House debates
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Australian Floods (4 speeches)
In the past few weeks we have seen considerable flooding that has hit the eastern part of Australia, from Queensland right down the Murray-Darling Basin. The flooding indeed has been incredibly...
- Japanese Natural Disasters; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That further statements by indulgence in relation to the New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria floods be permitted in the Federation Chamber. Question agreed to. I move: That further...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I table for the information of the House a revised ministry list reflecting changes to the ministry made on 5 March 2012. The document read as follows— SECOND GILLARD MINISTRY 5 March...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why has the Prime Minister set the carbon tax at $23 a tonne when the European carbon price is less than $10 a tonne?
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government governing in the interests of working people by spreading the benefits of the mining boom? Why is it important to deliver benefits for...
- Carbon Pricing (17 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer.
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before calling the honourable member for Petrie, I notice that in the gallery we have the former Leader of the Opposition, Dr Brendan Nelson, who of course is a former distinguished minister and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform. Minister, how is the government managing the economy to deliver real...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call the honourable member for Indi, I understand that we have guests in the gallery, guests of the honourable member for Mackellar, distinguished actors Philip Quast and Mark...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the decision of my constituent Ezio Minutello to close down the Annapurna Estate vineyard, and his statement: 'For me the...
- Health and Ageing: Programs (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. The minister would be aware that the three Independent MPs have given united support to the Cancer Council's prebudget call for the addition of...
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the importance of spreading the benefits of the mining boom to all corners of the economy?
- Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that the city of Geelong produces 98,000 tonnes of emissions and faces a carbon tax bill in excess of $2 million, what assurances has the Prime...
- Taxation (11 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister Assisting for Deregulation. How have ordinary working Australians benefited from the government's taxation reform, why is it important that...
- Afghanistan (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister confirm the accuracy of the account of his visit to Afghanistan relayed by Major General Cantwell in the Sydney Morning Herald last...
- Second Sydney Airport (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister update the House on the need for a second Sydney airport to support jobs and build the nation for the future?
- Afghanistan (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Did the minister utter the words attributed to him by Major General Cantwell, and does the minister deny the strict factual accuracy of Major General...
- Workplace Safety (2 speeches)
My question is to the
- Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Does the minister regret actively and publicly lobbying to leave the Defence portfolio, given the impact his active interest in moving on must have had...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness and Minister for Small Business. Will the minister update the House on what the government is doing to support the ordinary...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- 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 House...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, very briefly: the Minister for Defence during question time indicated that he was going to use the end of question time to indicate where he had been misrepresented—
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Nationals Deputy Whip requesting that he be discharged from the Selection Committee, and nominating Mr Coulton to be a member in his place.
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Speaker's Panel (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 17, I lay on the table my warrant revoking the nominations of the honourable members for Oxley and Cunningham and nominating the honourable members for Kingston and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget Transparency (10 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable member for Fraser and the honourable member for Flinders proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the committee's report entitled Advisory report on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Maintaining Address) Bill...
- Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services I present the following reports of the committee: the statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 2, government business, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- de Heer, Mr Ken (1 speech)
It gives me great honour to rise in the House this evening to recognise Ken de Heer, a constituent in my electorate who passed away, sadly, at the age of 72 on 29 February this year after a...
- Queensland State Election, Ipswich Turf Club (1 speech)
I am concerned that so-called 'can do Campbell Newman' is a 'won't do' when it comes to the people of Ipswich. The non-elected leader of the Queensland LNP has travelled all over the state but...
- Coeliac Disease (1 speech)
The week from 13 to 20 March is Coeliac Awareness Week, and this provides an opportunity to highlight to the community the prevalence, symptoms and management of this disease. Coeliac disease is...
- Bowel Cancer, Ride for the Little Black Dress (1 speech)
Last Saturday, it was my pleasure to join a group of men who were riding for the Jodie Lee Foundation's 'Ride for the Little Black Dress' from Canberra to Melbourne. The ride set off from the...
- Democracy (1 speech)
On the wall of my office here I have a map, as many members would have, that has been published by the NGO Freedom House. This map of freedom shows what a precious commodity democracy really is....
- South Australia: Public Holidays (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk a bit about the economic pressure that is on families and communities, in particular the sort of pressure that is being placed on the community of South Australia. This...
- Macquarie Electorate: Flood Mitigation (1 speech)
I rise tonight to congratulate the hardworking service organisations in New South Wales during the recent floods and to draw focus to the issue of flood mitigation, particularly in the Hawkesbury...
- Bass Electorate: Bell Bay Precinct (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on some issues currently facing my electorate of Bass, a number of which are interlinked. As some would know, BHP Billiton recently announced the temporary closure of the...
- Internet Content, National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge that Friday is the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence. As the Deputy Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety, I also want to note a...
- Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
On behalf of many constituents in my electorate I rise to convey to the House their overwhelming desire for an immediate end to live animal exports. Many constituents have contacted me in the...
- Solar Energy (1 speech)
Thank you for that introduction, Mr Speaker. I am very pleased to have the chance to raise a matter of great importance on behalf of one of my constituents. It is a matter of great importance...
- Victoria: Grand Prix (2 speeches)
I wonder how many Australians and, in particular, how many Victorians saw last week's TV documentary about the life of Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. When...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Swan Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about an issue that is very important to many people in my electorate of Swan and an issue that I have deep empathy for and an understanding of, and that is the...
- Reid Electorate: Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Last Friday I was delighted to speak at the Southern Cross Catholic Vocational College on behalf of the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Peter Garrett, to celebrate the...
- Royal Australian Artillery (1 speech)
It is with pleasure that I rise tonight to acknowledge the bravery of the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery for its collective gallantry and heroic actions that took...
- Braddon Electorate: Burnie Waterfront (1 speech)
On 24 February, I joined with the Hon. Simon Crean, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, to finally open the last stage in what has been called the...
- Longman Electorate: Epilepsy Awareness (1 speech)
Last week I launched Epilepsy Awareness Month in the Moreton Bay region with the event Cupcakes in the Park. This was a fantastic community event that brought attention to the important issue of...
- Forbes, Professor John, AM (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the fine achievements of Professor John Forbes AM who was recognised in the Australia Day awards this year. He is an outstanding Australian committed to finding the...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I am calling on the government to urgently respond to the Productivity Commission's report Caring for older Australians so that this nation and its citizens can have some peace of mind when it...
- Fraser, Mrs Helen Whitten, MBE (1 speech)
On 4 March 2012 Helen Whitten Fraser passed away, aged 91. Helen Fraser was the wife of the late Jim Fraser, after whom my seat is named. At the memorial service for Helen Fraser, her son, Andrew...
- Liverpool: CCTV Cameras (3 speeches)
I would like to speak today in support of Liverpool police superintendent Ray King and his call for CCTV cameras to be installed throughout the Liverpool CBD. It is unfortunate, but today in the...
- Mental Health Bill 2011, Western Australia (1 speech)
I express my grave concern about the draft WA Mental Health Bill 2011, currently a matter of public discussion. Mental health is an issue of concern to us all. If this bill were to proceed in its...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (1 speech)
I speak in relation to the Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee report In the wake of disasters—Volume 1: the operation of the insuranceindustry during disaster events, which was...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- World War II (4 speeches)
I rise this evening to, firstly, endorse the remarks by the Prime Minister in relation to the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Broome and to add further comments of course as the member for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Australian Floods (3 speeches)
The situation with the floods in the Riverina has not yet been averted. There are still communities on very grave flood watch alert in the Riverina and the situation is quite critical in those...
