House debates

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Navigation Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
  • Navigation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Shipping carries 99 per cent of Australia's trade by volume and Australia's shipping task makes up 10 per cent of the entire world's seaborne...
  • Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oil Transfers) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
  • Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oil Transfers) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Australian transport relies almost entirely on oil products. A significant amount of Australia's oil is imported as crude oil for refining at one...
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to establish a national offshore regulator of safety, integrity and...
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr M Ferguson. Bill read a first time.
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Act 2006, the Registration Fees Act, as it will be known....
  • Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr M Ferguson. Bill read a first time.
  • Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    (): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is to make consequential amendments to the Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Act 2006. The amendments are a result of the Offshore...
  • Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr M Ferguson. Bill read a first time.
  • Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill excludes application of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 and the...
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr M Ferguson. Bill read a first time.
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill will ensure that the Australian community does not bear the cost of regulating offshore investor activities, while reducing unnecessary...
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Hunt, Hon. Ralph James Dunnet, AO; Report from Main Committee (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.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2011; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
    Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
  • Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2011; 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. 3) Bill 2011; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
    Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 3) Bill 2011; 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 (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2011; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
    Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
  • Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2011; 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.
  • Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
    Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
  • Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011; 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.
  • Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011; Second Reading (14 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011; 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.
  • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011; Second Reading (18 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Statements by Members (0 speeches)
  • Forde Electorate: Alice Dobson and Anthony Young (1 speech)
    The Forde electorate is home to a great many exceptional and innovative people whom I am privileged to represent in this House. Recently there have been two community members who deserve a...
  • Rush, Mr Scott (1 speech)
    I record my tremendous relief and gladness concerning the decision of the Indonesian Supreme Court two weeks ago to overturn Scott Rush's death sentence. I am sure Scott's remorse regarding his...
  • Kidney Health Week (1 speech)
    This week marks Kidney Health Week, which is an incredibly important week in our diaries. Kidney Health Australia's campaign has been designed to be cheeky, they say, to get more exposure. The...
  • Fatality Free Friday (1 speech)
    Russell White is the founder of Fatality Free Friday and lives in the mighty electorate of Fadden. This Friday is Fatality Free Friday and the Fatality Free Friday Road Safety Foundation is a...
  • Healthy Holroyd Program (1 speech)
    Today I want the mention the very exciting Healthy Communities Initiative program that is coming Holroyd City Council in my electorate of Greenway to deliver new healthy eating, exercise and...
  • Committee for Gippsland (1 speech)
    I rise to congratulate Gippsland business owners and community leaders on the formation of the Committee for Gippsland. The new committee was officially launched by the Deputy Premier, Peter...
  • Franklin House (1 speech)
    Franklin House is a magnificent National Trust property located in my electorate of Bass, which is lovingly preserved by a committed and passionate group of volunteers. The National Trust of...
  • Mining (5 speeches)
    I rise to congratulate WA Premier, Colin Barnett, on his defence of the WA government's sovereign right to scrap royalty rate exemptions.
  • Tobacco Products (1 speech)
    Although there is not that much love shared across the chamber, I managed to discover a love letter from the Liberal Party to the Australian Tobacco Lobby. It says: 'Dear big tobacco, how burning...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
    On 11 May I brought to the attention of this House the urgent matter of unpaid accounts to 56 BER subcontractors amounting to some $600,000 for work done at Pacific Palms, Bungwahl and Coopernook...
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Wood, Sergeant Brett, MG; Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the resumption of the debate on the Prime Minister's motion of condolence in connection with the death of Sergeant Brett Wood MG be referred to the Main Committee....
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Cost of Living (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to a report from the Queensland Council of Social Service which has just been released which shows that Brisbane residents were paying 23...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from New Zealand. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm welcome to our visitors....
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Fiscal Policy (6 speeches)
    My question is also to the Treasurer. Why is investing in jobs and running fiscal policy appropriate for the ramp-up in mining investment important? What lessons has the government learnt from...
