House debates
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comment on The 7.30 Report last night: … I know full well that motorists are suffering a lot of pain at present. If...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline the need for the government to keep maximum downward pressure on inflation and explain any moves that will make the job more...
- Revenue (33 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to chapter 5, page 10, of Budget Paper No. 1, which lists $19.7 billion worth of new revenue measures including tax decisions...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
We have in the gallery today the former Speaker Stephen Martin. He is the former member for Macarthur and former member for Cunningham. At this point in time if we could swap positions I would be...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the reason why it is important that the government’s inflation-fighting surplus is left intact?
- Grocery Prices (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his recent newsletter, in which he advises people on how to reduce grocery prices. Amongst the Treasurer’s top 10 tips are: shop...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Minister, how will the government’s fiscal policy assist in the fight against high inflation and high interest rates? And,...
- Child Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Which of the government’s powers is she proposing to use to penalise childcare price rises such as 10 per cent by ABC Learning Centres and 13...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What measures will the government implement from 1 July to help families with the rising cost of petrol and groceries? What is the government’s response to...
- Education Funding (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister rule out parents having to pay new levies or higher school fees to help fund the installation and operational costs of...
- Same-Sex Relationships (4 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General inform the House of what the government is doing to remove discrimination against Australians in same-sex relationships, under...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the fact that over 42,000 working days have been lost due to strikes and industrial action in the first three months of this...
- Education Funding (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the...
- Small Business (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the recent Sensis survey of 1,800 small businesses which shows that the number of small businesses that believe the...
- Alcohol Abuse (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on police views on binge drinking?
- Northern Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The minister would be aware that 300 million megalitres of Australia’s water is in Northern Australia and only 80...
- Aviation: Open Skies Policy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister advise the House of recent achievements in developing an open skies...
- Member for Robertson (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his statement at a press conference in Japan on 9 June, in answer to questions about the member for Robertson, when the Prime...
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister outline the role Australia is playing in development and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan?
- Member for Robertson (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his statement at his press conference in Japan on 11 June. In answer to questions about the member for Robertson, he said:...
- Dissent from Ruling (0 speeches)
- (25 speeches)
I move: That the Speaker’s ruling be dissented from.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Member for Robertson (5 speeches)
I have a question for the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister—
- Wheat Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister update the House on the predictions for this year’s wheat crop?
- Member for Robertson (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his announcement of his intention to improve the standards of behaviour of members of parliament. I also refer the Prime...
- Member for Robertson (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (5 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Curtin from moving immediately:That following the statement by John Della Bosca today in the New South...
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (18 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the following matter involving the Member for Robertson be referred to the Privileges and Members’ Interests Committee:Whether the Member for Robertson has...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (1 speech)
Order! I was going to advise the House earlier today that I was going to ask members to come with me across to Government House to present the address-in-reply to His Excellency the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Wentworth proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Dental Benefits Bill 2008; Dental Benefits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Ms Roxon: 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.
- Dental Benefits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 May, on motion by Ms Roxon: 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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Election Commitments No. 1) Bill 2008; Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Bill 2008; Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Transitional) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 4 June, on motion by Mr Bowen: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Calare Electorate: Peak Hill Explosion; Fuel Prices (3 speeches)
Yesterday at Peak Hill near Parkes in my electorate, there was a tragic accident on the grounds of a service station. My sympathy is with the family of the man who died as a result of that...
- Braddon Electorate: Aged-Care Facilities (1 speech)
Tonight I am really pleased to discuss two aged-care facilities which I had the great privilege of opening in the last few months. Both are great examples of community self-help. Both are...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
Mental health is an extremely serious issue in our society. We probably all know someone, directly or indirectly, who has or is suffering from a mental health illness. Those suffering from mental...
- Blair Electorate: Roads (5 speeches)
I want to speak tonight about a motorway up in my electorate which has often been regarded as Queensland’s worst national highway—that is, the Ipswich Motorway. There have been some...
- Recycling (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss Australia’s need for a national container deposit scheme. In my electorate of La Trobe, I am lucky enough to see many of Australia’s most unusual and exotic...
- Chifley Electorate: Blacktown Girls High School; Chifley Electorate: Media Article (2 speeches, 3 comments)
I wish to speak tonight on the adjournment debate to congratulate Blacktown Girls High School and six students in year 10: Shuravi Paul, Jade Lambert, Myo Khine, Shae-Lee Hourigan, Tatupu Vaoga...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Agriculture: Young Farmers (1 speech)
Farmers are the custodians of much of our land and are a crucial component in looking after the country and its economy. For the future, the successful transition of farms between generations is...
- Corio Electorate: Avalon Airport (1 speech)
I rise to advise the House of recent efforts undertaken by the government to facilitate the development of an international airport at Avalon, in my electorate. Avalon Airport has been since its...
- Make Indigenous Poverty History (1 speech)
The Make Indigenous Poverty History campaign is an initiative of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission of the National Council of Churches in Australia. The...
- Petrie Electorate: Redcliffe Area Youth Service (1 speech)
I speak today about the great work being done by the Redcliffe Area Youth Service in the electorate of Petrie. The Redcliffe Area Youth Service is situated on the Redcliffe Peninsula and provides...
- Mr David Martin (1 speech)
I rise this evening to pay tribute to the late David Martin, a friend of mine and a great servant of the local community in Casey, who died earlier this year. David was born in New Zealand in...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Committee for Oncology Unit Cairns Hospital (1 speech)
I rise today to lend my support to the good work of the Committee for Oncology Unit Cairns Hospital, known locally as COUCH. COUCH is a local action group that was formed by Charles and Pip...
- Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Rural Women's Awards; Mrs Maggie Edmonds (1 speech)
It was a great pleasure to attend the 2008 Australian Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation—hereafter I will refer to them as RIRDC; it sounds rural—Rural...
- Australian Honey Bee Industry (1 speech)
I want to add a few comments to complete the report that was tabled last night about the future of the Australian honey bee and pollination industries. The humble honey bee is an amazing...
- Forrest Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise to raise issues facing the tiny community of Windy Harbour, in my electorate of Forrest. Windy Harbour is a holiday settlement situated on just 190 hectares of crown reserve land,...
- Mr Michael Francis 'Mick' Nolan (3 speeches)
I rise today to put on the public record my condolences to the family of Michael Francis Nolan, better known to his friends and family as ‘Mick’. Mick was a premiership player for...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 (0 speeches)
