House debates
Monday, 10 September 2012
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Selection Committee’s determination for the Federation Chamber today in relation...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Statements (1 speech)
Madam Deputy Speaker, during the parliamentary calendar the Petitions Committee schedules public hearing activities in its ongoing program of work, as you know. A little over a week ago the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Queensland Infrastructure Projects (16 speeches)
I move: That this House notes the: (1) strong investment by the Australian Government in infrastructure right across Queensland, particularly the Mains Road and Kessels Road Intersection Upgrade...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament (9 speeches)
I thank the member for Lyne for proposing this motion. I stand in support of it today. As a member of the House Standing Committee on Privileges and Members' Interests, this motion is of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs I present the committee's advisory report on the National Integrity Commissioner Bill 2012 together with the minutes of...
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties I present the committee's report entitled Report 129: Treaties tabled on 19 and 26 June 2012. In accordance with standing order 39(f) the...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Ramsay, Mr David (2 speeches)
I wish to pay tribute to and inform the House of the passing of Mr David Ramsay. Mr Ramsay was an officer from my department who dedicated the past seven years of his life to strengthening...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Very Special Kids (1 speech)
At the start of this month Very Special Kids launched its Piggy Bank Appeal. This year it is celebrating their 15th anniversary and in that time has raised over $14 million. The objective this...
- Australian National Flag Day (1 speech)
It was a pleasure on Monday last week to celebrate Australian National Flag Day with a number of my local schools. Parramatta High School has hosted the National Flag Day ceremony for surrounding...
- Rowville Football Club (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Rowville Hawks Football Club for their outstanding victory in division 2 of the EFL on Saturday, where they defeated Montrose 8.10.58 to 7.4.46. It was a fantastic...
- School Funding (2 speeches)
I take this opportunity to welcome to the House the students of St John's, Dapto, who are enjoying a tour of parliament today as part of their education. I met with them earlier today and had the...
- Bowman Electorate: Condolence (1 speech)
I wish to extend the condolences of this House, particularly of the member for Rankin; the Mayor of Redland; Mark Robinson, the state member; and Councillor Craig Ogilvie for the events on the...
- 17th Annual Miners Memorial Service (1 speech)
I am not sure that the students of Scone Grammar School are here yet but I acknowledge them. They will be visiting the House of Reps during question time today. I had the pleasure yesterday to...
- Parkinson's Queensland Unity Walk (1 speech)
I rise today to speak of a special event that happened in my electorate yesterday. Parkinson's Queensland held its annual Unity Walk to raise funds and awareness of Parkinson's disease. I...
- Fremantle Football Club, Abel Tasman (1 speech)
I welcome to the parliament Dale Olsen from the WA Army Museum in Fremantle, who is with us today. There are two things my constituents in Fremantle have been very passionate about this week. On...
- World Suicide Prevention Day (1 speech)
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Mr Deputy Speaker Scott, as the ambassador for Lifeline I ask your indulgence to wear this yellow scarf to promote Lifeline's great work over the past 49...
- Education Funding (2 speeches)
Last week we saw another disgraceful revelation about the Liberal Party's contempt for our educators, our learners, our community and our future, which is built on the back of a great education...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Martin, Sapper James, Milosevic, Lance Corporal Stjepan, Poate, Private Robert (5 speeches)
I move: That the House record its deep regret at the deaths on 29 August 2012, of Lance Corporal Stjepan (Rick) Milosevic, Sapper James Thomas Martin and Private Robert Hugh Frederick Poate...
- Milosevic, Lance Corporal Stjepan (Rick), Martin, Sapper James Thomas, Poate, Private Robert Hugh Frederick; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- McDonald, Lance Corporal Mervyn John, Galagher, Private Nathanael John Aubrey; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. For the information of honourable members: the motion will be listed this afternoon in the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
As members would be aware, the Prime Minister will be absent from question time, as she grieves with her family the loss of her father, someone she absolutely adored. At this stage she will be...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I recognise in the gallery today the 99 Indigenous students who are all part of the Learn, Earn, Legend! work exposure in government program. I wish you well in that program, and we very much...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I remind him that since the government announced the reopening of the Nauru processing centre almost 2,000 illegal arrivals have reached Australia....
