House debates
Thursday, 7 July 2011
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that, in accordance with the Intelligence Services Act 2001, Senators Brandis and Johnston have been appointed members of the...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
by leave—The government is committed to providing regular reports and updates on Afghanistan, including to the parliament. I last reported to the parliament on 12 May, which followed my...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- HMAS Success; Presentation (1 speech)
I thank the shadow minister for defence for his remarks. On a separate matter, in respect of which I have given the shadow minister notice, I present a redacted version of the HMAS Success...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Gumley, Dr Stephen (2 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, on indulgence: it has been announced this morning that the Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation, Dr Stephen Gumley, will retire as the Chief...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
I move: That Main Committee orders of the day No. 10, relating to live cattle exports, and No. 12, relating to computers in schools, private members' business, be returned to the House for...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following orders of the day, private members’ business, being called on, and considered...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That following the completion of the discussion of a matter of public importance, items of government business that have been scheduled for...
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (16 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Sturt moving the following motion forthwith—That following the completion of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
I move: That the time for the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests to present its report on the inquiry into a Draft Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament be extended to the end of...
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Register of Members' Interests (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
As required by resolution of the House, I table copies of notifications of alterations of interests received during the period 24 March 2011 and 6 July 2011.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Morrison, Abbey Rose (1 speech)
Today is a very special day for one of my constituents, and in fact she is a constituent of my own household who joins us in the gallery today. Abbey Rose Morrison today turns four. It is a very...
- Malaysia (1 speech)
Elections are the best way we have yet devised to choose representatives of the people, and to hold leaders accountable. Malaysia has a parliamentary system, one that has now functioned for more...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
On Sunday there will be a lot of discussion, and in fact Labor members are reported to have been prepared with a household-by-household analysis in their electorates of the impact of the Labor...
- Small Business (1 speech)
This federal Labor government is helping small business. My area—Ipswich and the Somerset region—was flooded and under the Small Business Advisory Service's natural disaster...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
Traditionally Sunday in Australia is a day of rest—a day for going to church, mowing the lawn, tending the garden and spending time with your kids. But this Sunday will be known as sell-out...
- Bennelong Electorate: Ryde Lantern Club (1 speech)
Last week, the Ryde Lantern Club in my electorate of Bennelong celebrated 45 years of service. Volunteer workers at the Ryde Lantern Club raised funds for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind...
- Donovan, Ms Ricki Lee (2 speeches)
This Saturday last, five local councils from the Illawarra, Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven communities got together to recognise community driven leaders from local Aboriginal communities....
- Wright Electorate (1 speech)
I rise to inform the nation and the House of the resilience that the people in my electorate have shown in recent months. Earlier this year in January, we were disastrously impacted by the floods...
- Bass Electorate: WIN Television (2 speeches)
I rise in the House to raise the issue of WIN Television axing its weekend news service for Tasmania. The decision to cut news has cost jobs, including a vital camera position in Northern...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that excluding petrol from her carbon tax will not lead to lower costs for households because abatement that would otherwise...
- Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government working to secure a sustainable future for the nation's live animal export industry? How is yesterday's decision to lift the suspension...
- Carbon Pricing (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain why a 44 per cent increase in electricity prices since June 2008 is not a sufficient price signal to change consumer...
- Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In Australia, animals cannot be slaughtered unless they are stunned first because it is the humane thing to do. The government has resumed the live export...
- Carbon Pricing (16 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the importance of undertaking the big economic reforms, including putting a price on carbon for our nation's future. How...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Gillard Government; Censure (45 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion of censure against this government. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a very short statement on indulgence. I understand that the member for Hunter made an inappropriate noise towards the Deputy Leader of the Opposition when she was...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Government Response (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of outstanding government responses to reports of House of Representatives and joint committees, incorporating reports tabled and...
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the Selection Committee's report No. 27 relating to the consideration of private members' business and bills. The report will be printed in today's Hansard. Copies of the report have...
- Economics Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip, the Chief Opposition Whip and Mr Bandt nominating members to be supplementary members of the Standing Committee on Economics for the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the resolution agreed to by the House on 5 July 2011, relating to constituency statements in the Main Committee on equality for same sex couples, be varied by omitting...
- Leave of Absence (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.
- 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...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (39 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for North Sydney proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The adverse effect of...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Disability Services (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to speak about the reality of living with disability and about the opportunities that exist for policy reform in this area. I am proud to be part of a government...
- Dementia (1 speech)
On 23 May I spoke in this place on early onset dementia. Unfortunately, on that day the debate was interrupted and, whilst I was able to put some matters in relation to this issue on the record,...
