House debates
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
- Motions (0 speeches)
- National Security (26 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes: (a) that the Prime Minister committed to lead a Government which is transparent and open and the Coalition's Real Solutions...
- Dissent from Ruling (33 speeches)
I move: That the Speaker's ruling be dissented from. Everything that was said yesterday—
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013; Second Reading (11 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Australian people have already voted upon this bill, and now the parliament gets its chance.
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 is one of two bills to repeal the...
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 is one of two bills to repeal the...
- True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Together, this bill, the True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, and the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal)...
- True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Together, this bill, the True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, and the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill...
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 provides for an exemption from the equivalent...
- Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Australian people delivered a clear message on 7 September that they do not want a carbon tax. The government is meeting this promise to the...
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to remove the elements of this act that were...
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill, which amends the Excise Tariff Act 1921, reduces the increase in excise on aviation gasoline and aviation turbine fuel that is applied...
- Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today, the Australian government is taking the first step in honouring its election commitment to repeal the carbon tax. Abolishing the carbon...
- Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill, repealing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012, delivers on our election commitment to abolish the $10 billion Clean Energy...
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill repeals the minerals resource rent tax, and brings to an end the tax commonly known as the mining tax. For the amount of debate in this...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Standing and Sessional Orders (25 speeches)
I ask leave of the House to amend the notice relating to the proposed amendments to the standing orders by inserting the amendment to be moved by me to change standing order 215, which is the...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (5 speeches)
I move: That the Address be agreed to. As someone who first swore loyalty to the Queen of Australia in 1979, and has held the Queen's Commission for over 30 years, I am honoured to move this...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
Can I say first of all what an honour it is to have been re-elected as member for Richmond for my fourth term. I will continue to represent the people of the North Coast of New South Wales in...
- Domestic Violence (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, may I congratulate you on your election to this highly esteemed office. While I have the opportunity I would like to reflect on a community breakfast that was held in Bairnsdale...
- Indigenous Health (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, congratulations on your elevation. One of my first acts on being re-elected as the member for Throsby was to participate in the second annual Tour da Country, which is a...
- Edwards, Mr Grant (1 speech)
I will take this opportunity today to pay tribute to Grant Edwards of Ballajura, a constituent of mine who passed away during the period between the last election and today. He was quite a...
- Wear Orange Wednesday (1 speech)
In case you missed, today is Wear Orange Wednesday. On this day, all Australians are encouraged to wear orange in a united show of thanks for the tremendous work and commitment shown by the...
- Australian Student Prize (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I acknowledge your elevation to high office. I know that you will conduct your activities in the chair with the dignity that it deserves. In my electorate, we have four young...
- Canberra Electorate: Australian Public Service (1 speech)
Congratulations, Mr Deputy Speaker. You are one of the parliament's true gentlemen. In the lead-up to an election there is always an element of uncertainty in the economy for businesses small and...
- Hughes Electorate: Warwick Farm Public School (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Australian Sports Commission and Warwick Farm Public School. Last week, I had the great pleasure of opening their new dirt BMX bike track, which is in the school...
- Climate Angels (1 speech)
Congratulations, Mr Deputy Speaker, on your election to your important office. I want to acknowledge the climate angels who descended on Parliament House this morning, resplendent as they were in...
- Waite, Mr Peter (2 speeches)
Last Wednesday I was able to attend a special dinner to commemorate the centenary of the Peter Waite bequest to the people of South Australia. Peter Waite donated a large parcel of land, which is...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time today. She is at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Sri Lanka. The Minister for Trade and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that in just two months since the last election the Prime Minister has proposed almost doubling the debt rather than cutting the debt,...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please inform the House how scrapping the carbon tax will help Australian families and businesses to get ahead, including those in my...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's repeated commitments to help struggling families. I also refer to the fact that in the last two months since the election the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the state of the economy the coalition government inherited? Can the Treasurer outline how responsible and prudent government will...
- Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm whether Australia has approached Indonesia for a people-swap deal? Or should we just wait and read about it in the Jakarta Post?
- Climate Change (5 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister, who was referred to this morning by the now acceptable term of 'Typhoon Tony'. Prime Minister, Typhoon Haiyan may be the strongest typhoon on record and,...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. At the recent election, the people of Bass indicated their support for the coalition's plan to stop the boats by electing a...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Is the minister aware that the electricity generator Macquarie Generation, owned by the people of my state of New South Wales, has a net carbon...
- Economy (5 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's comments this morning: … we never opposed the former government’s bills to raise the debt ceiling. We never...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Minister, I refer you to this email from Jenny, a local nurse in my electorate of Higgins who, under the previous government's proposed $2,000 cap on...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will Australia's government debt be higher or lower at the end of this term of government than it was on 7 September this year?
- Rural and Regional Health Services (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. I must say that it is a real honour to ask the minister his first question. I refer the minister to the funding of chemotherapy services in rural and...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the fact that, under Labor, Australia was given a AAA credit rating from each of the three major ratings agencies. Treasurer, will...
- Defence Personnel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Defence. What effects did the previous government's defence budget cuts have on ADF personnel in my electorate of Solomon, and what is the coalition's...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Larry Anthony, former member for Richmond and former minister in the Howard government, the Hon. Jackie...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his decision to provide an $8.8 billion grant to the Reserve Bank of Australia, which was not requested by them. Can the Treasurer...
- Live Animal Exports (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Is the minister aware of the fact that livestock cattle exporters in my electorate were severely compromised by the sudden ban on live exports in...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's comment in May 2012 with regard to debt ceiling legislation. He said then: The Government should be forced to specifically...
- Small Business (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. The minister would no doubt be aware of the burden placed on business by the 20,000-plus new regulations imposed by the previous, Labor...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to today's Financial Review, which reports economist Saul Eslake as saying: … $400 billion would be sufficient if Mr Hockey was...
- Fringe Benefits Tax (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House how the government's pledge not to proceed with the previous government's fringe benefits tax changes will help many car...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (27 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reports (1 speech)
I present reports from committees of the 43rd Parliament received by my predecessor, after the last sitting of the House in 2013, pursuant to the standing orders, and joint committee reports...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Annual Report 2012-13, Reports Nos 1 to 9 of 2012-13 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's annual report for 2012-13 and performance audit reports Nos 1 to 9 for 2013-14. Details of the reports will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Ordered that...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government (26 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Maribyrnong proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
Madam Speaker has received messages from the Senate acquainting the House that Senator Stephens has been appointed as a member to the Joint Committee on Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings;...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (7 speeches, 1 comment)
I rise to speak in continuation. In the intervening period since I last spoke we have had an extraordinary intervention. I was speaking about broken promises by this government and we just had a...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (9 speeches)
I seek leave to move a debate management motion on the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
