House debates
Monday, 12 September 2011
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Marriage; Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Carbon Pricing; Statements (2 speeches)
The last time I addressed the House following the presentation of petitions on behalf of the Petitions Committee, I commented on the very large volume of petitions that were tabled that day....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, I present the committee's report entitled Advisory report on the Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Heavy Vehicle Regulation (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the importance of the road transport industry to Australia's economy; (2) notes that intergovernmental agreement on heavy vehicle regulatory reform was...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Gambling Reform Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform, I present the following reports of the committee: Final reports of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform; Poker Machine Harm...
- National Broadband Network Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network, I present the committee's report entitled Review of the Rollout of the National Broadband Network—First Report....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Middle East (1 speech)
A little over a week ago, I joined with my parliamentary colleagues and many concerned citizens at a rally outside the steps of the State Library of Victoria. We were expressing our deep concern...
- Tasmanian Special Olympics (1 speech)
Before I start, I would like to congratulate Sam Stosur, the winner of the US Open. It is fantastic for Australia and for the world. I met Sam recently in Tasmania and she is a fantastic...
- National Service (1 speech)
Townsville has just hosted four days of celebrations to mark 60 years of national service. It was a truly great long weekend. Townsville rolled out the welcome mat for nashos from around...
- Domestic Animal Services (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the great contribution that the Domestic Animal Services team make to the Canberra community. The team is devoted to providing the people of Canberra and their pets...
- National Stroke Awareness Week (1 speech)
Today marks the first day of National Stroke Week, which is organised by the National Stroke Foundation. Sadly, one in six people will suffer a stroke in their lifetime and, according to the...
- United States of America: Terrorist Attacks (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to speak today in remembrance of the victims of the events 10 years ago on September 11 in the United States. I pay respect to those who lost their lives in the...
- Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme (1 speech)
I rise to urge the government to listen to the tourism sector in relation to the specific Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme. In an article last week, Malcolm Farr highlighted that the skills...
- Death Penalty (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the dedication to the cause of social justice that is alive and well in the schools and community of the seat of Robertson. Today I want to particularly single out one...
- Moorebank Intermodal Freight Terminals (1 speech)
I make a personal appeal to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities that ,when exercising your responsibilities under the EPBC Act in regard to the...
- Australian Maritime College (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Australian Maritime College in Launceston, which is situated in the great electorate of Bass, for recently being acknowledged by the Australian Learning and Teaching...
- Stosur, Ms Samantha (2 speeches)
On behalf of all proud Gold Coasters, I wish to acknowledge the great work of Samantha Stosur. In 1995, at just 11 years of age, Sam Stosur wrote a letter which she put in a time capsule. I was...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- United States of America: Terrorist Attacks (4 speeches)
Before question time today, the House is going to engage in some reflections on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9-11. Last night I and the Leader of the Opposition, as well as a...
- Stosur, Ms Samantha (3 speeches)
On a far, far happier matter, I am sure the House will want to join as one to congratulate Sam Stosur on her remarkable win. I had the opportunity of speaking to her not that long ago. She is...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I table for the information of the House a revised ministry list. The list has been updated to reflect the appointment of the Hon. Mark Butler MP as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister stand by her pre-election commitment that she would never send boat people to any country that had not signed the UN convention on...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I acknowledge that we have in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Peter MacKay, the Canadian Minister of National Defence, who is here for bilateral defence talks. Minister, you are accompanied...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline for the House what steps the government is taking to combat people smuggling?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have in the galleries today a group of Indigenous students who are here in Canberra under the Work Experience in Government program of the Learn Earn Legend! program....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. What is the most effective deterrent the government can put in place to deter people smuggling and irregular migration to...
- Cyclone Yasi (2 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that it has now been eight months since Cyclone Yasi devastated Mission Beach and Cardwell, both totally dependent...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer update the House on the latest national accounts and what these accounts say about the strength of the Australian economy?
