House debates
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
- Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011; Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (44 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Ms Gillard: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (1 speech)
I have ascertained that Her Excellency the Governor-General will be pleased to receive the address-in-reply at Government House at 5.30 pm on 2 March 2011. The sitting will be suspended at 5 pm...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Klugman, ‘Dick’ Richard Emanuel (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death yesterday, 21 February, of Richard Emanuel Klugman (Dick), a member of this House for the division of Prospect from 1969 to 1990. As a mark of respect to the...
- New Zealand Earthquake (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
On indulgence, as members of the House would know, I was in New Zealand last week. I describe New Zealanders as family to Australians. Today our family are suffering a very devastating blow, with...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I table for the information of the House a revised ministry list reflecting changes to the ministry made on 21 February. The changes reflect the appointment of Senator the Hon. Kate Lundy as...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian War Memorial (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, who last night rightly described the Australian War Memorial as ‘our pre-eminent temple of honour’. Given that War Memorial funding has fallen...
- Middle East (2 speeches)
My question is directed to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the evolving situation in Libya and the wider Middle East?
- Economy (16 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement on 12 December last year where he said that his banking package would ensure ‘that interest rates are lower over...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the progress of the government’s efforts to fund the reconstruction effort in Queensland and the other...
- Economy (10 speeches)
Mr Speaker—
- Alpine National Park (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. As the minister is aware, cattle have been reintroduced into Victoria’s heritage listed...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will he update the House on the impact of the recent natural disasters, on the government’s plan to finance the rebuilding of Queensland following the...
- AWU Leadership (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer stand by his effusive remarks last week about the leadership of the Australian Workers Union? Does he agree with former Prime Minister Kevin...
- Multiculturalism (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. How have the government’s statements on multiculturalism been received in the community; and why has it been important to...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. I refer the minister to revelations that up to $113 million of potential solar credits have been invalidated because they...
- Health (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House of the importance of primary care and proper funding of our health system?
- Nurses (17 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Health and Ageing. Isn’t it the case that hundreds of graduate nurses have been turned away from public hospitals over the last two months because of the...
- Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How will Australians benefit from the introduction of Medicare locals and increased investment in primary healthcare services?
- General Practice (52 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Almost 3½ years ago, the minister promised a 24-hour-a-day GP service at the Palmerston GP Super Clinic. Is the minister aware that the...
- HMAS Success (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister advise the House of the proposed response to the independent inquiry into alleged incidents of unacceptable behaviour involving...
- Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister of School Education, Early Childhood and Youth in his capacity representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations in this place....
- Paid Parental Leave (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on the implementation of Australia’s first paid...
- New Zealand Earthquake (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I would like take this opportunity to update the House on events relating to the earthquake in New Zealand. Let me inform the House on some matters that have happened...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (2 speeches)
I refer you to the ‘Agreement for a better parliament—parliamentary reform’ that I signed with the Leader of the House and the Independents on 6 September 2010, and the section...
- Economy (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (25 speeches)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for North Sydney from moving the following motion forthwith: That this House...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Immigration (17 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable member for Chifley and the honourable member for North Sydney proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works I present the first report for 2011 of the committee relating to the referrals made in October and November 2010. Ordered that...
- 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.
- National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 February, on motion by Mr Martin Ferguson: That this bill be now read a second time. Question put.
- 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011; Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (10 speeches, 2 comments)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Bonner Electorate: Queensland Floods (1 speech)
It is with pleasure that I rise today to acknowledge and thank my community of Bonner for their generosity and commitment to assisting their fellow Queenslanders. So many people from my community...
- Braddon Electorate: Employment Projects (1 speech)
On 18 January 2010 CHOOSE Employment from our local O Group were successful in their application for $909,000 as part of the Get Communities Working stream of the federal government’s Jobs...
- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (1 speech)
The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 requires an annual report to be tabled in parliament identifying any organisations or businesses that have failed to comply with the...
- Kingston Electorate: Aldinga Beach (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a particular concern that a number of constituents have raised with me—that is, now having to either get a permit or pay to drive on Aldinga Beach. Down at...
- Egypt (1 speech)
On 7 January this year I attended a very sombre church service. What should have been a time of celebration had become a time of mourning. The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney, in place of their...
- La Trobe Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
I am very pleased this afternoon to rise to make a few remarks about initiatives in my electorate of La Trobe. Education matters are very dear to me, as they are very dear to all members of this...
- Longman Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
We have heard a lot about volunteers in Queensland over the past weeks. An army of volunteers has helped the most in need during the natural disasters of this summer, and we will long remember...
- McEwen Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Whittlesea Community Connections International Volunteer Day picnic, which recognises the invaluable benefits and contributions that our...
- Queensland Floods (1 speech)
I rise to inform the parliament and all Australians of the situation as it is unfolding in the Lockyer Valley, which is in my seat of Wright, after the horrible devastation that was endured in...
- Fraser Electorate: Environment Volunteers (2 speeches)
I have often spoken about the role that volunteers and voluntary organisations play in bringing the community together, acting as a kind of social glue. People volunteer for many reasons and in...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (22 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 February, on motion by Ms Gillard: That the House:(1)acknowledges with great sadness the devastation occasioned by this summer’s natural disasters including...
- Larcombe, Sapper Jamie Ronald (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 February, on motion by Ms Gillard: That the House expresses its deep regret at the death on 19 February 2011, of Sapper Jamie Ronald Larcombe, while on combat operations in...
