House debates
Thursday, 31 May 2012
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the Publications Committee. Copies of the report have been placed on the table. Report—by leave—agreed to. by leave—On this occasion I will make a very...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 3) 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.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill now be read a second time. The Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill will give effect to further reforms to parenting payment and build upon...
- Income Tax (Seasonal Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Income Tax Rates) 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.
- Shipping Reform (Tax Incentives) Bill 2012, Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Bill 2012, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012, Tax Laws Amendment (Shipping Reform) Bill 2012; Second Reading (18 speeches)
I rise to speak on the shipping reform package. This legislation aims to stimulate investment in Australia's shipping industry through the use of tax incentives and to encourage further...
- Shipping Reform (Tax Incentives) Bill 2012, Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Bill 2012, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012, Tax Laws Amendment (Shipping Reform) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
by leave—I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum and move government amendments (1) to (5) as circulated together: (1) Clause 5, page 3 (after line 9), after the definition of...
- Shipping Reform (Tax Incentives) Bill 2012, Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Bill 2012, Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012, Tax Laws Amendment (Shipping Reform) 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.
- Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
by leave—I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill and move government amendments (1) to (9) together: (1) Schedule 1, item 25, page 9 (lines 26 to 28), omit paragraphs...
- Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) 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.
- Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
by leave—I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Bill 2012. I move government amendments (1) to (19) as circulated...
- Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012; Explanatory Memorandum (1 speech)
I present the correction to the explanatory memorandum to the Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012. Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian...
- Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (7 speeches)
I have five amendments that I wish to move. I think it might suit the convenience of the House if we deal with the first one alone and then maybe the others in a separate question. I move: (1)...
- Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) 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.
- Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
by leave—I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill and a correction to the explanatory memorandum and I move government amendments (1) to (4) as circulated together: (1)...
- Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Shipping Reform) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
by leave—I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill and move government amendment (1) on sheet CJ242 as circulated: (1) Schedule 4, item 1, page 17 (lines 11 and 12), omit...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Shipping Reform) Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I commend this historic legislation across these five bills to the House and move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- National Health Reform Amendment (Administrator and National Health Funding Body) Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I table the explanatory memorandum and move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health Reform) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Message from the Governor-General recommending appropriation for the bill and proposed amendments...
- Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health Reform) Bill 2012; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
I present a supplementary memorandum to the bill and I ask leave of the House to move government amendments (1) to (3) as circulated together: Leave granted. I move government amendments (1) to...
- Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health Reform) 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
(): I move: That Federation Chamber, private Members’ business, orders of the day No. 11 motion relating to the Family law and child support system, No. 13 the Health Insurance (Dental...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
) ( ): I move: That standing order 43 be suspended for this sitting. Question agreed to. by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee (1 speech)
I am grateful to be given these few moments to note that before the parliament next meets Her Majesty the Queen will have celebrated her diamond jubilee. I think it is worth recalling today the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism will be absent from question time today as he is attending the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee (1 speech)
On indulgence, I was very pleased to move on 7 February this year a formal address from the Australian Parliament to Her Majesty the Queen on the diamond jubilee. This is a year-long celebration...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Gambling (5 speeches)
) ( ): My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a government report released this week that recommends that Australia now permit online gambling. Will the Prime...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What do capital investment figures out today show about the strength of our economy and the importance of making sure it is managed in the interests of...
- Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the most recent World Bank report which showed Australia's ease of doing business ranking had fallen from eighth in the world...
- Assange, Mr Julian (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Senior figures in the United States have called for Julian Assange to be hunted down and in the US courts he may face the death penalty. Has the government...
- Carbon Pricing (4 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 economic outlook for the minerals...
- Enterprise Migration Agreements (35 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister have any knowledge of the Roy Hill enterprise migration agreement before she received a detailed briefing on the matter last Wednesday?
- Carbon Pricing (20 speeches)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—I didn't think they wanted to hear my question! My question is to—
- Budget (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Minister for Disability Reform. Will the minister update the House on the government's policies in...
