House debates
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Stynes, Mr Jim; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That further statements by indulgence in relation to the death of Jim Stynes be permitted in the Federation Chamber. For the information of members, that debate will be...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister that every council, sports club, charity and community group across Australia will soon be paying higher bills under her carbon...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. By getting the mining tax done, how is the government managing the economy in the interests of working people and spreading the benefits of the boom to the...
- Carbon Pricing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that Bradken Foundry employs 500 people in the electorate of Moreton and will face a carbon tax bill of $340,000 each year based...
- Mining (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. By getting the minerals resource rent tax done, how will the government now deliver its benefits throughout the Australian economy?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I would like to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Alan Shatter, the Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, who is here for the St Patrick's...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that Townsville ratepayers will have to pay an extra $5 million each year because of her carbon tax? I refer the Prime Minister...
- Regional Australia Institute (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government. I refer to the Regional Australia Institute and I ask the following question without any...
- 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 New Caledonia led by the President of the Congress of New Caledonia, the Hon. Mr...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Mining (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Minister, how strong is the current and future investment pipeline in Australia's resources sector and how does...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. I refer to the Queensland chamber of commerce survey that found that three out of four respondents believe that the carbon tax will have a...
- Mining (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. I ask him: now that the government has secured passage of its mining tax, what will the revenue mean for economic infrastructure...
- Small Business (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement yesterday that 'a company tax cut is important for 2.7 million small businesses'. How does the Treasurer reconcile that...
- Member for Dobell (4 speeches)
My question is to the minister for workplace r elations. I remind the minister of his statement yesterday in question time that he was in the process of going through the Fair Work Australia...
- Age Pension (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform. Will the minister update the House on how the government is supporting...
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (1 speech)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister confirm that Customs air cargo inspections have dropped from 60 per cent under the former Howard government to only 8.3 per cent...
- Mining (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer or if not the Treasurer then the Assistant Treasurer. Who is the Treasurer over there? Where is he? The SPEAKER: The honourable member for North Sydney will remove...
- 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.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 27 of 2011-12 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 27 of 2011-12 entitled Performance audit: Establishment, implementation and administration of the bike paths component of the local jobs stream of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Queensland Mining Industry: Carbon Pricing (24 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable the Leader of the Nationals and the honourable member for Blair proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That orders of the day Nos 1 and 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Petition: Queensland Floods (1 speech)
I rise tonight to report to the House about the ongoing flood recovery in my electorate of Groom. While it has now been more than 12 months since those terrible events of 10 January 2011, during...
- Mining, Health (1 speech)
I rise today as a proud member of this Labor government that has delivered the passage of the minerals resource rent tax. This is a very important week, because what this lower house has...
- Queensland State Election (1 speech)
The Labor state member for Mackay, Tim Mulherin, is a political deathbed convert to delivery for his electorate. In government, a local member of parliament should believe delivery to be a key...
- Holt Electorate: Neighbour Day (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about a great event that will be held on Sunday, 25 March—that is, the 10th annual Neighbour Day. I would also like to talk about two remarkable people, Ruth Murray...
- Bennelong Electorate: Constituency Matters (1 speech)
The electorate of Bennelong is one of the most diverse electorates in Australia. Located in the demographic centre of Sydney, Bennelong includes a range of cultures, industries, great history and...
- Centenary of Canberra (1 speech)
One hundred years ago Walter Burley Griffin said that he wanted to design a city for a nation of 'bold democrats'. On 12 March 2013 Canberra will celebrate its centenary, a celebration that all...
- Re-Engineering Australia Foundation (1 speech)
I commend my colleague for his speech about Canberra, as it is my birthplace. He might like to note that I have an interest in the subject matter. I hope he may be equally interested in the...
- Animal Welfare (1 speech)
The new supply-chain-assurance conditions imposed on Australia's live export trade in response to the cruel treatment of Australian animals in overseas markets would be applauded by most...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise this evening to bring to the House's attention a very important issue in the electorate of Bonner and indeed the wider Australian community, and that is the issue of mental health. Talking...
- Chifley Electorate: Rooty Hill RSL Youth Swimming Club, Women's Basketball (1 speech)
Tonight I am delighted to acknowledge in this place the kids of the Rooty Hill RSL Youth Swimming Club and their impressive accomplishments recently at the New South Wales RSL State Youth...
- Aston Electorate: Public Transport (1 speech)
Whenever I do surveys of my electorate, transport issues of one form or another inevitably come out as one of the top issues of concern to local residents. Only around six per cent of local...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Today I would like to support the Cancer Council's campaign which advocates for the expansion of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program to include mandatory testing every two years for those...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Woolgoolga and District Retirement Village (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise those associated with the Woolgoolga and District Retirement Village. On 10 March I had the opportunity to join people from the community at an open day at the village....
- Blair Electorate: Election Commitments (1 speech)
After the coalition failed to send a shadow minister to my electorate during the last federal campaign and made no funding commitments for my electorate at the last federal campaign and opposed...
- Military Pensions (1 speech)
I rise today to support the opposition leader's commitment to change the indexation for our veterans and provide fair indexation for the recipients of the Defence Force Retirement Benefits Scheme...
- Aviation (1 speech)
I again want to refer to the report from the Joint study on aviation capacity for the Sydney region, which was released by the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, the Hon. Anthony...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
A breath of fresh air came through with the Age newspaper this morning when the Baillieu government announced it will be looking to allocate further areas of brown coal for use in the brown coal...
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
I am very pleased to be able to speak this afternoon to reflect on matters in the lead-up to Anzac Day next month. This is a day when we reflect on the commitment and the sacrifices made by...
- Cowan Electorate: Constituency Matters (1 speech)
I would like to raise four areas of concern for my constituents within the electorate of Cowan. I am very pleased that I have had the opportunity and I continue to have the opportunity to work...
- Barry, Mr Phil (1 speech)
I rise to remember Phil Barry who, sadly, passed away on 28 December 2011. Phil was a very well-known and very well-regarded local in the town of Balaklava and, of course, was CEO of Wakefield...
- Solomon Electorate: World's Greatest Shave (3 speeches)
I rise to speak about a great health-in-community initiative that took place in my electorate of Solomon over the weekend, the World's Greatest Shave. Many Territorians braved the clippers at...
- Belmont Wetlands State Park (2 speeches)
Today I rise to talk about the Belmont Wetlands State Park. It is an area that has been subject to mining over a long period. It has been mined above the ground and under the ground. It has been...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Whitlam, Mrs Margaret Elaine, AO (24 speeches)
I rise to speak on this indulgence. I have written to Gough Whitlam to express the commiserations of the Ruddock family on the loss of his dear wife, Margaret. I entered this parliament in...
- His Holiness Pope Shenouda III (17 speeches)
It is rare that one has the privilege of being able to speak on two condolence motions, and I do so in the context of knowing both of the parties about whom these resolutions were proposed. I...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Stynes, Mr Jim (15 speeches)
Today we mourn the passing of a very special Australian, a man who has left an indelible mark on our lives—Jim Stynes. Taken by cancer at just 45 years of age, Jim will be fondly remembered...
- Business (0 speeches)
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I move: That further proceedings on order of the day No. 2, government business, be conducted in the House. Question agreed to. Feder ation Chamber adjourned at 21:45