- Cities (3 speeches)
Build it and they will come—that is the message. Australia is a nation of city dwellers. We are one of the most urbanised countries on earth. Three-quarters of the population live in our 17...
- Cowper Electorate: Blind Courage Team, Cowper Electorate: World Rally Championship (1 speech)
I would like to take the opportunity today to speak on two important matters. Firstly, I would like to highlight a recent outstanding achievement by a Coffs Coast resident and, secondly, I would...
- Deakin Electorate: Nunawading Christian College (1 speech)
Last week, on Friday 1 July, I attended the opening of Nunawading Christian College's new multipurpose hall, centrally located in the electorate of Deakin. This is another excellent example of...
- Hibberd, Ms Carly (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I take this opportunity to record the tragic death on Wednesday morning in Italy of the Australian cyclist Carly Hibberd. Carly was on a training ride on Wednesday morning, just north...
- Rotary International (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the wonderful work undertaken by Rotarians throughout the world, particularly the 10 local Rotary organisations that play an active role in the electorate of Kooyong....
- Riverina Electorate: Reserve Forces Day (1 speech)
On Sunday, I was privileged to attend the Reserve Forces Day function held by the National Servicemen's Association at the Victory Memorial Gardens monument in Wagga Wagga, where the Reserve...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Casey Electorate: Apple Imports (1 speech)
I rise to speak this morning in the House on behalf of the many hardworking agribusinesses in the electorate of Casey, in the Yarra Valley, the heart of agribusiness, just east of Melbourne. In...
- Fraser Electorate: Eastern University Games 2011 (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the 2011 Eastern University Games, hosted this year by the University of Canberra and the Australian National University. The games were launched in style on Sunday night and...
- Trio Capital (1 speech)
I rise to discuss the collapse of the funds manager Trio Capital Ltd, which has led to many Australians being very severely affected, including a number of my constituents in Bradfield. I have...
- Fountain Gate Secondary School: Lone Pine (1 speech)
I want to talk about a very special Anzac Day event that was conducted at the Fountain Gate Secondary School as part of the school's 10th annual Anzac Day ceremony. This was the presentation of a...
- Foreign Investment in Agriculture (1 speech)
I welcome the Senate inquiry into foreign investment in agriculture. Yesterday it was announced that the Senate Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee will conduct an inquiry into how...
- Adelaide Electorate: Vipac Engineers and Scientists (1 speech)
I rise today to inform the House of the exciting work being done by Vipac Engineers and Scientists, who just happen to be located in the good electorate of Adelaide. I recently visited the...
- Parkes Electorate: Gulgong Hospital (1 speech)
The people in the town of Gulgong have been without a hospital now for nearly 12 months. The previous state government in New South Wales was forced to close down the Gulgong Hospital due to...
- Canberra Electorate: Health (1 speech)
It was my great pleasure to be at the Calwell shopping centre last Saturday to see the opening of a new medical practice and meet with the community at my mobile office. The opening of the...
- Riverina Electorate: Primary Centre for Science Education (1 speech)
Science is the cornerstone of Australia's productive economic and social future. Through their work as industry technologists, researchers, inventors, manufacturers, information technology...
- Shortland Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
During the week that parliament did not sit, I was privileged to attend five Building the Education Revolution recognition ceremonies, and each and every one of those school communities was...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Langley, Sergeant Todd (14 speeches)
I was saddened to hear the terrible news that another Australian soldier had been killed in action in Afghanistan this year. Sergeant Todd Langley, a member of the Special Operations Task Group,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Rotary International (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Rotary. I had the privilege of attending two handover dinners, at which the discussions that I had with Rotarians brought back memories of the time that I spent in...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
Recent polls suggest Australians are disillusioned with our involvement in Afghanistan, and the tragedy of young soldiers being killed, most recently Sergeant Todd Langley, only fuels this...
- Longman Electorate: Murri Teilah Medical (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, 29 June, it was my honour and pleasure to officially open Murri Teilah Medical centre in Caboolture. It was fantastic to be there and to share in the excitement of local...
- Bass Electorate: Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program (1 speech)
It was my pleasure recently to visit sites in the Dorset municipality representing the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Mr Crean, to celebrate the...
- Democracy (5 speeches)
I want to share an experience that I believe is absolutely critical and important to our democracy, its principles and the way in which people develop an understanding of our parliament. I had...
- Chisholm Electorate: Australian Envelopes, Petition: Easter Sunday (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the workers and families of a significant local business in my electorate of Chisholm, Australian Envelopes, which has gone into voluntary administration. Australian Envelopes...
