House debates
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Clean Energy Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This House has been debating climate change for decades. Parliamentary debate of this issue predates this building itself. My predecessor as...
- Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. An incident having occurred in the gallery—
- Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011 is part of a package implementing the carbon pricing mechanism and related reforms to...
- Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introduction The Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011 is an essential part of the Australian government's plan to build a...
- Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011 contains consequential amendments to offsets and levies in the personal tax system to ensure...
- Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill will establish, through the fuel tax system, a cent-for-cent impact on businesses, equivalent to the price on the carbon content of the...
- Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is part of the clean energy legislative package, which sets up the carbon-pricing mechanism as part of the government's climate change...
- Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is part of the clean energy legislative package. It will establish, through the fuel tax system, a 'cent-for-cent' impact on aviation...
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is part of a package implementing the carbon pricing mechanism and related reforms. The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas...
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is part of a package implementing the carbon pricing mechanism and related reforms. The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas...
- Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill imposes the charge payable, under the carbon pricing mechanism, by a person to the Commonwealth for a unit shortfall as a tax within...
- Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill anticipates the possibility that, under the carbon pricing mechanism, the charge payable by a person to the Commonwealth for the issue...
- Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill anticipates the possibility that, under the carbon pricing mechanism, the charge payable by a person to the Commonwealth for the issue...
- Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill imposes the charge payable by a person to the Commonwealth for the surrender of an international unit in the years beginning on 1 July...
- Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill anticipates the possibility that, under the carbon pricing mechanism, the charge payable by a person to the Commonwealth for issue of a...
- Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill anticipates the possibility that, under the carbon pricing mechanism, the charge payable by a person to the Commonwealth for issue of a...
- Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill will establish the Clean Energy Regulator—a new statutory authority that will be responsible for administering the...
- Climate Change Authority Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill will establish the Climate Change Authority—a new statutory authority that will provide independent advice to the government on...
- Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The government is committed to action on climate change and the need to reduce our carbon pollution. This is because the government accepts the...
- Navigation Amendment Bill 2011 (2 speeches)
I rise to respond to the Navigation Amendment Bill 2011. This bill implements two entirely different measures, which I will speak to separately. The first, schedule 1 part 1 of the bill,...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time today for personal reasons. The Minister for Trade and acting foreign minister will answer questions on...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I seek leave to table the press release from Senator Evans of 8 February 2008. It contains the facts that the Prime Minister seeks to spin away. Leave not granted.
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before giving the call to the member for Deakin, who has been very patient, I note that we have in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Simon O'Brien, the Western Australian Minister for Finance,...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- President Barack Obama (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek brief indulgence to say something that I would have liked to have said earlier today in question time. Mr Albanese interjecting—
- 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 Proceedings. I move: That the House take note of the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Border Protection (36 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 failure of the government to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (23 speeches)
I move: That in respect of the proceedings on the Clean Energy Bill 2011, the Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, the Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Regional Development Australia (1 speech)
The announcement of the allocation of funding under the auspices of the Regional Development Australia fund last week was yet another disgraceful illustration of this government's contempt for...
- Braddon Electorate: Mining (1 speech)
I remind my friend the member for Hume that Regional Partnerships, better known as the regional rorts scheme, had nothing like the level of scrutiny and independence that the RDA process has now....
- Gary Walden Trust (1 speech)
It is an honour for me to speak today about a man from my electorate who worked tirelessly to support thousands of students and teachers throughout his career. The name Gary Walden is well known...
- Superannuation (1 speech)
Tonight it was my great pleasure to attend the inaugural oration by the Prime Minister to celebrate 15 years of Emily's List Australia. The Prime Minister's speech tonight inspired me to continue...
- Student Income Support (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on behalf of regional families with children either attending university or planning to undertake university studies in the future. I have spoken many times in the past...
- Ansett Airlines (1 speech)
Yesterday, 12 September 2011, marked the 10th anniversary of one of our nation's great airline carriers, Ansett Airlines, being put under external administration. Ten years ago yesterday,...
- Kooyong Electorate: Scouting Movement (1 speech)
I will rise to acknowledge the important role the scout movement plays in our community and particularly in my electorate of Kooyong. Recently I attended the Scout District of Boroondara's AGM at...
- Moreton Electorate: Community Cabinet (1 speech)
Earlier this month I was pleased to welcome the Prime Minister, the Hon. Julia Gillard, and other members of the federal ministry, including the member for Isaacs, to the Moreton electorate for a...
- Small Businesses (1 speech)
I rise tonight to highlight the unfolding disaster being faced by the small business sector under this Labor government. The Prime Minister said in question time today that she is interested in...
- Granville Scouts (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the 1st Granville scouts who celebrated 100 years of continuous scouting on Sunday. There were other scout groups that preceded Granville scouts, Parramatta for one, but...
- Herbert Electorate: Foster Care (1 speech)
It was with great pleasure I attended the Child Protection Week brunch with carers in Townsville last Wednesday, 7 September. The brunch was to simply say thank you to those who take part in...
- Aboriginal Communities (1 speech)
During the five-week parliamentary recess, I took the opportunity to travel to the Central Desert, where I visited the communities of Tjirrkarli; Warburton; Jameson; Blackstone; Wingellina, home...
