House debates
Monday, 27 November 2006
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Rural and Regional Australia: Employment (12 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)recognises the enormous hurt to Australian working men and women owing to the enactment of the Work Choices legislation;(2)recognises the extraordinary contribution of...
- Iraq (10 speeches)
I move: That the House supports the Australian Government’s policy of:(1)remaining unequivocally committed to the Iraqi people’s aspirations to be a democratic and free society, with...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (1 speech)
The date 25 November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, otherwise known as White Ribbon Day. As one of the White Ribbon Day ambassadors, I, along with a number of...
- Sheokh Pierre Gemayel (1 speech)
There has been a tragic loss of yet another Christian leader in Lebanon. Can the blame be directed at competing Christian forces or the Jews? Not likely. Having spent time over 20 years ago with...
- Badgerys Creek Airport (1 speech)
On 16 November, I attended a public meeting at Kemps Creek Public School to hear the concerns of residents from the districts surrounding Badgerys Creek. The residents spoke of the problems they...
- Mr Ian Thorpe (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about my electorate’s favourite son—in fact, he is one of Australia’s favourite sons—the outstanding athlete Ian Thorpe, and about his decision last...
- Lanyon High School (1 speech)
Today I want to bring to the attention of the House something that I am very proud of—the wonderful example of the public education system in my electorate of Canberra. Last Wednesday...
- Badgerys Creek Airport (2 speeches)
I am getting a bit fed up with the member for Fowler coming in here time and time again like a rooster into the henhouse, flapping and chooking about, misrepresenting my position on so many...
- Chaldean Catholic Church: Archbishop Gabriel Kassab; Iraq (1 speech)
On 8 October I was honoured to attend the installation of Archbishop Gabriel Kassab as Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church for Australia and New Zealand, and I welcome him to the gallery...
- Riverton Primary School (1 speech)
I rise today to draw the attention of the House to the excellent work of the students of Riverton Primary School in the electorate of Wakefield. The year 4-5 class of Riverton Primary School has...
- Mr Nguyen Tuong Van (1 speech)
This Saturday marks the first anniversary of the death of Van Nguyen, who was unceremoniously executed in Singapore 12 months ago. Since his death, we have not stopped the drug trafficking. We...
- Mr Jim Jarvis (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I report to the House the death of Mr Jim Jarvis, who passed away on Monday, 1 November at the age of 71. Jim Jarvis was a former Lord Mayor of Adelaide, once a...
- Mr Damien Leith (2 speeches)
I rise to congratulate a constituent of mine, Damien Leith, of Stanmore, on being the Australian Idol for 2006. Damien is a proud resident of the inner west, and I am proud to represent a...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to this March 2006 letter from the Cole commission. It states in black and white that Mr Cole had no power to make determinations...
- Fiji (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the government’s reaction to the latest comments by the Fijian military commander to remove the Fijian government...
- Oil for Food Program (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer to his defence in his radio broadcast that Mr Cole had full powers and that if he wanted more powers all he needed to do was ask. Prime Minister,...
- G20 Meeting (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer outline to the House the results of the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors last week?
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. His answer to the last question referred to Mr Cole’s statement on his terms of reference of February 2006. Is it not a fact that the Cole inquiry...
- Infrastructure Investment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister advise the House how the government is working to build...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer to my last question. He answered in the negative. Given the Prime Minister’s answer, which of the following statements, therefore, in the Prime...
- Taxation (16 speeches)
My question is directed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer advise the House of the abolition of the sugar levy, which was designed to help the Australian sugar industry? Are there any tax...
- Iraq (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, why is the decorated former SAS officer and Iraq war veteran Peter Tinley wrong to say that the basis of the Iraq war was ‘immoral...
- Unemployment (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister confirm that long-term unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in over 20 years? Is the...
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of further comments by decorated former SAS Iraq veteran Peter Tinley that we have been dragged into a civil war in Iraq and...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House how the government is strengthening the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to provide life-saving...
- Iraq (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister think former SAS officer Peter Tinley was wrong to say this morning that the Iraq war was founded on what we now know is spurious...
- Australian History Education (15 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Has the minister seen reports today that 77 per cent of year 10 students do not know which historical event occurred...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and concerns another ‘coal’ inquiry. It relates to my question of 17 October 2006 regarding a possible National Water Initiative independent...
- Exports (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Trade. Would the minister advise the House of recent developments in the government’s pursuit of a better deal for Australia’s exporters?
- Nuclear Energy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Where will the Prime Minister’s 25 nuclear reactors be sited and where will the nuclear waste dumps go?
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (37 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Visitor Passes (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question for you. My question regards visitor passes. The recent tightening of the eligibility for unescorted visitor passes has had a negative impact on particular groups of...
