House debates
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
- Corporations and Other Legislation Amendment (Trustee Companies and Other Measures) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Trans-Tasman Proceedings Amendment and Other Measures 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 signing of the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement in 1983, and a range of other instruments, has lead to closer...
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Provisional Voting) Bill 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. I am pleased to present this bill to repeal the requirement for provisional voters to provide evidence of identity as a precondition to these...
- Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping 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. I am pleased to introduce the Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2011, which will amend certain provisions of the Customs Act 1901...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (35 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 March, on motion by Mr Shorten: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (36 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.
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (36 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 November 2010, on motion by Mr Gray: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Swan River: Mosquitoes (3 speeches)
Today I rise to talk about an issue my electorate which I am sure is being felt right across Australia due to the extensive flooding throughout Australia over the summer. Believe it or not, the...
- Royal Canberra Show (1 speech)
Last weekend I took the family to the territory’s one and only Royal Canberra Show. The show puts on display the best produce and livestock that the ACT and surrounding areas have on offer....
- Honey Bees (1 speech)
The fate of the Australian honey bee industry is in serious doubt. The honey bee industry contributes around $80 million a year directly to the Australian economy through honey and related...
- Tan, Mr Shaun (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Shaun Tan for his achievement in winning an Oscar for best animated feature with The Lost Thing. Shaun was born and raised in Fremantle, and I am...
- Tasmanian Pulp Mill (1 speech)
I rise today to express my disappointment at the Prime Minister’s evasive response last week to my question without notice about the proposed Tamar River pulp mill. My question was simple:...
- Hughes, Mrs Jan (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate a passionate, hardworking and innovative lady in my electorate of Bass, Mrs Jan Hughes. Jan has recently been announced as the Tasmanian Rural Industries Research and...
- Queensland Floods (1 speech)
Today I rise to say thank you to the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre and other associated groups for their organisation of the New Farm Recovers Festival last Sunday. At the weekend we saw an array...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
Recently I attended the official opening of BER projects at Tea Tree Gully Primary School and Ridgehaven Primary School in my electorate of Makin. At Tea Tree Gully Primary a new school gym was...
- Helensvale Golf Club (1 speech)
Recently, I met with Colin McBain from the local board of the Helensvale Golf Club. The golf club is facing a bleak future: due to waterlogging, the course has been unplayable for 373 days of the...
- Parsons, Mr John Henry (1 speech)
I take the opportunity today on behalf of myself and the member for Throsby to put on the record of the House the passing of Mr John Henry Parsons. John was a local gentleman—and I say that...
- Libya (3 speeches)
On indulgence, I seek to give the House an update on events in Libya. The Australian government is greatly concerned about the deteriorating situation in Libya. The Gaddafi regime has lost all...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to John Fragopoulos, who runs FishCo in Belconnen and who is already paying $3,000 a month for electricity to keep his small...
- 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 State of Kuwait. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm welcome to our...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to these electricity bills from Mr and Mrs Hancock, constituents of mine in Nowra, which have skyrocketed from 2009 to 2010. My...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on today’s national account numbers and what they say about the performance of our economy.
- Carbon Pricing (29 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, how many jobs will be created and how many jobs will be lost as a result of the government’s carbon tax?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. David Buffett, Chief Minister of Norfolk Island; the Hon. Craig Anderson, the Norfolk Island Minister for Finance...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Honey Bees (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The minister would be aware of the extraordinary contribution that the honey bee makes in terms...
- 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 Kingdom of Bhutan. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm welcome to our...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Why is it important that policies to tackle climate change are fiscally responsible and what threat is posed to the...
- Carbon Pricing (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (34 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah moving immediately—“That this House suspend proceedings so that the...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 105(b), I draw your attention to the fact that numerous questions in writing have been on the Notice Paper for over 60 days. I seek leave to table a report...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report No. 16 (1 speech)
I present the Selection Committee’s report No. 16 relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private Members’ business on Monday, 21 March 2011. The report...
- 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. Opposition members interjecting—...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (38 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Wide Bay proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact of a carbon tax...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- United Nations Universal Periodic Review (2 speeches)
by leave—Before I present a copy of the draft report of the working group on the Universal Periodic Review I would like to make a relatively short statement giving some context to that...
- Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Bill returned from the Senate with an amendment. Ordered that the amendment be considered immediately. Senate’s amendment— (1) Page 33 (after line 5), at the end of...
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (2 speeches)
I understand it is the wish of the House to adjourn in order that I may present the address-in-reply to her Excellency the Governor-General at Government House. I shall be glad if the members for...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Bonner Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
It is with pleasure that I rise today to acknowledge the wonderful work of the many volunteers in the bayside suburbs of my electorate of Bonner. In particular, I would like to pay tribute to...
- Lindsay Electorate: Make Poverty History Campaign; Millennium Development Goals (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the work of local residents from the Lindsay electorate involved in the Make Poverty History campaign. I had the pleasure of attending a Survive Past Five event at St Marys...
- Cowper Electorate: Camphor Laurel Trees (1 speech)
I would like to place on record the concerns of many residents in the Bellingen community regarding a Bellingen Shire Council proposal to remove three large camphor laurel trees from Church St,...
- Kingston Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Projects (1 speech)
I rise today to inform the House of some of the great Building the Education Revolution projects being completed in my electorate. I cannot talk about them all because I have over 60 schools in...
- Casey Electorate: Montrose Recreational Reserve (1 speech)
I have spoken before in this House about the wonderful community contribution of so many people in Montrose in the electorate of Casey, particularly those involved in the redevelopment of the...
- Lyne Electorate: Higher Education (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a very successful event from last weekend, when the University of Newcastle held its first graduation ceremony in Port Macquarie, on the mid-North Coast. This was the...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
On 28 February in question time Minister Combet spent some time paying out the Leader of the Opposition when he said that in November 2009 the Leader of the Opposition had said that in the...
- Isaacs Electorate: Aaron Macdonald (2 speeches)
I rise to speak about Aaron Macdonald, a remarkable 16-year-old who lives in my electorate. Aaron received a certificate of commendation from Ambulance Victoria in October of last year....
- Swan Electorate: Aircraft Noise Report (1 speech, 1 comment)
Today I rise to speak about the Labor government’s response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee inquiry report, The effectiveness of Airservices...
- Holt Electorate: Hampton Park Progress Association; Doveton Eumemmerring Neighbourhood Renewal (2 speeches)
Today I want to acknowledge the work of the Hampton Park Progress Association subcommittee of the Australia Day committee in organising the Day of Nations Australia Day celebration—the...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2010-2011; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (17 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 March, 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 with...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2010-2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 March, on motion by Mr Gray: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Ordered that this bill be reported to the House without...
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 November 2010, on motion by Ms Roxon: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Corporations and Other Legislation Amendment (Trustee Companies and Other Measures) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 February, on motion by Mr Shorten: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That orders of the day Nos 9, 11, 15 and 17, private Members’ business, be conducted in the House. Question agreed to.