  • Mining (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to this statement made in the Western Australian parliament yesterday: No other parliament has the right to interfere with the raising or...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    Order! I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Klaus Welle, Secretary-General of the European Parliament. On behalf of the House, I extend to him a very warm...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how is the government driving reform and investing in services through the budget to help keep our economy strong?
  • GST and Mining Royalties (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the Commonwealth's assurance to Western Australia that it would direct the Grants Commission not to reduce Western Australia's GST by...
  • Lyne Electorate: Regional Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and relates to the feasibility study to lift education access and participation rates on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, funded by you in the previous...
  • Welfare Reform (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How is the government reforming welfare to boost participation and get more people into jobs?
  • Road Infrastructure (6 speeches)
    I address my question to the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer. Is the government considering changes to the two-week-old budget to restore funding to the M2-F3 design works in this financial year?
  • Budget (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services and the Minister for Social Inclusion. How is the government assisting Australians back into the workforce through new employment and...
  • Carbon Pricing (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the comments of the President of the Municipal Association of Victoria, Mr Bill McArthur, who said, If the carbon price is set at $25 per...
  • Tobacco Products (7 speeches)
    Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Minister, what is the government's approach to tobacco political donations and plain-packaging reforms? And...
  • Budget (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Treasurer to Aarons Linen Service, a business in my electorate which currently employs 200 people. They have estimated that their costs will...
  • Tobacco Products (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing. As the minister responsible for medical research, why is evidence based policy-making important, and is the minister aware of any...
  • Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
    I refer my question without notice to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to comments of Chris Hind, the chief operating officer at regional airline Rex: 'The timing of the carbon tax could not...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. For the benefit of those members who were not present at the Climate Commission Forum yesterday, will the Prime Minister update the House on what the latest...
  • Budget (11 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, my question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer advise the House what the budget forecast for the percentage change in the terms of trade in 2010-11 and 2011-12 is?
  • Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Climate Change— Opposition members interjecting—
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (6 speeches)
    I seek to make a personal explanation.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (4 speeches)
    I inform the House that I have received a copy of a resolution passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory on 4 May 2011 relating to the proposed carbon emissions taxes. Copies...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the Selection Committee's report No. 21 relating to the consideration of private members' business on Monday, 30 May 2011. The report will be printed in today's Hansard, and the...
• Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
  • Report No. 43 of 2010-11 (1 speech)
    I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 43 of 2010-2011 entitled Performance audit:Australian Federal Police Protection Services. Ordered that the report be made a...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (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.
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Cost of Living (28 speeches)
    I have received a letter from the Hon. the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Montara Commission of Inquiry (6 speeches)
    by leave—Today I present the government's response to the report of the Montara Commission of Inquiry and the Productivity Commission's review of the regulatory burden on the upstream...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    I have received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip that he has nominated himself to be a member of the Selection Committee in place of Ms Marino.
  • Electoral Matters Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating a member to be a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters for the purposes of the committee's inquiry into the...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    Before the debate is resumed on this bill, I remind the House that it has been agreed that a general debate be allowed covering this bill, the Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Mallee Electorate: Australian Natural Disasters (1 speech)
    I report to the House the impacts of the unprecedented floods in north-west Victoria which occurred in January and February this year and which continue to take a massive toll. It was quite a...
  • Visit of President of Cyprus (1 speech)
    I rise today to acknowledge the state visit by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, His Excellency Mr Demetris Christofias, to Australia. He arrived today for a five-day official visit. This...
  • Manufacturing (1 speech)
    We are halfway through National Manufacturing Week and, sadly, the woeful and weak Gillard government still cannot even summon so much as a half-hearted interest in the sector's future. Nearly...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    At a community forum in Perth the Leader of the Opposition evidently put forward the completely discredited proposition that the science that describes the processes driving climate change 'was...
  • Australian Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Service Men and Women (1 speech)
    I was a scientist in a past life and I am sceptical on the science. However, my speech is about something else. In my time as a member I have been in regular contact with members of the...
  • Banking (1 speech)
    I very much enjoy the opportunity to contribute to adjournment debates and as much enjoy listening to them. I have been enlightened today by the member for Indi, who suddenly discovered...
