House debates
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Indonesian President’s State Visit (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House why the Indonesian President’s state visit to Australia scheduled for next week has been cancelled at such...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the need for action on climate change and how the Australian government is responding to this challenge?
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister denies that any special or preferential deal has been offered to the 78 asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking, is the Prime...
- Climate Change (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. Now that the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme has passed the...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is, again, to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to all those other people currently in detention in Indonesia, intercepted by the Indonesians on Australia’s behalf...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why is passing the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation critical to give business the certainty it needs to invest in the future?
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is, again, to the Prime Minister. I refer him to his previous answers in which he said again and again that there was no special or preferential deal with the asylum seekers on the...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Why is a comprehensive approach to energy efficiency important in addressing dangerous climate change?
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Now that the Prime Minister has had an opportunity to check the sequence of events, will the Prime Minister inform the House who on his personal staff sits...
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on his visit last week to Afghanistan and Australia’s mission in Afghanistan?
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister and refers to my previous question and his failure to answer it and the offer made to the asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking. Was the Prime Minister...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. Would the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House whether the decision of the border protection subcommittee of cabinet to make the written offer to the asylum...
- Road Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the government’s road infrastructure investment in the Hunter and on the...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s failure to tell the House when the border protection subcommittee met to determine the terms of the offer to the...
- Income Support for Students Legislation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of the...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the arrival of the fourth unauthorised boat in three days. Will he confirm that 52 boats carrying almost 2,300 people...
- Asbestos Compensation (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. What steps has the government recently taken to ensure victims of asbestos...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time Interjection (14 speeches)
Mr Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition asked the Prime Minister early in question time: Given the Prime Minister denies … any special … deal has been offered to the 78 asylum...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (32 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 11 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 11 of 2009-10 entitled Garrison Support Services: Department of Defence. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- 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 and I move: That the House take note of...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Legislation (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present an addendum to the explanatory memorandum to the Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Timor Sea Oil Spill (5 speeches)
by leave—As I have previously advised the House, an uncontrolled release of oil and gas into the ocean and atmosphere occurred at the Montara Wellhead Platform in the Timor Sea on Friday,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Border Protection (15 speeches, 1 comment)
I have received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee’s report entitled Review of the re-listing of Hamas’ Brigades, PKK, LeT and PIJ as...
- Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 October, on motion by Ms Gillard: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
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.
- Social Security Amendment (National Green Jobs Corps Supplement) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 16 November, on motion by Mr Clare: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Dr Southcott moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Swan Electorate: Youth (1 speech)
After yesterday’s apology to the forgotten Australians and in my 100th speech in parliament, I want to speak about today’s youth. I also thank the member for Fadden for attending my...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity in the House this evening to urge those members of the Senate who are not government senate members to appreciate the urgency with which we have to make a...
- Dr Graeme Blackman OAM (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity tonight to honour a great Australian. That great Australian is Dr Graeme Blackman, who has recently retired as chairman of Anglicare Victoria, a fine...
- Isaacs Electorate: Building the Education Revolution (1 speech)
The Rudd government’s education revolution is ensuring that local students in our community in my electorate of Isaacs have better facilities, higher standards of teaching and greater...
- Paterson Electorate: Fundraising (1 speech)
I rise today to speak to you on behalf of some the many charities who do tireless work in our community, to help those who cannot always help themselves. Tonight I hope to remind fellow members...
- Chinese Community Aged Care (2 speeches)
Tonight I am honoured to present this very large petition, with some 12,430 signatures. The petition has not yet been to the Standing Committee on Petitions. These 12,000 signatures have been...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
The following notices were given:
