House debates
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
- Business (0 speeches)
- Speaker's Procession (1 speech)
I wish to advise the House of changes once each week to the existing Speaker's procession. Presently at the commencement of each sitting day the procession forms in the Speaker's walkway and...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Parliament (1 speech)
Last night I made a statement about supplementary questions. I would like to clarify the point I made about supplementary questions asked by non-aligned members. My intention is to maintain...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Standing and Sessional Orders (22 speeches)
(): I move: That: (1) standing order 1 be amended; and standing orders 34 (Figure 2), 100(f) and 104(c) be omitted and new standing orders 34 (Figure 2), 100(f) and 104(c) be inserted; (2)...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Young, Mr Lamert (1 speech)
It is with sadness that I note the passing of Lamert Young, commonly known as Cyril. I feel very blessed to have known Cyril. I first met him on the campaign trail prior to the 2010 federal...
- Towns, Mr Zac (1 speech)
I rise to commend a very impressive young batsman in my electorate of Bass. His name is Zac Towns and he plays for the Riverside Cricket Club in the A-grade competition. His recent cricket...
- Kerr, Ms Nicole (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate my constituent Nicole Kerr, who is a resident of Wanneroo and was a student in 2011 at Woodvale Secondary College. Nicole distinguished...
- Reid, Ms Valerie (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure that I rise today to share with the House the outstanding contributions made by a wonderful woman in my community, Valerie Reid. Born in 1925, Valerie is the...
- Gold Coast Airport (1 speech)
The Gold Coast airport is the sixth-largest airport in Australia, with more than five million passenger movements, but it does not have an instrument landing system. It does not have a system...
- Automotive Industry (1 speech)
Today, in my capacity as chair of the Labor manufacturing caucus, I had the great pleasure of meeting with a delegation of auto workers from South Australia and Victoria—and I am pleased to...
- Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
Today I wish to speak about an issue of great importance to Australian women. Ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal gynaecological cancers, yet often little is known of it in our community. I...
- O'Connor Electorate (1 speech)
Two weeks ago I travelled into the Great Southern and south-west regions of my electorate to meet with local residents, small businesses and community leaders about issues important to their...
- Surf Lifesavers (1 speech)
I rise to thank those thousands of surf lifesavers who have so tirelessly and selflessly patrolled the beaches around Australia this summer. The hard work and dedication of those lifesavers...
- Macarthur Electorate: Christmas for the Troops (1 speech)
I would like to publicly thank the Macarthur community for its outstanding contribution to this year's Christmas for the Troops campaign. Boxes of donations were dropped off at my office in...
- Twenty20 Cricket (2 speeches)
I would like to congratulate the Tasmanian Twenty20 cricket team for their inaugural interstate competition success. They are a fantastic Tasmanian cricket team and they are really building. It...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (3 speeches)
On indulgence, I believe it is appropriate for the House to mark the fact that it is one year since this House spent a lot of time sending its condolences to the people of Queensland and also to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the multiple job losses already announced this year from Westpac, the Royal Bank of Scotland, ANZ, Holden, Toyota, BHP,...
- Automotive Industry (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government building Australia's future through the car industry?
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement last year that the budget was about jobs, jobs, jobs. Given that 2011 was the first year in 20 years when Australia had no...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline the next steps in providing high-speed broadband to all Australians through the National Broadband Network?
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer the minister to reports that the Chinese government has told the European Union that it will not pay a carbon levy on emissions from...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the government supporting economic growth to benefit all Australians?
- Member for Dobell (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to freedom of information documents that reveal collusion between the then Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Treasurer. Section 10 of the Reserve Bank Act states that the bank pursue policies that 'best contribute' to the maintenance of full-time employment in...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from Samoa led by Deputy Prime Minister Fonotoe. On behalf of the House I extend a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Manufacturing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, and Minister for Industry and Innovation. Minister, how is the...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What precisely did the Prime Minister's staff say to Ms Kim Sattler on Australia Day that would have led her to instigate the subsequent events? If the Prime...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the importance of supporting jobs right across our economy in the face of global uncertainty?
- Prime Minister (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her statement that the staffer responsible for the Australia Day disturbance at the Lobby restaurant acted alone. Can the Prime...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts. How is the government improving broadband for families and businesses...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to her earlier answer to the member for Mackellar when she said that she did not believe that the Leader of the Opposition's comments had been the...
- Education (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, who also represents the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research. Would the minister inform...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Sturt, I take this opportunity of welcoming some people with the Haywire program sponsored by the ABC. I hope that you enjoy your visit to Australia's Parliament...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer her to her previous answer in question time when she said that Mr Hodges related precisely the words of the Leader of the Opposition to the tent...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. How is the government prioritising economic reforms that help...
- Prime Minister (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister has admitted that Mr Hodges informed his superiors of his phone calls to the office of the ACT minister for Indigenous...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (22 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Sturt moving immediately: That the Prime Minister be called on immediately to give a full...
- 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)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present Selection Committee report No. 40, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 13 February 2012. The report will be...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 24 of 2011-12 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 24 of 2011-12, entitled Performance audit: administration of government advertising arrangements: March 2010 to August 2011. Ordered that the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip nominating a member to be a supplementary member of the Standing Committee on Economics for the purpose of the committee's inquiry into the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Natural Disaster Relief (10 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable member for Lyne, the honourable member for North Sydney and the honourable member for Throsby proposing that definite matters of public importance be...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Defence Security Authority Vetting (2 speeches)
by leave—On 16 May 2011, three contractors formerly employed at the Defence Security Authority's vetting centre in Brisbane made allegations on the ABC Lateline program concerning...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011, Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I am pleased to speak on the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011 and cognate bills because it gives me an opportunity to talk about some of the service obligations of...
- Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011, Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) to (3): (1) Clause 86, page 50 (line 29), before "The purposes", insert "(1)". (2) Clause 86, page 51 (line 2), at the end of paragraph (c), add ",...
- Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011, Telecommunications (Industry Levy) 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.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (3): (1) Schedule 1, page 15 (after line 5), after item 58, insert: 58A Subsection 5(2) Insert: Independent STS Review means a review under section 8JA....
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) 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.
- Telecommunications (Industry Levy) 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.
- National Health Amendment (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement Initiatives) Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the National Health Amendment (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement Initiatives) Bill 2011. The Commonwealth allocates considerable taxpayer funds for community pharmacy to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Speaker I present a correction to the Selection Committee's report No. 40 relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Queensland Floods (1 speech)
I rise to support the comments of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, in question time today when they spoke about the floods that have affected most of Queensland...
- Holt Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I commend the member for Wright for his comments. Obviously, they are sincerely heartfelt. Madam Deputy Speaker, it may come as a surprise to you, but many Australians feel we live in a divided...
- Foreign Investment (1 speech)
There has always been a place for foreign investment in Australia, including in Australian agriculture. Indeed, there are areas of this great nation that have been developed because of such...
- Lyons Electorate: Cricket (1 speech)
I would like to follow up on what my colleague the member for Bass, Geoff Lyons, was talking about just before question time today. He was remarking on the amazing feats of Tasmanian cricketers....
- Member for Bass (1 speech)
In November last year I had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful state of Tasmania, particularly the beautiful city of Launceston where I spoke with several businesses and residents and I was...
- Manufacturing (1 speech)
I was pleased to welcome the Prime Minister and the Minister for Manufacturing to my electorate recently on a visit to the Ford factory in Broadmeadows. This visit marked the announcement of a...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight about the importance of reform for the Murray-Darling Basin. The mighty Murray flows through the Riverland and Murraylands and into the Lower Lakes in South Australia,...
- Fremantle Electorate: Community Events, Gender Equity (1 speech)
We live at a time when new communication and media technologies have delivered a cornucopia of genuinely fantastic opportunities for elected representatives and for governments to communicate and...
