House debates

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Electoral Matters Committee, Migration Committee; Membership (1 speech)
    I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator B Brown has been disch­arged from the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters and that Senator Rhiannon has...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time.
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill contains a range of measures relating to income support and veterans' affairs payments, and disability advocacy services. It includes...
  • Work Health and Safety Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Crean. Bill read a first time.
  • Work Health and Safety Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to introduce the Work Health and Safety Bill 2011. This bill forms a crucial part of the Commonwealth's commitment to nationally...
  • Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Crean. Bill read a first time.
  • Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I know that my colleagues were fascinated by that important piece of legislation. I have another piece to introduce that will just as well entertain and inform them. I move: That this bill be now...
  • Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Kate Ellis. Bill read a first time.
  • Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. During the height of concerns confronting the international education sector in 2009 the Prime Minister, in her then role as Minister for...
  • Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Registration Charges Consequentials) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Registration Charges Consequentials) Bill 2011 contains necessary consequential...
  • Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill, explanatory memorandum and draft Tobacco Plain Packaging Regulations 2011 presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time.
  • Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I am proud to be introducing the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill. This is a world-first initiative, designed to remove the last vestige of...
  • Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time.
  • Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I also introduce a consequential amendment bill, the Trade Marks Amend­ment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill. The Tobacco Plain...
  • Legislative Instruments Amendment (Sunsetting) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr McClelland. Bill read a first time.
  • Legislative Instruments Amendment (Sunsetting) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. The Legislative Instruments Act provides general rules for the making, registration and...
  • Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr O'Connor. Bill read a first time.
  • Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to present the Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill 2011, representing the first tranche of legislation implementing...
  • Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr O'Connor. Bill read a first time.
  • Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Kelly. Bill read a first time.
  • Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2011 and its two companion bills will provide a mechanism for the horse industry to meet its obligations...
  • Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by DrKelly. Bill read a first time.
  • Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2011 is a companion bill to the Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2011. This bill will provide...
  • Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Kelly. Bill read a first time.
  • Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Horse Disease Response Levy (Cons­equential Amendments) Bill 2011 is a companion bill to the Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2011. This...
  • Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Inventory) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms King. Bill read a first time.
  • Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Inventory) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to introduce the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Inventory) Bill 2011 which amends the Industrial...
  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Early Release of Superannuation) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Early Release of Superannuation) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Early Release of Superannuation) Bill 2011 introduces amendments which will transfer responsibility for...
  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Excise Tariff Act 1921 to address uncertainties that have arisen regarding the application of crude oil excise to condensate...
  • Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
  • Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Petroleum Excise (Prices) Act 1987 to address uncertainties that have arisen regarding the determination of volume weighted...
  • Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Martin Ferguson. Bill read a first time.
  • Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Under the oversight of the Council of Australian Governments, Australia has made significant progress over the last decade towards an efficient...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip that he has nominated Mr Husic to be a member of the Selection Committee in place of Mr Hayes.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) 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.
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) 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.
  • Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail (303 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
  • Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) 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.
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Madam Deputy Speaker, I compliment you on your handling of this complex debate. In no way did we ever get the impression that you...
  • Customs Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2011; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
    Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; appropriation message having been reported; certified copy of bill presented. Bill agreed to.
  • Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) 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.
  • Customs Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Bill 2011; Second Reading (10 speeches)
    Debate resumed.
  • Customs Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) 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.
  • National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Authority) Bill 2011; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Statements by Members (0 speeches)
  • Mudgeeraba Agricultural Show (1 speech)
    I would like to congratulate the organisers of the Mudgeeraba Agricultural Show, includ­ing the president, Helen Rippa, and show secretary, Kylie Holzinger, along with the committee and all...
  • Throsby Electorate: Emergency Service Workers (1 speech)
    I take this opportunity to congratulate the SES, police, emergency services and local government workers of the Illawarra and Southern Highlands. As many members in this place would be aware,...
  • Hendra Virus (1 speech)
    I rise to make a statement about the deadly hendra virus. I know that the minister at the table, the member for Griffith, would be well familiar with the hendra virus in Queensland. The hendra...
  • Parsons, Air Commodore Keith (1 speech)
    I rise today to offer my condolences to the family of Air Commodore Keith Parsons. I would like to recognise the service and bravery of this dedicated pilot and Air Force officer. He was born in...
  • National Schools Chaplaincy Program (1 speech)
    Austin Cove Baptist College was opened on 2 February 2011 and immediately the school community was tested with the unfortunate passing of Lauren Ames, a 13-year-old student, in a tragic car...
