House debates
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
- New Zealand Earthquake (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
In a few moments it will be one week since Christchurch was struck by this latest earthquake. As a mark of our support for, and our solidarity with, the people of New Zealand, I ask all members...
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (1 speech)
I remind the House that the address-in-reply will be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General at Government House at 5.30 pm tomorrow. Tomorrow’s sitting will be adjourned at...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer her to a visit I made today to Arthur and Rita Clark at their fruit and vegetable shop in Queanbeyan, whose $6,000 a month power bill will increase...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon a senator and two-term member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Dr Lee Hye-Hoon. On behalf of the House, I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how will a price on carbon help to create a clean energy economy, and what would be the impact of rolling back a legislated carbon price?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of an APEC delegation from New Zealand. This is the eighth delegation under APEC from New Zealand. It comprises a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (27 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer her to her statement during the election, when announcing a citizens’ assembly, that action on climate change ‘must have as its...
- 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 the Federal Republic of Germany. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her unequivocal statement on Sunday, reiterated by Labor backbenchers today: Every cent raised from pricing carbon will go to...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In light of media reports today of cross-parliament support for a national disability insurance scheme, will you outline how you intend to progress this...
- Carbon Pricing (25 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is moving to a carbon constrained economy dependent on setting a price on carbon? How can we encourage investment and business certainty through the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Why is a unified approach important to policymaking when it comes to major economic reforms? What is necessary to maintain...
- Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement on 12 August last year, just nine days before the election, when he was asked on The 7.30 Report: … are you going to...
- Prime Minister and Treasurer (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (40 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah moving immediately:(1)That this House suspend proceedings forthwith so that the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 32 of 2010-11 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 32 of 2010-11 entitled Northern Territory night patrols. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings, and I move: That the House take note of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (43 speeches)
I have received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact of the...
- Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
by leave—On 18 October last year, the Prime Minister and I announced that the government would move the majority of children and vulnerable family groups out of immigration detention...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing Orders (1 speech)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Wentworth’s private members’ business notice relating to the disallowance of the...
- Public Works Committee Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1) (0 speeches)
- Disallowance Motion (20 speeches)
I move: That the Public Works Committee Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 173, and made under the Public Works Committee Act 1969, be...
- National Broadband Network Committee (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I move:(1)That a Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) be appointed to inquire into and report on the rollout of the NBN;(2)that every six months, commencing 31 August 2011,...
- National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010; Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Access Arrangements) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 February, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time.
- National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (30 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. I would like to say that this has been an example of the parliament being accountable and of us being transparent on this...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Access Arrangements) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 February, on motion by Mr Albanese: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (12 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. I commend very much this historic next step forward in the creation of the National Broadband Network. Question agreed to. Bill...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 November, on motion by Mr Shorten: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Alliston, Mr Barry (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to one of the greats of the club movement in New South Wales, Barry Alliston, who for 10 years served as the president of my beloved North Sydney Leagues Club. Barry...
- Miskin, Dr Sarah (1 speech)
Tonight I want to recognise and celebrate the contribution to this parliament, to Australian academic life and to journalism of Sarah Miskin, a former member of the Parliamentary Library staff,...
- MediHearts Outreach Program; Flynn Electorate: Carbon Pricing (3 speeches)
I am speaking this evening to commend to the House the MediHearts Outreach Program that is being promoted by Brisbane based cardiologist Dr Rolf Gomes. The MediHearts Outreach Program aims to...
- Live Below the Line Campaign (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about a campaign that I will be taking part in. Hopefully, in the five minutes that it takes me to give this speech, I will be able to convince my parliamentary colleagues...
- Fuel Prices (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on an issue about achieving prosperity through competition, about ensuring that we have competitive enterprise in Australia. Last week I presented the Main Committee a...
- National Parks (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on what I see is a disturbing and fundamental attack on our national parks. One of the very early actions of the newly elected Liberal Victorian government was to allow...
- South Australian Floods (1 speech)
I spoke last week in this place on the flood levy. During that speech I recognised the great calamity the floods had caused in Victoria and Queensland. While I mentioned at the time some local...
- Manthey, Mr Frank (1 speech)
I meet a lot of interesting and innovative people in Ipswich and today I would like to speak about one outstanding and inspirational individual, Mr Frank Manthey. To give a bit of background, in...
- Bennelong Electorate: Supported Accommodation for People Living with a Disability (1 speech)
Given yesterday’s release of the Productivity Commission’s preliminary report into the National Disability Insurance Scheme, it is appropriate that further attention is focused on...
- Brisbane 2 Ipswich Challenge (1 speech)
As is rarely seen in these debates and in this House, I bring good news that is not of a political nature. Tonight I want to inform the House of a wonderful community event that brings together...
- Forde Electorate: Attack on Animals at Loganlea State High School (1 speech)
The Forde electorate is home to a great many state and private schools which contribute greatly to our community. As the federal member, I am concerned with the welfare of students, teachers and...
- Petition: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria (1 speech)
I present a petition relating to Australians who live with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, or PNH disease, which is a rare and potentially fatal disease of the blood. The petition read as...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (14 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Berryman, Mr John (1 speech)
It is my privilege to rise today to congratulate John Berryman, the CEO of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children at North Rocks, in my electorate of Mitchell. After 33 years of service...
- Liberal Party (1 speech)
I stand today to condemn the racism that eats at the Liberal Party and I call on the Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, to show strong leadership and to stamp it out once and for all....
- Democratic Republic of Congo (1 speech)
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the National Prayer Breakfast and took particular pleasure in listening to the guest speaker, Ms Lulu Mitshabu. Lulu is a Congolese refugee who now works...
- Food Labelling (1 speech)
The issue of food labelling in country of origin is of great importance to Australian consumers and our primary producers alike. The independent review of food labelling law and policy...
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (1 speech)
I am pleased to speak about matters particularly relating to autism spectrum disorder within our community. I know that members would be aware that the Gillard government have made a significant...
- Simpson Prize (1 speech)
The Simpson Prize is awarded each year by the History Teachers Association of Australia on behalf of the Australian government. The competition is conducted for years 9 and 10 students across the...
- McLean, Ms Coral (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the Canberra area, the Ngunawal and Ngambri people, and pay my respects to the elders past and present. On 13 February I attended a function...
- Longman Electorate: Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
On 20 August 2010, the day before the election, the Prime Minister categorically ruled out the introduction of the carbon tax. The front page of the Australian on that day quoted the Prime...
- Hasluck Electorate: Veterans Support Networks (1 speech)
I stand here today to draw attention to the good work of the veterans support networks in Hasluck. These groups play a vital role in identifying those veterans with health needs and who are...
- Lu Rees Archives (2 speeches)
I rise today to acknowledge the work being done by the Lu Rees Archives, as well as to congratulate them on their receipt last year of a community heritage grant of $8,800. The archives are...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2010-2011; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (50 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 February, on motion by Mr Gray: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Pyne moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be omitted...
