House debates
Thursday, 14 February 2013
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Tariff Proposals (0 speeches)
- Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2013 (1 speech)
I move: Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2013 The customs tariff proposal that I have just tabled contains alterations to five items in schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act. Schedule 4 lists a...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Report (6 speeches)
On behalf of the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests I present the following reports: Report concerning an application from Mr Ian Munro for the publication of a response to a...
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—I present the report of the Publications Joint Committee. I move: That the report be agreed to. Question agreed to.
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (1 speech)
I present the report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the twenty-first annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum held in Vladivostok from 27 to 30 January 2013, and I...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
(): I move: That Federation Chamber orders of the day, private members' business, as listed on the document circulated to honourable members in the chamber, be returned to the House for further...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the items of private members' business being called on and considered immediately in the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Volunteering: Senior Australians (1 speech)
In the recent disasters of flood and fire, the courageous efforts of volunteers have been seen and recognised alongside those of the emergency services. But one group of senior Australians has...
- Fowler Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
Nothing better symbolises the spirit of Australia Day than the laughter and good cheer of the community coming together to celebrate their national pride. For a long time Australia has had a good...
- Dawson Electorate: Mining (1 speech)
Tomorrow is the final day for submissions to be made to the Public environment report on the proposed dredging at the Abbot Point coal terminal just north of Bowen and the expansion that is...
- Saville, Mr Glen (1 speech)
On 31 January this year the people of the Illawarra saw the end of the career of Wollongong Hawks' greatest ever basketball player, Glen Saville, who was sadly forced to retire before the end of...
- Australian Natural Disasters (1 speech)
I rise to express my condolences on behalf of the people of Gippsland to the family and friends of the two firefighters who passed away yesterday in the Harrietville fire. The tragic death of...
- St Giles Society (1 speech)
I rise today to put on record my thanks to the St Giles Society in Launceston. St Giles has allied health campuses in Hobart and Launceston, adult group homes in the north, south and north west,...
- Queensland Floods (1 speech)
Last weekend I toured the West Bundaberg-Wallaville area with Councillor Wayne Honor and spoke to many flood victims. Many of these people were still in a state of shock, thankful to be alive,...
- Organ Donation (1 speech)
Today I urge all Canberrans to show their support for organ and tissue donation and to discuss their wishes on organ donation by joining thousands of others in the Gift of Life Donation Life Walk...
- Defence: Road Works (1 speech)
Last night during estimates, officials from the Department of Defence confirmed that this government is walking away from its commitment to the construction of the Samford Road entrance to the...
- Australian Baseball League (1 speech)
On Saturday night the Canberra Cavalry blasted Perth Heat out of the park to win the title of Australian Baseball League champions. Baseball may be a game that is played on the south side, but it...
- Government Spending (2 speeches)
In 2007 the Labor Party came to government and they were bequeathed a golden legacy of not one dollar of government debt after John Howard and Peter Costello created more than two million new...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, and Minister for Industry and Innovation will be absent from question time today for personal reasons. The...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her statement one day after she personally renegotiated a heads of agreement with the big three miners, and I quote: …...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how is the government helping to ensure Australian workplaces can meet the needs of modern families?
- Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer of his statement that the government 'will never increase the rate or broaden the base of the GST or remove tax-free superannuation...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from India. On behalf of the House I extend a very warm welcome to our visitors. They...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (2 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I ask a further supplementary question to the Treasurer. Given that the Treasurer also ruled out a carbon tax before the last election, how can anyone take this latest reassurance...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on recent developments in the global economy? How do these highlight the need for reforms to strengthen Australia's economy...
- Superannuation (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer her to the Treasurer's statement that certainty is paramount when it comes to the retirement income system. We want people to have confidence...
- Infrastructure (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Given the success of my lobbying, and that of others, resulting in the upgrade of the Bruce Highway to six lanes from...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have in present in the gallery this afternoon a delegation of parliamentarians and civil leaders from Afghanistan. On behalf of honourable members, I extend to the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Water (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.. Will the minister update the House on the government's commitment to improving Australia's...
- Mining Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer of his statement on 20 November 2011: The simple fact is . . . the vast majority of the tax will be paid by three companies, BHP Billiton,...
- Asian Century (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Asian Century Policy. Will the minister advise the House of the importance of...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement that the job creation record of this government is unequalled anywhere in the world. Is the Treasurer aware that without...
- Nation Building Program (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. How is the government's national Nation Building Program helping to build infrastructure that boosts productivity around...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his last answer, when he said it was important to get the facts right. I refer him to the fact that he stated that the current...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister update the House on how the government is making rostering arrangements fairer for working people,...
- Asylum Seekers (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the fact that more people have arrived illegally by boat at the start of this year than in any other year. On what basis can the...
- Education Funding (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. What are the important reform elements that underpin the Australian Education Bill 2012currently before the...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer that Joshua, Imogen, and Natasha, from Wanniassa Hills Primary School, asked him recently: 'Why is the budget so important?' Does the...
- Domestic Violence (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Status of Women. Members of the House would be aware that today is V-Day. This year, it is highlighting the One Billion Rising campaign, which refers to the...
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to a letter that he wrote to his constituents in May last year in which he said: I was talking to a local resident the other day who asked,...
- Climate Change (11 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Attorney, will you update the House on recent international developments in tackling...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (24 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- 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)
- Economics Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from Mr Bandt nominating to be a supplementary member of the Standing Committee on Economics for the purpose of the committee's inquiry into the Minerals Resource Rent Tax...
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
(): I present report No. 75 of the Selection Committee relating to private members' business and referral of bills to committees. The report will be printed in today's Hansard. Copies of the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Superannuation (16 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Casey proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The ongoing negative impact...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Government Spending (1 speech)
I rise to continue along the lines of what my friend the member for Ryan was just pointing to in such an eloquent fashion, and that is the record of what is quickly becoming the worst government...
- Angove Conservation Park, David, Mr Mitchell (1 speech)
Angove Conservation Park is a relatively small but important conservation park located in the midst of housing in St Agnes, in the Makin electorate. Similar to the nearby and larger Anstey...
- Scleroderma (1 speech)
We can learn from our constituents much that we would never know if we did not find ourselves in the position as their local member. This week I have been made aware of a debilitating disease...
- Australian Precision Technologies, Redlich, Mr Peter (1 speech)
I am very pleased this evening to be able to reflect on some of the practical ways in which the policies of this government, which go to support industries and workers right around the country,...
- Electorate of Flynn (1 speech)
Many times I have stated in this place how important the electorate of Flynn has been to the prosperity of Australia. I want to take this opportunity to shift the focus to the future of Flynn and...
- Deakin Electorate: National Volunteer Awards 2012 (1 speech)
On 12 December last year it was my great pleasure to host the Deakin National Volunteer Awards 2012. This was a great opportunity to formally recognise the work of some of our community's...
- Casey Electorate: Country Fire Authority (2 speeches)
The role that local CFAs play in our community is absolutely vital. I want to pay tribute to three of them in my electorate—Olinda, Kalorama-Mount Dandenong and Sassafras-Ferny Creek. I had...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (11 speeches)
On indulgence: I rise to acknowledge the significant contribution of Pope Benedict XVI following his announcement that he will resign on 28 February this year. Pope Benedict is a learned man who...
- Natural Disasters (9 speeches)
I thank the House for the opportunity to make a few short remarks about the natural disasters not just in my home state of Queensland but right across the country. Once again over the recent...