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and Treasurer. Will he outline for the House what the recent economic data says about the strength of our economy?
- Budget (15 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I remind him of Labor's growing list of unfunded spending commitments, including up to $10½ billon each year for the NDIS, $6½ billion for...
- APEC Meeting (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness. Will the Minister advise the House of the outcomes from the APEC meeting held in Russia over the weekend? What benefits might flow...
- Economy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer that economic growth in the June quarter fell to less than half the rate for the previous three months, retail sales fell by nearly one per...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Is the minister aware of the pain being imposed on those who rallied at Parliament House this...
- Education (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 national plan for school improvement?
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer him to the World Economic Forum, which found that, in terms of wastefulness of government spending, Australia has gone from 10th best in the...
- National Broadband Network (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Why is the National Broadband Network important for Australia's economic future,...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present Auditor-General Audit report No. 2 of 2012-2013, Administration of the Regional Backbone Blackspots Program: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Ordered to...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. I move: That the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating Mr Husic to be a member of the Selection Committee in place of Mr Hayes.
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That Federation Chamber order of the day No.1 be returned to the House for further consideration: Marriage Amendment Bill 2012. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Australian Greens' Policy Costings (29 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Australian Greens can formally submit an unlimited number of new policy proposals to the Government for analysis and costing under the Agreement...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- McCarthy, Mr John (3 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, on indulgence, I rise to record my condolences on the death of John McCarthy announced this afternoon by the Port Adelaide Football Club. John was holidaying in the United...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- McCarthy, Mr John, Small Business (1 speech)
I too pass on my condolences to John McCarthy's family, his partner, the players, his friends and the extended group of people whose lives he touched. I understand he was part of the Peninsula...
- School Funding (1 speech)
I rise today to strongly condemn the New South Wales Liberal government's recent threat to significantly cut funding for independent and Catholic schools in New South Wales. This radical $66.7...
- Bonner Electorate: Mount Gravatt Men's Shed (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure that I rise tonight to acknowledge and thank the members and committee of the Mount Gravatt Men's Shed for the support they give to the men in my community of Bonner....
- Lyons Electorate: Norske Skog Boyer Paper Mill (1 speech)
Today was another important milestone in the history of an industry that is very important in my electorate. The Boyer paper mill is currently trading under the name of Norske Skog, a...
- Farrer Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about telecommunications in my electorate of Farrer. I would like to say that this is going to be a good news story about telecommunications in all of Australia, but sadly...
- Gower, Major General Steve AO AO(Mil) (Ret.) (1 speech)
I rise tonight to honour a distinguished Australian who has recently retired from a significant position at one of our great cultural institutions, and that is Major General Steve Gower, who has...
- Durack Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise this evening to highlight the negative impact of this federal Labor government and the predicament suffered by the constituents of Durack, together with national and international...
- Fisheries (1 speech)
On the day parliament last sat in August, I urged the government not to approve the super trawler Margiris fishing in Australian waters. Since I spoke the Minister for Sustainability,...
- Fadden Electorate: Biggera Waters State School Fete (1 speech)
I was delighted to attend on the weekend the Biggera Waters school fete in the great electorate of Fadden. The fete is the school's largest single fundraiser and is held biannually. It was...
- Telstra (1 speech)
I am still struggling to understand how Telstra can continue with its plan to close its Lismore call centre, which is based in Goonellabah, axing 116 jobs. I recently spoke in this place about...
- Hasluck Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the serious lack of broadband services in my electorate of Hasluck and to speak about the efforts to bring them to the government's attention, particularly the...
- Suicide (1 speech)
I rise tonight to comment on a pretty profound and provocative program on this evening's Four Cornersprogram entitled There is No 3G in Heaven. The telecasting of it coincides with World Suicide...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Gippsland Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
Recently, I had the opportunity to launch the Gippsland Tourism Conference, which is an important event that provided local tourism industry operators with insights into the industry. I told the...
- Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (1 speech)
The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail is a 161-kilometre recreational trail from Ipswich to Yarraman utilising the old Brisbane Valley rail lines. The longest rail trail in the country, it provides...
- Aston Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
As I go around my electorate, the overwhelming message I hear is that small businesses are doing it particularly tough at the moment. Across the retail precincts, we are now seeing some shops...
- Richmond Electorate: Madura Tea (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an outstanding business in my electorate. I am always pleased to be talking about businesses that are doing exceptionally well and talking them up, not talking them...
- McKechnie, Mr Robert (1 speech)
Last Friday I attended the funeral service of Robert McKechnie, or 'Bob' as he was affectionately known in our community. Bob was one of the Territory's last surviving Korean War veterans. He...
- Braddon Electorate (1 speech)
Good morning, colleagues. Firstly, I congratulate the City Marians Hockey Club on the 75th anniversary of its existence. It is a terrific club and a very good night was had by all on Saturday...
- Mayo Electorate: Silent Ripples (1 speech)
I rise to talk briefly about a walk which has occurred this morning in Strathalbyn in my electorate. Silent Ripples, a local group working with local bereavement organisations, organised a walk...
- Common Ground Adelaide (1 speech)
I rise today to break the habit of a lifetime and stand in the nation's parliament to say nice things about Alexander Downer, more specifically to say nice things about the organisation which...
- Higgins Electorate: Carbon Pricing (1 speech, 1 comment)
Millions of people will be better off under the carbon price. That was the claim made by the Prime Minister in her efforts to justify her broken promise to the Australian people. Yet just like...
- Calwell Electorate: Banksia Gardens Community Services (2 speeches)
I rise to acknowledge a wonderful community resource in my electorate, known at the Banksia Gardens Community Services. I am sure that every member of this House has at least one neighbourhood...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Marriage Amendment Bill 2012; Second Reading (17 speeches, 1 comment)
I support this bill. I support it because, after much thought, I am convinced that it is an argument about justice that all should be equal before the law. So, in good conscience, I can make no...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Vietnam Veterans' Day (8 speeches)
On indulgence. This year it is 50 years since Australians were first involved in the Vietnam War, in which nearly 60,000 Australians served, of whom 521 lost their lives and 3,000 were wounded....
- Fred Hollows Foundation (7 speeches)
'Every eye is an eye. When you are doing the surgery there, that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on the Prime Minister or a king'. The philosophy of ophthalmologist Fred...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- National Landcare week (13 speeches, 2 comments)
I thank my friend the member for Gippsland for recognising the importance and role of a Labor initiative, namely Landcare. Like the members for Gippsland and New England, I live in a beautiful...
- Meniere's Disease (6 speeches)
Meniere's disease is a condition that really is an enormous imposition on many Australians, and I am pleased that the House has afforded some time this evening to talk about the condition and...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- R U OK?Day (1 speech)
I also praise the member for Dunkley for the excellent motion that he moved. The member for Dunkley is a very good man—and a Richmond supporter, to boot. It was a very, very good motion and...
- Regional Express: 10th Anniversary (1 speech)
I would like to commend the member for Wannon for bringing that to the attention of the House. The R U OK? Day is a wonderful initiative. I am pleased to see that he is going to take a forward...
- Environment (1 speech)
The House has just debated a motion recognising National Landcare Week. One of the features of Landcare projects in my electorate in the time that I have been an MP has been the increasing...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about my efforts to improve training of young people in the electorate of Hasluck and the concept more broadly. When I was elected I met with education providers to talk...
- Schools (1 speech)
Nothing is more important for the future of our country than investment in our schools and the education of our children. Our schools are the bedrock of our society. Our schools are the bedrock...
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I rise today to deliver a grievance speech on an issue that is clearly causing grievances in the electorate of Calare, and that is this Labor government's wasteful, farcical National Broadband...
- Education Funding (2 speeches)
I was shocked last week to hear that, in spite of the public debate on education moving down a path about growing schools and lifting the standard of every school, the O'Farrell state government...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Federation Chamber do now adjourn. Question agreed to. Federation Chamber adjourned at 21:39
