House debates
Thursday, 10 May 2012
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (5 speeches)
The government is committed to providing regular reports and updates on Afghanistan, including to the parliament. I will update the parliament generally on Afghanistan following my attendance...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notice No. 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee's report entitled Report124: Treaties tabled on 22 November 2011 and 7 February 2012. Ordered that the report be...
- Law Enforcement Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement's report on its examination of the annual reports of the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Federal Police. Ordered that...
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report are being placed on the table. Report—by...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Brisbane Roar (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Brisbane Roar on winning the A-League grand final for the second year in a row. It was certainly a brilliant game that kept fans on the edge of their seats. Special...
- Goss, Mr Matt (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Matt Goss of Launceston after his recent cycling success on the world stage. After five second placings in his past eight starts, the 25-year-old Tasmanian sprinter shed...
- Collinsville Power Station (1 speech)
In the bottom of the carbon tax litter tray you will find an offensive little nugget left by Labor and the Greens. It is well known that in the carbon tax packages there was provision for the...
- Budget (1 speech)
The Queensland Times newspaper today says: 'Ipswich backs Swan's budget'. Community and political leaders across the board have welcomed the federal government's budget as positive for the...
- Bradfield Electorate: North Shore (1 speech)
Yesterday the Prime Minister had this to say about the area of Sydney that I represent: Mr Abbott's got to get off Sydney's north shore and go and talk to some real families and get himself in...
- Human Rights: Vietnam (1 speech)
I would like to draw the attention of the House to a lone protester who is outside the front of the parliament. The protester's name is Mr Truong Quoc Viet, who is protesting against the ongoing...
- Regeling, Mr Harold, Forde Electorate: Grey Light Disco (1 speech)
I would firstly like to take this opportunity to pay my respects to one of our great local pioneers. Harold Regeling, a father of five, was an active and passionate member of the community. He...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I represent 24,000 pensioners in the electorate of Chifley. As a result of some of the reforms that we have delivered, we have seen some of the biggest increases to the pension in 100 years. Over...
- Dudas, Ms Anna: Memorial Benefit Concert (1 speech)
On Saturday, 5 May the Wollondilly Shire and the Macarthur community united behind the grieving children of the late Anna Dudas at her 'Night of Nights' Memorial Benefit Concert. Anna was a much...
- Qantas (2 speeches)
In the last couple of days there have been representatives of the Qantas Engineers Alliance visiting Parliament House. This is made up of members of the Qantas heavy maintenance engineering...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her government's record of forecasting the budget bottom line. This year's deficit was originally supposed to be $12 billion,...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What is the government doing to keep our economy strong and spread the benefits of the mining boom?
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his answer yesterday that the government needs to increase the debt limit to $300 billion to manage the 'in-year financing challenge' of...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call the member, I want to recognise in the gallery today students from the Rotary Adventure in Citizenship program and welcome them to the House, and congratulate and thank Rotary for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the budget good for the economy, good for jobs and good for helping families make ends meet?
- Far North Queensland Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Could the Prime Minister intervene in the impasse that is destroying the economies of Cardwell, Mission Beach and most of the Paradise Coast. Seventeen...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform. How is the government helping families meet the costs of education, like...
- Member for Dobell (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister's previous statement to the House that she has had private discussions with the member for Dobell, and her reference to media...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is it important to clearly set out policies in returning the budget to surplus and spread the benefits of the mining boom to all Australians?
- Member for Dobell (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the recent statement by a man she once described as having a bold and articulate vision for the Labor Party, Mark Latham. He...
- Economy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister Assisting for Deregulation. Why is it important to have a credible plan for managing the economy and supporting hardworking Australian families?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of the United Kingdom Foreign Affairs Committee. On behalf of the House I extend a very warm welcome to them....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Member for Dobell (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that no member of her staff has held discussions or meetings with New South Wales Labor Party officials in relation to the...
- Pacific Highway (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister please outline the government's commitment to the duplication of the Pacific Highway, and why is it important...
- Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
My question is to the Special Minister of State and Minister for the Public Service and Integrity. I remind the minister of the $267,000 of Health Service Union members' funds that were used in...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Minister for Disability Reform. Will the minister update the House on progress towards a...
- Member for Dobell (5 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Has the minister referred the findings of the Fair Work Australia report about the member for Dobell to the tax commissioner to determine whether all...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Minister, why is it important to be transparent and responsible on the impact of carbon pricing on household electricity...
- Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her previous answer to a question from the member for Stirling today, where she said, 'The matters raised are not my...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Member for Dobell (44 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I seek leave to move a motion, and the motion is: 'That this House calls on the Prime Minister to outline in the parliament today all involvement that the New South Wales...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) be suspended for the sitting on Thursday, 10 May 2012 and at that sitting, after the Leader of the Opposition...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the Selection Committee’s report No. 51 relating to the consideration of bills. The report will be printed in today’s Hansard. Copies of the report have been placed on the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (20 speeches)
The Speaker has received letters from the honourable the Leader of the Nationals and the honourable member for Chifley proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Appointment (1 speech)
The Deputy Speaker has received three messages from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That Federation Chamber, private Members’ business, orders of the day No. 1 relating to World Plumbing Day, No. 3 relating to Wind turbine planning policies, and No. 6 relating to...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Wind Turbines (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the motion be amended in the terms as circulated to honourable members in the chamber. The motion reads: That this House: (1) recognises the importance of clean energy...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 1, Government business, be postponed until the next sitting. For the benefit of members, it is Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
The job, Madam Deputy Speaker, of every member of this parliament is to help shape a better Australia. It is to listen carefully to the Australian people, respect the hard-won dollars they pay in...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
The following are not my words but those of Tumbarumba Shire Council General Manager Kay Whitehead: The Anzac Day commemoration in Tumbarumba was once again very well attended, with an estimated...
- Origin Alliance (1 speech)
With opening of the Dinmore to Goodna section of the Ipswich motorway—which is a wonderful project that was funded by the federal Labor government—next week, I want to take the...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the impact of this week's federal budget on the Gold Coast, particularly in respect of one significant project that is going to be happening on the Gold Coast, the...
- Trade Training Centres (1 speech)
I welcome the students who are with us in the chamber today and I say to them: I do not want you to be too upset about the grumbling going on on the other side—clearly they are not in...
- Vietnam (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the ongoing persecution in Iran of those citizens who practise the Baha'i faith. It is a subject that should be of concern to all of us. Founded in Iran in 1844 by...
- Westfield Fountain Gate Shopping Centre (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge a local success story in my electorate of Holt. It relates to the Westfield Fountain Gate Shopping Centre. Its origins were in a shopping centre that was created in...
- Vesak Day (1 speech)
Last Sunday I celebrated the birthday of Buddha, also known as Vesak Day with the Vietnamese community in the electorate of Cowan. The celebration of Vesak includes the birth, enlightenment and...
- Trade Training Centres (1 speech)
The Australian government is establishing trade training centres to help increase the proportion of students achieving year 12 or an equivalent qualification. Since parliament last sat it has...
- Gilmore Electorate: Work Experience (1 speech)
I would like to say a few things about my experience in parliament and around the federal office in Gilmore. These words are from Quinn Patterson, a 15-year-old student who did work experience in...
- Shortland Electorate: Proposed Bottle Shop (2 speeches)
I would like to raise an issue of great concern within the community that I represent in Shortland. Mount Hutton is one of the suburbs in the Shortland electorate and it has come to my attention...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (1 speech)
I am very pleased to speak on the report In the wake of disasters: volume two: the affordability of residential strata title insurance, which looks at the affordability of residential strata...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That order of the day No. 2, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until the next meeting. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Law Enforcement Committee; Report (1 speech)
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement has had a longstanding interest in securing effective unexplained wealth legislation. Unexplained wealth laws were moved in this parliament...
- Infrastructure and Communications Committee; Report (2 speeches)
We are dealing with the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011. It was referred to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That further proceedings on order of the day No. 3, government business, be conducted in the House. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Report (2 speeches)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to rise and make some comments about the joint delegation that had the opportunity to go into theatre to review combat operations within the...
- Health and Ageing Committee; Report (2 speeches)
I rise to continue my remarks on the House of Representatives report Lost in the labyrinth. Bur first I would like to acknowledge one of my constituents, Luke Elson, from Como High School, who...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Parkes Electorate: Toomelah (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the issue of one of the communities in my electorate: the village of Toomelah. Toomelah has been in the national press this week again. I wanted to take this...
- Shortland Electorate: Proposed Bottle Shop (1 speech)
by leave—I table a motion that was unanimously passed by the New South Wales upper house in conjunction with the speech that I made earlier today.
- Marfan Association Victoria, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
On Sunday, 22 April I joined members and supporters of Marfan Association Victoria to kick off their fifth annual Walk for Marfan around Albert Park Lake in Melbourne. Marfan Syndrome is a...
- Mining, Employment (1 speech)
Australia's economy is in transition, the fourth such significant economic refocusing since we became a nation. We started as an agricultural economy and became a manufacturing based economy and...
- Budget (1 speech)
I stand before you as a proud member of the Gillard Labor government, a government committed to delivering much-need cost of living relief to everyday Australian households, including thousands...
- Budget, Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I want to raise the impact of the carbon tax announced in this budget—it is the first budget in which the carbon tax has been included in the figures—on my constituents in Flinders....
- Canberra German Community (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure that I rise today to speak about the German community here in Canberra, particularly the Jennings Germans, who celebrated their 60th anniversary of arriving in our...
