are at risk and services can...
- Food for Fines (1 speech)
Today I would like to congratulate the ACT government for the Food for Fines program. Under this program the ACT government decided that, instead of charging late fines for overdue library books,...
- Turramurra Post Office (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Turramurra Post Office. In mid-December I began receiving phone calls from constituents concerned that a ‘for lease’ sign had appeared outside Turramurra...
- Youth Engagement Steering Committee (1 speech)
I was pleased today to attend the launch of the Youth Forum’s Youth Engagement Steering Committee, which is going to advise the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Mr...
- Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
Earlier today the government, along with four members of the crossbenches, voted to hide the figures in relation to the rate of failure under the Home Insulation Program, the rate of defect under...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
I am continually amazed at the hypocrisy from the other side—unbelievable hypocrisy. They are the ones that brought in the seven levies, and then they say they are great—no taxes!...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present for the information of the House a revised ministry list reflecting changes to the ministry made in January 2011. The changes reflect the appointment of Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig as...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. With the cost of living skyrocketing for Australian families and electricity prices tipped to double in just four years, why is the Prime Minister planning...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government delivering the right funding model and the right plan to help communities recover from recent natural disasters?
- Flood Levy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Yesterday in this House the Treasurer, in relation to the Queensland reconstruction, said: There is no way of funding it without a levy … I refer the...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on today’s employment numbers and the government’s plans to continue to support employment growth?
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2010-2011, introduced this morning, which revealed a further $290 million budget blow-out in costs...
- National Health and Hospitals Reform (2 speeches)
King O’Malley! My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, two key principles have driven the health and hospital reform agenda so far: the principle of equity and the desperate...
- Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. I ask the minister: will the minister update the House on the progress of reform in the...
- Flood Levy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. One of our key volunteers in the flood affected areas of the Lockyer Valley in my electorate is Gerry Keogh from the Sunshine Coast. He saw the devastation...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. What assistance is the government providing to rebuild roads, bridges, rail and other essential infrastructure following the...
- Flood Levy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a letter to me from Cheryl Schuyler from Halls Gap, who runs Grampians Gifts and Souvenirs, a business that has suffered from...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. What action has the government taken to address concerns and confusion about private flood...
- Cyclone Yasi (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain why none of the 106 school halls built through the so-called Building the Education Revolution school halls program over the...
- Queensland Floods (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion. How is the government helping the many flood victims in my electorate of Moreton to get back on their feet?
- Flood Levy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I have been contacted by a constituent concerned about the flood tax. He is a police officer under the age of 60 who is due to retire in the...
- Australian-Indonesian Education Partnership (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister inform the House as to why the Australia-Indonesia education partnership is in the national interest? How is Australia...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, Mr Will Neville, Chairman of the Mission Beach Business and Tourism group, raised concerns on ABC radio today that contracts to rebuild their...
- Schools (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. How will the My School website deliver greater transparency and information to parents?
- Queensland Floods (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to her answer to my question yesterday, where she refused to commit to funding Brisbane’s flood affected infrastructure without more...
- Climate Change (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister outline the government’s commitment—
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (21 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 27 of 2010-11 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 27 of 2010-11 entitled Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report Nos 12 and 13 (1 speech)
I present the Selection Committee’s report Nos 12 and 13 relating to the consideration of bills. The reports will be printed in today’s Hansard and the committee’s...
- MS Gillian Harman (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: Centrelink worker, Gillian Harman, spent a month volunteering in flood-hit Queensland in Dalby. She left her home in New South Wales to work there when volunteers were...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Flood Levy (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The adverse...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Calare Electorate (1 speech)
Today Senator Nash’s private senators’ bill, which sought to address the unfair changes Labor made to the independent youth allowance criteria last year, was passed through the...
- Australian Capital Territory Australians of the Year (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the exceptional achievements of the ACT Australians of the year and their work and efforts for the Canberra community. Their nominations represent their relentless...
- Australian Natural Disasters (1 speech)
Tourism is the Gold Coast’s lifeblood. The flow-through effect from tourism touches almost every other industry on the Gold Coast and, therefore, most of its workers and families. After...
