House debates
Thursday, 24 March 2011
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011 be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (limit on business) be suspended for the sitting on Thursday, 24 March 2011. Briefly, this is the...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence be given to every member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders by suspended as would prevent the following items of private members’ business being reported from the Main Committee or called on...
- Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land and Agribusiness (0 speeches)
- Report from the Main Committee (5 speeches, 2 comments)
Debate resumed from 3 March, on motion by Mr John Cobb:(1)requires the responsible Minister to:(a)commission the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), with the assistance of ABARE, to prepare an...
- Workforce Participation of People with a Disability (0 speeches)
- Report from the Main Committee (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 February, on motion by Mrs Moylan: That this House:(1)appreciates that meaningful employment is essential to the financial security, physical and mental health and sense of...
- Climate Change and Carbon Pricing (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy presented. Question put: That the motion (Mr Stephen Jones’s) be agreed to.
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Multiculturism in Australia (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 28 February, on motion by Mr Laurie Ferguson: That this House:(1)notes the Federal Government’s formal response to the recommendations provided by the Australian...
- Loss of the Malu Sara (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy presented. Ordered that the order of the day be considered immediately.
- Community Hospitals in South Australia (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy presented. Ordered that the order of the day be considered immediately.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Swan. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Gillard government has been working since day one to build up competition in the banking system and to get a better deal for consumers. In...
- National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Swan. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I introduce a bill which delivers on our election commitment to crack down on unfair treatment of Australians with credit cards, and to...
- Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence 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 Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 addresses a matter of paramount concern to the Australian...
- Social Security Amendment (Supporting Australian Victims of Terrorism Overseas) 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. Terrorism is a crime that has a unique and dramatic impact on the lives of its victims. It is a crime directed not at individuals, but at the...
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Combet. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The government is committed to action on climate change and the need to reduce our carbon pollution. This is because the government accepts the...
- Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Combet. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. TheCarbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 contains consequential amendments and transitional provisions relating to the Carbon...
- Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Combet. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill provides for the establishment and maintenance of a robust Australian National Registry of Emissions Units to underpin implementation...
- Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Snowdon. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech, 2 comments)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011 (the bill) is part of a package of bills to improve and modernise the...
- Comsuper Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Snowdon. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The ComSuper Bill 2011 is part of a package of bills to improve and modernise the governance arrangements for the main Commonwealth civilian and...
- Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Snowdon. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 supports significant reforms to the governance of...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notices Nos 12, 13 and 14, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends various taxation laws to implement a range of improvements to Australia’s tax laws. Schedule 1 amends the list of...
- Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill, explanatory memorandum and the report of the Committee for the Review of Parliamentary Entitlements presented by Mr Gray. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Mr Speaker, the problems with the current parliamentary entitlements framework have been clearly documented. The Australian National Audit Office...
- 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
It might suit the convenience of the House for me to update members, as I said earlier today that I would, on potential sittings this evening. It might also suit the convenience of the staff of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report have been placed on the table. Report—by...
- Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Clause 4, page 2 (after line 14),...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senators Carol Brown and Cameron have been appointed members of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network.
- National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 March.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
with an addendum to the replacement explanatory memorandum, and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. In a globalised knowledge economy the skills of Australia’s workforce are...
- National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 23 March.
- 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 National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill...
- National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 23 March.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I present the explanatory memorandum and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 contains...
- National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 [2011]; National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [2011]; National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
It gives me pleasure to rise today to speak on the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 [2011] and related bills. At the outset, may I say that the coalition does not...
- 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That order of the day No. 17, private members’ business, Assisting the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2010—Second reading—Resumption of debate, be...
- National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [2011] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed.
- 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 Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed.
- 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.
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 February, on motion by Mr Bradbury: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- 2011: Recent developments in the Middle East (2 speeches)
by leave—We live in an era of globalisation, an era when what happens somewhere else in the world—not just in our own backyard—has important implications for our future. The...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Registered Clubs and Hotels (1 speech)
Registered clubs and hotels in Australia play a vital role as a link for the community. Clubs in my electorate nurture junior sport. They are a place for communities to meet and for returned...