- Cowen, Sir Zelman, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC (2 speeches)
As I did not have the opportunity to speak on the Sir Zelman Cowen condolence motion in the Federation Chamber, I thought that I would reflect briefly on it tonight. I am a devotee of Sir Thomas...
- Dental Health (1 speech)
Over recent months, my office has received calls from constituents inquiring about the future of the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme. Sadly, several of these calls have been from constituents...
- Dickson Community Awards (1 speech)
I rise today, Mr Speaker, to acknowledge some very special members of our local Dickson community. Next Sunday at the Samford Historical Museum I will present the Dickson Community Awards and...
- Australian Year of the Farmer (1 speech)
This year, 2012, is the Australian Year of the Farmer. This year recognises and celebrates Australian farmers for the work they do in feeding our nation—and many others. It celebrates the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Regional Development Australia (1 speech)
Regional Development Australia's funding round 2 was announced last month but it was very apparent that, unless it concerned a big city with a big project, it was not going to get a look in. I...
- East Ringwood Clinic (1 speech)
Late last year, on 18 November, I visited the East Ringwood Clinic, in my electorate of Deakin, to deliver an announcement of primary care infrastructure funding of $150,000 to help expand local...
- Latrobe Regional Hospital (1 speech)
Continuing on the theme of health: the board of Latrobe Regional Hospital has applied for $65 million to expand and enhance facilities under round 4 of the federal government's Health and...
- Kingston Electorate: Local Sporting Champions Program (1 speech)
I am pleased to rise today to talk about some of the great young sporting people in my electorate. I believe it is really important that we support our young people in their sporting ambitions...
- Fiscal Policy (2 speeches)
This government's claims to wearing a fiscal straitjacket are a dangerous myth. The record shows nonstop profligacy, record debt and deficit and an unprecedented level of waste. Let us for a...
- Melbourne Electorate: Education (1 speech)
Nothing is more important to the future of our society and our economy than the state of our schools and our education system. I am a passionate supporter of every child's right to access a...
- Hasluck Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I rise today to highlight the need for action to be taken to improve a critical piece of transport infrastructure in my electorate. The Berkshire Road and Roe Highway intersection handles tens of...
- Fowler Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Australia Day is a special occasion on our nation's calendar. Apart from celebrating nationhood, it also symbolises our coming together and celebrating what we have in common. The events that...
- Cowan Electorate: Vietnamese Community (1 speech)
On 28 January the Vietnamese community of Western Australia celebrated Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, at the Wanneroo showgrounds. With more than 3,000 Vietnamese people in the Cowan electorate I...
- Fraser Electorate: Australian Public Service (2 speeches)
I rise today to speak about the importance of a strong Australian Public Service and the threats to Canberra public servants. On Q&A on Monday night, the member for North Sydney said: They've...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Cowen, Sir Zelman, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC (18 speeches)
It is a great honour to address the life of Sir Zelman Cowen. Whilst much has been said of his public life, I want to briefly discuss his community life. His public life of course is well...
- Veness, Mr Peter (9 speeches)
On indulgence, I was very saddened to hear of the passing of Peter Veness. He was a young, courageous and good man who at 27 years of age departed far too early from this earth. I got to know...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee (8 speeches)
It is with great pleasure that I rise today to give my warmest congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen as we celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of her accession to the throne. This is a remarkable...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Veness, Mr Peter (2 speeches)
On indulgence, I first came to know Peter Veness on the doors of Parliament House. For those outside this building, doors are a bit of a strange ritual. You walk out the front of Parliament House...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee (16 speeches)
Anniversaries are a time to reflect and a time to celebrate. This occasion is no different. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee is a joyous event in which we as Australians can look back with respect and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report (1 speech)
I am pleased to be able to speak on the most recent report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services into the committee's statutory oversight of the Australian...
- National Broadband Network Committee; Report (8 speeches)
This is the second report on the progress of the National Broadband Network, and it is fair to say that it has not progressed very far. There are 4,000 active customers of the NBN, of which less...
