House debates
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Economy (278 speeches)
by leave—Honourable members are aware that the global economy has been through one of its most difficult periods in recent years, starting with the sub-prime crisis in the United States,...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind her that today is the anniversary of her notorious statement that 'there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead'. Does she believe that...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline how the government is building a strong economy and why the nation has a bright future, despite recent international events?
- Carbon Pricing (16 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister, and I refer her to big job losses at Qantas and OneSteel, Australian icons that will be severely affected by the carbon tax. Why is she making...
- Economy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please outline for the House the importance of responsible economic and fiscal management? How has this approach been received and what is the...
- Budget (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Treasurer's promise in the budget just three months ago: 'The government will return the budget to surplus in 2012-13.' I...
- Coal Seam Gas (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the National Water Commission's review is quoted in today's Australianand is warning the government: … the impact of...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline the government's plans to undertake nation-building reform to deliver a clean energy future? What are the challenges to these...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a statement during the last election: The Budget is coming back to surplus, no ifs no buts; it will happen. Prime Minister, is...
- Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister please outline the government's plan to move to a clean energy future and the importance of doing so in...
- Budget (7 speeches)
I refer the Prime Minister to the question she was asked by David Speers at the Brisbane community forum: if you do not get the budget back into surplus in three years, what happens? The Prime...
- National Health Reform Agreement (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How would the government's Health Reform Agreement deliver better outcomes for patients? What reaction has there been to this agreement? What...
- Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the carbon tax helping the federal budget to get back to surplus since it will cost the budget an additional $4.2 billion? Does the Prime Minister now...
- Disability Services (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the government's initial response to the Productivity...
- Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her statement that she retains complete confidence in the member for Dobell but that she had not undertaken a thorough...
- Aged Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing. What is the government doing to support positive and healthy ageing for our older Australians? How is the government consulting the...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Australian Financial Review (2 speeches)
I understand that the Australian Financial Review is 60 years old today, so congratulations to the Australian Financial Review. And, Mr Speaker, my apologies to you: I started a wild rumour in...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (15 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 1 of 2011-12 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 1 of 2011-12 entitled The Australian Defence Force's mechanisms for learning from operational activities. Ordered that the report be...
- 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 Proceedingsand I move: That the House take note of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Gillard Government (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The adverse effects on the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Product Stewardship Bill 2011, Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011, Customs Amendment (Serious Drugs Detection) Bill 2011, Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011, Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Bill 2011, Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Bill 2011, National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011, Customs Tariff Amendment (2012 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2011, Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Bill 2011, Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011, Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011, Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oil Transfers) Bill 2011, Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011; Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Education and Employment Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Education and Employment, I seek leave to make a statement on the Schools Assistance Amendment Bill 2011 in discharge of the committee’s requirement...
- Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry I present the committee's report entitled Advisory report on the Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill...
- Membership (1 speech)
I have received three messages from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not propose to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a matter of great concern to food and fibre producers in the Murray-Darling Basin. While the Gillard government is hell-bent on the false economy of buying water off...
- Blair Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I wish to commend the Prime Minister, who came to my electorate of Blair on 21 July 2011, for the commitment of a further $478 million towards repairing flood damaged roads in Ipswich and for the...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I remind the member for Blair that he is in fact in government and can do these things. He does not have to rely on the opposition's blessing. I rise to speak on behalf of and in favour of the...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
I endorse the comments of the previous speaker. In disability it should not be about how you obtain the disability; it is about how we should look after the vulnerable. I rise tonight to discuss...
- Ryan Electorate: Glenleighden School (1 speech)
I have previously spoken in this parliament about a unique school in my electorate of Ryan: Glenleighden School. Glenleighden is the only school of its kind providing invaluable support,...
- Industrial Relations, Disability Services (1 speech)
Over the last month the State Secretary of the New South Wales CFMEU, Mal Tulloch, has received some media coverage with regards to the undermining of conditions and wages of New South Wales...
- Wright Electorate (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of proceedings which have happened recently in my electorate. We are still rebuilding from the floods. We are dealing with families who are still struggling to get paid...
- Television Sports Broadcasts (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about a very important issue in the chamber—one that affects not only many thousands of the residents in the electorate of Hindmarsh but a great many South...
- Dawson Electorate: Diuron Fertilizer (1 speech)
They have battled Cyclone Ului, a deluge of unseasonal rain, Cyclone Anthony and Cyclone Yasi, and now it seems that cane growers, particularly in my electorate, are going to be subject to the...
- Greenway Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
I rise this evening to discuss the record investment in education that is occurring in my electorate of Greenway thanks to the government's Building the Education Revolution, the extremely...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Yet another delay of the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan has caused considerable angst for already desperate irrigation communities. The plan was supposed to be finalised by mid-2010. It was...