- Chubb, Professor Ian, AC (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the contribution of Professor Ian Chubb AC to the Australian higher education community over a three-decade career. Originally trained as a neuroscientist, Professor Chubb...
- Petition: Pumicestone Passage Community Action Group (1 speech)
Today I seek to table an in-order petition from the Take Action for Pumicestone Passage community action group. The group has collected, since 1 January, a staggering 13,555 signatures,...
- Fremantle Electorate: Community Cabinet (1 speech)
I am very pleased that next week the Prime Minister and cabinet will be coming to Western Australia and that a community cabinet event will take place in my electorate of Fremantle. This will be...
- Herbert Electorate: Local Clubs (1 speech)
I rise to speak about North Queensland Community Transport in Townsville and the community of Townsville. The Townsville Online Tenders System has a fleet of 39 drivers, all volunteers, and to...
- YMCA New South Wales Youth Parliament 2011 (1 speech)
I take this opportunity today to speak about two young constituents from Throsby who have been selected to participate in the YMCA New South Wales Youth Parliament this year. Paige Mackander,...
- Bennelong Electorate: Armenian Community (1 speech)
Bennelong is fortunate to have an active Armenian community, proudly displaying their great heritage, including a mayor and a local councillor. An issue of great importance to this community is...
- Australian Industry and Defence Network ACT Young Achiever Award (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate young Canberra engineer Adrian Thearle for winning the Australian Industry and Defence Network ACT Young Achiever Award. This award recognises the outstanding...
- Tumby Bay District Financial Services Ltd (1 speech)
Today I would like to congratulate Tumby Bay District Financial Services Ltd, which will be opening a branch of the Bendigo Bank on Friday. I will be given the honour of officially opening it...
- Aboriginal Trainee Support Worker Program 2011 (1 speech)
On 10 March, along with the member for Chifley, I attended the launch in Blacktown of the Marist Youth Care’s highly successful Aboriginal Trainee Support Worker Program 2011, by the...
- Banking Sector: EFTPOS (2 speeches)
The big banks and the major retailers have decided to spin EFTPOS off into its own organisation. Many small businesses view EFTPOS services as a part of their normal banking services and have...
- Business (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
On indulgence, for the benefit of members regarding arrangements for sittings, the Senate a little while ago carried a resolution which enabled the Senate to sit until 10 pm this evening but then...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Japan Disaster (1 speech)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy of the motion presented. Ordered that the order of the day be considered immediately.
- Earthquake in New Zealand (1 speech)
Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy of the motion presented. Ordered that the order of the day be considered immediately.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to this report in the Australian Financial Review today confirming that the government has already walked away from tax cuts...
- Carbon Pricing (30 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is a carbon price a more efficient way of investing in a clean—
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform all members that we have in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Brendan Nelson. Whilst it would be setting a precedent to acknowledge him for the position in which he is acting on behalf...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency—
- Carbon Price (22 speeches)
I refer the Prime Minister to the following statement by the chairman of BlueScope Steel this week: I am critical of the selective use of Chinese data to imply that they are phasing out coal and...
- Gloucester Basin (2 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. The New South Wales state government, in a breach of at least the spirit of caretaker...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please outline for House the importance on delivering on reforms that are in the national interest?
- Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the statements from Toyota Australia that her carbon tax will potentially leave them in a corner with nowhere to go; from the...
- Prime Minister (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (37 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Warringah moving immediately:That:(1)this House calls on the Prime Minister to stop evading...
- Booking of Seats in Chamber Galleries for Question Time (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Yesterday the member for Hughes raised with me a query about the availability of gallery seating for question time. For the information of the House, I take this opportunity to remind honourable...
- 21ST Anniversary of First Election of Seven Members (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Today is the 21st anniversary of the first election of seven members to this place. They are the members for Hotham, Werriwa, Banks, Maranoa, Fairfax and Wide Bay and the great political comeback...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 34 of 2010-11 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 34 of 2010-11 entitled General practice education and training. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committe; Report No. 18 (1 speech)
I present the Selection Committee’s report No. 18 relating to the consideration of bills. The report will be printed in today’s Hansard. Copies of the report have been placed on the...
