House debates
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011, Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading (45 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to speak on this climate change legislation. Let us be absolutely blunt about the bills now before the parliament. This is a bad tax based on a lie and it should be...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Ball, Mr Colin (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to a small business man in my electorate who has served his community for 60 years. Colin Ball left school in 1951 at the age of 14 to learn the butchery trade in his...
- Media Ownership (1 speech)
In light of a number of media reports today let me make it quite clear that my calling for an inquiry into the media has nothing to do with establishing how much of the Australian media is owned...
- Youth Allowance (1 speech)
Labor today foreshadowed changes to the independent youth allowance criteria, enabling more regional students greater access to the funding pool from next year. In his media release the Minister...
- Hospitals (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Calvary Health Care St Vincent's and St Luke's campuses in Launceston in my electorate of Bass. They recently were jointly awarded first place in Tasmania in the...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
Technology is an important part of today's society, but it is essential that technology is delivered correctly with the best outcome for all stakeholders. Mobile communication represents one of...
- O'Connor Electorate: Local Sporting Champions Program (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the young sporting heroes in my electorate, some of whom have recently received Local Sporting Champion grants. One such local sporting...
- School Funding (1 speech)
Last week the government released a number of additional reports as part of the Gonski review into school funding. These reports give an indication of the likely direction that the government...
- Learn Earn Legend! Program (1 speech)
I would like to read out a statement on behalf of an Indigenous work experience student I hosted this week. It reads: My name is Carly-Jade Chesterfield; I’m 16 years old and currently go...
- National Retail Award (2 speeches)
I rise today to welcome the decision of the three-member full bench in dismissing a union appeal against a decision to vary the National Retail Award, a commonsense decision. We now need to see a...
- Youth Allowance (2 speeches)
I would like to report to the House that sanity has finally prevailed for country students today, including those in my electorate of Farrer, with the federal government forced to admit that its...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Defence will be absent from question time for the rest of this week as they are attending the Australia-United States...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the fact that Malaysia has confirmed that 30,000 nonresidents were caned between 2005 and 2010. I also refer the Prime Minister...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly, Shane Rattenbury MLA. On behalf of the House I extend to him a very warm welcome...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Over the last 12 months how has the government worked to keep the economy strong, deliver reform and build a clean energy future?
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the fact that 30 per cent of asylum seekers processed through the Pacific solution were returned home, compared to less than...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Joan Kirner, a former premier of Victoria. I also inform the House that we have present in the gallery today Ray Groom, a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of the government's plan for a clean-energy future for our economy?...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House—many members of which have indicated to me—that in the gallery today we have Barry Cohen, a former member for Robertson and a former minister for environment,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that 400 boat people have already arrived since the agreement with Malaysia to take just 800, does the government have any concluded agreement with...
- Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the government's decision to cut diesel fuel rebates for heavy on-road vehicles, despite this not being supported by the majority of...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before calling the member for Parramatta I indicate to the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mary Crawford, a former Parliamentary Secretary for Housing and Regional...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Budget Office (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the importance of transparency in costing policies? What other approaches have been proposed, and what are the consequences...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her earlier answers to the member for Macquarie and to me about the Malaysia people swap, and I ask: once the 800 ceiling has...
- Gillard Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the House. Will he outline and summarise the important legislative reforms that have already passed through the House during the course of the 43rd Parliament?...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What did the government ignore in the expert advice of officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade earlier this year that was later cited by...
- Anti-Dumping Reforms (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Home Affairs and the Minister for Privacy and Freedom of Information. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the...
- Member for Dobell (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the disparaging remarks she made with respect to the Chief Justice of the High Court when he rejected her failed Malaysia...
- Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Minister, how is the government delivering on its commitments to support pensioners to...
- Union Funds (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her answer yesterday where she agreed with the Minister for Human Services that the use of the union funds of some...
- Tobacco Plain Packaging (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What progress is being made on plans to remove advertising and the glamour from cigarette packages? How does this fit with...
- Member for Dobell (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In light of the Prime Minister's answer to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition's question and her answer yesterday, does she stand by her statements she has...
- Education (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. What reforms has the government delivered to our education, schools and training system to help Australians secure...
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the fact that the government is amending the Fuel Tax Act as part of its carbon tax package to remove the exemption which...
- Defence Equipment (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Materiel. How has the government improved the capabilities provided to our troops over the past 12 months? What is it doing to strengthen the skills of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the Selection Committee's report No. 31 relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private Members' business on Monday, 19 September 2011. The report will 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 Proceedings and I move: That the House take note of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I rise to seek your assistance under standing order 105(b) concerning questions on notice to which I have not received a reply after 60 days. I ask you to write to the Assistant...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (22 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for North Sydney proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The adverse impact of...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Queensland Floods (2 speeches)
by leave—Today the government tabled its response to the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry interim report. The Queensland floods were catastrophic on every level—but most...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011, Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading (17 speeches)
Before concluding the contribution I began earlier today in this debate on the Clean Energy Future package of bills, can I say that some of the submissions we heard from what I would call the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Breast Screening (1 speech)
I take great pleasure in advising the House of a wonderful outcome achieved for the local community in the electorate of Macquarie, an electorate that encompasses the Blue Mountains and the...
