House debates
Monday, 19 September 2011
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Reference to Main Committee (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 41(g), and the recommendations of the Selection Committee, I present copies of the terms of motions for which notice has been given by the members for Sturt,...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Marriage (0 speeches)
To the Honourable T he Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of Parishioners of Saint James Church, North Road Brighton Vic 3186 and as members of the federal...
- Potato Imports (0 speeches)
Petition to stop the import of fresh potatoes from New Zealand due to serious disease concerns To the Honourable T he Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of members...
- Marriage (0 speeches)
To the Honourable T he Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of concerned citizens, in support of marriage as currently defined in the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) draws to...
- National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (0 speeches)
To the Honourable T he Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of concerned citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House the continued lack of full...
- Member for Fisher: Travel Expenditure (0 speeches)
To the Honourable T he Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives We, residents of the Sunshine Coast, are concerned about the extraordinary expenditure of taxpayers' money by the Member...
- Syria; Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Live Animal Exports (0 speeches)
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 10 June 2011 about a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding live animal exports from Australia to the Middle East. I...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Kensington Post Office (0 speeches)
- Racial Discrimination (0 speeches)
- Ballarat Electorate: Mobile Phone Services (0 speeches)
Dear Mr Murphy Telecommunication services in the Hepburn Shire Thank you for your letter dated 30 May 2011 concerning a petition submitted for the Committee's consideration regarding...
- Kooyong Electorate: Balwyn Post Office (0 speeches)
- Brisbane Electorate: Ashgrove Post Office (0 speeches)
- Pharmaceutical Services (0 speeches)
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 4 July 2011 regarding a petition recently submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions requesting the facilitation of an...
- Decentralisation Program (0 speeches)
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 4 July 2011 concerning a petition recently submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions concerning the decentralisation of population from cities...
- Flynn Electorate: Digital Television (0 speeches)
Dear Mr Murphy Petition about digital television reception in Miriam Vale and district, Qld Thank you for your letter dated 4 July 2011 in your capacity as Chair of the Standing Committee on...
- Pharmaceutical Services (0 speeches)
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 4 July 2011 regarding a petition recently submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions requesting that the Australian...
- Medical Research (0 speeches)
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 7 July 2011 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, on behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, regarding a submission...
- Malabar Headland; Statements (1 speech)
Today I have presented 10 petitions that the Petitions Committee has found to comply with the standing orders. I want to repeat a remark that I make from time to time. The committee may or may...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Regional Australia Committee (3 speeches)
Good morning. Today I am happily representing the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia, which is currently conducting an inquiry into the use of fly-in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Constitutional Corporations (Farm Gate to Plate) Bill 2011; First Reading (2 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Katter.
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Horticultural Code of Conduct) Bill 2011; First Reading (3 speeches)
Bill presented by Mr Katter.
- Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011; First Reading (2 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Wilkie.
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair Protection for Firefighters) Bill 2011; Second Reading (6 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Day after day, week after week and year after year in our homes, our workplaces, our towns and our farms, firefighters put their lives and their...
- Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011; Second Reading (22 speeches)
by leave--on behalf of the Leader of the Opposition I move: That this bill be read a second time. I rise to strongly support the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011 introduced into...
- Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2011, Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Legislative Instruments Amendment (Sunsetting) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011, Statute Stocktake (No. 1) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General/Administrator reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2011, Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Registration Charges Consequentials) Bill 2011, Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2011, Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2011, Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Early Release of Superannuation) Bill 2011, Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Inventory) Bill 2011; Returned from Senate (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate returning the bills without amendment or request.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Cyber-Safety Committee; Appointment (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House: That the Senate has agreed to the following resolution: That paragraph (17) of the resolution of appointment of the Joint...
- Economics Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the committee's report entitled Advisory report on the Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2011,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011, Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Parkinson's Disease (1 speech)
Last Friday I met a group of people who were inspirational in every way. I joined social workers Mark Silver and Fiona Riley for a meeting of their Parkinson's support group at the Elgin Street...
- Sanders, Mr Max, DFC (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to talk about Max Sanders DFC. Max was educated at Glen Dhu Primary School in my electorate of Bass. At 14 he started work. While still at school he joined the local...
- Great Northern Highway (1 speech)
I rise today to bring the attention of this place to the situation with the Great Northern Highway that links Perth in Western Australia to Wyndham. It is the longest intrastate highway in...
- Jones, Senior Constable Kevin (2 speeches)
As the federal member for Fremantle and the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity I would like to recognise the dedicated service...
- Flynn Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on a matter of vital importance not only to Central Queensland but to the whole of Australia. A major public health scare has emerged in Gladstone. The state government has...
- Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award (1 speech)
I rise today to bring attention to the Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award, named in honour of my dear friend Liz O'Neill, who died when her Garuda flight ran off the runway at Jogjakarta. Liz was...
- Higgins Electorate: Prahran Mission (1 speech)
On Saturday, 17 September, the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, and his wife, Margie, joined my husband and me at the Mission Cafe in Prahran to discuss the innovative ways the...
- Throsby Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
Last week I wrote to the New South Wales Minister for the Illawarra and Minister for Finance and Services, the Hon. Greg Pearce, regarding the non-completion of some public housing projects at...
- Economy (1 speech)
Outside the mining sector there is a crisis of confidence across Australian houses and businesses. In our two-track economy many sectors are effectively in recession. It has become imperative...
- Seabourne, Mr Jack (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate a Jack Seabourne, a young athlete in my electorate who was recently nominated for the Examiner's junior sports award. Jack is a passionate young boxer. He is 14 years...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time this week as he is representing Australia at the United Nations General Assembly. The Minister for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (23 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What is the government's response to the recent decision by the High Court regarding the processing of asylum seekers?
- Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the continued misinformation being peddled in regional Australia in relation to youth allowance, can the Prime Minister outline the recent proposals...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House the importance of sound economic and fiscal management in the face of global economic uncertainty? What would be the cost...
- Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the government guarantee that its proposed changes to the Migration Act provide a binding legal obligation for any designated offshore processing country...
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Why is it important to provide certainty to households and business when it comes to putting a price on carbon? How will...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the call by Western Australian Labor Senator Mark Bishop that the government should reopen Nauru. As Senator Bishop said: … you can have a...
- Superannuation (10 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. How will the minerals resource rent tax assist Australians in their retirement? How can the...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. What did the Prime Minister mean by the statement that she made on 6 July last year in relation to offshore processing, where she said: I would...
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister outline for the House modelling on how the government's plan to put a price on carbon pollution will affect...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What is the government's plan to protect Australia's borders from unauthorised boat arrivals once the Malaysia people-swap deal reaches its 800-person limit?
- Pensions and Benefits (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister please outline to the House the importance of the government's plans to support...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her statement earlier today, when she said, 'We have always, in the Malaysia arrangement, made sure that those obligations in...
- Regional Development Australia Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts. Will the minister inform the House of the success of the first round of...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What consequences would Malaysia face under the government's agreement if someone transferred from Australia under that arrangement was arrested, detained or...
- Australia-United States Relationship (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister inform the House of the outcomes of the Australia-United States ministerial consultations last week?
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011, Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- North Sydney Electorate: Mater Hospital, Seidler, Mr Harry (1 speech)
Tonight I want to acknowledge the great work of one of the country's most renowned private hospitals, the Mater hospital in Crows Nest in Sydney. As many of you know, having a child is one of the...
- National Health and Hospitals Reform (0 speeches)
- Micah Challenge (0 speeches)
- United Nations (0 speeches)
- Murray Electorate: Drought Assistance (1 speech, 1 comment)
The drought that was the worst on record in the central part of my electorate of Murray was a drought that no-one expected ever to see because it was in an irrigation area. The exceptional...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Whilst the scientific scepticism and the hostility to scientists of the Leader of the Opposition and his followers has become a national embarrassment, readily comprehensible evidence that...
- National Police Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about National Police Remembrance Day to remember those police officers who have lost their lives serving the community. On 29 September each year thousands of people across...
- Micah Challenge (1 speech)
I join with a number of members tonight in acknowledging the Micah Challenge campaign Voices for Justice 2011, 'dying for a dunny'. Clean water and sanitation facilities are something we all take...
- Palestine (1 speech)
In four days time the Palestinians will take their case for statehood to the United Nations Security Council in New York. Democracy is sweeping the Middle East, and our sympathy for the...
- Lake, Mr Paul (1 speech)
I am not given to speaking that much about other politicians, let alone those who are technically political opponents; however, I will make an exception when it comes to Councillor Paul Lake of...
- Restaurant and Catering Awards (1 speech)
As the House adjourns this evening, some of Australia's top restaurants are being recognised by their peers at the Restaurant and Catering Awards for Excellence for Sydney metropolitan and...
- Holt Electorate: Manufacturing (1 speech)
I want to talk about manufacturing in Holt. The electorate of Holt is well known for its proximity to the manufacturing heartland of Australia in the Dandenong region. Some 22 per cent of the...
- Riverina Electorate: Kurrajong-Waratah (2 speeches)
On Saturday I had the honour and privilege of opening the new $1.5 million e-recycling facility at Kurrajong-Waratah's new plant in Chaston Street, Wagga Wagga. Hundreds of people turned up for...