- Carbon Pricing (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a letter from Angelo Gaudiano, a blue-collar worker at Energy Brix in my electorate who writes: Once the carbon tax comes into...
- Workplace Bullying (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. What is the government doing to encourage fair workplaces that...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (12 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 37 of 2011 2012 entitled The Child Support Program's management of feedback. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (4 speeches)
by leave—I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Selection Committee’s determinations in respect of private Members’ business for...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Electorate Offices (22 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker Burke, I have a question of you. It relates to entitlements and electorate offices. On Sydney radio today and online, on Twitter, it is claimed that there is a sign in a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economic Competitiveness (11 speeches)
On a day when we get the news that Australia's international economic competitiveness has declined 10 places from fifth to 15th place in the world, we have a government in denial about the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Hinkler Electorate: Sugarcane Industry (1 speech)
The sugarcane harvest is scheduled to begin in the Bundaberg and Childers districts in my electorate early in this coming month, and it is marked by more optimism than we have had around the...
- Newcastle Electorate: Fairfax Media (1 speech)
This week Fairfax Media announced proposed changes to editorial production arrangements at the Newcastle Herald and associated weekly community newspapers. What that means is that Fairfax Media...
- Education (1 speech)
I would like to speak in this adjournment debate on education and on two specific topics. First of all, I would like to speak on the Australian Science and Mathematics School. This is a...
- National Training System (1 speech)
In recent weeks the Australian government has secured COAG support for a $1.75 billion package to support lasting reforms to the national training system. This is a welcome development. This is...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I rise today to bring to the attention of the House an issue that has bitterly frustrated the constituents of Bonner for far too long: the lack of broadband access, which greatly affects many...
- Fraser Electorate: Fraser Community Summit (1 speech)
Every six months or so I hold a conversation to talk about disadvantage in the Fraser electorate. On Tuesday, 29 May I was pleased to welcome 10 representatives from local community sector groups...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Yamamoto, Mr Tadashi (3 speeches)
I rise today to speak about Mr Tadashi Yamamoto, who, sadly, passed away on 15 April this year at the age of 76. Mr Yamamoto was born on 11 March 1936 in Tokyo. He initially studied at Rokko...
- Marrickville Golf, Sporting and Community Club (1 speech)
Last Saturday night I had the pleasure of attending the Newtown Swans trivia night at the Marrickville golf and community club. In my time as the member for Grayndler I have known Marrickville...
- Canning Electorate: Austin Cove Baptist College (1 speech)
Austin Cove Baptist College is a new school that opened in February 2011 in my electorate. Shortly after opening, the school was beset by several tragedies in succession, including the deaths of...
- Yamamoto, Mr Tadashi (3 speeches)
I want to acknowledge and honour as best I can Tadashi Yamamoto, a great friend of Australia, who, sadly, died in Tokyo on 15 April. I had the great privilege of knowing Tadashi. He was, first...
- Calwell Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Earlier this month I hosted a delegation of representatives from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, the Australian Workers Union and the Electrical Trades Union, who were lobbying pretty...
- Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
With the welcome and necessary upgrading of the Strathfield to Broadmeadow line, the noise from diesel locomotives is set to become an increasing problem for many of my constituents, particularly...
- Overseas Trained Doctors (1 speech)
Australia is well placed to provide the world with highly educated, highly skilled employees. Those working in areas like the sciences, engineering and mathematics are constantly researching and...
- Parliamentary Behaviour (1 speech)
Scenes in the House yesterday highlighted the absolute contempt that those opposite have for our parliament and its processes. But this is nothing new. During question time last week, I looked up...
- Atrial Fibrillation (1 speech)
Yesterday I was proud to host a Parliamentary Friends of Medicines lunch event, discussing the important topic 'Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: a turning point in Australian patient...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
I move: That business intervening before committee and delegation reports, order of the day No. 5, be postponed to a later hour. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
