House debates
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Relevance (1 speech)
Before I call on government business, I would just like to make some remarks in relation to relevance. I would like to remind honourable members about the operation of the rule relating to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (5 speeches)
Before proceeding to the next item of business, I will refer again to the matter raised by the honourable member for Hinkler. As I mentioned, there is no problem under the standing orders in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That orders of the day Nos 3 and 4, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, I present the committee's advisory reports, together with the minutes of proceedings on the following bills—the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Solomon Electorate: Darwin Housing (1 speech)
I rise again to raise the important issue of the 396 RAAF base houses in Eaton, Darwin. These are the same houses I have spoken on before in this place, the same suburb where over 200 taxpayer...
- Nelson, Professor Hyland (Hank), AM (1 speech)
Emeritus Professor Hyland Neil Nelson, AM, died in Canberra on 17 February last, aged 74. For 45 years Hank was the leading historian of Papua New Guinea, the most respected commentator on its...
- Hume Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
At this very moment there are people in the southern part of New South Wales being subjected to quickly rising floodwaters as a result of the saturation of the ground that has occurred over the...
- Nurses (1 speech)
Right now nurses in my electorate of Melbourne and across the state of Victoria are being forced to lift to work bans they have put in place at a number of hospitals. The decisions of Fair Work...
- National Rugby League (1 speech)
The communities of Central Queensland from Bundaberg to Mackay and west to the border are united in a bid for a National Rugby League team. This is the heartland of rugby league—just look...
- Media (1 speech)
Shortly, the findings of the Finkelstein media inquiry and the Convergence Review will be known to the public. These reviews have great relevance to our media ownership laws in Australia. I was...
- Petition: Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
I rise to table a petition with 2,268 signatures from the people of Boothby calling on the government not to means test the private health insurance rebate. The petition read as follows—...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (3 speeches)
I was pleased to join the Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin, to talk about the National Disability Insurance Scheme at the Macedon Ranges community health centre last Thursday.
- Roberts-Smith, Corporate Benjamin, VC, MG (1 speech)
I rise to speak on behalf of the coalition—and I think I speak on behalf of the nation—to condemn the comments made by the hosts of The Circle, George Negus and Yumi Stynes, against...
- Environment (2 speeches)
Yesterday it was my pleasure to meet in this House with members of a Chinese-Australian Leadership Award Fellowship delegation—about 15 Chinese visitors, led by Jiao Xueli of the National...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. If the government cannot successfully run a solar hot water scheme, how can it be trusted to implement the world's biggest carbon tax?
- Paid Parental Leave (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government is delivering important reforms, like paid parental leave, to help families make ends meet?...
- Carbon Pricing (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the comments by the head of Australia's largest power generator, Macquarie Generation, that electricity prices will climb...
- Employment (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the importance of implementing the big reforms that support our economy and jobs?
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy. I remind the minister of his recent statement in relation to the carbon tax that there is 'a lot of concern in industry at the moment...
- Goods and Services Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Commonwealth Grants Commission's recent report and I ask: does the Treasurer think that it is fair that WA will receive just 55 per cent of its per...
- Parenting Payments (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the government is supporting families with a new baby? What are...
- Senate Vacancy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that Bob Carr was approached by her, or on her behalf, to fill the vacant Senate position for New South Wales and to become...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. How has the government been proactive in delivering positive policies...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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On behalf of all honourable members I welcome to the gallery His Excellency, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Sir, you are very welcome in our parliament and I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her statement that, 'It is my intention as Prime Minister to lead a government that draws on the best efforts of my cabinet...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia led by the President of the Assembly,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and Minister for Industry and Innovation. Will the minister update the House on the clean energy future package? How will...
- Gillard Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the statement of the Minister for Resources and Energy, who said: [The faceless men are] at work today and they'll be at work...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Gillard Government (21 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 calls on the Prime Minister to explain...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Paid Parental Leave (28 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable member for Robertson, the honourable member for Chifley and the honourable member for Flinders proposing that definite matters of public importance be...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Longman Electorate: Fishing (1 speech)
This last week I hosted a community forum in my electorate to hear from my community about their views on the proposed extension of marine park no-fishing zones. As I have shared with the House...
- Education (1 speech)
It comes as no surprise to many in my community and to those in this House who have heard me speak before that I am passionate about education and skills. The Gillard Labor government has...