- Notices (0 speeches)
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The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Canning Electorate: Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the issue of the red tape and compliance burden being imposed on employers by the Gillard Labor government with regard to paid parental leave—PPL—payments....
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Mellor Park Tennis Club (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a very special club in my electorate, a club of which I am very honoured and lucky to be the patron—the Mellor Park Tennis Club in the suburb of Lockleys. I...
- Petition: Live Animal Exports, North East Australian Football League Grand Final (2 speeches)
I rise this morning to lodge a petition on behalf of Karryne Lake, who is a constitution of mine. Karryne's petition draws the attention of the House and of the people of Australia to the fact...
- Fraser Electorate: Superannuation (1 speech)
According to the Australian Taxation Office, Australians have around $19 billion in lost superannuation accounts. That is a bit over $1,000 for every adult in the country. Lost superannuation...
- Barker Electorate: Exceptional Circumstances Exit Grants Package (1 speech)
I rise to speak on this Labor government's failure to correctly deliver the exit grant package for farmers wishing to exit the industry. This was a Howard government initiative that we...
- Formula One in Schools Program (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure of presenting an Australian flag to past and present students of Brooks High School in Launceston. They are now in Malaysia representing Australia at the Formula One...
- Bradfield Electorate: Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
I rise to speak of the impact of the government's failed Home Insulation Program on my constituent Mr Doug Mill and his long-established home insulation business, the Demand Group, in my...
- Big Steps Campaign (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of meeting with seven Western Australian representatives from the Big Steps in childcare campaign, all of whom are managers of early childhood education centres in the...
- Macarthur Electorate: Relay for Life (1 speech)
This weekend I took part in the Camden Rotary Relay for Life at the Camden showground. More than 1,000 people came together for the event, which raised over $100,000 for the New South Wales...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
They say a measure of a society is the way that it treats its most vulnerable. That is a fairly discomforting thought when you consider the state of Australia's disability sector. Early in August...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- National Standard for Fertiliser Products (15 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion by Mr Pyne: That this House: (1) notes that consumers currently have little information made available to them in choosing which fertiliser product for private and...
- National Police Remembrance Day (7 speeches)
Debate resumed on motion by Mr Hayes: That this House: (1) recognises and acknowledges the significant contribution that officers across all Australian policing jurisdictions make to our local...
- Coptic Christians in Egypt (6 speeches)
Debate resumed on motion by Mr Kelly: That this House: (1) recognises that Coptic Christians in Egypt are suffering ongoing and increasing persecution; (2) condemns the recent attacks on Coptic...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Jull, Hon. David Francis (25 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That the House express its deep regret at the death on 13 September 2011 of the Honourable David Francis Jull, a Member of this House for the Divisions of Bowman and...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Disability Services (6 speeches)
Debate resumed on motion by Mr Neumann: That this House: (1) welcomes the Productivity Commission's final report into Disability Care and Support, released on 10 August 2011; (2) notes the...
- AQIS Export Service Rebate (24 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion by Mr Cobb: That this House: (1) requires the responsible Minister to: (a) immediately commission an independent study on the legitimate costs to the Government of...
- Surf Lifesavers (8 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion by Mr Lyons. That this House: (1) acknowledges the: (a) surf lifesavers who risked their lives to perform approximately 11 000 rescues in Australia last year; and (b)...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Adhesive Arachnoiditis (1 speech)
I rise in this evening's grievance debate to speak about a situation where potentially thousands of Australians contracted the disease adhesive arachnoiditis after receiving a spinal injection of...
- Steel Industry (1 speech)
I want to use this grievance debate tonight to talk about recent developments in Australia's manufacturing industry. As members of the House will be aware, the recent announcement of plant...
- Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
I am very pleased to speak in this debate and I grieve for my constituent Mrs Pamela Ranks. She recently contacted me about the lack of attention given to her home by the Home Insulation Safety...
- Education (1 speech)
I rise tonight to put on the record my support for the government's historic and unequalled reform to the education system of Australia and to discuss the unwarranted and destructive attacks that...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Insurance Industry (1 speech)
I rise this evening to express a very serious grievance I have relating to the activities of the insurance industry and what they are doing in my electorate. I have some serious concerns that...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a matter of importance to my electorate, workplace fairness. Fairness in the workplace is a core value of the Labor Party. This Labor government believe strongly in...
- Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
- Visas (Question No. 552) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 25 August 2011: Of the 54 243 applications made for visas under the offshore component of Australia’s Humanitarian Program...
