House debates
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and refers to the already flagged increase in rates in the Knox, Mitcham and Bendigo councils due to the world's biggest carbon tax, set to start at...
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is for the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister outline the importance of spreading the benefits of a strong economy to ordinary Australians and their families?
- Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and Treasurer. How does the Treasurer reconcile his statement today that the carbon tax is 'only a tiny fraction of the rise of electricity prices in...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I recognise the member for McEwen, I want to welcome to the gallery today members from that other important level of government, local government. I am not going to name every mayor, so do...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Family Payments (3 speeches)
They will love it, Madam Deputy Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform. How is the government helping...
- Carbon Pricing (15 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to the statement of the managing director of Autocast and Forge foundry—Australia's largest independent...
- Media (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. You and the opposition have both expressed concerns at reports that Gina Rinehart will not abide by Fairfax's charter of editorial independence. Given...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the St Lucian Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation, His Excellency Mr Alva Baptiste. On...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Family Payments (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Will the minister update the House on the government's assistance to families dealing with the costs of educating...
- Literacy and Numeracy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to the Auditor-General's report on the government's $540 million literacy and numeracy program that revealed no...
- Carbon Pricing (9 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 forecast for the impact of the carbon...
- Marine Conservation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister update the House on some of the unique marine environments placed under...
- National Security (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. I remind the minister that commercial, recreational and tourist charter fishing boats have...
- Public Housing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Small Business. Minister, how are the government's pension increases supporting people across the country with the cost of housing...
- Passenger Movement Charge (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Can the Acting Prime Minister confirm that the government is about to drop the indexation of the passenger movement charge in response to arguments...
- Pensions and Benefits (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Financial Services and Superannuation. Will the minister outline how the government is supporting working families through...
- Immigration (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. I refer to the statement by the Minister for Home Affairs on 8 June 2012 that Ali Al Abassi—also known as Captain...
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
Her venomous and festering tongue!
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister confirm to the House that an asylum seeker boat has arrived at Cocos Island carrying a breed of rat that will eat the...
- Child Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the— Opposition members interjecting —
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Acting Prime Minister (2 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I wonder if you could require the Acting Prime Minister to inform himself on the issues associated with the Cocos Islands.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos. 43 and 44 of 2011-12 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit reports: Audit report No. 43 2011-12, National Partnership Agreement on Remote Service Delivery, and Audit report No.44 2011-12, Administration...
- 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. I move: That the House...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Pacific Highway (27 speeches)
The Speaker has received letters from the honourable member for Lyne, the honourable Leader of the Nationals and the honourable member for Wakefield proposing that definite matters of public...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Scheme Enhancements) Bill 2012; Second Reading (5 speeches)
Just before question time, in speaking on the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Scheme Enhancements) Bill 2012, I was making the point that all of us, wherever we live, can take...
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Scheme Enhancements) 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.
- Navigation Bill 2012, Navigation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Bill 2012, Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012; Second Reading (6 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Navigation Bill 2012 and its consequential amendments bill, which update and modernise the Navigation Act 1912. Even though they are not directly connected, this bill will...
- Navigation Bill 2012, Navigation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Bill 2012, Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law (Consequential Amendments) 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.
- Navigation (Consequential Amendments) 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.
- Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law 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.
- Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. These subsequent bills are going through the parliament with considerable ease. Those who read Hansard should not think that their...
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2012; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2012. This bill seeks to make technical amendments to 21 acts across six portfolios. It forms part of an ongoing program...
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 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)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
(): I move: That order of the day No. 8, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Business of the House (1 speech)
Madam Deputy Speaker, the speaking list has now been changed three times. We have been advised of different bills coming up for debate in this House. We still do not know what bill is on next,...
- WALKER, Hon. Francis (Frank) John, QC (1 speech)
On indulgence, today I had the honour of representing the Prime Minister at the funeral of Frank Walker. It was an extraordinary occasion, with speeches from former High Court Judge Mary Gaudron...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- British Pensions (1 speech)
Today I wish to raise an issue of great injustice that affects a number of people who live in the electorate of Cowan. There are around 555,000 British pensioners worldwide, half of whom live in...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
( With approximately a doubling of funding for education in this country, with new and improved school infrastructure, with new libraries and halls, with more computers in schools than ever...
