House debates
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (4 speeches)
by leave—I thank the House. Introduction The government is committed to providing regular reports and updates on Afghanistan, including to the parliament. This is my third report to the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: Eighth report of 2013—Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights...
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, I present the committee's advisory report on the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013, together with the minutes...
- Education and Employment Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment, I present the following advisory reports, incorporating dissenting reports, together with the minutes of...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (6 speeches)
on indulgence—Delivering a valedictory speech is a unique experience. Doing justice to 12 years as a member of the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia in a brief speech—not too...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Ryan Electorate: Chapel Hill State Primary School (2 speeches)
I want to put in a special welcome to the students from Chapel Hill State Primary School who are in the chamber this afternoon. It is great to see them here with their principal, Mr Russell Denman.
- Tasmania: Employment (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to lament the employment situation in Tasmania and the fact that the Labor Party is not doing its job in looking after other people's jobs. Just this morning, for...
- Cascade Forest and Blue Tier Iconic Mountain Bike Trails (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of announcing that the federal Labor government will contribute $2.5 million to the North East Tasmania's Cascade Forest and Blue Tier Iconic Mountain Bike Trails...
- North Epping Rangers Sports Club: 50th Anniversary (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of joining netballer Anne Sargeant and footballer Andy Harper for the 50th anniversary dinner of the North Epping Rangers Sports Club. In 1962 local dad, John...
- Canberra Brumbies, Socceroos (1 speech)
It was a big night for Canberra last night. Twenty-two thousand Canberrans braved the cold to pack Canberra Stadium to watch the Brumbies upset the British and Irish Lions 14-12. The Brumbies are...
- Member for O'Connor (1 speech)
The House has been blessed to have many members make their valedictory speeches in recent times. I wish all the retiring members all the best as they go on to the next stage of their lives. In...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the mayors from the Barcoo and Diamantina shires. I am sure the Leader of the House, the Leader of the Opposition and the former Speaker Jenkins, who have been guests in...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Member for O'Connor (1 speech)
on indulgence—may I associate myself with good wishes, as Leader of the House, for Tony Crook—a member who I have enjoyed a very good working relationship with and someone who has...
- Creative Young Stars Program (2 speeches)
I would like to take this opportunity to highlight a program that is available to every young Australian who might have a sense for a spirit of the creative and who are seeking funds to assist...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Minister for Defence will be absent from question time today, as he is attending the presentation of the Battle Honour Eastern Shah Wali Kot the 2nd Commando Regiment. The Minister for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer that European carbon permits are currently trading at just $6.60 tonne, which is a 37 per cent fall in the price in the last 12 months....
- Education Funding (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the latest figures on the government's plan for better schools? What do these mean for our school communities?
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
Madam Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. I remind her that the price of electricity has increased by 45 per cent on her watch and by 94 per cent since Labor formed government. Given...
- Economy (6 speeches)
Speaker, my question is to Treasurer. Treasurer, how has Australia built a strong economy in the face of the worst global economic challenge in 80 years? And how will investing in smarter schools...
- Automotive Industry (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the Holden managing director's statement that 'there is no question that a tax on electricity, in making it more expensive in...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Earlier this week the government's Climate Commission issued a report outlining some sobering facts about global warming. Prime Minister, does the government...
- Manufacturing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation. Yesterday the minister outlined some of the challenges faced by the manufacturing sector due to tough global economic...
- Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the Holden Managing Director's response when asked what would happen if the carbon tax was removed. He said: There will be a...
- Migration (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Will the minister update the House about the government's effort to reform the 457 visa structure to build fairer workplaces for...
- Asylum Seekers (17 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her answer yesterday when she sought to excuse breaking her 2002 promise to turn back the boats because 'people smugglers...
- National Plan for School Improvement (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Services, Local Communities and Territories. How would the government's National Plan for School Improvement help children and young people in rural...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her first statement on border protection as Prime Minister: I can understand that Australians are disturbed when they see...
- Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation. Will the minister update the House on international action to tackle climate change and international carbon markets?...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I recognise the member I welcome to the chamber Kerry Chikarovski, the former leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party. I know she often visits us during question time. I would have...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind her of the statement she made on the night she became Prime Minister: 'A good government had lost its way. We needed to make sure that we addressed...
- Local Government Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Minister for Regional Development and Local Government. How is the government building stronger regional and local communities...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the government's commitment to respond by mid-June to the request by state and territory police for access to the address...
- Superannuation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations, Financial Services and Superannuation. How is the government helping lower-paid Australians build a stronger and more...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Sir Michael Hirst, Chair of the International Diabetes Federation, and I welcome him to the House today. Honourable members:...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (10 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Automotive Industry (3 speeches)
The question I would like to ask you relates to this. On multiple occasions members on this side of the House have been required to make public statements and personal explanations in response to...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 85 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business, private member's business and consideration of bills on Monday 24 June 2013....
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
In accordance with the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the Auditor-General's audit report, Report of the independent auditor: Quality control around financial statements audits, and also the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 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...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network (11 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable member for Lyne and the honourable member for Cook proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion. In...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (10 speeches)
on indulgence—I appreciate the indulgence of the House and the presence of those members who have come into the House—and indeed Senator Brandis has come across, which I appreciate....
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Federation Chamber order of the day No.22, private members' business relating to human rights in Vietnam, be returned to the House for further consideration and the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Hasluck Electorate: Hasluck Heroes Awards (1 speech)
Last Friday night I held the third annual 'Hasluck heroes' community awards. It was a fantastic night of community celebration and a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge 36 local achievers from...