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
I request a modicum of assistance under standing order 105(b), Mr Speaker. On question No. 3997 of 4 September to the Prime Minister—and I am sure that, if he read the Australian on...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows and copies will be referred to the appropriate ministers:
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- Eating Disorders (9 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)notes that:(a)eating disorders—anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and related disorders—are not illnesses of choice, but rather...
- Domestic Violence (9 speeches)
I move: That the House:(1)recognises that:(a)23 per cent of women who have ever been married or in a de facto relationship have experienced violence by a partner at some time during the...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Question proposed: That grievances be noted.
- Unemployment (3 speeches)
Today I rise in this place to highlight something that I am sure is an issue in each and every one of the 149 seats in the Australian federal parliament. Today, during question time, the Minister...
- Drought (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to raise the plight of the farmers, the businesses and the communities across my electorate of Riverina as a result of this devastating drought. At the outset I say to...
- Port Adelaide (1 speech)
My mother’s family, the Tuxfords, arrived in Port Adelaide in 1839 from Boston in Lincolnshire. They were wine merchants and, not surprisingly, their descendants were involved in hotels,...
- Autism (3 speeches)
Autism is a disorder which shows itself in early childhood in which a person’s ability to think, feel and communicate with others is impaired. All children and adults who have the condition...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Hindmarsh is made up of people from many different walks of life and many different cultural backgrounds, with different life opportunities and settlement patterns and at different stages in...
- International Development (1 speech)
The G20 conference held in Melbourne last week saw the world’s economic leaders come together to discuss the challenges facing economies and societies globally. Additionally, the presence...
- Productivity Growth (1 speech)
When we grieve in this parliament, we grieve about such matters as natural disasters, the loss of family and friends, the loss of parliamentarians and other tragedies—although some may...
- Road Safety (2 speeches)
As we draw close to the end of another year, entering what is colloquially described as the ‘festive season’, I wish to raise the matter of safety on the roads during this time of the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the following documents: Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006—Replacement explanatory memorandum. Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing...
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006; BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL TELEVISION) BILL 2006; BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (MEDIA OWNERSHIP) BILL 2006; CRIMES ACT AMENDMENT (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) BILL (NO. 1) 2006; COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ENFORCEMENT POWERS) BILL 2006; HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2006 BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2006; LONG SERVICE LEAVE (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2006; TELEVISION LICENCE FEES AMENDMENT BILL 2006; CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) BILL 2006; CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) CONSEQUENTIAL, TRANSITIONAL AND OTHER MEASURES BILL 2006; CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CORPORATIONS) BILL 2006; MEDICAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2006; Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006; CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (2007 HARMONIZED SYSTEM CHANGES) BILL 2006; CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (2007 HARMONIZED SYSTEM CHANGES) BILL 2006; TRADE PRACTICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2006; PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT BILL 2006; AGED CARE AMENDMENT (RESIDENTIAL CARE) BILL 2006; FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTS AMENDMENT BILL 2006 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006; Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006; Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Bill 2006; Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Assets and Abolition) Repeal Bill 2006; Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Pre-Transfer Contracts) Bill 2006; Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Bill 2006; National Cattle Disease Eradication Account Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Crime Commission Committee; Membership (1 speech)
Mr Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Bartlett has been appointed a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission.
- Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment (Antarctic Seals and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (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.
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment Bill 2006 (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.
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 (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.
- Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time. Order that the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
- Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme — New Formula and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 55 (line 29) to...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 11, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 November, on motion by Mr Hunt: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Albanese 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.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being almost 9 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Murray River (1 speech)
I rise to raise the issue of the River Murray and to talk about how, as a South Australian MP, I have been utterly appalled by a series of comments that have been made in this House in recent...
- Richmond Remembers (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to rise to speak tonight on a very important local community event that happened in my electorate of Richmond recently. In the lead up to Remembrance Day, we had the...
- Hon. Sir Harold William Young KCMG (1 speech)
Last week Sir Harold Young, a former President of the Senate, passed away. I would like to extend my condolences to his widow, Lady Margaret Young, and his four children and his grandchildren. I...
- Water (1 speech)
One of the most important facts to know about the geography of Australia is that the Murray-Darling system only has 22 million megalitres of water in it. Australia has a population of 20 million...
- Northern Territory Crime (1 speech)
Recently there have been plenty of stories in the local Darwin media about a crime epidemic that has been sweeping the northern suburbs of Darwin. I was a bit concerned to read these reports and...
- Paterson Citizen of the Year Awards (2 speeches)
Tonight I rise to pay recognition to the fine, outstanding volunteers in my electorate of Paterson. Last Saturday we celebrated the fourth year of the Paterson Citizen of the Year awards. There...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number Database) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 October, on motion by Mr McGauran: That this bill be now read a second time.
