House debates
Monday, 27 February 2012
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I seek leave to make a statement on the Corporations Amendment (Phoenixing and Other Measures) Bill 2012, in discharge of the committee’s...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- World War II (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate the member for Solomon, who continues to promote the interests of her constituents and the city of Darwin. The weekend of 11 and 12 February saw the 70th anniversary of the...
- Giblin, Mr Royce (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Royce Giblin, along with his playing partner, Peter Gibson, on their recent victory in the Riverside veterans four-ball best ball stableford...
- South West Sydney Community Alliance (1 speech)
I find myself compelled to draw the attention of the House to my disappointment in some comments made by an elected Labor councillor on the Liverpool City Council, who is also a former Greens...
- Ipswich Business Enterprise Centre (1 speech)
Last Friday I had the privilege of attending the Business Health Check two-day seminar run by the Business Enterprise Centre Ipswich Region in my electorate. I often say that, after the funding I...
- Macedonia (1 speech)
On Wednesday, the parliament will be graced by the presence of a delegation from the Republic of Macedonia. It is a great opportunity for Macedonian people from the electorate of Cowan and from...
- Blair Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
Last Friday I also had the privilege of attending the Marburg State School. In my electorate of Blair in South-East Queensland we have received $105 million for 64 local schools under Building...
- Student Services and Amenities Fee (1 speech)
Last week represented orientation week for university students around Australia. I had the opportunity to go to Flinders University in the electorate of Boothby and attend orientation week there....
- Lyons Electorate: Agriculture (1 speech)
I rise in this Year of the Farmer to thank the federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig; the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and...
- Water (1 speech)
Everybody knows, particularly in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, that non-strategic water buyback is a killer. It makes our irrigation systems less efficient. It distorts the price for water...
- Macarthur Electorate: Athletics Achievers (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate some very talented athletes in Macarthur for their recent success representing my electorate at both the state and national levels. I recently recommended these...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the House that I have asked the Minister for Trade to act as Minister for Foreign Affairs and to answer any questions for that portfolio.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Labor Party Leadership (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that one-third of her parliamentary colleagues and a quarter of her cabinet colleagues have today expressed their lack of confidence in her, how can...
- Gillard Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How will the government continue to get the things done that the nation needs for the future?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I would like to advise that the Federation Guard are at question time. I am told they are not in uniform but they are wearing brown shirts. On behalf of all honourable members I would like to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Gillard Government (7 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of this statement by the member for Griffith: It wasn't K. Rudd who made a pre-election commitment on a carbon tax....
- Employment (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Treasurer. How has the government supported Australian jobs and delivered economic growth? How will it keep delivering for working people into the future?
- Member for Griffith (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her statement: Kevin Rudd … always had very difficult and very chaotic work patterns.
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister outline how the government's record infrastructure investment is building the Australian economy and how will...
- Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the finance minister right when she says the member for Griffith's suggestion of a review of the carbon tax could have a very negative effect, or is the...
- Economic Competitiveness (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Innovation. The minister would be aware of the closure of Australia's biggest tomato farm, run by the Philip family, which saw the loss of 100...
- Employment (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. How is the government supporting Australian industry and jobs today and...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the revelation by the former foreign minister that: … decisions which were taken, in my absence often, and then...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. How is the government supporting working people by delivering...
- Gillard Government (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her written agreement with the member for Denison that underpinned her ability to form a minority government last year, her...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Gillard Government (29 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah moving immediately—That the Prime Minister explain to the House how the...
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Speaker's Panel (8 speeches)
Pursuant to standing order 17, I lay on the table my warrant nominating the honourable members for Oxley, Newcastle, Bass and McEwen to be members of the Speaker's panel to assist the chair when...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members earlier today. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings, and I move: That the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
by leave—I ask leave of the House to move a motion relating to the order of business today in the House and for tomorrow in the Federation Chamber. Leave granted. I move: That so much of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Report and Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 39(e), I present the following reports for consideration in the Federation Chamber later today: (a) the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Academy Awards (1 speech)
The House will be aware that today this year's Academy Awards have been announced and another Australian has won an award. Mr Hunt interjecting— I thought that was cause for congratulations...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Fair Work Australia (22 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Fair Work Australia investigation into the Health Services Union and Member for Dobell commenced in 2009; (b) the investigation started with the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Orange Juice Concentrate Imports (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Australia currently permits the import of orange juice concentrate from Brazil; (b) the United States has moved to ban imports of Brazilian orange...
- Thich, Most Venerable Phuoc Hue, OAM (8 speeches)
I move: That this House (1) express its deep regret at the death on 28 January 2012 of the late Most Venerable Thich Phuoc Hue OAM, the Spiritual Leader of the Phuoc Hue Buddhist Monastery and...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- DonateLife Week 2012 (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the important matter of organ and tissue donation in Australia. Last week Australians celebrated DonateLife Week 2012. The awareness campaign's sole purpose is to raise...
- Colvin, Ms Marie (1 speech)
Last week renowned war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed in the Syrian city of Homs. She was killed covering the attacks of the Assad regime on its own people. Throughout her career, Marie...
- Dairy Industry (1 speech)
It appears that the market is failing Western Australian dairy farmers. Last week, 150,000 litres of milk was trucked into the state from South Australia. As a dairy farmer, I know that WA dairy...
- Tasmania: Tourism (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to speak on my vision for tourism in my electorate of Bass and the opportunities of the region. Tasmania is generally thought of as an eco-destination, but I see it as...
