House debates
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
- Business (0 speeches)
- Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Roxon. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 will amend the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 and the Age Discrimination Act...
- Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Ms Macklin. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill contains measures from the 2008-09 budget that aim to reduce customers’ family assistance debts and assist customers to avoid...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Customs) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Excise) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-General) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (31 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 June on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Turnbull moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be omitted...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time for the remainder of this week as he is visiting Tonga and Samoa. The Minister for Trade will answer...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mr John Ross (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek indulgence to make a statement to express deep sadness at the passing of First World War serviceman John Ross. I ask the House to join with me today in remembering Mr Ross, who...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (15 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is addressed to the Prime Minister.
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I inform the House that we have in the gallery today the former Deputy Speaker and member for Cowper, Gary Nehl. On behalf of members I convey to him a very warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree that the positive GDP figure for March is almost entirely a consequence of a substantial decline in imports and an increase in...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform honourable members that we have present in the galleries today coaches and players from the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence and the Australian Institute of Sport’s cricket...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (20 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the national accounts figures released today and what they say about Australia’s performance during this global...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery today former member for Mitchell from 1974 to 2007, Alan Cadman. On behalf of the House, I convey to him a warm welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister outline the importance of household payments in cushioning the Australian...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer a little earlier when he said, ‘You should not let the free market rip.’ Isn’t it the case,...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the government investing in infrastructure to support jobs and local communities...
- Economy (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister take all the credit for Australia having the lowest net debt of any major developed country, when he inherited from the coalition...
- Education Funding (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House reactions to...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his record borrowing plan which will plunge Australia on his own estimates into $315 billion of debt. Will the Prime Minister...
- Small Business (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. How is the government supporting small business to support jobs and local communities, and are...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. If the government is so concerned about the level of foreign debt, why is two-thirds of its $300 billion of debt being borrowed from overseas?
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, will you outline the need for action on climate change and why business certainty is important?
- Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Minister for Defence. Given the minister’s obligation under the standards of ministerial ethics set down by the Prime Minister in December 2007, I refer...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Will the minister outline the importance of a comprehensive approach to tackling climate change? What is the role of the...
- Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the standards for ministerial ethics that he set-down in December 2007, and to an interview on 4 May this year...
- Horse Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Will the minister update the House on the status of the horse disease response levy bills, policies affecting the horse...
- Queensland Government (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question for the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of the proposed action by Anna Bligh and the Queensland government to renege on previous agreements with the...
- Workplace Relations (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House the process...
- State of Origin Rugby League (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: today, of course, has been a good day for the Australian economy, but tonight will be a good night for football and the State of Origin. It will be a particularly good...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Tour Guides (2 speeches)
In the 13 years I have been in this House, many residents from my electorate of Gilmore have been to see their Parliament House and have been shown around by the wonderful tour guides that we...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (14 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (35 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...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Customs) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Excise) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-General) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notices were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Cowan Electorate: Koondoola (1 speech)
Koondoola is a small suburb in the south of my electorate of Cowan that has its share of challenges. While Koondoola is doing it tough, when I look around Koondoola I see great potential. I spend...
- Port Adelaide Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to rise today to discuss another environmental success story in my electorate of Port Adelaide that will have tremendous environmental and economic flow-on effects for...
- Mitchell Electorate: Property Development Issues (1 speech)
I rise this morning to note a number of developments in a long-running electorate issue of mine involving property tax, land taxes and property development issues. This week the New South Wales...
- Budget (1 speech)
Good morning, colleagues. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify a couple of points which seem to have caused a bit of confusion in my electorate since the federal budget was handed...
- Farrer Electorate: Area Consultative Committees (1 speech)
I am pleased to speak today on the area consultative committees and the important role they played under the previous government in my electorate of Farrer. I am terribly disappointed to see that...
- Moreton Electorate: Tarragindi Bikeway (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the 17th anniversary of the Mabo decision, the traditional owners of the land, and thank them for their continuing stewardship. I refer to a new bikeway that is under...
- Fisher Electorate: Conondale Valley Association (1 speech)
I was absolutely amazed when the Conondale Valley Association in the Sunshine Coast hinterland came to me and pointed out to me that in 2009 they were unable to obtain free-to-air television...
- Page Electorate: Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
While Maclean District Hospital sits just outside my electorate of Page in Cowper, thousands of my constituents in the Lower Clarence rely on it. Many constituents hold real fears about the...
- Higher Education: Youth Allowance (1 speech)
It would have been light entertainment in Bendigo’s central mall last Saturday, about midday, if the mock wedding did not in fact refer to an intergenerational tragedy now emerging in rural...
- Bonner Electorate: Moreton Island Oil Spill (2 speeches)
Last week I had the opportunity to speak in the adjournment debate on a most significant and tragic event that occurred in my electorate—that is, the oil spill on Moreton Island on 11...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2009-2010; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (88 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed from 12 May, on motion by Mr Swan: That this bill be now read a second time.
