House debates

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency; Censure (9 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion of censure against the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time.
  • Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill makes minor amendments to certain governance and business arrangements for portfolio bodies under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
  • National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment (Deer) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Mike Kelly. Bill read a first time.
  • National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment (Deer) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment Bill (Deer) 2011 amends the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998to increase the...
  • Business Names Registration Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Bradbury. Bill read a first time.
  • Business Names Registration Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Business Names Registration Bill 2011 is part of a package of bills. The package comprises: These bills, along with subordinate legislation,...
  • Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Bradbury. Bill read a first time.
  • Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011 is part of a package of bills. The total package will,...
  • Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Bradbury. Bill read a first time.
  • Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011 is part of a package of bills. The total package will, along with subordinate legislation,...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Treaties Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties I present the committee's report entitled Report 118: Treaties tabled on 23 March and 11 May 2011, incorporating a dissenting report and...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • 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. to which the following amendment was moved: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the...
  • National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Authority) Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail (66 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
  • National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Authority) 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.
  • Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Bill 2011, Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Inventory) Bill 2011; Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Social Security and Other Legislation 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.
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 6) Bill 2011; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Statements by Members (0 speeches)
  • Probus Club of Elanora (1 speech)
    Over the past couple of weeks I have had the opportunity to meet with many community groups within the McPherson electorate. I would like to take this opportunity today to speak about and...
  • Football Queensland (2 speeches)
    I rise today to voice the concerns I and a number of others have about the conduct and practices of Football Queensland and their management. Football Queensland, like a number of other...
  • Farm Exit Support (1 speech)
    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I rise to protest in the strongest possible terms the decision by the federal Labor government last week to not honour farm exit grants, which is having a...
  • Neighbourhood Houses (1 speech)
    Neighbourhood houses in my electorate of Melbourne are likely to close their doors to occasional child care because of a stand-off between the federal Labor government and the Victorian Liberal...
  • Health (1 speech)
    Another day, another Labor bungle! Regional health has become a victim of federal Labor penny-pinching as shown by the government asking doctors to pay tax on grants for the building of GP...
  • Men's Shed Association (1 speech)
    Today I would like to draw attention to the valuable contribution made by men's sheds in the Canberra community. Over the past decade men's sheds have increased dramatically across the country to...
  • Queensland Members of Parliament (1 speech)
    I support the previous speaker's comments on men's sheds and the wellbeing and health of men. It is a great initiative and should be applauded at every opportunity. I rise to take the opportunity...
  • McGovern, Ms Karen, Marino, Mr Fernando (1 speech)
    From time to time, members have the melancholy duty of advising the House of a tragic event within their electorate that impacts on the entire community. Today I have such a duty. I advise the...
  • Australian Workers (2 speeches)
    () (): I rise in sorrow to appeal to those opposite to stop vilifying Australian companies as 'big polluters', to stop vilifying honest Australian men and women who go about their jobs in...
• Shadow Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    by leave—I table the shadow ministry list with new repping arrangements in the Senate.
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Holding, Hon. Allan Clyde; Report from Main Committee (1 speech)
    Order of the day returned from Main Committee for further consideration; certified copy of the motion presented. Debate resumed on the motion: That the House record its deep regret at the death...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to page 18 of the government's own modelling document. I refer to the statement on page 18 which shows that, under the carbon tax,...
  • Economy (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How has Australia benefited from past economic reforms? How is the government continuing to pursue economic reform and address the challenges of the future?
  • Budget (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his own budget speech, where he said, just three months ago: We will be back in the black by 2012-13, on time, as promised. The...
  • Defence (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence. Minister, Australia plans to purchase as many as 100 Joint Strike Fighters at a cost of $16 billion, but the US program is deeply troubled by cost...
  • Climate Change (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister update the House on support for jobs and competitiveness in the government's clean energy future plan....
  • Member for Dobell (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister expressed unreserved confidence in the member for Dobell yesterday, was she aware that he had failed to add a $90,000 gift from the...
  • Coal Seam Gas (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Will the minister update the House on the significance of Australia's coal seam gas industry? Why is investment...
  • Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that under her carbon tax Australia will meet its abatement target in 2020 only if Australian businesses purchase $3.5 billion...
  • Tobacco Plain Packaging (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What progress is being made to implement the important reform of plain packaging for cigarettes? What reaction has there been and what is the...
  • Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask the Prime Minister to confirm that under her carbon tax a business that emits 24,999 tonnes of CO2 will not have to purchase any carbon permits, but a...
  • Apple Imports (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade. Will the minister update the House on recent decisions in relation to the importation of apples from New Zealand? What other options have been put...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to CQ Rescue, an emergency rescue helicopter service based in Mackay. CQ Rescue estimates their carbon tax bill due to increased...
  • Family Payments and Support (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Minister, how is the government supporting Australian families into the future? What risks exist...
  • Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the praise her Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change gave to Mystique printing, a small printing company in my electorate,...
  • Carbon Farming Initiative (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister outline the reasons for the government's decision to contribute to the...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her previous answer to the member for Aston. Is the Prime Minister seriously suggesting that small businesses such as Mystique...
  • Superannuation (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Will the Assistant Treasurer inform the House why it is vital to harness the resource boom to...
• Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
  • Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, I ask that you write to the Minister for Health and Ageing regarding questions 213, 366, 367, 371, 372 and 373, which are now more than two months overdue.
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (32 speeches)
    I have received a letter from the honourable member for Flinders proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failure...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Disability Services (5 speeches)
    by leave—Last week I visited Rod and Janette Mattingley, and their 25 year old son, Thomas, who live in my electorate of Jagajaga in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Thomas has been...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
    Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
  • Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 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.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 5, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Parliament House: Energy Use; Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
    I move: That this House concurs with the resolution relating to the reduction of energy use in Parliament House. The 10 Per Cent campaign is a challenge to individuals and businesses to reduce...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 6) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 6) 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 (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill 2011; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time. (Quorum formed)
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the Selection Committee's report No. 28, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 22 August 2011. The report will be...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2011, Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2011, Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Australia's Immigration Detention Network Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    Mr Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating Mr Oakeshott to be a member of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network.
  • Economics Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    Mr Speaker has received advice from Mr Bandt nominating himself to be a supplementary member of the Standing Committee on Economics for the purpose of the committee's review of the Reserve Bank...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Bill 2011; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
    Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
  • Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) 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 (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Dental Health (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about the Labor government's decision in the last federal budget to close the chronic disease dental scheme by December this year. This, like many Labor decisions, has not been...
  • India (1 speech)
    I rise in this House tonight to proudly extend my best wishes to the many members of the Australian community of proud Indian heritage and those from my electorate of Holt who, on Monday, 15...
  • Australian Health Survey (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to discuss a constituent's recent experience with a federal government agency, the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Perhaps it has long outlived its usefulness in a modern...
  • United Nations Security Council (1 speech)
    In 1994 the genocide in Rwanda shook the world's collective conscience. A mixture of international unwillingness and poor procedure meant that effective action was not taken to prevent the...
  • Australian Industry Trade College (1 speech)
    I rise to speak in general about education and specifically about the Australian Industry Trade College. The AITC is a college dedicated to preparing year 11 and year 12 students for a career in...
  • Battle of Long Tan (1 speech)
    Tomorrow, 18 August, is the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. To commemorate the occasion, services will be held in my electorate of Makin at Henderson Square at Pooraka and at the Tea Tree...
  • Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
    There is a certain irony in comparing two recent Illawarra Mercury articles relating to BlueScope Steel. If it were not so serious, it would be laughable. The first was reported on 19 July, just...
  • Economy (1 speech)
    In March I spoke about the price differentials that exist in relation to products sold in Australia compared to overseas. I did not imagine at the time it would trigger the response it did. I...
  • Longman Electorate (1 speech)
    I would like to thank the shadow Treasurer, the Hon. Joe Hockey, for visiting Longman last week. Joe and I toured the electorate, visited several small businesses and held a community lunch with...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on the government's initiative in the area of supported services for people with disability, in particular its plan to introduce a National Disability Insurance Scheme. I...
  • Bennelong Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    Bennelong is a region of Sydney that seems to be the beneficiary of all that is desirable in a modern metropolis, but with all of the challenges. There are state-of-the-art shopping...
