House debates

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (National Children's Commissioner) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Promoting the rights, wellbeing and development of Australia's children and young people is a fundamental priority for the Gillard government....
  • Legislative Instruments Amendment (Sunsetting Measures) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This government is committed to reducing red tape and unnecessary regulation on industry and small business. We recognise that Australia's 2.7...
  • Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012 is one of the most significant developments in privacy reform since Labor...
  • Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Gillard government has passed historic reforms to build a clean energy future which will strengthen the economy and protect our environment....
  • Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill makes amendments to the Clean Energy Act 2011 and related acts. These amendments support the establishment of the Clean Energy Finance...
  • Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is part of a package of bills amending certain aspects of the Clean Energy Future plan that I referred to in the two previous matters...
  • Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is also part of a package of bills amending certain aspects of the Clean Energy Future plan. As announced in the 2012-13 budget,...
  • National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2012 will amend the National Health Act 1953 to support the operation of a...
  • Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 to increase the rate of the passenger movement charge by $8 to $55 per passenger. This...
  • Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Scheme Enhancements) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005. It implements the response of the Standing Council on Environment and...
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (Student Contribution Amounts and Other Measures) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Higher Education Support Amendment (Student Contribution Amounts and Other Measures) Bill 2012 amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003...
  • National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Bill 2012; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    I take this opportunity firstly to thank the members who spoke on the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Bill 2012. This government fully recognises the critical role...
  • National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations and Prudential Standards) Bill 2012; Second Reading (6 speeches)
    I rise on this occasion to speak on this bill, the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations and Prudential Standards) Bill 2012, to follow up the excellent speeches, particularly...
  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations and Prudential Standards) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (15 speeches)
    I move: (1) Schedule 1, item 9, page 6 (lines 1 to 20), omit paragraphs 29VN(b) and (c). [obligations of trustee] This amendment was foreshadowed by my friend and colleague the shadow Treasurer...
  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations and Prudential Standards) Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012; Second Reading (19 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012, which implements a number of amendments to support the introduction of body scanners at Australian...
• Statements by Members (0 speeches)
  • Petition: Robina Mail Delivery Centre (1 speech)
    Today I seek to table a petition on behalf of McPherson residents, protesting against the closure, at the end of June this year, of the Robina Mail Delivery Centre on Ron Penhaligon Way. The...
  • 13th Croquet World Championship (1 speech)
    Between 28 April and 6 May this year, the 13th Croquet World Championship was held in Adelaide and hosted by several Adelaide based clubs. Eighty world-ranked players from 24 countries competed....
  • Wanneroo Horse and Pony Club (1 speech)
    I take this opportunity to acknowledge the positive contribution that the Wanneroo Horse and Pony Club makes in providing opportunities for young people in the Wanneroo district within the Cowan...
  • Fowler Electorate: Miller Health and Family Day (1 speech)
    Last week I attended the Miller Health and Family Day in my electorate of Fowler. Information stalls by local service providers allowed parents to speak directly to the providers to get useful...
  • Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
    There are none so deaf as those who refuse to listen and none so blind who refuse to see. This government has not listened to the community and it has not seen the impact of its carbon tax. Today...
  • Public Health System (1 speech)
    The public health system in Tasmania was already struggling with the rising cost of modern health care and the additional costs associated with the ageing population. But add years of poor...
  • Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
    Never have I seen someone so happy as the member for Paterson as he celebrates the loss of up to 350 jobs at Hydro Aluminium in Kurri Kurri in my electorate, a plant which has been losing...
  • Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health (1 speech)
    This September will mark five years since the establishment of the Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health. The centre is based at the University of Adelaide and focuses on education and...
  • Jenkins, Ms Amanda (1 speech)
    In self-indulgence and as a tribute to children of all members and senators who have to cope with having a parent in public life, I wish my daughter Amanda a happy 21st birthday for today. As a...
  • Sidman, Ms Kay (1 speech)
    I would like to pay tribute to a wonderful lady from my electorate, Kay Sidman, who will hold her 12th Biggest Morning Tea event for the Cancer Council tomorrow. So far, Kay has raised more than...
  • Friendship for Life (2 speeches)
    Last Saturday I was pleased to join with the local Turkish and veterans communities in Port Kembla with a wonderful ceremony named Friendship for Life. To mark this occasion, I was joined by the...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer her to the announcement today that Hydro Aluminium will close down its Kurri Kurri plant employing 344 people in part because of the impact of a...
