House debates
Thursday, 2 June 2011
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Speaker (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I refer to standing order 61, 'Members to recognise authority of the Speaker'. Yesterday in the House during question time, Mr Speaker, you stood. When the Speaker...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following items of private Members' business being reported from the Main Committee, or...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Indexation of Military Pensions; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Order of the day returned from the Main Committee; certified copy presented. Debate resumed on the motion: That this house: (1) notes that: (a) military service is unique and comes with inherent...
- Israel (0 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this House: (1) restates its support for the motion moved by the then Prime Minister and passed by this House on the sixtieth anniversary of the State of...
- Griffin Design for the National Capital; Report from Main Committee (3 speeches)
Order of the day returned from the Main Committee; certified copy presented. Debate resumed on the motion: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 24 May 2011 marks the centenary of the launch of an...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Science Curriculum (0 speeches)
Order of the day returned from the Main Committee; certified copy of the motion presented. Debate resumed on the motion: That this house: (1) acknowledges the effectiveness of programs initiated...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the House Standing Committee on Publications. Copies of the report have been placed on the table. Report—by leave—agreed to.
- Electoral Matters Committee; Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Mr Tehan and Mr Chester be appointed members of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters for the purpose of the committee’s inquiry into funding of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time. to which the following amendment was moved: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following occurring: (1) when the order of the day for the resumption of debate on the second reading...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Cowper Electorate: Centrelink (1 speech)
I wish to make a statement on the threat to the Centrelink service in the town of Maclean in my electorate. It appears that the federal government is intent on treating Maclean residents as...
- Petition: Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I present to the House a petition sent to me by Animals Australia on behalf of 40,650 Australians who are calling for an end to live animal exports to the Middle East. These 40,650 signatures are...
- Leeding, Senior Constable Damian (1 speech)
I pay respect to and honour Plain Clothes Senior Constable Damian Leeding. We are all saddened, sickened and angry at the senseless killing of Damian. A wife and two young children have been...
- Bass Electorate: New Horizons Club (1 speech)
We on this side of the House obviously endorse the comments made by the member for Dickson. I rise to bring to the House's attention and congratulate two members of my electorate of Bass, Nick...
- Vinnies CEO Sleepout (1 speech)
I congratulate St Vincent de Paul on their now annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout. The CEO sleep-out, which takes place on Thursday, 16 June, is an event that is designed to raise awareness of...
- Warilla High School (1 speech)
I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Warilla High School, which is located in my electorate of Throsby, for winning the 2010 Cohesive Community School Award. This award is open to all...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Today, we hope, will be the first day in the rest of a prosperous and environmentally sustainable life for the Murray-Darling Basin. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional...
- Robelle Domain (1 speech)
On Sunday I had the privilege of attending the opening of Springfield's new parklands, called Robelle Domain, located in the eastern suburbs of Ipswich. Five hundred jobs were created. Present at...
- Leeding, Senior Constable Damian (1 speech)
I thank the member for Dickson for his earlier words. It is with great sadness I rise today in this House to offer my condolences to the family of Senior Constable Damian Leeding, who passed away...
- Blacktown Fiesta (1 speech)
Last week the Blacktown City Council presented the Blacktown Fiesta, which was held across my electorate of Greenway and that of Chifley. This year's theme was 'embracing the community'. The...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (36 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the risks to Kakadu National Park from climate change? Why did the Hawke government act in the face of a scare...
- Regional Development Australia Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government. In light of the government's decision to fund a metropolitan Perth transport project from the...
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Would the minister inform...
- Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the Prime Minister received any representations from the member for Brand about the impact of a carbon tax on the 1,300 jobs at Alcoa in Kwinana, the...
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on what today's economic data says about the resilience of our economy and the importance of government, business and...
- Broadband (5 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the House and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. What progress is being...
- Interest Rates (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement in 2006: If we don't lift our productivity then we can't in the long term keep downward pressure on inflation, and we won't...
- Fuel Excise (4 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of delivering on reforms to alternative...
- Economy (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Treasurer's floundering performance in selling the budget on 7.30 last night and in question time today, will the Prime Minister confirm her...
- Donations to Political Parties (6 speeches)
Thank you ever so, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What role does the government see for tobacco companies in health policy and the political process? What...
- Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to comments by the Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency yesterday in which he forecast that the carbon price would escalate...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (14 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah moving immediately—
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I ask you to review the record of question time with a view to examining the answer by the Leader of the House in which you asked him to conclude his answer at least 30 seconds before...
