House debates
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (16 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I move that so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the honourable member for Flinders from moving the following motion forthwith: That so much of...
- Carbon Pricing (16 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bill be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the 124th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly to Panama and bilateral visit to Brazil, 4-23 April 2011 (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present the report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the 124th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly to Panama and bilateral visit to Brazil...
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the 124th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly to Panama and bilateral visit to Brazil, 4-23 April 2011 (1 speech)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Road Safety Remuneration Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time. - Road Safety Remuneration Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Road transport accounts for over 1.7 per cent of Australia's total GDP and employs over 246,000 Australians. Australia's freight task has... - Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time. - Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I introduce the Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2011. This bill makes consequential amendments... - Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time. - Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011 is being introduced alongside its companion, the Stronger Futures in the Northern... - Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time. - Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 is the companion bill to the Stronger... - Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers and Offences) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr O'Connor. Bill read a first time. - Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers and Offences) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Providing law enforcement agencies with modern tools to combat modern forms of crime is the responsibility of every government. (Quorum formed)... - Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill (No. 2) 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr O'Connor. Bill read a first time. - Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill (No. 2) 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to present the Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill (No. 2) 2011, representing the second tranche of legislation... - Access to Justice (Federal Jurisdiction) Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr O'Connor. Bill read a first time. - Access to Justice (Federal Jurisdiction) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This government has a proud history of reforms that facilitate access to justice. This bill marks the latest tranche of those reforms. Discovery... - Nuclear Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Brendan O'Connor. Bill read a first time. - Nuclear Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill implements the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The convention recognises that acts relating... - Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill 2011 (1 speech)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Tony Burke. Bill read a first time. - First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Tony Burke. Bill read a first time. - Second Reading (12 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Antarctica has a unique place in Australia’s national identity. We are tied to Antarctica through our history, our geology and our climate.... - Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Garrett. Bill read a first time. - Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill makes amendments to social security law to improve the operation of the income management system and to improve school attendance. In... - Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Garrett. Bill read a first time. - Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Australian Research Council (ARC) is a statutory authority within the Australian Government's Innovation portfolio. Its mission is to deliver... - Excise Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum, and explanatory memorandum to the Customs Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011, presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time. - Excise Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill delivers on the government's commitment to reduce business compliance costs for excise liable businesses. These taxpayers, operating... - Customs Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time. - Customs Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This is the second of the bills that deliver on this government’s commitment to reduce business compliance costs for businesses dealing... - Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time. - Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Insurance Contracts Amendments Bill 2011 introduces amendments to provide for a legislative framework so that regulations can be made to... - Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 9) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten . Bill read a first time. - Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 9) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends various taxation laws to implement a range of improvements to Australia's tax laws. Schedule 1 amends the Superannuation... - Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Maintaining Address) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Gray. Bill read a first time. - Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Maintaining Address) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to present a bill to amend the Electoral Act and the referendum act to deliver a more accurate electoral roll. This bill will allow... - Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Kelly. Bill read a first time. - Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introduction The Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill (the bill) responds to a significant issue affecting forest communities around the world. The... - National Health Amendment (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement Initiatives) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time. - National Health Amendment (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement Initiatives) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The National Health Amendment (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement Initiatives) Bill 2011 will amend the National Health Act 1953 to implement two... - Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time. - Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. If you asked Australians if we should create a system where their health information could be easily transferred between their health... - Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time. - Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be read a second time. This bill makes a number of minor, consequential amendments to existing acts to support the introduction of the Personally Controlled Electronic...
- Road Safety Remuneration Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
On behalf of the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the House approves the... - Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present the committee's report No. 426 entitled Ninth biennial hearing with the Commissioner of Taxation. Ordered that the report... - Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report and Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to. - Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry Committee; Report (2 speeches)
We have the member for Lyne, the member for Lyons and we have Mr Lyons, the member for Bass, sitting in the chamber—it can get confusing. On behalf of the Standing Committee on Agriculture,... - Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry Committee; Report and Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order for the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to. - National Capital and External Territories Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories I have pleasure in presenting the committee’s report entitled Etched in Stone? Inquiry into the... - Report and Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to.
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with an amendment. Ordered that the amendment be considered immediately. Senate’s amendment— - Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011; Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to. - Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) 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. - Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment 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. - Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) 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. - Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Significant Incident Directions) 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. - Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Significant Incident Directions) 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. - Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) 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. - Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) 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. - Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Bill 2011, Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oils in the Antarctic Area) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bill(s) without amendment or request. - Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011; Explanatory Memorandum (1 speech)
Madam Deputy Speaker, for the information of honourable members, I present a correction to the explanatory memorandum for the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011. - Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate and read a first time. - Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011; Second Reading (4 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill will introduce amendments by giving effect to the teenage parent and jobless...