- Child Support Agency (1 speech)
I regret that I need to rise once again to talk about problems associated with the Child Support Agency. I did extensive research into the Child Support Agency in 2007 and produced a booklet...
- Politics, Friends of Frog Hollow (1 speech)
I rise tonight to raise with the House the issue of political and civil disenfranchisement and disengagement. It has been evident for some time that many in our community are despairing of the...
- Cowper Electorate: Village of Wooli (1 speech)
I rise today to put on the public record my concerns for the village of Wooli. Wooli is a wonderful coastal village in the electorate of Cowper. It is home to a small local population but is also...
- Capricornia Electorate: Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
This week another important step has been taken towards the implementation of budget measures targeting social disadvantage in Rockhampton. Yesterday the House of Representatives voted...
- Solar Hot Water Rebate (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about the government's cruel and sudden axing of the solar hot water rebate. What we saw yesterday was Pink Batts Mark 2. What we saw yesterday was the government...
- Health (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to make some comments about the government's reforms in the area of private health insurance, and in the area of health policy more generally. It was only a...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Today was a momentous day for a group of dedicated women from my Riverina electorate who came to Canberra to voice their concerns and their fears about the water issue. Formed just last month,...
- Makin Electorate: Parafield Airport (1 speech)
Parafield Airport was established around 1930. At the time of its establishment, the airport's location was considered to be relatively remote and well outside of Adelaide's residential areas....
- Queensland: Wild Rivers Legislation (6 speeches)
I rise tonight to call on this parliament to bring the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill before it. I especially call on the Independents and, in particular, Rob Oakeshott, to honour...
- Queensland: Wild Rivers Legislation, Northern Development (6 speeches)
That was a rather curious speech. It reminded me that we have put a lot of pressure on the Leader of the Opposition. I do not wish to disparage him on this; I wish to congratulate him. I think it...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- School Uniforms (1 speech)
I want to draw the attention of the Federation Chamber to the situation in Queensland, where more and more of the uniforms for schools are being purchased overseas. I have been in contact with...
- Insurance Industry (1 speech)
It is time that the insurance industry in this country did the right thing by our country, by our communities and by their customers. In light of the House of Representatives Standing Committee...
- Clean Up Australia Day, Leukaemia Foundation's World's Greatest Shave, Teal Ribbon Day (1 speech)
This Sunday is Clean Up Australia Day and I will be doing my bit to collect and remove rubbish from my local community. This year I will be focusing my efforts on cleaning up the beautiful Darwin...
- Duyfken (1 speech)
In September this year, the Duyfken, a faithful replica of the Dutch ship that first brought Europeans to Australian shores in 1606, will return to Western Australia after several years...
- Australia Day (1 speech)
On Australia Day, I had the privilege of welcoming many new citizens to my electorate. It was a global gathering, with new Australians from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, China,...
- Deakin Electorate: Tinternvale Primary School (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about another great project in the electorate of Deakin, the opening of the Tinternvale Primary School multipurpose hall back on 15 December last year, which was the second...
- Casey Electorate: Gladysdale Primary School (1 speech)
Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending the Gladysdale Primary School leadership presentation at their school assembly. Gladysdale, in the upper Yarra Valley, is a small but very dynamic...
- Lindsay Electorate: Nepean Legacy (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of attending the 50th anniversary of a wonderful organisation in my local community, Nepean Legacy. Legacy was born out of the promises made by World War I diggers to...
- Cowan Electorate: Northern Men's Shed (1 speech)
Last Sunday I visited the Northern Men's Shed, which is located in the suburb of Wangara in the electorate of Cowan. Since its official launch in November last year it has been very popular and...
- Melbourne Electorate: Energy Infrastructure (2 speeches)
Sustainable power supply should not come at the price of people's health or the cost of their amenity. With my Greens colleagues we have effectively facilitated a national focus on clean,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Closing the Gap (2 speeches)
In opening my address, I want to apply my comments universally across Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. I want to make particular reference to the 4,000-plus Nyungar and...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 7, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (4 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I seek leave to make some remarks without closing the debate. Leave granted. Firstly, I want to express my thanks to the opposition for making it possible for me to speak in...
- Gambling Reform Committee; Report (12 speeches)
I am certainly pleased to rise to speak to the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform's second report into interactive and online gambling and gambling advertising as well as a...