  • My First Speech Competition for Young Australia (1 speech)
    It is with great pleasure I rise today to congratulate my constituent Jeeven Nadanakumar for winning the inaugural national My First Speech Competition for Young Australians. The competition gave...
  • Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
    Today in Australia's north, farmers will start shooting cattle. Tonight in Indonesia, children will go to bed hungry. It is a national disgrace that this government will not resume the live...
  • Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation (1 speech)
    I recently attended the annual ball of the Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation, a locally based organisation which essent­ially raises money for the local community. In a period of 12 years...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    I rise to speak in relation to the proposed carbon tax. It appears the Prime Minister has done a deal with the Greens and with the Independents, but she has not done a deal with Latrobe Valley...
• Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    I inform the House that the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Minister for Indigenous Health and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Centenary...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (27 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister wear out her shoe leather next week visiting car workers at Geelong, steelworkers at Port Kembla, coalminers in the Hunter and the...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    Order! Before I decide whether I give the member for Wright or the member for Swan the call, I inform the House that we have in the gallery today the three winners of the My First Speech...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the statement by the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency that, 'The introduction of a carbon price...
  • Coal Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. What are the facts about the current state of the Australian coal industry and its future outlook and...
  • Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a statement by the new Labor Senator Alex Gallacher that a carbon tax on diesel fuel will force truckies to 'go broke or cut...
  • Live Animal Exports (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the very real concerns being expressed by northern Australian cattle producers in relation to the live cattle export issue, could the Prime Minister...
  • Trade (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice. Why is the government's package of improvements to Australia's antidumping system needed to help protect Australian...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Is the government planning to use the contingency reserve of the budget to provide loans or to guarantee risk on behalf of power companies that cannot finance...
  • Tobacco Plain Packaging (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What action has the government taken to remove glamour from cigarettes and reduce the influence of tobacco companies? What reaction has there...
  • Carbon Pricing (33 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to Graham Manning, a dairy farmer in Harvey, Western Australia. One of the biggest costs in his small business is electricity, because he...
  • Climate Change (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Schools, Early Childhood and Youth representing the Minister for Science and Innovation. Will the Minister inform the House about the consensus in the...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the uncertainty facing Kangaroo Bus Lines in my electorate. It is a privately owned bus company that uses 1½ million litres of...
  • Disability Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the Australian government is supporting Australians with...
  • Coal Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Prime Minister Bob Brown's—sorry, I mean Senator Bob Brown's—statement that the coal industry should be phased out...
  • Mental Health (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing. Will the minister outline how the government is delivering on the Prime Minister's commitment to make mental health a priority?
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Commemoration of the Anzac Centenary (2 speeches)
    by leave—The events of 1914 to 1918 constitute one of our nation's finest hours. In those dark and demanding days, our people were able to achieve great things, able to meet the test of...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    Documents are tabled 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 the...
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (6 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Tax (28 speeches)
    I have received a letter from the Leader of the Nationals proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The social and economic impact of...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Global Economy (2 speeches)
    by leave—It was less than three years ago that the world was witnessing an unprecedented meltdown in the global financial system. Not long after, the global economy plunged into the depths...
  • International Development Assistance (2 speeches)
    by leave—I present a copy of An effective aid program for Australia: making a real difference—delivering real results and the Independent review of aid effectiveness,April 2011. I...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill received from the Senate and read a first time.
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011...
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011; Third Reading (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
    by leave, I move: That the Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 10, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011; Second Reading (7 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • International Development Assistance (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to speak on behalf of my constituents and the people of Australia in regard to the future direction of this country's foreign aid program. At a time of economic uncertainty,...
  • Holt Electorate (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to talk about a suburb in my electorate that many people unfairly label. A neighbouring suburb of Dandenong was recently labelled by The Punch as one of the top 10 bogan places in...
  • Australasian Order of Old Bastards (2 speeches)
    It is with great pleasure that I rise today to honour a select group of community minded people within my electorate who, for want of a better phrase, are a bunch of great old bastards. The group...
  • Southern Sudan (1 speech)
    This Saturday the world will welcome the 193rd country to the international community. Southern Sudan will be the youngest African nation when it is officially inaugurated on 9 July in its...
  • Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
    I rise today to address the most dangerous issue facing Australia right now: the Labor-Greens carbon tax. Australians in the majority do not want this tax which will clean out their wallets and...