  • Gilmore Electorate: Tourism (3 speeches)
    The tourism industry plays a significant role in the economy of the Shoalhaven. But it is a very competitive industry and tourism operators are perpetually challenged in attracting and keeping...
  • Banks Electorate: Salvation Army (1 speech)
    Last Thursday, 19 May 2011, I hosted the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon. Jenny Macklin MP, during her visit to my seat of Banks. The purpose of...
  • Bradfield Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about the matter of the missing link between the F3 freeway and the M2 motorway in north-western Sydney. There was a very disappointing announcement tucked in the back pages of...
  • Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
    According to the animal protection organisation Animals Australia, over the last three decades Australia's live export industry has sent over 150 million animals to the Middle East, of which an...
  • Middle East (1 speech)
    Yesterday we saw a reaffirmation of the longstanding strong relationship between Israel and the United States with the visit of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to Washington DC...
  • Science Policy (2 speeches)
    My electorate of Melbourne has one of the highest densities of scientific research facilities in the country, from biomedical to energy and everything else in between. Science, technology and...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • (4 speeches)
    to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to child care services, and for related purposes.
• Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
  • Child Care (1 speech)
    I rise to highlight this government's failure to deliver on its rhetoric in relation to providing affordable child care to all Australian families. This government is good at making big...
  • Fremantle Electorate: Carinya of Bicton Aged-Care Centre (1 speech)
    I want to cover briefly the circumstances at the Carinya of Bicton aged-care centre in my electorate of Fremantle. The centre has been dealing with an industrial dispute since early last year...
  • Varuna, the Writers House (1 speech)
    Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of joining members of the Katoomba community in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Varuna, the Writers House. Varuna provides writers with a quiet...
  • Pay Equity (1 speech)
    The campaign of community sector workers for equal pay is close to my heart. Led by the Australian Services Union, these workers recently won an important victory before Fair Work Australia....
  • Higgins Electorate (1 speech)
    When I was first elected to parliament in December 2009, I committed to being an advocate for the people of Higgins on local issues as well as national ones. I came to this place with a...
  • O'Connor Electorate: Albany Community Care Respite Centre (1 speech)
    I would like to take this opportunity to welcome a major funding contribution in my electorate of O'Connor. The Albany Community Care Respite Centre has been allocated $1.1 million in funds over...
  • Australian Tamil Community (1 speech)
    I rise to draw the attention of the House to issues brought to me by members of the Australian Tamil community in my electorate of Tangney. The United Nations has released the report of the...
  • Corio Electorate: Climate Change (1 speech)
    This week the Climate Commission released a report telling us of the urgent need to act on climate change. The commission says we have 10 years in which to start lowering carbon pollution if we...
  • Gilmore Electorate: Sanctuary Point (1 speech)
    I am sure that every member of parliament has heard the comment, 'The government ought to do this and the government ought to do that; otherwise someone else will do it.' There is a village in my...
  • Lindsay Electorate: Nepean Youth Accommodation Service (2 speeches)
    I rise to acknowledge the efforts of a number of residents in the Lindsay electorate. Last week I joined with local business and community leaders at the Lakeside Restaurant at the Penrith Lakes...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012; Second Reading (54 speeches)
    Order! Before the debate is resumed on this bill, I remind the Committee that, pursuant to the resolution agreed to by the House on 10 May 2011, this order of the day will be debated concurrently...
• Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
  • Broadband (Question No. 111) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 25 November 2010. In respect of the statement by the Minister: 'Let me be really...
  • Superclinics (Question No. 193) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 10 February 2011: For the eight operational GP Super Clinics, collectively, how many (a) services have been provided, (b) services have...
  • Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (Question No. 198) (2 speeches)
    asked the Prime Minister, in writing, on 21 February 2011: (1) Is the Government planning to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of the accession to the Throne of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in...
  • Health and Hospitals Fund (Question No. 215) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 1 March 2011: In respect of Round Three (Regional Priority Round) of the Health and Hospitals Fund: (1) What total sum of funding is...
  • Asian Honeybees (Question No. 229) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, in writing, on 2 March 2011: What financial assistance is the Government providing to the honeybee industry...