- Newcastle Electorate: Hexavalent Chromium Spill (2 speeches)
I raise a grave matter affecting my electorate. Last Monday, Orica accidentally released 10 kilograms of hexavalent chromium, which spread over the neighbouring suburb of Stockton. Orica...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
to present a bill for an act in relation to business names, and for related purposes. to present a bill for an act to deal with transitional and consequential matters in connection with the...
- Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
- Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question No. 268) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, 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...
- F111 Aircraft (Question No. 349) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Defence Materiel, in writing, on 12 May 2011: (1) In respect of all variants of F-111 aircraft, how many has the department decided to (a) scrap, and (b) preserve for...
- Superclinics (Question No. 368) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 23 May 2011: In respect of the ten operational GP Super Clinics, how many presentations (a) were made while the clinics were offering...
- Superclinics (Question No. 369) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 23 May 2011: In respect of the GP Super Clinics Program, how many presentations were made in (a) October, November and December 2010; and...
- Superclinics (Question No. 370) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 23 May 2011: Of the $280.2 million allocated to the 2007-08 GP Super Clinics Program, what amount was spent in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09,...
- Salt Ash Air Weapons Range (Question No. 378) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Defence, in writing, on 23 May 2011: (1) Was the 2002 Parsons Brinckerhoff Study into the Salt Ash Weapons Range released to (a) the public, (b) Port Stephens Council, (c)...
- Family Tax Benefit (Question No. 379) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, in writing, on 24 May 2011: In respect of Table J-5 (Appendix J) in her department's 2009-10 Annual Report...
- Broadband (Question No. 380) (2 speeches)
asked the Treasurer, in writing, on 24 May 2011: Is the $18.1 billion of funds to be invested in the National Broadband Network included in the 2011-12 budget deficit of $23 billion and the...
- Superclinics (Question No. 381) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 24 May 2011: In respect of the GP Super Clinics program and clinics offering early services, (a) which clinics have offered early services...
- Broadband (Question No. 392) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 26 May 2011: Further to the Minister’s answer to question in writing No....
- TS Pioneer: Air-Conditioning (Question No. 396) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Defence, in writing, on 26 May 2011: (1) Is he aware that a request for air-conditioning in the sleeping quarters of the Training Ship Pioneer Australian Navy Cadet (TS...
- Climate Commission Forum (Question No. 397) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in writing, on 26 May 2011: (1) What was the total cost (including the pro-rata rate of Commissioners' wages, employees' wages, hall...
- Salt Ash Air Weapons Range (Question No. 403) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Defence, in writing, on 31 May 2011: (1) Is land within a one kilometre radius of the Salt Ash Air Weapons Range (SAAWR) essential for the training requirements of...
- Army Cadet Ceremonial Uniforms (Question No. 404) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Defence Materiel, in writing, on 31 May 2011: (1) Is it a fact that restrictions have been imposed on Australian Army Cadets concerning the use of polyester style...
- Border Management (Question Nos. 409 and 410) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 1 June 2011: What total sum of funding is provided by the Government to Malaysia and Indonesia as part of any regional,...
- Afghanistan: Tiger Helicopter (Question No. 417) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Defence, in writing, on 2 June 2011: (1) Can he indicate what caused a French Eurocopter Tiger helicopter to crash in Afghanistan's eastern district of Lateh Band, near...
- Asylum Seekers (Question Nos 418 and 419) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 2 June 2011: In respect of irregular maritime arrivals detained at RAAF Base Scherger, does Defence monitor the (a) phone calls...
- RAAF Base Scherger: Irregular Maritime Arrivals (Question No. 420) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, in writing, on 2 June 2011: In respect of irregular maritime arrivals detained at RAAF Base Scherger, does Defence monitor the: (a) phone...
- Better Start for Children with Disability Program (Question No. 426) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, in writing, on 16 June 2011: In respect of the Better Start for Children with a Disability program, why is...
- Asylum Seekers (Question No. 428) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 16 June 2011: Does the proposed arrangement with Malaysia on irregular maritime arrivals include provision for the education of...
- Asylum Seekers (Question No. 429) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 16 June 2011: What audit process is intended to be implemented to monitor and report on the disbursement of funds in Malaysia...
- Bookstores (Question No. 435) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Small Business, in writing, on 21 June 2011: (1) In respect of the statement made by Senator Sherry in June 2011 that in five years time, other...
- Mackay Division of General Practice (Question No. 436) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 21 June 2011: (1) Is she aware of allegations of financial mismanagement of Government funding by the Mackay Division of General Practice...
- Mackay Division of General Practice (Question No. 437) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 21 June 2011: (1) Is she aware that (a) all employees of the Mackay Division of General Practice (MDGP) were terminated as a result of the...
- Adult Migrant English Program (Question No. 457) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 6 July 2011: Why did the Adult Migrant English Program cancel its tender for the NSW Adult Migrant English Service.
- Tourism Australia: Expenditure (Question No. 460) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Tourism, in writing, on 7 July 2011: In 2011-12, what total sum of expenditure has Tourism Australia allocated to each country, and what proportion (as a percentage) of the...
