House debates
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
- MR Ian Harris (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
On behalf of all members, I would like to offer very special congratulations to the Clerk of the House of Representatives. As most members will be aware, yesterday in the Queen’s Birthday...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I inform the House that the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs will be absent from question time today. He is attending the funeral of Lance Corporal Parker. The Minister for...
- Kerang Rail Accident; New South Wales Flood (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I seek the indulgence of the House to briefly mention three matters. I know that all Australians would have been particularly touched and saddened by the tragic level crossing accident at Kerang...
- Private Peter Gillson; Lance Corporal Richard Parker (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
On indulgence, I know that all members of the House will be aware of the recent return to Australia of the remains of two Australian soldiers killed in the Vietnam War in the 1960s. The funeral...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his Treasurer’s statement on 11 December 1996 that the government would abandon petrol prices surveillance because it...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister update the House on how many jobs have been created in Australia over the past year? Prime Minister, what is the reason...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the government have a target for the percentage of the Australian workforce to be covered by Australian workplace agreements? Specifically, does the...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, would you inform the House of recently released economic data? Are there any threats to the Australian economy?
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, is it not a fact that in early May the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations circulated a request for tender to economic research...
- State Governments: Economic Management (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the fiscal outcomes of recent state government budgets? What do the growing deficits and debt levels at state...
- Workplace Relations (22 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer again to his government’s request for tender for economic modelling. Prime Minister, doesn’t this document reveal your...
- Employment (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how coalition policies are driving...
- Capital Gains Tax (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer and relates to the government’s statement last Friday on compensation for those who have given up groundwater entitlements...
- Japan (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What is the significance of the first ever Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultation? Is the minister aware of any...
- Liberal Party (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the Australian Public Service Commission’s ministerial conversations event held in the Great Hall on 12 August...
- Workplace Relations (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister inform the House of how employees can be well represented in negotiations to improve their pay and...
- Liberal Party (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I again refer to the Liberal Party function at Kirribilli House—which included fine wine, oysters and prawns—overlooking the magnificent Sydney...
- Macular Degeneration (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House of the government’s decision to list Lucentis on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme? How...
- Liberal Party (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that attendees at the Liberal Party fundraising drinks function at Kirribilli House on Friday, 1 June 2007 were met by...
- Disability Services (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the progress of the negotiations with the states and...
- Liberal Party (7 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the price charged for the Liberal Party fundraising function at Kirribilli is based on the same pricing principles...
- Workplace Relations (16 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Small Business and Tourism. Will the minister inform the House of the findings of the latest Sensis small business survey? What does this survey show...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Zone (1 speech)
On 23 May this year the member for McMillan asked me a question about external water features in the grounds of Parliament House. The external water features were turned off as one of the...
- Parliament House: Energy Use (1 speech)
During the last sittings the member for Calare asked questions about energy use at Parliament House. I can advise the member for Calare that the Department of Parliamentary Services now buys 25...
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you under standing order 105(b). On 14 June 2005, two days short of two years ago, I asked the Prime Minister question No. 1673 on notice seeking to know how many...
- Parliament House: Water Use (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have two short questions to you. I would ask you to reflect on your last ruling. If it is in order, on both sides of the House, to refer to the Howard government, how can it be...
- Question Time (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you. For many years it has been customary for government members, when asking questions, to ask ministers whether there are any alternative policies, or words to...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 42 of 2006-07 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 42 of 2006-07 entitled The ATO’s administration of debt collection: Micro-business: Australian Taxation Office. Ordered that the...
- 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 and I move: That the House take note of the...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That unless otherwise ordered, at the resumption of the Main Committee meeting at approximately 4 p.m. today, the first item of business shall be Members’ statements,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Broadband (25 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Hotham proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2007; Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Governance Review Implementation (Treasury Portfolio Agencies) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bill.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee’s report entitled Review of the re-listing of Ansar al-Sunna, JeM, LeJ, EIJ, IAA, AAA...