- Questions in Writing (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I am shocked, but under standing order 105(b) I regret to advise that there are six questions I have asked which have been outstanding for more than 60 days. I seek leave to table a...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Stating the Question on Amendments (3 speeches)
I have a statement on the stating of the question on amendments. Standing order 122 sets out the various ways the question is put when amendments are moved to motions. The most common form of...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (9 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Visit of Prime Minister of New Zealand (1 speech)
As I notified you earlier today and as I notified the Manager of Opposition Business, I informed the House, because it would be of convenience for proper notice to be given, that on 20 June the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present Selection Committee report No. 23 relating to private members business and the referral of a bill to a committee. The report will be printed in today's Hansard. Copies of the report...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Italian National Day (1 speech)
Very briefly, Mr Speaker, I also wish on indulgence to acknowledge that today is Italian National Day; indeed, this year is the 150thanniversary of the unification of Italy. I will be attending a...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network (3 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Wentworth proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The risks to Australian...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Gambling (1 speech)
I rise today with a message—a message for all those in this House but for one member of the House in particular, the member for Denison. I would like the member for Denison to receive this...
- Battle of Crete (2 speeches)
I rise this afternoon to honour those who took part in the Battle of Crete. I was fortunate enough to represent the Minister for Defence at a wreath-laying ceremony last weekend at the Australian...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I rise tonight to express my thoughts on the misleading and dishonest campaign that is being run at the moment in regard to the implementation of a carbon tax in the Australian economy. The words...
- Blair Electorate: Tarampa State School (1 speech)
Tomorrow, I open the new library at Tarampa State School, a 131-year-old school located in the Brisbane Valley north-west of Ipswich. This facility is just one of the new state-of-the-art...
- Australian Volunteers For International Development (1 speech)
It is in our Australian psyche to help out our mates. It is also in our Australian psyche to help those in need. When we see others in pain, when we see others struggling, Australians are the...
- Festa della Repubblica (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity to note that today, 2 June, is Italy's national republic day—Festa della Repubblica. On behalf of the government, I feel it is important to extend our...
- SunRice (1 speech)
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, was a momentous day in the history of the Australian rice-growing industry. A $610 million takeover bid of SunRice by Spanish food giant Ebro failed. This decision keeps a...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
The following notice(s) were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on behalf of people from my electorate of Bonner who have a mental illness and who are suffering under the inadequate arrangements in place to support people with mental...
- Brisbane: Health Services (1 speech)
One of the changes I have seen over the years as the member for Griffith, on Brisbane's Southside, has been the significant investments undertaken by the government in the delivery of local...
- Bradfield Electorate: Linfield Rotary Fun Run (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the work of Linfield Rotary in organising the Linfield Rotary Fun Run which was held in my electorate on Sunday, 3 April. The fun run is a popular community event, with...
- Kingston Electorate: UnitingCare Wesley Financial Counselling Service (1 speech)
I rise today to take the opportunity to recognise the really important role that financial counsellors play across the country, in particular in my electorate of Kingston. I am very pleased the...
- McPherson Electorate: Cooly Rocks On Festival (1 speech)
This week will mark the start of the Cooly Rocks On festival on the southern Gold Coast, which will run from the 3 to 13 June. This 1950s and 1960s festival is a wonderful example of community...
- Franklin Electorate: Fort Direction (1 speech)
I would like to talk about a military site in my electorate, Fort Direction at South Arm. Fort Direction was established in 1939 as a defence and training facility for the city of Hobart. There...
- Member for Longman: 21st Birthday (1 speech)
Honourable members may be aware that last week I celebrated my 21st birthday, the first 21st in federal parliament. I want to take the opportunity in this place to thank my family, friends, the...
- Shortland Electorate: Healthy Heart Challenge (1 speech)
The Healthy Heart Challenge began yesterday, 1 June. It is a free 10-week program which helps people to make simple lifestyle changes to improve their heart health. I participated in the...
- Entrepreneurs Tax Offset (1 speech)
Madam Acting Deputy Speaker, you might recall that after the Gillard Labor government budget was released there was quite a debate in the community about just what amounted to a 'rich' person or...
- Stone, Mr Alfred, OAM (2 speeches)
I rise today in sadness to commemorate the life and note with deep regret the death of a very special Novocastrian, Mr Alfred Stone OAM. Mr Stone, or Alf as he was better known, passed away last...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Order! It being 12.30 pm I propose the question: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