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- McKerihan, Ms Melissa (1 speech)
We all come to this place as representatives of a constituency around Australia. We are so often the public face of our electorates in this place and also in many parts of Australia. The media... - Armenian Genocide (1 speech)
While not necessarily agreeing with every word spoken, in the short time available I want to associate myself with the theme of the speeches delivered by the members for North Sydney, Wentworth,... - World Dyslexia Day (1 speech)
I rise to note World Dyslexia Day on 26 October 2011. Many dyslexia groups marked that day across Australia. Most members will know that dyslexia is a neurological impairment and language based... - India (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I have learnt four young women from my local community on the north-west coast of Tasmania were passengers in the serious train fire in the eastern state of... - Telstra Business Women's Awards (1 speech)
On Friday night I had the pleasure of supporting four outstanding Territory women, Estelle Cornell, Jodie Milne, Priscilla Collins and Kylie Beumer, at the 2011 Telstra Business Women's Awards.... - Tasmania: Health Funding (2 speeches)
Today in the Tasmanian parliament the Premier/Treasurer displayed a breathtaking lack of fiscal nous when she suggested that the $340 million I secured for the Royal Hobart Hospital will result... - National Disability Awards (1 speech)
Two organisations in my electorate were short-listed for the Australian government's National Disability Awards, held in the Great Hall in this place last night. The City of Canada Bay in... - Bierge, Kaleb (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Kaleb Bierge, a year 9 student from Beenleigh State High School, who has become the first Australian student to receive the ASDAN Bronze Award. ASDAN is a charitable social... - Heavy Vehicle Regulation (1 speech)
I rise in support of the Transport Workers Union's safe rates campaign and reaffirm my commitment to the more than 1,000 professional truck drivers living in my electorate of Greenway. Earlier... - Wright Electorate: Combined Services Dinner (4 speeches)
I am so proud to be a member of the party which looks after regional Queensland.
- McKerihan, Ms Melissa (1 speech)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Mining (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the words of her pledge to pull the curtains back and 'let the sun shine in'. Why did she not give the parliament all the... - Taxation (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer her to the $4 billion difference between revenue and spending entailed in her carbon tax and the $6 billion difference between revenue and spending...
- Mining (14 speeches)
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister; Censure (12 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah from moving immediately: That this House censures the Prime Minister for the...
- Prime Minister; Censure (12 speeches)
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Censure Motions (2 speeches)
I have a question to you, Mr Speaker. Given the fact that the Prime Minister persistently scurries out of the parliament when facing a censure motion, could you please request the clerks to...
- Censure Motions (2 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 14 of 2011-12 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 1 4 of 20 1 1- 1 2 entitled Indigen ous protected areas . Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Report No. 14 of 2011-12 (1 speech)
- 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...
- Presentation (1 speech)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip, nominating members to be supplementary members of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs for the purpose of the...
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (41 speeches, 3 comments)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Dunkley proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact of increased...
- Economy (41 speeches, 3 comments)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests I present the Draft code of conduct for members of parliament: discussion paper, November 2011. Ordered that the report be...
- Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Foreign Aid Budget (2 speeches)
by leave—In July this year I addressed the House on Australia's new aid policy, and our efforts to position Australia as a leading, effective global aid donor. At the time, I promised to...
- Foreign Aid Budget (2 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Appropriations and Administration Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration's report No. 2, Annual Report 2010-11. In doing so, I am recommending it to members. I place on record that this...
- Appropriations and Administration Committee; Report (1 speech)
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011; Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time. - Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole. - Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) 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. - Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011 (2 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011; Second Reading (13 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Petition: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2 speeches)
I rise to table a petition that clearly resonates deeply within the Australian community. This is evidenced by the number of signatures that we received—over 37,374—with thousands... - Petition: Importation of Primates (1 speech)
I present to the House a petition signed by 10,364 petitioners that requests that the House take action to impose an immediate ban on the importation of primates to Australia for research... - Berowra Electorate: Pennant Hills Road (1 speech)
This week I listened again to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, the member for Grayndler, speaking about the dangers on some of our highways and drawing attention particularly to... - Mobile Phone Services (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the unnecessary complexity of mobile phone plans in Australia. According to the 2009-10 report of the Australian Communications and Media Authority, 15 million Australians use... - Mining (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the importance of northern Australia, and the resource boom going on within it, to our country's current economic prosperity. In doing so, I also draw attention to a wide... - Jones, Mr Barry (1 speech)
I rise this evening to mark the passing of an important person in the life of Cranbourne, Barry Jones, the former President and Vice President of the Cranbourne RSL, and to celebrate his life and... - Solomon Electorate (1 speech)
I wish to talk about more government inaction and how Territorians have been let down yet again. I am disappointed and saddened by the lack of attention to our health system. Unfortunately, I am... - Gillard Government (1 speech)
At the outset, I disassociate myself from the vicious attack on the member for Solomon recently made by the former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Marshall Perron. Turning to the issue... - Mining (1 speech)
As a Western Australian member in this place, and I see my WA colleague the member for Tangney here too, we know that in the early hours of this morning the government did a secret deal with the... - Education (1 speech)
As we draw towards the end of the parliamentary year I find myself reflecting on what has been achieved by the government over the last 12 months—or a little longer. I would have to say... - Uranium Exports (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate the Prime Minister on her decision to pursue sales of uranium to India. Welcome to the 21st century, Prime Minister, and to a policy that was introduced by the Howard... - Western Australia: Goods and Services Tax (2 speeches)
Western Australia continues to be ripped-off by this federal government. Last night was further testimony to this. The issue of GST relativities is one I have raised in this House before;...