  • Water (2 speeches)
    I rise to say a few words this evening. I will just paint a quick picture of what might be. In Australia, for a long time now, we have not been able to grasp a vision of what might be for our...
• Notices (0 speeches)
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• Statements by Members (0 speeches)
  • Treasurer (1 speech)
    I rise today to draw attention to what I consider to be an indication of the declining standards in this place by someone who should know better but who is obviously totally frustrated by his own...
  • Koonung Park Tennis Club (1 speech)
    On Tuesday 26 July I had the great pleasure of attending the official opening of two 46,000 litre water tanks funded under the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program at the Koonung...
  • Blackwood Hospital (1 speech)
    I have previously spoken in this place about the Blackwood community hospital. The Blackwood community hospital was established in 1954. It was part of the community hospital movement in South...
  • Braddon Electorate: New Funding (1 speech)
    Good morning, colleagues. Since we last met, I have had the great privilege of visiting many, many centres in my electorate to share in the announcement of funding and/or new facilities. For...
  • Brimelow, Mr Garth (2 speeches)
    Last night in the adjournment debate I spoke about the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the need for everyone to take it seriously. Today I would like to talk about some important things...
  • Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I echo those comments. I rise today to highlight to the House how my state of Western Australia is being unfairly penalised for its disproportionate contribution to...
  • Child Care (1 speech)
    During the winter recess it was my pleasure to join my parliamentary colleagues the member for Wannon, the member for Higgins and the member for Aston in launching in Victoria a national petition...
  • Canberra Electorate: German Community (1 speech)
    It is once again my privilege to rise today to speak about some more legends in the Canberra community. Today I wish to speak about a group of people in my community who call themselves the...
  • McPherson Electorate: Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about the development of a geriatric evaluation and management unit, a GEM unit, on the southern Gold Coast, which will assist patients who require specialised care; in...
  • Overington, Ms Karen (2 speeches)
    I rise to give my condolences on the passing on 11 August of Karen Overington, the former state member for Ballarat West and someone who has been very influential in the political life and the...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That order of the day No. 1, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until the next meeting. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Regional Australia Committee; Report (4 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the document.
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Holding, Hon. Allan Clyde (6 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House record its deep regret at the death on 31 July 2011 of the Honourable Allan Clyde Holding, former Minister and Member of this House for the Division...
  • Wake, Mrs Nancy Grace Augusta, AC, GM (4 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House record its deep regret at the death on 7 August 2011, of Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC GM, and place on record its appreciation of her long and...
  • Wood, Sergeant Brett, MG (1 speech)
    On indulgence, on 1 June, during my speech on the debate on the condolence motion for Sergeant Brett Wood, I mistakenly said that he had a son. I would like to correct the record—he does...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Bill 2011; Second Reading (14 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Wake, Mrs Nancy Grace Augusta, AC, GM (10 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House expresses its deep regret at the death on 7 August 2011, of Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC GM, places on record its appreciation of her long and...
  • Olley, Ms Margaret Hannah, AC (6 speeches)
    On indulgence, I rise to speak on the life of Margaret Olley. One of the great tragedies of life is that you come into this place and you get to speak on the lives of people who you never get to...
  • Chalmers, Mr Robin Donald (6 speeches)
    At 9.15 on the night of Monday, 25 July 2011, a statement was issued to all members of the federal parliamentary press gallery advising them: Our longest-serving and much-loved colleague, Rob...
• Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
  • Evans, Mr Cadel (2 speeches)
    Debate resumed.
• Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
  • Australian Defence Force: Civil Skills Data Project (Question No. 432) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Defence, in writing, on 16 June 2011: What (a) number, and (b) proportion (as a percentage), of Australian Defence Force Reserve personnel have registered their civilian...
  • Immigration Detention Centres (Question No. 434) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 20 June 2011: (1) Which immigration detention facilities (a) have active X-ray scanners, and when were they installed, and (b)...
  • Solar Homes and Communities Program (Question No. 438) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in writing, on 21 June 2011: (1) In respect of the 30 residential units at the Parkhaven Garden Retirement Village that had solar...