  • Green, Mr Trevor, Amedee, Mr Gary, Economy (1 speech)
    I congratulate the Clarence Valley Town Crier, Trevor Green, who, in the words of our local paper the Daily Examiner,has 'cleaned up at the 21st National Town Crier Championships in Maryborough...
  • Sri Lanka (1 speech)
    I am compelled to respond and make some observations in relation to the Channel 4 video which was shown on Four Corners last Monday night in relation to the final days and hours of the Sri Lankan...
  • Cunningham Electorate: Mining (1 speech)
    I want to take the opportunity in the adjournment debate tonight to address an area of particular importance to my region, and I acknowledge that the member for Paterson preceded me earlier in...
  • Vietnam: Montagnards (1 speech)
    Today I speak of the oppression and the persecution of the Montagnard people who live in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Prior to the Vietnam War, the Montagnards lived in hill tribe societies...
  • Petition: Medical Workforce, Petition: Carbon Pricing and Murray-Darling River System (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to present two petitions. The first petition of 13,828 citizens asks the House to ensure that medical research remains properly funded and is resourced into the future. The...
  • Bradfield Electorate: Foreign Investment (1 speech)
    Last week I held a community meeting in my electorate and one of the issues that was raised by a number of people present was concern about the purchase by Chinese interests of agricultural land,...
  • Egypt: Coptic Christians, Chifley Electorate: Health and Wellbeing (1 speech)
    Recently, during a visit of my mobile office to Woodcroft, I was approached by a number of community members from the Australian and Egyptian Coptic seniors, including Mr Wadi Botros from...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • (3 speeches)
    to move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (limit on business) be suspended for the sitting on Thursday, 7 July 2011. to move: That the time for...
• Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
  • The Lord's Prayer (1 speech)
    The late Bishop John Wilson, bishop, pastor, friend and father: I want to recognise what he did when I asked him to write a preamble for a petition with regard to the Lord's Prayer, which we say...
  • Deakin Electorate: Rangeview Primary School (1 speech)
    On Monday, 27 June I had the great honour of officially opening the new multipurpose hall at Rangeview Primary School in the suburb of Mitcham, which is right in the middle of my electorate of...
  • Small Business (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about the importance of small business to my electorate and to the Australian economy in terms of both our economic performance and also job opportunities for young...
  • Refugee Week (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about the recent Refugee Week celebrations held in my electorate and I remind the House that I have the honour of representing the most multicultural electorate in the country....
  • Hughes Electorate: Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
    I raise the issue of the effect of the carbon tax on local councils—in particular on the Liverpool City Council in south-west Sydney. Last week I attended a council meeting with the member...
  • Tasmanian Government (1 speech)
    I wish to express my despair at the collapse of good governance in my home state of Tasmania. The Tasmanian government is poised to lend an undisclosed amount of taxpayers' money to a newly...
  • Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
    I was listening very carefully to what the member for Denison was talking about before. He was talking about the problems with the Tasmanian Labor-Greens government. Today I rise to speak in my...
  • Foreign Investment (1 speech)
    In recent times there has been considerable public concern about the level of foreign ownership of Australian resources, in particular our food and mineral resources. Foreign investment in...
  • Medical Research (1 speech)
    I was heartened that the government reversed its plan to cut funding for medical research. The huge reaction around the nation proved that this truly vital sector is critical if we are to...
  • Kingsford Smith Electorate: Kensington Post Office (4 speeches)
    I take very seriously the interests of members of the public, particularly when it comes to the provision of essential services. One of those essential services is access to a post office....
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 7, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Committee; Report (5 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
  • Cyber-Safety Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
  • Law Enforcement Committee; Report (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
  • Health and Ageing Committee; Report (8 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
  • Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (7 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
  • Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
  • Christmas Island Tragedy Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
  • Regional Australia Committee; Report (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
• Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
  • Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question No. 244) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, 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...
  • Taxation (Question No. 350) (2 speeches)
    asked the Treasurer, in writing, on 10 May 2011: In respect of recommendation 28 of the 'Henry Tax Review' (Australia's Future Tax System Review Panel, Australia's Future Tax System: Report to...
  • Bruce Highway (Question No. 387) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, in writing, on 26 May 2011: (1) Is he aware that the Queensland Department of Main Roads has identified a preferred option (called 'Option 5')...
  • National Police Service Medal (Question No. 407) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Home Affairs, in writing, on 1 June 2011: (1) Why has the Government restricted awarding the National Police Service Medal (NPSM) to officers retiring on or after the 30...