- 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...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Education and Employment Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from Mr Bandt nominating himself to be a supplementary member of the Standing Committee on Education and Employment for the purpose of the committee’s inquiry into...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
On indulgence: I wish to update members regarding the program for the rest of the sitting. The advice is not particularly good, it must be said, so if people could redouble their efforts in terms...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation (35 speeches, 2 comments)
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 the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On indulgence, for the benefit and information of members: we will conclude the MPI debate. We will then go to government business up till five o’clock, when the sitting will be suspended....
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation (4 speeches)
Consideration resumed.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senators Carol Brown and Cameron have been appointed members of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network.
- Electronic Transactions Amendment Bill 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures; No.; 1) Bill 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.
- Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Mrca Supplement) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment, appropriation message having been reported; 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.
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Dunkley Electorate: Mr Ron Sinclair (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in support of Ron Sinclair, a constituent of mine, who has had an awful ordeal dealing with a camper mobile home vehicle that he purchased. It proved not to be the vehicle...
- Lindsay Electorate: CNH Australia (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the achievements of the local operations of CNH Australia, based in St Marys in my electorate. I recently had the pleasure of attending the official opening of CNH...
- Gippsland Electorate: Petitions; Rural Financial Counselling Service (2 speeches)
I would like to present two petitions which have been found to be in order by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions. The petitions read as follows— To the Honourable...
- Gorton Young Leaders Awards (1 speech)
I want to remark upon some wonderful individuals in my electorate. I think we would all agree that it is important to encourage and support young people who demonstrate a commitment to their...
- Import Tariffs (3 speeches)
I seek leave to table this petition as a document of the House.
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Ms Betty Bollenhagen (1 speech)
I rise on a very sad occasion today to pay my respects to a very dear woman: Betty Bollenhagen from South Australia. Betty was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and also a lifelong volunteer...
- Gilmore Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
Each year it is a great privilege and honour for me to be given the opportunity to officiate at the Australia Day ceremony at Sussex Inlet. The conferring of citizenship upon people can be a...
- Fowler Electorate: Liverpool Hospital (1 speech)
Last week I had the misfortune to have to present myself to Liverpool Hospital for an examination, and regrettably I had to have a small lesion taken off my chest. After the operation I was...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I would like to raise again an issue raised by the member for Murray some time ago, which is the outbreak of blackwater events through the Murray-Darling Basin, particularly the southern sections...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
I have said many times that Geelong is on the front line of the climate change debate in this country. We are a city by the sea with an economy driven by carbon-intensive industries. This means...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 February, on motion by Mr Shorten: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Mrca Supplement) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Mr Snowdon: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 23 February, on motion by Mr Garrett: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Teach for Australia (1 speech)
I would like to make some brief remarks about Teach for Australia, which, as you may be aware, Mr Deputy Speaker Slipper, is an outstanding initiative that targets top non-teacher graduates and...
- Shortland Electorate: Fernleigh Track (1 speech)
Saturday, 12 March, marked the end of a journey, with the official opening of stages 4 and 5 of the Fernleigh Track. This is a journey that commenced in 1993 after some years of negotiation. Lake...
- Australia Post (2 speeches)
I rise today to table a petition. This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House that Australia Post have sold the Warrnambool Post Office Timor Street...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
I wish to put on the public record in this place my views on climate change and putting a price on carbon, and make further comments about the Australian Labor government’s plans to lower...
- Boothby Electorate: Crime (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a matter which is of great concern to many residents in my electorate, and that is the topic of local crime, vandalism and antisocial behaviour. Local crime and vandalism have...
- No Carbon Tax Rally (2 speeches)
Yesterday a rally was held out the front of this Parliament House and also in my home town of Adelaide. Apparently the rally in Adelaide got some 50 people along to it, as reported in...
