House debates
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Pairing Arrangements (12 speeches)
I seek leave of the House to make a statement relating to pairing arrangements. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the...
- Member for Dobell (19 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion to require the member for Dobell to make a statement to the House. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that, in accordance with the resolution agreed to by both houses, Senator Fawcett has been appointed a member of the Joint...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Child Care (1 speech)
I rise to call on the Gillard government to immediately reinstate federal funding for occasional child care. Occasional child care is a low-cost, high-impact program providing critical support...
- Gyari, Mr Lodi Gyaltsen (1 speech)
We have an important visitor in the parliament today: Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, who is the special envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama based in Washington, DC. Mr Gyari was born in Tibet in 1949 and...
- Logan City: House Fire (1 speech)
Today, in my role as shadow parliamentary secretary for citizenship and settlement, I wish to express my wholehearted sympathy and to pay respect to the family, friends and neighbours of the...
- Kingston Electorate: Noarlunga Hospital Parking (1 speech)
I rise today to raise concerns that many of my constituents have regarding the standardisation of car parking fees at metropolitan hospitals in Adelaide at commercial rates. In particular, local...
- Education (1 speech)
When it comes to inequity, this government and its leader know no bounds. They will say anything, do anything and even be anything to retain power. The Treasurer opened his budget remarks on 10...
- Petition: Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I rise to present a petition in condemnation of the so-called Malaysia solution. It was compiled by Amnesty International and has been found by the House of Representative Standing Committee on...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Small business is the font of so much innovation and enterprise and is one of the key drivers in our economy. In Australia there are more than 2.3 million small businesses. The last ABS stats...
- Volunteers (1 speech)
There are many unsung heroes in our communities who have served us for so long and asked for nothing in return. Many of these people are volunteers and I want to put on record my thanks to the...
- Hicks, Mr David (1 speech)
I rise to express my utter disgust in the book by convicted terrorist David Hicks being short-listed in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. Hicks was not a man who took an overseas holiday...
- Australian Industry (1 speech)
It was announced last week that CMG, the manufacturer of electric motors in Australia—the last manufacturer of electric motors in Australia—is closing its doors. There will be no more...
- Convoy of No Confidence (2 speeches)
On Monday we saw a peaceful protest on the lawns of Parliament House— (Time expired)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Logan City: House Fire (3 speeches)
On indulgence, I wish to make a short statement about the house fire in Kingston. A well-known Tongan-Samoan family has suffered a great loss in Logan City this morning where, it is believed, 11...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs will be absent from question time today because she is attending a meeting of the full...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
In light of the member for Dobell's resignation as chairman of the House Standing Committee on Economics due to a New South Wales police investigation I ask the Prime Minister: does the member...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Member for Dobell (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion requiring the Prime Minister to make a statement to this parliament in connection with the member for Dobell. Leave not granted.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (11 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 immediately suspend proceedings for a period...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the Selection Committee's report No. 29 relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 12 September 2011. The report will be...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (19 speeches)
What an extraordinary scene we have just witnessed: the Prime Minister of this country and all her ministers walking out at the very beginning of question time after taking only one question for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! It being past the hour of 7 pm I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Petition: Halal Food (2 speeches)
I have previously spoken in the parliament of the Barnabas Fund and my personal support for their work in supporting and highlighting the plight of persecuted Christians in the world. Last week...
- Newcastle Electorate: Community Arts (1 speech)
The City of Newcastle has always had a diverse and rich cultural scene thanks to the effort of many committed individuals and organisations. Earlier this month Simon Crean, the Minister for...
- Food Security (1 speech)
I want to use this opportunity to lament yet another piece of Australian history that seems to be heading offshore, with more and more Australian food processors being purchased by offshore...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Today we face issues that affect Australians as they have affected Australians for decade after decade. These issues impact people of all walks of life, all income brackets, all regions, all...
- Healesville Football and Netball Club (1 speech)
I rise this evening to pay tribute to the Healesville Football and Netball Club. On Friday, 5 August the Healesville Football and Netball Club hosted a team from Canada, who came across to play a...
- Throsby Electorate: BlueScope Steel (1 speech)
On Monday this week, BlueScope advised the Australian Stock Exchange that it had posted a $1 billion loss. As a consequence, it announced that it was exiting the export steel market to focus on...
- Dunkley Electorate (1 speech)
The government's Building the Education Revolution program is littered with disappointments and some disasters. There have been some sweet spots but also many disappointments in the community...
- Parramatta Electorate: Parramatta City Brass Band (1 speech)
On Saturday I attended the 100th birthday celebration of the Parramatta City Brass band. At 100 years old, it is probably the oldest surviving band in Sydney, and it is one of the few fully...
- White Balloon Day (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I request that you receive, in a spirit of great generosity, a white balloon on behalf of the parliament. As you would be aware,7 September is White Balloon Day as part of Child...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Hume Electorate: Wollondilly Shire (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the issue of small business confidence in the electorate of Hume and in particular the Wollondilly Shire. The Wollondilly Shire is a growing region of the electorate I...
- Petrie Electorate: 2011 Petrie Future Leaders Essay and Public Speaking Competition (1 speech)
It is my pleasure to rise and speak about the 2011 Petrie Future Leaders Essay and Public Speaking Competition. This is a competition that I run each year. This competition is the second time the...
- Stirling Electorate: Balcatta Soccer Club (1 speech)
Balcatta Soccer Club, one of the great soccer clubs within my electorate, was on the Sunday before last presented with the All Flags League—the highest league of soccer in Western...
- Child Care (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about an issue of growing concern in my electorate and call upon the state government to do their bit in this space. I speak of the issue of universal access to child care,...
- Manufacturing, Walk for Autism (1 speech)
The government's buy Australian manufacturing campaign is a sham. Let me be clear about this. This campaign will proceed, but 10 months from now the government will introduce a massive new...
- Lyne Electorate: Roads and Timber Bridges (1 speech)
I rise to talk about local roads and timber bridges in the electorate of Lyne, an ongoing issue of concern. On 7 September last year an agreement was reached to provide a stable minority...
- Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
When you are a cash-strapped government looking for every cent you can, you can understand why having a go at the 30 per cent private health insurance rebate is attractive. Like most shortcuts in...
- Australian Volunteers Overseas (1 speech)
Every year many hundreds of Australians head overseas to volunteer in developing countries. In my role as parliamentary secretary I meet many of these people throughout the Pacific and see the...
- Live Animal Exports (5 speeches)
I have with me four different types of petitions all dealing with live animal export. They were given to me to bring to the parliament. They went before the Petitions Committee. I got a notice...
- Electorate of Chifley: No School No Play Program (2 speeches)
I have said in this place a number of times that one of my big passions within the electorate of Chifley, where nearly a third of the people who live in the electorate are under the age of 19, is...
- Same-Sex Relationships (33 speeches)
Pursuant to the resolution passed on 5 July 2011, as amended, we now move to constituency statements on ways to achieve equal treatment for same-sex couples including marriage.
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Vietnam Veterans Day (23 speeches)
Two days ago, before this debate was interrupted, I was going through a range of matters relating to Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. I talked about a number of individuals who have...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- ABC Helicopter Crash (4 speeches)
Paul Lockyer, just 11 days before the horrific crash, visited the township of Grantham, where he was doing a follow-up story. Eleven days beforehand was the last interview that I did with him and...