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Since the decision of the High Court, has the minister sought any additional protections for asylum seekers to be transferred to...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How will the government continue to ensure that Australians have both the benefit and the dignity of work in a changing but strong economy?
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm reports that almost 30,000 non-residents in Malaysia have been caned between 2005 and 2010? In the wake of the High Court...
- Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the government's clean energy future plan? Why is it important to...
- Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. At any stage of his discussions on his five-for-one people swap deal with Malaysia, did the minister request the Malaysian...
- Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the importance of a carbon price in supporting the jobs of the future in this country? How has this approach been...
- Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Former Prime Minister Mr Rudd stated in 2007 that the government needs to be willing to turn back boats on the high seas if it is to discourage people...
- Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Minister, how will the government support pensioners under its plan to put a price on carbon...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm in this House that all the terms of the agreement with Malaysia, written and unwritten, on a people swap have been publicly...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. What action is the Australian government taking with the international community to ensure the reduction of carbon emissions from...
- Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister detail the inquiries she or her office have made into the almost daily revelations in the media of the misuse of union members' funds...
- Environmental Conservation (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Would the minister update the House on the government's recent actions to improve the protection...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports No. 3 —Therapeutic Goods Regulation: Complementary Medicines, No. 4 —Indigenous Employment in Government Service Delivery, and No. 5...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
After discussion with members of the Speaker's panel and the whips towards the end of the last parliament, I agreed to allow members defeated at the last election to submit a statement of thanks...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the time and order of business for the sitting tomorrow, Tuesday 13 September 2011, be as follows, unless otherwise ordered: (a) the House, at its rising, adjourn...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- United States of America: Terrorist Attacks (2 speeches)
(esterday marked 10 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States of America. Even 10 years on, the events of that day are difficult to comprehend. The death and destruction...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Shipping (2 speeches)
For the information of the House, I have advised the Leader of the Nationals, who is responding to my ministerial statement, that we would come in at a later time today. I have advised his...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues are distributed to the States and Territories in accordance with a formula driven by Horizontal Fiscal...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
At the request of the member for Pearce, I move: That the order of the day No. 3, private members' business, be postponed till the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Gilmore Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago BlueScope Steel in Port Kembla announced that they would have to axe 800 jobs. The domino effect of this on their contractors in the Illawarra is likely to be in the...
- Carroll, Mr Ray, Roylance, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Tonight I want to talk about two local people who have had fantastic careers in volunteering across our community. The first of them is Ray Carroll. Ray Carroll finished his amazing 53-year...
- Hasluck Electorate: Blackadder Creek (1 speech)
I rise to talk about Blackadder Creek, which is a tributary that runs from the edge of the Midland town site within my electorate and feeds into the Swan River. The Blackadder-Woodbridge...
- Greenway Electorate: Seven Hills, Greenway Electorate: Coptic Community (1 speech)
I rise this morning to discuss a number of important associated issues in my electorate of Greenway—namely, the drive by locals to clean up Seven Hills; the community opposition to a new...
- Goldstein Electorate: Superannuation, Goldstein Electorate: Community Centre (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the inequity in superannuation law which is seeing many proud and highly capable senior workers in my electorate of Goldstein who are discriminated against because of their...
- Diabetes (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to speak about diabetes and to raise awareness of the good work being undertaken by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Nearly a million Australians are currently...
- Indigenous Communities (1 speech)
There has been much said in recent weeks about the dysfunction of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in the far north of my electorate, brought to a head by the decision of Red Cross...
- Robertson Electorate: Education (1 speech)
I would like to share this evening some thoughts about the future of education across the Central Coast region, which I represent in this place. The Central Coast is a growing region close to...
- Forde Electorate (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to use this opportunity to speak about some of the great community events that are continuing to build a positive community in my electorate of Forde. Firstly, I would like to...
- Durban Review Conference (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that Australia will not participate in the Durban Review Conference to be held in New York on 22 September. The Durban process is a...
- Occasional Child Care (1 speech)
I want to address the damage being done to occasional child care in Victoria and, in particular, I want to look at the decision of the federal government in the 2010 budget to scrap $12.6 million...
- National Union of Retired Workers (1 speech)
I want to speak tonight about an organisation in my electorate that is working to improve the lives of seniors. The organisation is the National Union of Retired Workers. Since its beginnings in...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- National Police Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I rise to show respect for National Police Remembrance Day. Since 1989, National Police Remembrance Day has been held on or near 29 September each year. This date is significant as it coincides...
- Television Sports Broadcasts (1 speech)
I rise today on a matter which is important to the community which I am lucky enough to represent in Adelaide but is also important to thousands more people right across South Australia. It is an...
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee (1 speech)
I rise this morning to draw the House's attention to the upcoming diamond jubilee, the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as head of the Commonwealth. The sixth of January 2012...
- Fowler Electorate: Moon Festival (1 speech)
On Sunday a week ago, my electorate celebrated the annual Moon Festival. As in every year, this is an event that brings the community together for a day and a night of music, food and a number of...
- Queen's Scout Award (1 speech)
I rise this morning to pay tribute to two outstanding local scout groups within the electorate of Casey. Five members' outstanding service has been recognised in recent weeks with the awarding of...
- Franklin Electorate: Carbon Emissions (1 speech)
We all know that all parties here at parliament have a commitment to reducing our carbon emissions. Where we differ clearly is how we get there. I want to talk particularly about an event in my...
- Stosur, Ms Samantha (1 speech)
In celebrating Sam Stosur winning the US Open today, we are celebrating not just a remarkable sporting achievement but also a triumph of the great Australian character. Serena and Venus Williams...
- Corio Electorate: Geelong Regional Libraries (1 speech)
Can I also associate myself with the comments of the member for Bennelong and congratulate Sam Stosur on her remarkable win this morning. Recently I had the privilege of opening the Land is Life...
- United States of America: Terrorist Attacks (1 speech)
I rise this morning to add my voice and those of my constituents to the chorus of people remembering the horrors of September 11 2001—those awful attacks in the United States of America....
- Dairy Industry (2 speeches)
May I join with others in congratulating Sam Stosur on winning the US Open—a dream, no doubt, that Sam has had for decades and has now achieved. We are all very, very happy for her. She is...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Community Organisations (14 speeches)
I rise to speak on the motion appearing in my name on the Notice Paper of 23 August 2011, which acknowledges the contribution of community groups in my electorate and generally the role those...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Lambert, Private Matthew (3 speeches)
Today I rise to offer my deepest sympathy to the friends and family of Private Matthew Lambert. My thoughts go out to his spouse, his parents and family, his fellow soldiers of the 2nd Battalion,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (9 speeches)
I am sure the member for Fowler is on his way. The parliament must thank the member for Fowler for bringing the issue of spinal muscular atrophy to the attention of the parliament. I am the first...
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (7 speeches)
I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this motion moved by the member for Murray. I thank her for her long-term concern and dedication in bringing this very serious and concerning...
- Football Queensland Licensing Scheme (4 speeches)
At the outset of my contribution I want to make a few things clear. One is my great support for football in Queensland. It is a great code and a great sport. Soccer—football—has one...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Economy (4 speeches)
When we talk about the importance of economic policy, we do not do so because it is an innately interesting thing to do; we talk about it because getting the fundamentals right with the economy...
- Australian Public Service (1 speech)
I rise to speak in praise of public sector workers in the ACT and throughout Australia. It was my pleasure recently to attend a roundtable discussion hosted by Slater and Gordon Canberra and the...
- Western Australia: Infrastructure Funding (6 speeches)
At the 2007 election, Kevin Rudd promised to maintain the coalition's Regional Partnerships and Sustainable Regions Program and to launch a new Better Regions regional development program....
- Deakin Electorate: Libraries (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to speak on tonight's grievance debate. Last Thursday, 8 September, I had the great honour of opening the new library building for Whitehorse City Council in Nunawading, in the...
