House debates
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
- Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 November, on motion by Mr Turnbull: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- 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.
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 4 December, on motion by Dr Washer: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and refers to the report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing I referred to yesterday, entitled The blame game: report on...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the results of today’s balance of payments data release? What does this data indicate about...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. John Fahey, a former cabinet minister. On behalf of all members, I extend to him a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister and refers to the balance of payments figures released today which show net foreign liabilities climbing to a record of nearly 60 per cent of GDP,...
- Drought (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the government is helping regional communities,...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Safety and Security from the Republic of South Africa. On behalf of all...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. It refers to the Deputy Prime Minister’s answer to the previous question and to the Treasurer’s recent comments on the drought when he...
- Fiji (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the latest developments in Fiji? How will the government respond?
- Health (4 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. It refers once again to this important parliamentary report entitled The blame game: report into health funding. Is the Prime Minister aware that the...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer outline to the House how proposed reforms to superannuation will help Australians lock in plans for their retirement years? Why is...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Gary Punch, a former minister. On behalf of all members, I extend to him a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Medibank Private (2 speeches)
I refer to the Senate’s passage of legislation today which will allow the Howard government to sell off Medibank Private. Why is the government prepared to rush this legislation through but...
- Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware that the Australian Mines and Metals Association has estimated that abolishing Australian...
- Health (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the remarks of his Minister for Health and Ageing on 4 September 2005. He said: … sooner or later the blame game has got...
- Medicare: Bulk-Billing (4 speeches)
Not surprisingly, my question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister update the House on the success of Strengthening Medicare’s initiatives, particularly bulk-billing...
- Wheat Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and relates to the future of the Australian wheat industry. Deputy Prime Minister, further to your commitment to a Victorian wheat rally earlier this...
- Uranium Exports (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Would the minister advise the House of the progress of Australia’s uranium export industry? Is the minister...
- Oil for Food Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the coalition went to the last election with an ironclad commitment to maintain Australia’s single-desk marketing...
- Families and Community Services (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. What initiatives to assist pensioners, carers and other Australians will come into effect from 1...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. How does the Prime Minister reconcile his assertion that the Liberal Party is the party of family values with the fact that, under the...
- Family Relationship Centres (2 speeches)
My question today is addressed to the Attorney-General and it relates again to families. Attorney-General, would you inform the House of progress on the government’s actions to help...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister and refers to the question of the future of Australian families. Is the Prime Minister aware of a report recently released by the Melbourne Institute...
- Family Assistance (10 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Human Services. Would the minister inform the House how family assistance offices are delivering better services to the people of Australia,...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 13 of 2006-07 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 13 of 2006-07 entitled Management of an IT outsourcing contract—follow-up audit—Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Ordered...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That, for the sitting on Wednesday, 6 December 2006, so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent questions without notice being called on at...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (20 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 federal...
- Electoral and Referendum Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Marking of Plastic Explosives) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the bills be referred to the Main Committee for further consideration. Question agreed to.
- Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 4 December. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 1, item 6, page 18 (line 17), omit “offences”, substitute...
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House do now adjourn.
- Health Funding (1 speech)
Yesterday the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing tabled its report on health funding, which was aptly named The blame game. It was a report which was supported by...
- Water (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to raise the issue of water and in particular a case that has been brought to my attention by an orange grower in the Narromine district in central western New South Wales. Some of...
- Health Funding (1 speech)
With the release this week of the report of the Standing Committee on Health and Ageing into health funding, entitled The blame game, we have seen firsthand how this government has failed the...
- Drugs (1 speech)
I want to raise the issue of drug control and drug management, particularly the government’s commitment to its Tough on Drugs program. Over the period that this program has been in...
- Health Funding (1 speech)
There is no area of public responsibility that has its stated outcomes compromised by politicking and cross-jurisdictional sniping as much as Australia’s health sector. There is no area of...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