  • Afghanistan (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House on outcomes from the NATO-ISAF Chicago summit on Afghanistan?
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    I would like to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a delegation from each of the ASEAN member state parliaments. I trust their time in Australia will...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that, based on the government's own figures, household expenditure will go up by $9.90 each week due to the carbon tax, yet...
  • Afghanistan (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence. What are the implications for Australia's commitment in Oruzgan province in Afghanistan as a result of the outcomes of the NATO-ISAF leaders summit...
  • Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that her $23 a tonne carbon tax will result in a tax of $75,000 a tonne on refrigerant gas, and that this will cost a large...
  • Education Funding (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, can you confirm the $5 billion as recommended in the Gonski review is available if required, and that decisions taken over the coming three...
  • Carbon Pricing (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and Minister for Industry and Innovation. What have recent price determinations across Australia shown about the projected...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how strongly Australia's economy is performing on the global stage?
  • Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. What did the Prime Minister mean when she said, in relation to the member for Dobell, that she thought a line had been crossed?
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the OECD Economic Outlook, released overnight, and what does this say about the government's economic management?
  • Member for Dobell (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the statement of the member for Dobell, given on Monday. Does the member for Dobell's statement cause her to change her view...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Member for Dobell (3 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion calling on the Prime Minister to speak immediately for up to 15 minutes to explain the following, amongst other things: whether the Prime Minister has confidence in...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (41 speeches)
    I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition moving immediately—That this House calls on the Prime Minister to speak...
• Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
  • Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
    ) ( ): Madam Deputy Speaker, I have a question for you. Given that the tactics employed by the government are shutting down debate on the statement by the member of Dobell, will you undertake to...
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (9 speeches)
    Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
• Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
  • Parliament (2 speeches)
    I have another question to you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Does the referral of the budget to a committee of this House mean that the parliament cannot debate the budget in this chamber?
  • Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
    In accordance with standing order 105B—replies to unanswered written questions that have been on the Notice Paper for more than 60 days—I ask that you write to the following ministers...
  • Parliament (7 speeches)
    Madam Deputy Speaker, I have a question to you. It goes to the answer you gave to the Leader of the Opposition. It is about the question of who can or cannot make rulings in this place.
  • Parliament House: Security (2 speeches)
    Madam Deputy Speaker, before I ask my question can I compliment the Presiding Officers for the wonderful way in which they have made this place more secure with the new gates that have been...
  • Parliamentary Behaviour (2 speeches)
    Madam Deputy Speaker, would it be possible for you or the Speaker—I am not sure which under the present situation—to investigate the possible disorderly behaviour of the member for...
• 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 and I move: That the House take note of...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Membership (1 speech)
    I ask leave of the House to move a motion for the appointment of a member to serve on the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests. Leave granted. I move: That Mr Alexander be discharged...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the bill be referred to the Federation Chamber for further consideration. Question agreed to.
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Government Spending (38 speeches)
    Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker, and thank you for allowing us to debate this issue, because this is a very important issue which does go to the heart of good governance. You would have...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Government Response to the Review of Military Compensation Arrangements (2 speeches)
    by leave—The purpose of this statement is to advise the House of the government's response to the Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, as announced in the federal budget. The...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012; Second Reading (7 speeches)
    I rise today to speak to this bill, which in some respects is not particularly important but in other respects is quite important. This Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012...
  • Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
    I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill and I move the government amendment as circulated: (1) Schedule 1, item 3, page 4 (after line 3), after subsection 44(3B), insert:...
  • Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. I do thank the opposition for their support for the legislation and indeed for the amendment that arose out of the Senate inquiry....
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    In relation to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012, the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the Report No. 52 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members business on Monday, 28 May 2012.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Olympic Dam (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to talk about an extremely important issue in my home state of South Australia. The House would be aware that some months ago the South Australian parliament in a largely...
  • National Volunteer Week (1 speech)
    I rise to acknowledge the valuable contribution made by volunteers to the local community in my electorate of Newcastle. We all know that volunteers contribute over 700 million hours and $14.6...
  • Longman Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
    I acknowledge the member for Newcastle. We all acknowledge the importance of volunteers across our nation. Last week as part of National Volunteers Week, I held the Longman awards to celebrate...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    On 17 April this year the member for North Sydney travelled to London where he gave a speech in which he said that Hong Kong's government debt was 'moderate'. That speech pointed out that Hong...