  • Hunter Urban Division of General Practice (Question No. 233) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 3 March 2011: (1) What total sum of funding was provided to the Hunter Urban Division of General Practice (GP Access) in (a) 2007-08, (b)...
  • Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question No. 242, 269 and 276) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel and the Minister for Defence Materiel, in writing, on 3 March 2011: (1) How many personal staff are employed by the...
  • Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question No. 245) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 3 March 2011: (1) How many personal staff are employed by the Minister. (2) What is the (a) total cost, and (b) breakdown of costs, of all...
  • Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question No. 250) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, in writing, on 3 March 2011: (1) How many personal staff are employed by the Minister. (2) What is the...
  • Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question No. 252) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, in writing, on 3 March 2011: How many personal staff are employed by the Minister. What is the (a) total...
  • Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question No. 267) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Small Business, in writing, on 3 March 2011: (1) How many personal staff are employed by the Minister. (2) What is the (a) total cost, and (b)...
  • Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question Nos 271 and 272) (2 speeches)
    asked the Assistant Treasurer and the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, in writing, on 3 March 2011: (1) How many personal staff are employed by the Minister. (2) What is the...
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Listing of Medicines (Question No. 279) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 3 March 2011: In respect of the medicines Duodart, Invega Sustenna, Targin, Symbicort, Botox, Fragmin and Synarel that were recommended...
  • Defence: Think Tanks and Policy Institutes (Question No. 312) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Defence, in writing, on 23 March 2011: (1) How many think tanks or policy institutes are funded by the Minister's department, and: (a) what are (i) their names; and (ii)...
  • Innovation, Industry, Science and Research: Think Tank and Policy Institutes (Question No. 314) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, in writing, on 23 March 2011: (1) How many think tanks or policy institutes are funded by the...
  • Attorney-General's: Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse (Question No. 315) (2 speeches)
    asked the Attorney-General, in writing, on 23 March 2011: (1) How many think tanks or policy institutes are funded by the Minister's department, and (a) what are (i) their names, and (ii) key...
  • Australian Defence Force: Suicide (Question No. 318) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, in writing, on 23 March 2011: (1) By calendar year, in the last 15 years, what number of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have...
  • Carbon Price Scheme Compensation (Question No. 324) (2 speeches)
    asked the Prime Minister, in writing, on 3 May 2011: Do the Government's plans for the introduction of a carbon price scheme contain provisions for compensating (a) local councils, to prevent...
  • Medicare Locals (Question No. 325) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 24 March 2011: In respect of the establishment of Medicare Locals, in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, and (d) 2013-14, what sum of...
  • General Practitioners (Question No. 327) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 24 March 2011: How many (a) fulltime GPs are practising in a GP Super Clinic, (b) part-time GPs are practising in a GP Super Clinic, (c)...
  • Superclinics (Question No. 328) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 24 March 2011: How many GP Super Clinics are offering early services, and in what locations, and were these health services being...
  • Foreign Investment Rules (Question No. 329) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: (1) Was his department consulted prior to the change in Australia's foreign investment rules; if so, when. (2) Was Chinese...
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Business Flights (Question No. 333) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: (1) How many overseas business class flights were taken by his Canberra-based departmental staff in each calendar year from...
  • Special Purpose Flights (Question No. 335) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Defence, in writing, on 24 March 2011: (1) How many delegations used the Government's Special Purpose Aircraft in each calendar year from 2005 to 2010, and what were the...
  • East Timor Regional Processing Centre (Question No. 338) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: (1) Have any departmental officials been appointed to work on the Government's proposed East Timor Regional Processing...
  • AusAID: Alleged Corruption (Question No. 342) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: (1) How many cases of alleged corruption in the Government's aid program (a) are currently being investigated, and (b) were...
  • United Nations: Reception for African Union Countries (Question No. 345) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: In respect of the reception for United Nations' representatives from African Union countries that the Prime Minister held...
  • United Nations: Security Council Bid (Question No. 346) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: (1) Did any representative from an African Union country express support for Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations...