House debates
Thursday, 16 June 2011
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (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)
- Youth Allowance (0 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this House: (1) notes that the Government has: (a) admitted there is a problem with the criteria for independent youth allowance for inner regional students;...
- Malaysia Asylum Seeker Proposal (0 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this House: (1) condemns the Gillard Government's deal with Malaysia that would see 800 asylum seekers intercepted in Australian waters and sent to Malaysia;...
- Greater Western Sydney Conservation Corridor; 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 in the 2010 Federal Election, the Coalition, Australian...
- McNicol, Mr Greg; 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) expresses: (a) its condolences to the family of Australian citizen...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; 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) recognises the provision of affordable medicines through the...
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 51, I wish to raise a matter of privilege. I raise this matter of privilege under standing order 51 as it concerns the unauthorised disclosure of proceedings of...
- 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...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Rotary Inspirational Women Awards (1 speech)
Many people in the electorate of Macquarie make a real difference to the lives of individuals and families and, indeed, are a gift to our local community. Awarded annually, the Rotary...
- ACT Community Living Project (1 speech)
On Monday, 13 June, I had the pleasure of attending a barbecue to raise funds and awareness for the ACT Community Living Project. CLP is a not-for-profit community organisation seeking services...
- Brockhoff, Mr David John (1 speech)
I have been informed that Dave Brockhoff is seriously ill in the Prince of Wales Hospital and on behalf of this House, and especially on my own behalf and that of Tony Abbott, I send to him our...
- Robinson, Ms Caroline (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to congratulate Caroline Robinson on being named the Rural Woman of the Year. The Rural Woman of the Year award recognises women who have made an exceptional contribution...
- Wannon Electorate: Nigretta Furniture (1 speech)
I rise today to appeal to the Gillard government to not let another manufacturing business in Australia close. Nigretta in Hamilton is a furniture-manufacturing business specialising in quality...
- Murphy, Mr James Francis AM (1 speech)
Today, I pay tribute to the late Jim Murphy, a much loved man with a zest for life, who reminded all Canberrans 'to enjoy the good times'. Jim was a man who was a passionate about his Catholic...
- Aston Electorate: Development (1 speech)
My electorate of Aston in outer eastern Melbourne is a beautiful electorate, made up of suburban family homes and leafy streets. It is the nature of the suburbs which makes it so attractive for...
- Throsby Electorate: Penny and the Mystics (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to congratulate a local band, Penny and the Mystics, who are based in the Illawarra. Penny and the Mystics recently received a grant of $15,000 under the federal...
- Mallee Electorate: MRI Facility (1 speech)
I wish to raise the issue of the need for a Medicare-eligible MRI facility for Mildura in my electorate. We have been lobbying for such a service for many years without success to date. I have...
- Wilson, Mr Rohan (2 speeches)
I rise in the House today to congratulate a constituent of my electorate of Bass, Mr Rohan Wilson, author of The Roving Party. Rohan was recently awarded the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- New South Wales Floods (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline the measures the government is taking to assist those in the Hunter region and the mid-North Coast of New South Wales who...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it follows up on my previous question. Can the Prime Minister confirm that never before in Australia's parliamentary history have both houses of this...
- Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister outline how the government's plan for a carbon price can help households and business transition to a...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of the Philippine delegation to the third Philippines-Australia Ministerial Meeting. The delegation is led by the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer to her previous answers. How can Australians trust this Prime Minister to conduct the affairs of state in a democratic manner when the Prime...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister; Censure (16 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 censure the Prime Minister for her...
- Live Animal Exports (7 speeches)
) ( ): I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Kennedy moving immediately— That this House urgently agrees to bring on the...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Register of Members' Interests (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question relates to the Register of Members' Interests, which is established by resolution of the House. There are reports in the media today regarding the member for Gellibrand...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 48 of 2010 2011 entitled Monitoring and compliance arrangements supporting quality of care in residential aged care homes. Ordered...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (12 speeches)
I have received a letter from the Hon. Leader of the Nationals proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Carbon Tax (1 speech)
There are a couple of major issues facing Australia which nicely intersect and which the government has the means to positively improve without imposing a heavy-handed tax on an unsuspecting...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
Those Liberal and National Party MPs who are now calling on the government to resume live cattle exports to Indonesia run a serious risk of returning us to the barbaric and unacceptable practices...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Banking (1 speech)
I rise today to raise serious concerns about what I see as unconscionable gouging practices by the big banks in my electorate. Over an extended period of time, Far North Queensland has suffered...
- O'Sullivan, Mr Frank, Wakefield Electorate: Elizabeth and Playford (1 speech)
I rise to honour the memory of Frank O'Sullivan, the first Mayor of the City of Elizabeth. Frank was born on 24 March 1924 in my home town of Kapunda and, like so many of his generation, served...
- Sarcoma Cancer (1 speech)
I rise to speak about sarcoma cancer and the work of the Hannah's Chance Foundation Gold Coast Committee, specifically the work done to raise awareness of sarcoma cancer since the untimely death...
- Webb, Mr Desmond Patrick (2 speeches)
I rise to pass on my condolences and I am sure those of this House in relation to Desmond Patrick Webb, a person in the Petrie electorate known not only for his tremendous effort with the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
to move: That this House: (1) directs the Government to immediately commence an inquiry into the circumstances leading up to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's decision to...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- North Sydney Electorate: Aircraft Noise (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a matter that has long been a concern to the residents of my electorate—namely, aircraft noise emanating from Sydney airport. When the Howard government was...
- Tam, Professor Patrick (1 speech)
Today I would like to talk about the appointment of Professor Patrick Tam of the Children's Medical Research Institute, which is located in my electorate, as a fellow of the Royal Society of...
- Sedghi, Mr Farhad (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an issue of great concern to some residents of my electorate. Nasser Sedghi is a well-respected businessman in Dubbo. His brother Farhad was arrested several weeks ago in...
- Davies, Mr Trevor (1 speech)
I rise today for a very sad reason. We have lost two great local identities in my electorate in recent times. My colleague Andrew Leigh spoke about the Newtown bookseller Bob Gould in the main...
- Central West Rural Financial Counselling Service, Blatch, Mr Graham (1 speech)
I wish to bring to the parliament's attention that the Rural Financial Counselling Service of Australia is still alive and well and with a job to do. We do not only have droughts in Western...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
In politics, some of the most important decisions you make are the ones that outlive you, whether it is the Menzies government's decision to expand basic research through the CSIRO, the Keating...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak on the live cattle export ban and to express the concerns of constituents in my electorate. No-one can deny that animal cruelty is wrong. The suspension of exports to...
- Bass Electorate: Rocherlea Recreation Ground Gymnasium and Sports Facility (1 speech)
I was pleased to recently have the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice, Brendan O'Connor, visit my electorate of Bass to accompany me and the Hon. Dick Adams, the member for Lyons,...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
Tonight 175 CEOs will sleep rough in the corridors of Docklands Stadium in Melbourne to raise money for the St Vincent de Paul Society. The event is also being staged to raise awareness of how it...
- Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
I wish to speak today on the issue of renewable energy. This is an issue where there has been considerable debate, and I truly believe there is bipartisan agreement on the benefits of renewable...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Egypt: Coptic Christians (1 speech)
Coptic Christianity in Egypt is one of the most remarkable religious and cultural traditions of the world. This ethno-religious group reaches back 2,000 years to the time of the apostles. The...
- World Multiple Sclerosis Day (3 speeches)
May 26th marked the third World Multiple Sclerosis Day. I commend the work of MS Australia and MS organisations around the world for raising the profile of this disease that affects more than...
- Australian Apple and Pear Industry (1 speech)
Recently, apple and pear orchardists from across Australia descended upon Parliament House to showcase their produce and launch a report detailing the economic impact of imported applies on the...
- Tobacco Plain Packaging (3 speeches)
None of us want our children to take up the habit of smoking. That is why this parliament is behind the plain packaging legislation. Big tobacco has obviously been very vengeful with this...
- Gillard Government (1 speech)
On 24 June it will be one year since Prime Minister Gillard forced Kevin Rudd from his job as Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Labor Party. An opposition member: Injustice day. That...
- Domestic Violence (1 speech)
I wish to speak today on an issue that I have long been concerned about, and that is domestic violence. It is a truly horrific social problem, one which has an immense and continuing impact on...
- Canberra Electorate: St Jude's Primary School (1 speech)
I would like to take the small amount of time available to me to quickly mention the St Jude's Primary School BER opening that I went to last week in Holder. It was a great day. I would like to...
- Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
- Ai Weiwei (Question No. 365) (2 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister, in writing, on 12 May 2011: Did the Prime Minister raise the topic of the Chinese Government's detention of renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei with the Chinese when she...