- Agriculture (1 speech)
I stand here this evening to bring some news to this House, and that is in relation to agriculture in Western Australia. Many members of this House that are informed about the nature and wealth...
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
I rise tonight to express my bitter disappointment in the New South Wales Liberal government's recent decision to raise the cost of public housing for local pensioners. New South Wales Premier...
- Grandparents (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about some very special people in Australia who deserve the respect, commitment and support of our government and community—people who I believe are being continually...
- Child Beauty Pageants (1 speech)
Earlier this year I moved a private member's motion in relation to children's beauty pageants. I note, Madam Deputy Speaker Burke, you also spoke on the motion and feel equally as passionate...
- Victorian Earthquake, Dunkley Electorate: Centrelink, Australian Paralympic Team (1 speech)
A little over an hour ago a seismic event of 5.2 occurred some 160 kilometres south-east of Melbourne near the Moe community—a significant tremor lasting about 20 seconds and recorded at 10...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a very important issue that I think all governments need to make sure they are paying attention to: tackling mental health in our community. Before I came into this...
- Fadden Electorate: Seniors Expo (1 speech)
It is my great pleasure to inform the House that, on 1 August this year, the third annual Fadden Seniors Expo and Forum will be taking place at the Jupiter's Pavilion near Parklands Showground on...
- McEwen Electorate: Queens Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Peter Weeks from Alexandra, who was awarded an OAM in the General Division for services to communities in the upper Goulburn region, particularly during the 2009 Victorian...
- Education (1 speech)
) ( ): I rise tonight to speak on raising the bar in education. In this Olympic year as we see countries vie to be the best in sport I want to say: why not in education? Our country has been...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate: Caulfield Village (2 speeches)
Today's Financial Review reports that the $1 billion Caulfield Racecourse development will take up to 10 years to complete. Approved by the Victorian state Liberal Minister for Planning, Matthew...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Riverina Electorate: Melanoma (1 speech)
Amie St Clair was a confident, happy, strong willed, talented and enormously popular sportswoman with a positive attitude. Born and bred in Wagga Wagga, she loved all sport but had a real passion...
- Petrie Electorate: St John Fisher College (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an important activity that has been initiated by the BBC leading up to the London Olympics. The BBC is following 26 young athletes from across the world and connecting the...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
The Monash University's Centre of Policy Studies has just released a report that I have found so extraordinary that I have to make reference to it. The study claims that it is in fact a waste of...
- Fowler Electorate: Immigration (1 speech)
Last Sunday, together with the member for Banks, I attended the launch of the Immigrant Workers Speak Out campaign, co-hosted by Asian Women at Work and the Immigrant Women's Speakout...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise to speak today on an important topic, which, in my almost four years here in parliament, is getting increasing attention and rightly so and that is the issue of mental health service...
- Same-Sex Marriage (1 speech)
I rise in the chamber to discuss a matter of profound importance; marriage equality. My view on this issue has changed and I want to explain why. We in this House, regardless of political...
- Baltic States: Commemoration of Mass Deportations (1 speech)
Every year on 14 June Baltic communities all over the world commemorate the mass deportations from their homelands by Stalin's Soviet communist forces to Soviet gulags during and after World War...
- Griffith Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
Community organisations are the lifeblood of Australian society. They cause us to remember that we are not just individuals, we are not just families; we are part of a wider social fabric upon...
- Longman Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
Last Friday, I hosted the launch of the Longman Executive Business Branch with 70 key business people from my community. I take the opinions of business owners and managers in my electorate very...
- Richmond Electorate: Development Grants (2 speeches)
I am really excited to talk about some major events and announcements in my electorate over the past couple of weeks that really show how much the federal Labor government has been delivering to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Walker, Hon. Francis (Frank) John, QC (8 speeches)
Labor devotees in the Riverina and many others too are mourning the death of Francis John Walker, QC, better known as Frank, a former government minister in both the New South Wales and...