- Automotive Industry, Family Support Program (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to speak about some very innovative manufacturing that has been developed in my electorate of Calwell. I was very pleased last Friday, 9 September, to represent the Minister...
- Malta: Battle of Lepanto (1 speech)
It may seem strange, but in my electorate of Dawson in North Queensland the historic European Battle of Lepanto takes a special significance 440 years after the battle itself. Six years before...
- Holt Electorate: Citizens (1 speech)
I rise tonight to again pay tribute to the indomitable spirit of the people of my electorate of Holt. One of the most rewarding aspects of being a member of parliament is meeting people from all...
- Minister for Foreign Affairs (1 speech)
I follow on from the contribution from the member for Holt. I think it was a worthy contribution and I congratulate him for it. One of the consistent things that I hear from my constituents is...
- Jarman, Mr Robert, Building the Education Revolution Program (9 speeches)
I am here to talk about local issues, but I first want to make a factual correction. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has been to Timor-Leste. I had contact with him when he was there because he...
- Clean Energy Future Legislation (1 speech)
Yesterday the Labor government introduced 18 bills that will give effect to the introduction of the carbon tax from 1 July 2011. The introduction of the bills to this House represents a breach of...
- Johnston, Mr Elliott, QC (1 speech)
On the night of 25 August 2011, Australia lost a lifelong activist for social justice with the death of Elliott Johnston QC. He was 93 years of age, but the remarkable part of his longevity was...
- Economy (1 speech)
This week is a week of anniversaries and sombre reflection. Tonight I speak about another event that sent shock waves around the world and changed the financial world as we know it: the collapse...
- Vibe Alive Festival (1 speech)
I rise to commend the government for its ongoing support for the Vibe Alive Festival. Funding this year was provided from the Community Festivals for Education Engagement program for regional,...
- Youth Allowance (1 speech)
I rise tonight to congratulate the students of south-west Victoria and western Victoria for the campaign they have led to get the unfair changes that were made to the independent youth allowance...
- Electricity Prices (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, before I begin I congratulate you for your role in the chair today. It was an important statement that you made. On 29 March this year, Professor Ross Garnaut identified some issues...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Sansom, Mr Gary, AM (1 speech)
This morning I rise to extend my congratulations and sincerest gratitude for the work that Gary Sansom, a member of my electorate, has put into the Queensland Farmers' Federation over the last...
- Deakin Electorate: Ringwood Heights Primary School (1 speech)
I recently had the great pleasure of attending the opening of the new P21 buildings that have been put up at Ringwood Heights Primary School in my electorate and I would like to say few words...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I wanted to talk this morning briefly about an initiative, run very much for the needs of the community, by the Victor Harbor High School and the Victor Harbor medical centre. They are working in...
- Caroline Chisholm Awards (1 speech)
On Saturday I had the privilege of hosting the 10th anniversary of the Caroline Chisholm Awards. The Caroline Chisholm Awards are an initiative I initiated—10 years ago, obviously!—...
- Melbourne Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the significant issues of unemployment and underemployment in parts of my electorate. At the same time that we hear regular talk about a skills shortage and a need to bring...
- Paterson Electorate: Digital Television (1 speech)
I rise to speak yet again on the matter of poor digital television reception in many parts of my electorate of Paterson. I have continually called on the government to deal with this problem and,...
- Page Electorate: Gas Pipeline (1 speech)
I wish to table a petition that has been given to me by 1,449 people in my electorate of Page. I have a letter from the Petitions Committee stating that it is in accordance with procedures. In...
- Illawarra Local Government Elections (1 speech)
Last night history was made in the Shellharbour council area. The first Liberal mayor was elected to council. Not only that; the first female mayor and the first female deputy mayor were elected....
- Penrith Valley Sports Hub (1 speech)
On Sunday, 4 September 2011, I joined with the Deputy Mayor of Penrith City Council, Councillor Jim Aitken OAM, to officially open the new facilities and refurbishments undertaken at Howell Oval...
- Kooyong Electorate: Schools (2 speeches)
It was Thomas Jefferson, a founding father of the United States and its third president, who said that 'education is the defence of the nation'. Nowhere do we see this more graphically than in my...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure and Communications Committee; Report (6 speeches)
I rise to speak on the inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network conducted by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications. In...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- United States of America: Terrorist Attacks (21 speeches)
People across the globe have clear memories of precisely where they were on September 11 2001 when they first heard the news that a commercial aeroplane had flown into one of the two towers of...
