House debates
Wednesday, 8 February 2006
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2005-2006 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General transmitting particulars of proposed expenditure and recommending appropriation announced.
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill presented by Mr Nairn, and read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. It is a pleasure to introduce Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2005-2006. There are two additional estimates bills this year: Appropriation Bill (No....
- Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2005-2006 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General transmitting particulars of proposed expenditure and recommending appropriation announced.
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill presented by Mr Nairn, and read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Appropriation Bill (No. 4) provides additional funding to agencies for:expenses in relation to grants to the states under section 96 of the...
- Future Fund Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (22 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 February, on motion by Mr Costello: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Tanner moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
- 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.
- Aged Care (Bond Security) Bill 2005; Aged Care (Bond Security) Levy Bill 2005; Aged Care Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (16 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 December 2005, on motion by Ms Julie Bishop: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. I refer to his statement in this place yesterday that ‘The contracts were not with Saddam Hussein; the contracts were...
- Council of Australian Governments (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister advise the House of the key issues to be discussed this Friday at the Council of Australian Governments meeting? In particular, will...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, accompanied by Her Excellency Ms Kate Lackey, the New Zealand...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (13 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, and I refer again to the answer he provided yesterday and indeed again to my first question. Why did the Deputy Prime Minister claim that AWB...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer outline to the House the latest consumer sentiment survey and progress made on implementing the OECD’s report Economic policy reforms:...
- Oil for Food Program (6 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. After the AWB and the Iraqi Grain Board agreed in Baghdad in July 1999 to change their contract arrangements to include an...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon a group of young people who are winners of the Heywire competition, an ABC radio award scheme for regional and rural youth....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Export Subsidies (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the World Trade Organisation’s latest ministerial meeting?...
- Oil for Food Program (10 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. I refer the minister to his non-answer to my last question. I refer the minister to the statement of the then Chief Executive...
- Operation Wickenby (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer inform the House what steps the government is taking to bolster enforcement of Australia’s tax and financial laws against cross-border...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Trade and goes to the important question of how this corruption scandal began. Can the Deputy Prime Minister confirm other...
- Wages (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister update the House on the forecasts for likely growth in wages and pensions in Australia?
- Oil for Food Program (35 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. I refer to DFAT’s statement issued yesterday, which reportedly does not deny the department’s involvement in the...
- East Timor (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on developments regarding the allocation of natural resources between Australia and East Timor?
- Oil for Food Program (7 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Does the Deputy Prime Minister agree with the statement of US congressman Henry Hyde: ‘Saddam paid $US25,000 rewards to the families of...
- Health: Tasmania (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister inform the House what steps the government has taken to support health call centres, including GP Assist, in...
- Health: Queensland (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. The minister would be aware that three of every four Queenslanders live outside Brisbane. The manning levels at five major hospitals in these...
- Member for Fremantle and Member for Scullin: 20TH Anniversary in Parliament (0 speeches)
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On indulgence, we have two anniversaries this week of people in our ranks who have served 20 years in parliament: one in this parliament for the entirety of those 20 years and the other for 20...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question on Notice (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I ask that you write to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services to seek an answer to question No. 2405, lodged on the Notice Paper on 10 October 2005, which previously...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members earlier today. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (36 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Griffith proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time. Ordered that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
- 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.
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment, appropriation message having been reported; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that this bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
- 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.
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005 be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That orders of the day Nos 3 and 4, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Reference (4 speeches)
Before I call the Special Minister of State I will congratulate him. It is the first time I have had a chance to congratulate my neighbour on his new promotion.
- Aged Care (Bond Security) Bill 2005; Aged Care (Bond Security) Levy Bill 2005; Aged Care Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- 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.
- Aged Care (Bond Security) Levy Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 December 2005, on motion by Ms Julie Bishop: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- 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.
- Aged Care Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 December 2005, on motion by Ms Julie Bishop: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- 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.
- Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 8 December 2005, on motion by Mr Pearce: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Fitzgibbon moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That”...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 13 February 2006. The report will...
- Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Werriwa Electorate (1 speech)
Just over 12 months ago the suburb of Macquarie Fields experienced four nights of rioting. The scenes televised on the news each night were not pleasant, and the events of those nights have had a...
- Ware Graves (1 speech)
The Centennial Park Cemetery is a well-known part of my electorate. It was established in 1936, and most residents in my electorate would have relatives who are buried there and may also have...
- Bushfires (2 speeches)
On Australia Day, while many Victorians were with their families enjoying a barbecue and watching the cricket, thousands of Country Fire Authority firefighters and support staff were fighting in...
- Religious Cartoons (1 speech)
In the parliament today, I want to take the opportunity to place on record very strongly and unequivocally my personal condemnation of the recent acts of violence that appear to have engulfed...
- Westralia Airports Corporation (1 speech)
I rise to tell a story of this government’s complacency, ineptitude, arrogance and utter disdain for the welfare of the battling families and small businesses in the city of Belmont in my...
- Howard Government (2 speeches)
At the beginning of our parliamentary year in 2006, as we come up to the 10th year of the coalition government and the prime ministership of John Howard, it is worth while recalling some of the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Regional Partnerships (1 speech)
In answer to a question from the member for Corio on 10 November 2005, (Hansard, page 104) on the subject of the oil for food program, I referred to advice provided by Mr Tim Besley, Chairman of...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Mr Terry Raper (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the passing of my friend Terry Raper on 19 January this year. Terry was the second oldest of the nine Raper boys. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and his sons,...
- Australian Transplant Cricket Team (1 speech)
The Australian transplant cricket team is heading off to England in July to compete in a three-week cricket tour. The tour comprises two test matches and three one-day cricket internationals for...
- Adelaide Electorate: General Practitioners (1 speech)
Yesterday, during question time, the Minister for Health and Ageing was asked a question relating to the current doctor shortage that Australia faces. This brought me to once again reflect on the...
- Gilmore Electorate: Charity Fundraising (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay tribute to a worthy benefactor and local business that has jumped in to assist two local charities for cancer patients. The generosity of their gesture needs to be...
- Ballarat Electorate: Prisoner of War Memorial (1 speech)
On Sunday it was my honour to attend a service that marked the second anniversary of the Australian ex-prisoner of war memorial, where 269 additional names were added to the granite wall. The...
- Fisher Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Every year since 2000 I have hosted the Fisher community Australia Day awards. On 26 January this year some 35 local citizens who dedicated time and effort for the benefit of the local community...
- Occupational Health and Safety (1 speech)
Honourable members may be aware that a young 16-year-old, Joel Exner, who lived in my electorate was killed on a building site last year. Sadly, not in my electorate but in the city of Blacktown,...
- Cowper Electorate: Pacific Highway (1 speech)
In the House today I raise a matter of great concern in my electorate—that is, the Bonville Deviation, a stretch of the Pacific Highway running through the area of Pine Creek. It has been...
- Lunar New Year (1 speech)
The Australian Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities are celebrating lunar new year at the moment, between 23 January and 12 February. Lunar new year, for one quarter of the world’s...
- Queensland Health (2 speeches)
I rise today to talk about the ongoing problems with Queensland Health. I rise to be an advocate for those constituents in my community who have been so adversely affected by the intransigence,...
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Bill 2005; Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 December 2005, on motion by Mr Andrews: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 December 2005, on motion by Mr Andrews: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time. Message from the Governor-General recommending...
- Committees (0 speeches)