- Petition: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Queensland (1 speech)
I rise to discuss the reluctance of Labor, whether state or federal, to invest in regional Queensland ahead of one of the biggest resource booms that Queensland and our nation have ever seen. The... - Hindmarsh Electorate: Glenelg Historical Society (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful function, the Grand Claremont Garden Party, run by the newly formed Glenelg Historical Society in my electorate. Claremont House is a... - Farrer Electorate (1 speech)
As the parliamentary year comes to a close I wish to highlight the mood from my electorate of Farrer during this past 12 months. It was around this time a year ago that my region emerged from 10... - Makin Electorate: Concept2Creation (1 speech)
On Wednesday, 9 November I attended the seventh annual Concept2Creation expo held at the Golden Grove Recreation and Arts Centre. The Concept2Creation initiative is a secondary school program... - Marriage Celebrants (1 speech, 1 comment)
I wish to bring to the attention of the House another case where this Gillard Labor government has successfully alienated a group of Australian people trying to go about their business and... - Lyne Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I rise to talk about jobs on the mid North Coast, and I am pleased to report that, in the six-year history of the Lyne electorate, we now have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded on the... - Dawson Electorate: Carbon Tax Ballot (1 speech)
I rise to highlight a serious problem in my electorate of Dawson—a serious problem, in fact, for the entire country. It is that this government, the government of this democratic country,... - Fremantle Electorate: Perth 2011 (1 speech)
In eleven days time the City of Fremantle will play host to the 2011 International Sailing Federation, ISAF, Sailing World Championships, known as Perth 2011. Perth 2011 runs from 3 December to... - Solomon Electorate: Dementia (1 speech)
Dementia is the third-largest killer of Australians today. It is anticipated that by the year 2015 there will be one million Australians suffering from this disease. This figure does not include... - Cancer Council: Redcliffe Relay for Life (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on a wonderful Cancer Council initiative: the Relay for Life. For the fourth year running I have entered a team in the Redcliffe Relay for Life, on 5 and 6 November. My team is...
- Queensland (1 speech)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (11 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011...
- Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (11 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business order of the day No. 1 be postponed to a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee; Report (3 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report. - Infrastructure and Communications Committee; Report (5 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee; Report (3 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Chifley Electorate: Education (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to discuss the huge investment that has occurred in the Chifley electorate—and no doubt in electorates across the country—in the education area and in... - Gambling (1 speech)
Licensed clubs pay a vibrant part in the fabric of Australian communities and my electorate of Bradfield is no exception. One of the key clubs in my electorate is the Asquith Leagues Club. This... - Gippsland Electorate: Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I fear that the Latrobe Valley is about to pay a very heavy price for the Labor Party's deal with the Greens to deliver a carbon tax that will not change the temperature of the planet but will... - Shortland Electorate: Belmont Neighbourhood Centre (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure that I rise in the House today to share with this chamber the achievements of the Belmont Neighbourhood Centre. Belmont Neighbourhood Centre is a model for how a... - Barker Electorate: Roads to Recovery (1 speech)
I would like to tell the House about a brilliant program that I am passionate about and that I want to see continued into the future. I am talking about the Roads to Recovery program. This... - Law Enforcement (1 speech)
In September and October this year I took the opportunity to visit a number of law enforcement jurisdictions overseas as part of my study leave entitlement, and I would like to table a copy of my... - Solomon Electorate: Kiwanis Clubs (1 speech)
The other night I had the pleasure of attending a combined Kiwanis Club dinner, and 2011 is a significant year for the three Kiwanis clubs in my electorate. The Darwin branch of Kiwanis... - Shortland Electorate: Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie (1 speech)
On Saturday, 29 October I attended the open day of Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie, an organisation of vital importance to the electorate I represent in this parliament. My electorate is situated on...
- Chifley Electorate: Education (1 speech)
- Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
- Solar Energy (Question No. 653) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Resources and Energy, in writing, on 11 October 2011: Are any electricity companies experiencing difficulties in dealing with electricity being fed into the grid from home...
- Solar Energy (Question No. 653) (2 speeches)