House debates
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Australian Defence Force Personnel: Afghanistan (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, last Tuesday when the House came together, we spent our first moments talking about the loss of Brett Wood. Today, unfortunately, just a week later, we need to mark the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Assistant Treasurer will be absent from question time today as he is unwell. The Treasurer will answer questions on his behalf.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (27 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer the Prime Minister to the latest version of the Garnaut report, in particular at page 17 where this statement is made: Australian households will...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before calling the member for Robertson, I acknowledge that we have in the gallery the Hon. Jim Lloyd, a former member for Robertson and a former Minister for Local Government, Territories and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing, Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government's efforts to undertake vital reform in tackling climate change and delivering the National...
- Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his own economic note of three days ago, where he said that only the biggest polluters, less than 1,000, will pay for the pollution they...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister update the House on the government's receipt of Professor Garnaut's update to his climate change review?...
- Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer her to page 77 of Professor Garnaut's latest report—and I hope she listens carefully to this—which says: Every dollar of revenue from...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform members that we have in the gallery this afternoon, Mr Sajid Javid, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State (Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning) in the UK...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Mr Burke. Can the minister assure the House of more humane processing in the three South-East...
- Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer him again to the words of Professor Garnaut in his report, when he says: In the long run, households will pay almost the entire carbon price as businesses...
- Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister please inform the House of the government's response to recent reports of the...
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer confirm that under Professor Garnaut's proposal compensation for business will reduce from 35 per cent to 20 per cent over 10 years? How does...
- Tobacco Products (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Given today is World No Tobacco Day, what support is the government receiving in its efforts to implement anti-tobacco measures such as...
- Carbon Pricing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer confirm that under Professor Garnaut's proposal a typical single-income family with two or three children and one partner earning $80,000 per...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on today's balance of payment numbers and what they mean for the economic outlook?
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that Professor Garnaut advocates an increase in petrol prices for households after year one of the carbon tax, will the Prime Minister rule out a new...
- Tobacco Products (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice. I ask him: what action is the government taking to combat illegal and counterfeit tobacco in Australia? Is the minister...
- Carbon Pricing (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the Labor Chief Minister in the Northern Territory wants a 50-year moratorium on the carbon tax, the Labor Premier of...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Speaker (5 speeches)
by leave—I move: That this House has confidence in the Member for Scullin’s Speakership. I thank members opposite for the opportunity to move this motion. I may not detain the House...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Buckley, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Order! It is my sad duty to inform the House of the death yesterday of an officer of the Department of the House of Representatives, Mr Peter Buckley. Peter joined the department on 8 September...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 105(b), I request that you write to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, the Hon. Peter Garrett, to seek the reasons for the delay in...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports for 2010-11 entitled No. 45, Performance audit: administration of the luxury car tax, and No. 46, Performance audit:management of student visas....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and I move: That the House...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Flinders proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The imminent risk to...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- National Cyber Security Awareness Week (2 speeches)
by leave—Yesterday, Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, and I launched National Cyber Security Awareness Week. This event is about...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Magnetic Island (5 speeches)
Magnetic Island is just off the coast of Townsville. It is a truly wonderful place. It sits within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is the jewel in Townsville's tourism crown. It is a quick...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Unlike those opposite, I like to talk about things positive. I would like to recognise and congratulate the small businesses of my electorate and indeed the small businesses of Tasmania and...
- Flood Insurance (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the issue of flood insurance, and it brings me no joy to do so because this is not a good news story. The way an insurance company is treating its clients in the town...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
Over the last couple of days we have seen Cate Blanchett and Michael Caton, two rather well-known actors, take part in an advertising campaign that was run by a collective of community groups. I...
- Wright Electorate (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to bring to the attention of the parliament the three basic principles which saw me elected as a member of parliament: first, a reduction in the measures of compliance for the...
- Robertson Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to speak in the House this evening following the member for Wright and the member for Braddon, both of whom this evening celebrated the place of small...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
I would like to raise an important issue that is affecting thousands of young families in our community, and that is the progressive destruction of three-year-old kindergartens which is occurring...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I rise to correct the latest attempt by the Liberal Party to mislead the public, and the constituents of my electorate of Newcastle, on the impact of a carbon price. Over the past few months, the...
