House debates
Thursday, 28 June 2012
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Government Response (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of outstanding government responses to reports of House of Representatives and joint committees, incorporating reports tabled and...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Register of Members' Interests (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
As required by resolutions of the House I present copies of notifications of alterations of interests received during the period 22 March 2012 to 27 June 2012.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, I seek leave to make a statement on the Maritime Powers Bill 2012, the Maritime Powers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012...
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report are being placed on the table. by leave—I...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
I have received two messages from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not propose to read...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Friends of MS (1 speech)
I want to briefly pay tribute to the Parliamentary Friends of MS and to congratulate the co-chairs, Senator Gary Humphries and Senator Kate Lundy, who hosted an important briefing on Monday night...
- Tasmania: Wine Industry (1 speech)
I rise today in this House to speak about Tasmania's wine industry. Recently a leading international wine magazine said Tasmania is second only to China as the best place in the world to invest...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
'There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead'—that was the solemn pledge made by the Prime Minister five days before the last election. Yet, in a few days time we will have the...
- Sangay, Dr Lobsang (1 speech)
I want to mention the visit to parliament this week of Dr Lobsang Sangay, who was sworn in as the Tibetan leader in exile, the Kalon Tripa or Prime Minister, after a democratic process that...
- Red Nose Day (2 speeches)
This Friday is the 25th anniversary of Red Nose Day, which promotes awareness of sudden and unexpected death in pregnancy, infancy and childbirth. Red Nose Day raises vital funds to enable SIDS...
- National Diabetes Week, National Schools Chaplaincy Program (1 speech)
My mother in her last few years had type 2 diabetes so I point out that National Diabetes Week is coming up, from 8 to 14 July. I am proudly wearing my diabetes pin, which is about turning...
- Royal Flying Doctor Service: Jenna Brook's Long Walk Home (1 speech)
In Queensland, when the going gets tough the tough get going. That is very true of Jenna Brook, who is on a long walk home—a 435-kilometre walk from Dalhousie Springs in South Australia...
- Coorey, Mr Phillip (1 speech)
Today I want to congratulate Phil Coorey, a constituent of mine, for winning the Paul Lyneham Award at last night's Midwinter Ball. Phil has covered federal politics from Canberra for more than a...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
As I speak, the Senate is debating a piece of legislation that is deeply troubling. In this place a number of members on this side did not have an opportunity to speak on this bill because they...
- Lopez, Mr Ron (2 speeches)
I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to a stalwart of my local community, Ron Lopez, who passed away recently. Ron was a proud member of the Labor Party for more than 15 years and a...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would also like to welcome our distinguished visitor to the gallery today. You do us proud by being here. Thank you very much. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
Madam Deputy Speaker, on indulgence, for the benefit of members I wish to update the House about likely timings for this afternoon. The Senate has just carried a resolution, with the support of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her statement in this chamber that Sweden will have a carbon price of $130 a tonne; Switzerland, up to $60; Norway, $53; and...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is it important to have a negotiated plan to help restore offshore processing of asylum seekers as soon as possible? How will this help break the people...
- Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister that the Labor leader in Western Australia has joined Tasmania's Labor Premier and the Northern Territory's Labor Chief Minister...
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Minister, why is the offshore processing bill, the Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 passed by the House...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I welcome into the gallery today the Hon. Jane Aagaard, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. I welcome her here today. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the fact that sulphur hexafluoride, a synthetic greenhouse gas widely used in the power industry and even in eye surgery, will...
- Sydney Airport (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Could the minister clarify confusion that seems to exist in relation to the Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997, as amended...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Justice and Minister for Defence Materiel. Will the minister update the House on the search-and-rescue operation conducted by the...
- Carbon Pricing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister that some of our nation's most vulnerable older citizens are now being told that they face increased residential care fees which...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
May I welcome into the gallery today representatives of the Newcastle East Public School, which I am reliably informed is the oldest continually-running school in Australia, and may I commend...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, on 1 July, how will Australians have the opportunity to make up their own minds about putting a price on carbon? What assistance will the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I knew I was getting myself into trouble by recognising a school, because I have also been reliably informed that, all the way from the Northern Territory, we have the O'Loughlin Catholic College...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Mining (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House what recent data and announcements say about the strength of the mining sector and our economy? How confident is the...
- Carbon Pricing (21 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. I refer the Assistant Treasurer to his statement on Tuesday threatening small-business owners with prosecution by the ACCC and fines of up to $1.1...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister; Censure (45 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion of censure against the Prime Minister. Leave not granted.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness. Will the minister inform the House—
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (9 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker Burke, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Political Advertising (2 speeches)
I have a question for you, Deputy Speaker Burke. Although this building is a unique workplace—currently with a slightly strained atmosphere—it is still a workplace where every...