- Schools (1 speech)
Today I would like to speak about the opening of a new 21st century learning space and classrooms for the year 5 and year 6 students at Old Orchard Primary School in the suburb of Blackburn...
- Health (1 speech)
The government’s health policy is in disarray. It has been big on promises but short on delivery. After making grand statements about massive reform agendas in health shortly after it was...
- International Development Assistance (2 speeches)
The 43rd parliament commenced its proceedings with a debate on our mission in Afghanistan. There was overwhelming support from the majority of speakers for our involvement in this war. Despite...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Cowper Electorate: Government Programs (1 speech)
I wish to make a statement on the consequences for my constituents of the government’s ill-advised rush to increase public spending in response to the global financial crisis. We are all...
- Greenway Electorate: Sudanese Community (1 speech)
I rise this morning to recognise the historic result in last month’s referendum in Sudan, which almost unanimously supported an independent South Sudan. After decades of social and...
- Solomon Electorate: Queensland Floods; Solomon Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise to take this opportunity to thank and praise the kindness and generosity of Northern Territorians, in particular those in my electorate of Solomon, for their efforts to rally behind the...
- McEwen Electorate: Local History (1 speech)
Many townships in my electorate of McEwen have very wonderful, deep and rich histories. The small towns of Wandong and Heathcote Junction are definitely no exception. These towns were once host...
- Dairy Industry (1 speech)
When I, my family or my community are threatened, I respond. Every member of parliament is exactly the same. They do not change. Whether it be fire, flood or pestilence, we move. If we or our...
- Franklin Electorate: Centrelink Services (1 speech)
I want to talk about some services in my electorate of Franklin today. One of the issues in the Kingborough municipality—that is the township of Kingston and Blackmans Bay, south of...
- Bennelong Electorate: Mobile Phone Towers (1 speech)
An issue of great concern affecting residents in my electorate of Bennelong is the consultation processes governing the installation of mobile phone base stations. Recently Telstra has progressed...
- Mr Cedric Andrew (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the great pleasure of joining about 200 other guests as we celebrated the 100th birthday of Mr Cedric Andrew in Mackay. Any time that you celebrate a 100th birthday it is...
- Flood Levy (1 speech)
I would like to bring the attention of the House to an issue of concern in the electorate of Gippsland in relation to a media release issued by the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport...
- Bass Electorate: Launceston Regional Tennis Centre (1 speech)
Last week I attended the opening of the Launceston Regional Tennis Centre, in my electorate of Bass, which is a fantastic redevelopment for the people of Northern Tasmania. The redevelopment...
- Stirling Electorate: Reid Highway (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about an issue that I have discussed in this place on many occasions, and that is the overpass at the intersection of Reid Highway and Mirrabooka Avenue in my electorate of...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 February, on motion by Mr Brendan O’Connor: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Corporal Richard Edward Atkinson (13 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed from 8 February, on motion by Ms Gillard: That the House record its deep sorrow at the death on 2 February 2011, of Corporal Richard Edward Atkinson while on combat operations in...
- Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith VC, MG (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 8 February 2011.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise to speak in the Main Committee today out of concern for those people in the community who have a disability or are on a pension or who are a carer for someone with a health problem or...
- Reid Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Today I acknowledge the many wonderful Australians in my electorate of Reid who received due recognition at Australia Day celebrations this year. Just as we celebrate the citizenship of people...
- Flinders Electorate: Bass Coast (1 speech)
I want to raise three issues in relation to the economic health and welfare, as well as the physical health and welfare, of the people of the Bass Coast. The first is in relation to Warley...
- Multiculturalism (1 speech)
I would like to draw the attention of the House to the debate in recent days around the issue of multiculturalism and, in particular, to articles published in the Herald Sun newspaper in which...
- Alpine Grazing (1 speech)
The beautiful alpine region in my state of Victoria is under threat from a recent decision by the new coalition state government to allow cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park. Cattle were...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise to talk about two events that have taken place in my electorate of Page over the last week. Both of them are quite dear to my heart in different ways. Firstly, at my invitation the...
- Main Committee Meeting Times (1 speech)
Before I put the question that the Main Committee do now adjourn, standing order 186 states: The Deputy Speaker must set the meeting times of the committee, notify the times to all members, and...