- Petition: Balwyn Post Office, Schools (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I rise tonight for two reasons. First, in accordance with standing order 207, I present a petition to you and to members of this House. The petition read as follows— To the...
- Mladic, Mr Ratko (1 speech)
My father has quipped that he was lucky to land in the lucky country. He was an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia, back then a multi-ethnic country, comprised of different religions and...
- Australian Honey Bee Industry (1 speech)
Can I associate myself with the comments of the previous speaker, the member for Chifley. I think they were very well spoken words. It is vital that I raise the issue of the possibility of Asian...
- Holt Electorate: Christians Helping in Primary Schools (1 speech)
I start by commending the member for Chifley for that moving and eloquent contribution to the adjournment debate tonight. I wish to speak here tonight about a particularly special organisation as...
- Kapooka Tragedy (1 speech)
In 1945 Australia suffered its worst military training accident. An explosion at Wagga Wagga's Kapooka Army Base killed 26 brave men. For many years this event was considered a 'forgotten...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
The following notice(s) were given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Carbon Farming (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about carbon farming. As the son of a generational farmer I have a very close affinity with the soil and the land, so I come to this debate with knowledge of the land, the...
- World Environment Day (1 speech)
Every 5 June is World Environment Day. It is good to hear members speaking about the environment and carbon farming and how important a carbon economy is to the Australian economy. I congratulate...
- Paspaley Star Ball, RAAF Base Darwin (1 speech)
As I mentioned last night in the chamber, I attended the Paspaley Star Ball for the Starlight Children's Foundation on Friday, 20 May. One of the highlights of the evening was the raffle. First...
- Fraser Electorate: Homelessness (1 speech)
With her voice shaking and fighting back tears, she says: It is horrendous being homeless. You feel so disconnected from other beings and you feel so ashamed to be homeless. I absolutely believed...
- Mayo Electorate: Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I rise to talk on an issue that is very close to my heart, a matter I have raised in this place on numerous occasions—that is, the importance of the reforms to Murray-Darling Basin. As...
- Holt Electorate: Sports Programs (1 speech)
I rise briefly to talk about two sporting programs that are assisting many young families in my electorate. Holt is in the third fastest growing area in Australia, where 29 per cent of the...
- Aston Electorate: Rowville Rail Link (2 speeches)
I would like to update the House on the Rowville rail link proposal. As many members of the House will know, this is something I have been promoting for some time. Rowville is in the bottom...
- Cunningham Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I want to report to the House about a visit to my electorate on 13 May, a couple of weeks ago now, by Minister Garrett to two local schools. It was an opportunity to talk more broadly in the...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Far North Queensland (1 speech)
It has been widely reported that the far northern economy is in a very bad way at present and we are in desperate need of government support. The Far North, unfortunately, boasts some very...
- Shortland Electorate: St Pius X Primary School, World No Tobacco Day (2 speeches)
Prior to coming up to the Main Committee I met with students from St Pius X Primary School. They come from Windale in my electorate and they are the lowest SES school in New South Wales. I met...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012; Second Reading (47 speeches)
Before the debate is resumed on this bill I remind the committee that, pursuant to the resolution agreed to by the House on 10 May 2011, this order of the day will be debated concurrently with...
- Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
- Ministers and Ministerial Staff: Mobile Phones and iPads (Question No. 141) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, in writing, on 25 November 2010. (1) How many (a) mobile phones, (b) blackberries and (c) I-Pads are currently...
- Ministers and Ministerial Staff: Mobile Phones and iPads (Question No. 157) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for the Status of Women, in writing, on 25 November 2010. (1) How many (a) mobile phones, (b) blackberries and (c) I-Pads are currently allocated to the (i) Minister, and (ii)...
- Ministers and Ministerial Staff: Mobile Phones and iPads (Question No. 160) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, in writing, on 25 November 2010. (1) How many (a) mobile phones, (b) blackberries and (c) I-Pads are currently...