- Questions Without Notice (4 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I took a point of order when the member for Makin asked a question, and you indicated that I was incorrect, but you will find that the routine of business under the House...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker Burke, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 53, 54 and 55 of 2011-12 (1 speech)
I present the following Auditor-General's performance audit reports No. 53, Records Management in the Australian Public Service, No. 54, The Engagement of External Debt Collection Agencies, and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (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...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence be given to every member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
I move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (limit on business after normal time of adjournment) be suspended for the sitting on Thursday, 28 June...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions Without Notice (1 speech)
On the point raised by the Manager of Opposition Business, which I agree with, it is confusing when you look at the standing orders because the timetable of business is in the form of a figure,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (31 speeches)
There once was a time when the Liberal Party believed in building a strong economy and protecting the environment—no longer. What those opposite do in this place is support some of our...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (15 speeches)
I seek leave to move that the House, in consideration of the urgent need to find a way through the irregular immigration impasse, continue to sit until private member's notice No.1 given for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Mr Morrison be appointed a supplementary member of the Standing Committee on Economics for the purpose of the committee’s inquiry into the Tax Laws Amendment...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House do now adjourn. Question agreed to. House adjourned at 04:19
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Canning Electorate: Mandurah Aquatic Centre (1 speech)
A much needed upgrade to the Mandurah Aquatic Centre in my electorate of Canning is on the brink of becoming a reality. This centre is a vital piece of community infrastructure that services a...
- Franklin Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
I was pleased to be on the Hobart waterfront last Friday on a very cold morning with the Tasmanian Minister for Infrastructure and the Premier of Tasmania, along with my federal colleagues Labor...
- Parliamentary Friendship Group of Women in Science, Maths and Engineering (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, I along with the member for Kingston hosted the inaugural function for the Parliamentary Friendship Group of Women in Science, Maths and Engineering. I am pleased to report that...
- Canberra Electorate: Sporting Legends and Business Awards (1 speech)
I would like to start by commending the efforts of the member for Higgins and the member for Kingston with regard to the Parliamentary Friendship Group. I went to the event last week. It was a...
- Dawson Electorate: Mackay Harbour Beach Race Day (2 speeches)
Thank you for the opportunity of allowing me to speak on a constituency matter. Given this jacket that I am wearing, I am grateful to the Speaker that I have not been ejected and grateful to the...
- Holt Electorate: Cranbourne Special Needs Interest Group (1 speech)
I rise to talk about a very special group of women from the Cranbourne Special Needs Support Group, which is a mothers' disability support group made up of mothers who look after their...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I refer to the impact of the carbon tax on three businesses within my electorate of Flinders. The first is Sunbather Pool Technologies in Hastings. This was founded in 1974, by Simon Boadle, so...
- Tibet (1 speech)
I rise today in this House to highlight the serious and deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet. This serious and deteriorating situation has received some notoriety here in Australia in...
- Red Nose Day (1 speech)
I rise this morning to advise that tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of Red Nose Day. Red Nose Day occurs every year on the last Friday of June. Red Nose Day is, of course, organised through SIDS...
- New South Wales: Workers Compensation (2 speeches)
The New South Wales government have shown themselves to be against working Australians yet again, with the O'Farrell government's sweeping cuts to workers compensation benefits in New South...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 5, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
We are just a few days away from the introduction of the world's largest carbon tax. I concur with the statement released by the Australian Retailers Association that it is indeed a...
- Ferguson, Mrs Mary Ellen Clare (1 speech)
Today I wish to honour the life of Mary Ellen Clare Ferguson, nee Bett. I met Mary almost 38 years ago when I went to university with two of her sons, Laurie and Martin. I spoke in this place on...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
The apocalypse is apparently coming. Dangerous climate change is what the minister says. Every minister and every government backbencher, together with the Greens, the member for Lyne, the member...
- Ottawa Declaration on Tibet (6 speeches)
Over the last couple of days the Kalon Tripa of the Central Tibetan Administration—that is, the Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration—has been in Parliament House. Dr...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
As of this Sunday, 1 July, the Australian economy will have a carbon tax. Initially carbon will be priced at $23 a tonne, and it is predicted to go up from there. IBISWorld released a report on...
- Amazon Kindle (1 speech)
Access to many and affordable books is an important component of a civilised society. It is through books that children are exposed to new ideas and it is through books that many of us as adults...
- Imports, Employment (1 speech)
It seems to me that very seldom does a day goes by when I do not get further bad news from the coalface. I have long since given up reading journals and newspapers and watching the television,...
- International Mathematics and Science Olympiad (1 speech)
It is a pleasure today to stand in this adjournment debate and to herald excellent work being done representing this country by a group of young Australians who are in the process of heading...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
You hear all sorts of things in the chamber. Just yesterday we had the Labor Party—or what is left of the Labor Party—trying to erode human rights through our immigration policy....
- NAIDOC Week (1 speech)
Next week, the nation will come together to acknowledge and celebrate NAIDOC Week, and the wonderful contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders—a celebration of their culture....
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I rise today to implore the Prime Minister, two days out from the carbon tax, to think again—to think of the impact that this is going to have on the Australian community, on the cost of...
- Indonesia (1 speech)
Earlier this week, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade resolved to have an inquiry into Indonesian language education in Australia. It will look at the reasons for...
- Carbon Pricing (3 speeches)
The carbon tax starts in just a few days, on 1 July. This carbon tax's impact will not be felt straightaway. This economy-wide tax will be a slow burn as the costs make their way to consumers...
- Technical and Further Education (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate several young achievers from my seat of Banks. It is well-known that our TAFE network is an essential public institution and one which the government values highly. TAFE is...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
The countdown is on to Australia being lobbed with the biggest and broadest carbon tax that the world has ever seen. Sunday, 1 July will signal the beginning of the 'python squeeze', the slow but...
- Fowler Electorate: Festival of the Chariots (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the honour of attending the Festival of the Chariots celebration in Bigge Park, Liverpool, in my electorate. I was joined at the event by the member for Werriwa; the member...