- Regional Health Services (1 speech)
Last week I took part in a great regional health forum in Mount Gambier. It was hosted by my South Australian colleague Senator David Fawcett and coalition regional health spokesman Andrew...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate (1 speech)
On Saturday night, despite all of the political events that were happening inside government, I had the pleasure of being the guest of honour at the 20th anniversary dinner of the Australian...
- Gold Coast Compound, Lighthouse Calvary Care (1 speech)
I take this opportunity today to recognise the efforts of two wonderful organisations within my electorate that I have the honour to visit on a regular basis. The first provides a safe and fun...
- Fowler Electorate: Vietnamese and Chinese New Year (1 speech)
It is well believed that multiculturalism is one of Australia's greatest strengths. My electorate of Fowler is the most multicultural electorate in the whole of Australia and has thus given me...
- Gilmore Electorate: Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
The New South Wales government recently announced a combined funding grant of $300,000 to enable a study to be done on the route options for the continuation of the Main Road 92 project....
- Schools (1 speech)
The American education reformer Horace Mann once said the public school 'is the greatest discovery ever made by man'. My electorate contains many large schools like Raceview, Silkstone and...
- Flinders Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
I want to talk about the ongoing fight for better health services in the electorate of Flinders, in particular in the precincts of Hastings, Rosebud and the southern peninsula, and Phillip Island...
- Canberra Electorate: Trades Training (4 speeches)
Nearly two weeks ago the Prime Minister and the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, received a rock star reception when she officially opened the trade training centre at St Mary...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I had the great pleasure last Thursday, together with the member for Kingston, Amanda Rishworth, of welcoming the Prime Minister to our area. We welcomed the PM to the local area for an education...
- Dawson Electorate: Peak Downs Highway (1 speech)
So the Labor Party dogfight rolls on: clawing, barking, yelping and biting. It is a cannibalistic fight for the top of the dog pile—and for what? To lead this government. It is certainly...
- Canberra Electorate: Organ and Tissue Donation (1 speech)
On Friday I had the pleasure of attending the ACT Chief Minister's Awards for Organ and Tissue Donation. The awards recognise the tireless efforts that people in the ACT community go to in order...
- Lieutenants Morant, Handcock and Witton (1 speech)
I rise today to mark the 110-year anniversary of the sentencing of three Australian veterans at the Boer War. The Breaker Morant case, who was convicted in 1902 along with two others, Peter...
- Parramatta Electorate: Holroyd City Council (1 speech)
Today I rise to talk about the great work being done by Holroyd City Council to tackle the problem of asbestos in my electorate. Australia suffers one of the highest rates of incidence of...
- McPherson Electorate (1 speech)
Today I would like to speak about two very important community organisations in my electorate of McPherson on the Gold Coast: the Coolangatta Senior Citizens Centre and the Robina Lions Club....
- Australian Year of the Farmer (1 speech)
Good afternoon, colleagues, on this very historic day. This is the first sitting of the Federation Chamber, and here we are, so we will be part of history again. I have spend the last three days...
- Member for Throsby (1 speech)
I share with the House the words of Michael Grogan, a constituent of the member for Throsby, published in the Illawarra Mercury earlier this month. 'Stephen Jones needs to get his priorities...
- Corio Electorate (1 speech)
Every city has its stories—tales of triumphant and tragedy, enterprise and energy that tell us where we have come from and shape our sense of who we are. Geelong is no different. Our...
- Swan Electorate: Hospitals (2 speeches)
Last Wednesday I visited Bentley Hospital in my electorate—its antenatal unit—with the Deputy Premier of Western Australia, Dr Kim Hames, who also happens to be the health minister. I...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Standing Order 31(a) Automatic Adjournment (6 speeches)
According to research by Professor Drew Dawson, head of the University of South Australia's Centre for Sleep Research, staying awake for 17 hours has the same effect on performance as having a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Australian Year of the Farmer (12 speeches)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, in this, the Federation Chamber, as it is officially now. What an appropriate place the Federation Chamber is to speak on this year being designated the...
- Apology to the Stolen Generation (4 speeches)
I rise to speak to this motion. I thank the honourable members who will also speak on it. It is a little bit after the event, but not too far after it. When it was listed it was appropriate to...
- Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians (4 speeches)
With your indulgence, Madam Acting Deputy Speaker, I would like to hang a T-shirt over the front here, which I am sure other members participating in this debate may also like to do. It is the...
- General Motors Holden Plant, Elizabeth, South Australia (10 speeches)
In moving the motion that stands in my name, the House will note that there are four parts to it. In the course of my remarks on this matter, I will try to touch on each one of those four parts....
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Industrial relations policy that is fair, bound by the rule of law, free to allow business innovation and free from the excesses of government intervention has been the cornerstone of more than...
- Gillard Government (1 speech)
One of the frustrating things about being part of the current government—one that has so many achievements in an electorate like mine where there is very little local media—is...
- Superannuation (1 speech)
I have spoken previously in this place about the cosy relationship between the union movement and a certain class of superannuation funds, particularly industry funds and public sector funds. I...
- Central Queensland University (1 speech)
I want to use the first part of my grievance debate speech not to grieve but to praise. I want to praise my local university, Central Queensland University, for the leadership role it has assumed...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about an important issue that is of concern to residents and businesses in the Robina area. That is the unilateral decision by Australia Post to close the mail delivery...
- Pacific Highway (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about the importance of the Pacific Highway in this year's federal and state budgets and of the four-year forward estimates to show the full funding for the completion of the dual...