- Werriwa Electorate: Polynesian Community (1 speech)
A significant facet of the Werriwa electorate is the presence of a strong Polynesian community, most particularly the Samoans who, in the last census, numbered around 3,300, and the Maoris, who...
- Australian Dairy Industry (1 speech)
I rise in this adjournment debate tonight to talk about the plight of the Australian dairy industry. As Australians around the country in cafes and homes use milk every day, as they pour it over...
- Petition: Imports, Page Electorate: The Bridge (1 speech)
I have two things I want to raise tonight. One is a petition that has been before the Petitions Committee, which has given me a letter saying that it is in order. The principal petitioner was...
- Nambour and District Historical Museum (3 speeches)
I want to take this opportunity to inform the House that in 1992 a determined and enthusiastic group of locals from Nambour and the Sunshine Coast hinterland gathered as a committee to drive the...
- Nguyen, Mr Huy, Owusu, Mr Francis (1 speech)
Today I had the pleasure of meeting with two remarkable young Canberrans here at Parliament House. The first was Huy Nguyen, who was here to graduate from the Leaders for Tomorrow program. The...
- Petition: Manufacturing (4 speeches)
I rise tonight to table a petition as a document. This petition has 2,000 signatures on it, from people in Portland and the area around Portland. That is a significant number of...
- Food Colourings and Additives (1 speech)
I was recently talking to a very good friend of mine, Lisa McDermott, and she raised the issue of artificial colourings in foods and of the preservative E211, which is sodium benzoate, and the...
- Paterson Electorate: Digital Television (1 speech)
On 27 November 2012, 204 days ago, digital television switchover occurred in my electorate. I warned the government many, many months before the switch-over that there would be massive issues. In...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
The world is changing, and Australia faces many challenges and big opportunities in the years ahead: an ageing population, increased global competition, environmental degradation, keeping the...
- Lisa Ho Stores (1 speech)
I am extremely saddened to hear today that the administrators of the business of one of Australia's most successful fashion brands—that of the fashion designer Lisa Ho—were unable to...
- Bass Strait Freight Equalisation (2 speeches)
I rise to express my disappointment with the Labor Party and the coalition for their refusal to select my motion on Bass Strait freight equalisation for debate and a decision. That we in this...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Petition: Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise this morning to pay tribute to a local champion of mental health services in her area, Ms Karly Cousins, and to speak more broadly on the very important issue of mental health. I do so...
- Petrie Electorate: 2013 Petrie Future Leaders Essay and Public Speaking Competition (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Petrie Future Leaders Essay and Public Speaking Competition. This year marks the fourth year of the competition, which is held annually in my electorate of Petrie. I...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Thank you, Deputy Speaker Georganas. It was a thrill to be in your state and in your city last week as I was bringing the news of hope, reward, and opportunity for small businesses right across...
- Bairnsdale Ulcer (1 speech)
Yesterday I received a tweet from Thomas King, who led me on a journey. During that journey I spoke to Dr Mel Thomson, a biomedical researcher at Deakin University, who, along with Michelle...
- Casey Electorate: Cran, Ms Alison (1 speech)
I rise in the House to pay tribute to and recognise a fine public service career not here in Canberra but in local government in the electorate of Casey, which I have the honour of representing...
- Dobell Electorate: Mining (1 speech)
Again I rise to speak about the proposed coalmine in my electorate. The reason I raise this issue continually is that it is the most important issue for people on the Central Coast. The reason it...
- Gippsland Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I rise to raise the issue of a fundamental concern in Gippsland and throughout regional Australia—that is, the issue of sustainable long-term jobs for our communities. Our jobs underpin the...
- Olive Oil (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House on the progress of my campaign to urge all retailers in Australia to adopt the Australian standard for olive oils and olive pomace oils. I have spoken numerous...
- Swan Electorate: Hunter Syndrome (1 speech)
. I am pleased to be able to inform the House of some good news recently given to some constituents of mine—the Dierkx family—regarding treatment for their son Christian, who suffers...
- Braddon Electorate: Aquaculture (2 speeches)
(): A fish frenzy was recently reported on the front page of my local newspaper, The Advocate. It is celebrating a $60 million project on the west coast of Tasmania at Strahan in Macquarie...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That orders of the day Nos 1and 2 be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Health and Ageing Committee; Report (2 speeches)
Before I start, I acknowledge that in the chamber here today we have yourself, Deputy Speaker Hall, the Chair of the Health and Ageing Committee, and the Deputy Speaker the member for Swan, who...
- Climate Change, Environment and the Arts Committee; Report (1 speech)
I rise to speak on Managing Australia’s biodiversity in a changing climate: the way forward, a report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013, Public Interest Disclosure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013; Consideration in Detail (8 speeches)
by leave—I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill and move amendments (1) to (73), as circulated, together: Commonwealth tribunal means: (a) a...
- Public Interest Disclosure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) and (2) as circulated in my name together: (1) Schedule 1, page 6 (after line 15), after item 7, insert: 7A After subsection 5(4) Insert:...
- Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments — Excise) Bill 2013; Second Reading (4 speeches)
I speak on the Sugar Research and Development Services Bill 2013, the Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 and the Sugar...
- Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
by leave—I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill and move government amendments (1) to (4) as circulated together: (1) Schedule 1, page 3 (line 3), omit the heading....
