House debates
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Sport and Minister for Youth will be absent for the later part of question time today as she will be representing me at an event in Melbourne. The...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Private Gregory Sher (3 speeches)
I move: That the House record its deep regret at the death on 4 January 2009, of Private Gregory Sher, killed while on combat operations in Afghanistan, and place on record its appreciation of...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Condolence: Private Gregory Sher; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That the resumption of debate on the Prime Minister’s motion of condolence in connection with the death of Private Gregory Sher be referred to the Main Committee. Question agreed to.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hon. Peter Howson CMG (2 speeches)
I move: That the House expresses its deep regret at the death on 1 February 2009, of the Honourable Peter Howson CMG, a former Federal Minister and Member for Fawkner and Casey, and place on...
- Private Gregory Sher; Hon. Peter Howson CMG (3 speeches)
On indulgence, I wish to contribute to the condolence motion for Peter Howson. Before I do, I would like to pay tribute to the Sher family. The Sher family came to Australia from South Africa....
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Condolence: Hon. Peter Howson CMG; Reference (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the resumption of debate on the Prime Minister’s motion of condolence in connection with the death of the Hon. Peter Howson CMG be referred to the Main...
- Trooper Mark Donaldson VC (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
On indulgence, to mark an occasion of national significance in the awarding of the Victoria Cross to Trooper Mark Donaldson VC on 16 January 2009: the Victoria Cross is a military award unlike...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Trooper Mark Donaldson VC; Reference (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That further statements on indulgence on Trooper Mark Donaldson VC be referred to the Main Committee. Question agreed to.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (11 speeches)
by leave—The government today announces, with an unfolding national and international economic emergency, a $42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan to support jobs in the near term and...
- Shadow Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I table an updated list of the coalition shadow ministry. The document read as follows— .. COALITION SHADOW MINISTRY Title Minister Other Chamber Leader of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the comments by the Deputy Prime Minister in Davos, where she said: We have open and competitive markets backed up by a world...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the economic benefits of the Nation Building and Jobs Plan announced today?
- Employment (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments today that the government’s $10.4 billion spending package announced in October and delivered in...
- Education Funding (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. What is the Rudd Labor government doing to stimulate the...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his statement a little while ago where he said that Treasury estimates the $42 billion claim he has announced today...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan benefit local...
- Economy (16 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Treasurer, and I ask him to compare the following. The 1975 budget resulted in a turnaround from a surplus of $181 million, which represented 0.3 per cent of GDP, into a...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments late last year that 133,000 new jobs would be created by his COAG spending package and 32,000 new jobs would be...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan help Australian families under pressure?
- Employment (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments at the National Press Club in December—that the government’s three major stimulus packages would...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and the Minister for the Status of Women. How will the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan help the housing market support jobs in the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his statement the day before the last election when he described himself as an economic conservative and said: Economic...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister update the House on how the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan will roll out energy...
- Interest Rates (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the 3.75 percentage point difference between the official interest rate today and that of June last year, when the Prime...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. Will the minister advise the House of the benefits for small business of the government’s...
- Interest Rates (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, will the government commit to ensuring the banks pass on today’s cut in official interest rates to small business operators, who are...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel. Will the minister inform the House of the role that Defence Housing Australia will play in the government’s Nation Building...
- Interest Rates (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House what decisive action the government is taking to ensure that today’s one per cent interest rate reduction is...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How will rural and regional Australians benefit from the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan?
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 12 to 18 of 2008-09 (1 speech)
—I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports Nos 12 to 18 of 2008-09 entitled No. 12—Performance audit—Active After-school Communities program—Australian Sports...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Jobs Security (12 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 urgent need for the...
- Evidence Amendment Bill 2008; Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — Superannuation) Bill 2008; Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Bill 2008; National Measurement Amendment Bill 2008; Transport Security Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008; Water Amendment Bill 2008; Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008; Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008; Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) Bill 2008; Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008; Tax Laws Amendment (Education Refund) Bill 2008; Corporations Amendment (Short Selling) Bill 2008; Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008; Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008; Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008; Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax — Minor Amendments) Bill 2008; Temporary Residents’ Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill 2008; Schools Assistance Bill 2008; Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-over) Bill 2008; Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008; Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008; Nation-Building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008; Coag Reform Fund Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008; Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2008-2009; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2008-2009 (0 speeches)
- Referred to Main Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That—(1)The Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008 be referred to the Main...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2008-2009; Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2008-2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 4 December, on motion by Mr Tanner: 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.
- Ballarat Electorate: Volunteers; Ballarat Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I am pleased this evening to recognise the strong community spirit that exists within my electorate and I would like particularly to note our volunteers. The last census stated that we have...
- 3rd Brigade, Townsville (1 speech)
Tonight I pay tribute to the 3rd Brigade of the Australian Defence Force. The 3rd Brigade is Australia’s premier brigade. It is located in Townsville. Townsville is the garrison city of our...
- Cairns Taipans (1 speech)
I rise tonight to lend my support to the Cairns Taipans, a team celebrating its 10th year in the National Basketball League and a team fighting for survival beyond this season, as it went into...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Sadly, I have to report to the House that, as a result of New South Wales Labor’s incompetence and political bias—and the failure of the Prime Minister, Mr Rudd, to heed my...
- North Korea (1 speech)
Shin Dong-hyuk lived the first 23 years of his life in a North Korean political prison. In Washington Post of last December he described the horrible early life that he led and the fact that he...
- Melbourne to Brisbane Rail Line (2 speeches)
Tonight I would like to speak about a major infrastructure project, one that is very dear to my heart and one that is essential to the wellbeing of inland Australia and the country as a whole. I...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
The following notices were given:
