House debates

Thursday, 24 November 2011

• Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
  • Speaker; Resignation (3 speeches)
    Today marks my 1,382nd day as Speaker of the House of Representatives. I have at all times tried to uphold the fine traditions of Speaker, and to the best of my ability have attempted to carry...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Afghanistan (5 speeches)
    The government is committed to providing regular reports and updates on Afghanistan, including and in particular to the parliament. This year I have reported to the parliament on four prior...
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (5 speeches)
    I thank the member for his remarks and his good-natured and professional cooperation on these issues, and also for his support on the matters I have announced. Mr Deputy Speaker, I wonder whether...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
  • Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I introduce a bill to amend the Corporations Act 2001 to bring into effect significant reform to the regulation of financial advice, which...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
    by leave—I rise to confirm to the House that the Murray-Darling Basin Authority will release a draft plan for the Murray-Darling Basin on Monday 28 November. In developing this plan, the...
  • People Trafficking (2 speeches)
    by leave—I am pleased to be speaking on the government's anti-people-trafficking strategy. On Tuesday the government tabled the third report of the Anti-People-Trafficking Interdepartmental...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Cyber-Safety Committee; Appointment (1 speech)
    I move: That the House concur with the resolution of the Senate. The Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety was established by resolution of the House on 29 September 2010 and the Senate on 30...
  • Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the report of the Standing Committee on Publications sitting in conference with the Senate Standing Committee on Publications. Copies have been placed on the table and I seek leave to...
  • National Broadband Network Committee; Report (6 speeches)
    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 Networksecond report,...
  • National Broadband Network Committee; 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 Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (4 speeches)
    On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit I present the following documents: Report 427 - Inquiry into National Funding Agreements; Report 428: Review of Auditor-General's...
  • Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report and Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the orders of the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Orders of the Day (1 speech)
    I move: That the following Main Committee orders of the day, private Members’ business, be returned to the House for further consideration: No. 7—Occasional Care Child Care Funding,...
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following orders of the day, private Members' business, being called on, and considered...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
  • Bombing of Darwin (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this House: (1) acknowledges 19 February 1942 as the day Darwin was bombed and marks the first time Australia was militarily attacked by enemy forces; (2)...
  • Dairy Industry (0 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this House notes the importance of the dairy industry to the health and well being of Australia. Question agreed to.
  • Israel (0 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this House: (1) condemns the: (a) Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel; and (b) targeting of Max Brenner chocolate cafes as part of this...
  • Child Care (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) in the 2010 11 Budget, the Gillard Government has not considered the implications of removing Commonwealth funding for...
  • Goods and Services Tax (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: 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...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011, Higher Education Support Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment (Deer) Bill 2011, Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Returned from Senate (0 speeches)
    Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
  • Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
    Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments—
• Register of Members' Interests (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    As required by resolution of the House, I table copies of notifications of alterations of interests received during the period 7 July 2011 to 23 November 2011.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That notice No. 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I understand that it would suit the convenience of the House to suspend proceedings—certainly, it would suit the convenience of the Clerk, who has a responsibility to fulfil if there is a...
• Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
  • Speaker (45 speeches)
    The Clerk: Honourable members, I have received the following communication from Her Excellency the Governor-General: I desire to inform the House of Representatives that I have received a letter...
  • Deputy Speaker (9 speeches)
    I move: That Ms A. E. Burke be elected Deputy Speaker of this House. Mr Speaker, I start by adding my congratulations to your elevation to the chair. I am delighted to nominate Anna as Deputy...
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Larkham, Mrs Maureen (3 speeches)
    Turning to another topic on indulgence, if I may, firstly, Mr Speaker, I congratulate Anna Burke on her election as Deputy Speaker. We all know what a fantastic job she did on the last occasion,...
• Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
  • (4 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, on indulgence—and I will be very quick because I really have not had time to think about this, given the magnitude and the quickness of what transpired this morning: I put on...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • The Speaker (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what discussions, meetings and arrangements have you or your office or any members of your cabinet been party to in relation to the departure...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Prime Minister; Censure (55 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion forthwith: That this House...
• Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
  • Condolences (1 speech)
    I did want to say, on indulgence, and it is a matter that I was speaking to the member for Braddon about yesterday: as people would be aware, we did lose the life of a young Australian woman in...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. I move: That the House take note of the following documents: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
  • Regional Australia Committee (1 speech)
    (—) (): I also table the government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia Committee report, Of drought and flooding rains: inquiry into the...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
    I move: That leave of absence be given to every Member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Government Response (1 speech)
    For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of outstanding government responses to reports of House of Representatives and joint committees, incorporating reports tabled and...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Message from the Senate (1 speech)
    I have received a message from the Senate informing the House of the following resolution agreed to by the Senate: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Joint Standing Committee...
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (11 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation on indulgence.
• Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Language (7 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, I seek clarification from you in the matter of words I used in this chamber today, to which you—
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (5 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, I congratulate you on your elevation to high office. I am seeking to make a personal explanation.
• Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Behaviour (4 speeches)
    Mr Speaker I seek clarification on the point that the member for Hume made earlier—
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Gillard Government (14 speeches)
    I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely— Mr Briggs...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair Protection for Firefighters) Bill 2011; Returned from Senate (0 speeches)
    Message received from the Senate returning the bill without amendment or request.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    Madam Deputy Speaker Burke, I congratulate you on your return to high office, the great job you did last time and the great job I am sure you will continue to do. On behalf of the Joint Committee...
  • Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report and Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the orders of the day be referred to the Main Committee for debate. Question agreed to.
• Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
  • Valedictories (3 speeches)
    As the parliament draws to a close, I want to make some reflections, some Christmas valedictories. I know it always strikes us as a little bit strange that at the end of a parliamentary session...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • (3 speeches)
    Order! It being 4:30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
• Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
  • Valedictories (10 speeches)
    Debate resumed.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection Committee; Report (5 speeches)
    I present the Selection Committee's report No. 39 relating to private member's business and the referral of bills to committees. The report will be presented in today's Hansard. Copies of the...
• Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
  • Toner, Mr Brydan (1 speech)
    Before I start my three-minute speech, I place on the record that here in the House I have not seen a speaker resign before. I would like to place on record my admiration and respect for Speaker...
  • Petitions: Disability Services (1 speech)
    I am so proud to be part of a government that is committed to making sure that every child has the best start to life. Of course, we know that that is no more important than for children with...
  • Speaker (1 speech)
    Having come to this place in 1990 and been removed a number of times since and now being back in the House, I have been here for some historic moments: the removal of one of the most popular...
  • Franklin Electorate: Youth Forum (1 speech)
    I would like to talk today about a youth forum that was recently held in Kingborough, in my electorate, and which I had the pleasure of attending. The venue was the Twin Ovals, a new venue that I...
  • Cowan Electorate: Halal Foods (1 speech, 5 comments)
    I recently presented a petition in parliament calling for all meats that had been slaughtered in the manner of the Islamic religion to be clearly labelled as such. The petition, which was...
  • Ben Donohoe Fun Run, Capital Region Cancer Centre (1 speech)
    Ben Donohoe was a sports-loving, caring and intelligent nine-year-old boy who lived with his parents, Robyn and Peter, and siblings, Luke, Lauren and Kate. An active boy who particularly loved...
  • Swan Electorate: Transit Guards (1 speech)
    On this fourth anniversary of my election to this parliament—and I hear the members on the opposite side cheering in remembrance!—I rise to speak about two transit guards who suffered...
  • Volunteers (1 speech)
    Thirty-four per cent of the Australian adult population volunteer. They contribute over 700,000 hours of volunteer work each year. Today I rise to say thank you to those who choose to volunteer...
  • Bennelong Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
    As we conclude our final week in this place, we are fortunate to be given the opportunity to spend time in our electorates congratulating students and teachers on a successful year and joining...
  • Speaker (2 speeches)
    I take this opportunity to place on record my thanks to Harry Jenkins, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. All his life, Harry has been totally dedicated to the principles of...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That consideration of government business order of the day No. 1, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until the next day of sitting. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry Committee; Report (16 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the report.
  • National Capital and External Territories Committee; Report (7 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That the House take note of the document.
• Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
  • Australian Securities Investments Commission: Managed Investment Schemes (Question No. 354) (2 speeches)
    asked the Assistant Treasurer, in writing, on 10 May 2011: In respect of investigations by the Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) into (a) Trio Capital Ltd and its associated...
  • Australian Securities Investments Commission: Managed Investment Schemes (Question No. 355) (2 speeches)
    asked the Assistant Treasurer, in writing, on 10 May 2011: In respect of investigations by the Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) into (a) Trio Capital Ltd and its associated...
  • Australian Securities Investments Commission: Managed Investment Schemes (Question No. 356) (2 speeches)
    asked the Assistant Treasurer, in writing, on 10 May 2011: In respect of the investigations by the Australian Securities Investments Commission into Trio Capital Ltd and its associated managed...
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission: Australian Property Custodian Holding Ltd (Question No. 374) (2 speeches)
    asked the Assistant Treasurer, in writing, on 23 May 2011: (1) What is the status of the investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) into allegations of...
  • Clean Energy Future Plan (Question No. 502) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in writing, on 17 August 2011. Was the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report the sole factor in the decision to introduce...
  • Clean Energy Future Plan (Question No. 504) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in writing, on 17 August 2011: In respect of a statement he made that the Clean Energy Plan is needed to 'save the Great Barrier...
  • Immigration and Citizenship: Outcome and Program Structure (Question No. 550) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 23 August 2011: (1) In respect of his department's outcome and program structure in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, how many...
  • Dawson and Capricornia Electorates: Home Insulation Program (Question No. 585) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in writing, on 12 September 2011: How many (a) complaints from the electorates of Dawson and Capricornia were lodged regarding work...
  • Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: Staffing (Question No. 606) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare, in writing, on 15 September 2011: How many (a) staff are currently working (i) as contract managers in the Job Services Australia...
  • Home Insulation Program (Question No. 614) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in writing, 20 September 2011: In respect of the Home Insulation Program (HIP) and the programs that were established following the...
  • Dawson and Capricornia Electorates: Tax Revenue Streams (Question No. 639) (2 speeches)
    asked the Assistant Treasurer, in writing, on 11 October 2011: In the electoral division of (a) Dawson, and (b) Capricornia, what sum was collected per tax revenue stream for (i) 2010-11, (ii)...
  • Natural Disaster Insurance Review Report (Question No. 708) (2 speeches)
    asked the Assistant Treasurer, in writing, on 2 November 2011: When will the Natural Disaster Insurance Review report be made public, and can he indicate what recommendations the review has made...