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007; Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 May, on motion by Ms Ley: That this bill be now 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.
- Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 May, on motion by Ms Ley: 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.
- Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 31 May, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr McClelland 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.
- Migration Amendment (Statutory Agency) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 May, on motion by Mr Andrews: That this bill be now 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.
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (15 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 May, on motion by Mr Brough: That this bill be now 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.
- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Township Leasing) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 May, on motion by Mr Brough: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Coal Industry (1 speech)
I rise this evening to talk about the important challenge facing the Australian coal industry—an industry that is exceptionally important to our future. Australia supplies approximately 30...
- Kerang Rail Accident (1 speech)
I am grateful for the opportunity, before the House adjourns, to respond to the remarks by the Prime Minister and the acting Leader of the Opposition with regard to the terrible tragedy of the...
- Fuel Prices (1 speech)
With an election just months away, the Howard government now belatedly acknowledges that petrol prices are too high and that motorists are being ripped off. It has taken a long time to...
- Telstra (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about Telstra’s plan to close its Launceston call centre. It is foolish and misguided. Our community was quite stunned at the announcement just one week ago that 257...
- Kerang Rail Accident; Fuel Prices (1 speech)
I want to commence my contribution tonight by acknowledging the contribution of the member for Mallee. Mr Speaker, having an adjoining electorate to the member for Mallee and to my electorate of...
- Wakefield Electorate: Gawler Railway Station (1 speech)
I rise tonight to draw the attention of the House to the Gawler railway station, which over the last few years I have had the pleasure of attending on a regular basis—meeting commuters...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Mr Richard Scott AM (1 speech)
Today I wish to make some comments in memory of Richard ‘Dick’ Scott AM, a former Vice-President of the ACTU, President of the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union and Secretary of the...
- Darling Point Special School (1 speech)
On Thursday, 7 June I had the great pleasure of visiting a local school community in my electorate—Darling Point Special School—to represent the Hon. Julie Bishop, the Minister for...
- New South Wales Flood (1 speech)
Originally born out of the tough demands of employment in the region’s steel, mining and agricultural industries, the toughness, determination and resilience of the Hunter Valley’s...
- Western Australia: Public Housing (1 speech)
About a fortnight ago I drew the parliament’s attention to the severity of Western Australia’s public housing crisis, the state’s deepening housing affordability crisis and the...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
As I browsed through the newspapers this morning, an Australian government advertisement caught my eye. It was headed ‘Collective bargaining—making it easier to do business, whatever...
- Dallarnil State School (3 speeches)
I have a profound interest in the schools in my electorate and a particular soft spot for small state schools, former convent schools now run by lay people and small Christian schools of various...
- Hui Fraud (1 speech)
I rise today to warn of an issue that has arisen in my electorate of Grayndler, particularly involving the Vietnamese community. A ‘Hui’ is a type of informal club in which the...
- Mr Tom Burns AO (3 speeches)
I rise today to lament the passing of a great Australian, a great Queenslander and, dare I say it, a great Labor man in Tom Burns AO. Tom Burns was a former Federal President of the Labor Party....
- Mr George Burrarrawanga (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the life of George Burrarrawanga, who sadly passed away on Sunday, 10 June. I first met George more than 25 years ago and was immediately struck by this charismatic,...
- Hinkler Electorate: Investing in Our Schools Program (1 speech)
The scheduled speaker is otherwise engaged, with the Dalai Lama, so I thank you for your indulgence in allowing me to speak a second time, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was speaking in my earlier...
- New South Wales Flood (2 speeches)
In the 10 seconds that remain, I would like to put on the record of the House my thanks to all the emergency services that operated in the Hunter—the SES, the police, the Army, fire...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2006-2007; Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2006-2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (36 speeches)
Debate resumed from 31 May, 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 omitted...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (106 speeches)
The Main Committee will now consider the bill in detail. In accordance with standing order 149 the committee will first consider the schedule of the bill.