  • Gold Coast: Commonwealth Games 2018 (1 speech)
    Many Gold Coast residents and Queenslanders will remember that great day in November last year when we heard that the Gold Coast will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games...
  • Reid Electorate: Railways (1 speech)
    The expansion and electrification of railways is one of the more effective means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and reducing road congestion and the unending road toll. With these...
  • Friendly Faces Helping Hands (1 speech)
    One of the most traumatic things that can happen to a family from a regional or country area is to have a sudden illness or injury inflicted on their family. Quite often this involves a very...
  • Public Education Day, Calwell Electorate: Broadmeadows Jobs and Skills Expo (1 speech)
    Before I begin, I just want the House to note that today is Public Education Day. I would like to wish all of the public schools in my electorate a very happy Public Education Day and also to...
  • North West Rail Link (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to condemn the recent decision by Infrastructure Australia to advise the government to reject a request from the New South Wales government to fund the North West rail line. I want...
  • Australian Public Service (1 speech)
    I rise once again to defend the Australian Public Service against continued attacks from several fronts. For the past two decades, and now as the federal member for Canberra, I have been an...
  • Tertiary Education (1 speech)
    The Leader of the Opposition's misappropriation of Ben Chifley's 'light on the hill' speech was a most audacious action, even by the Leader of the Opposition's standards. When we think about the...
  • Petition: Supply of PBS Medicines, Petition: Digital Television Reception in Boolarra and District, Petition: Princes Highway Gippsland Region, Petition: Latrobe Regional Hospital (1 speech)
    In the spirit of the member for Scullin's speech, I am quite ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with him when it comes to the issue of higher education achievement for people from low...
• Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
  • Maranoa Electorate: Royal Flying Doctor Service (1 speech)
    I rise to acknowledge the wonderful contribution of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which they make and have made for such a long time across rural and remote parts of Australia. Earlier this...
  • Page Electorate: Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
    I want to raise the issue of coal seam gas and what is happening in my area. What issue would bring together a children's TV character—that is, dirtgirl from dirtgirlworldthe Presentation...
  • Canning Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
    I wish to raise the issue of an uncompleted BER project in my electorate, at Ocean Road Primary School. The expected completion date was before the end of 2010 for the new early learning centre...
  • Braham, Mr William (1 speech)
    It is an honour for me to pay tribute to a tireless community advocate from my electorate of Hindmarsh who sadly passed away recently, Mr William Braham. He will be missed by all. He was a very...
  • McPherson Electorate: Uniting Church (1 speech)
    There are many wonderful people in my electorate of McPherson and today I would like to acknowledge two very special people, George and Mildred Hohl. Mildred Hohl is 96 years old and George...
  • Foreign Ownership, Economy (5 speeches)
    Qantas has announced further cutbacks to their maintenance staff. We have a government in power in Australia that do not seem to have any interest whatsoever in the fact that Qantas is being...
  • Pond, Ms Kristy (1 speech)
    I rise to mark the achievement of an extraordinary constituent in my electorate, Ms Kristy Pond. Born prematurely with cerebral palsy and other significant health issues requiring long-term,...
  • Lindsay Electorate: Nepean Athletics Club (1 speech)
    I recently had the pleasure of attending the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Nepean Athletics Club at St Marys Band Club. Nepean Athletics has a long and proud history in my local community....
  • Flynn Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
    Today I want to talk about a looming problem with the telecommunications connections in my electorate, especially in the city of Gladstone. Unfortunately, there is no solution in sight. There is...
  • National Heart Foundation (2 speeches)
    This morning the Parliamentary Heart Foundation and Stroke Foundation Friendship Group had a breakfast here in Parliament House. It was a very successful breakfast. Dr Lyn Roberts, the CEO of...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2012-2013, Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2011-2012, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013; Second Reading (13 speeches)
    The 2012-13 budget handed down earlier this month by Treasurer the Hon. Wayne Swan is a responsible budget and a fair budget. It is a budget which reflects good management of the Australian...
  • Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    I rise to talk briefly on the Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012. This bill seeks a rather simple process which is to merge two arms of the Parliamentary Counsel,...
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2012-2013, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013, Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2011-2012; Second Reading (16 speeches)
    I rise to support Appropriation Bill (No.1) 2012-13. The 2012-13 budget will deliver much-needed cost-of-living relief to thousands of households in my electorate of Reid. This budget is all...