House debates

Monday, 22 August 2011

  • Marriage
    RETAIN THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: We, the undersigned citizens draw to the attention of the House...
  • Live Animal Exports
    To the Hono u rable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representat ives : This petition of undersigned citizens of Australia calls on the Australian Government to end the export of live...
  • Bat Nha Monastery
    To the Hono u rable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representat ives : The Bat Nha Monastery, in the Lam Dong province, has been attacked and destroyed, and aggression and violence have...
  • National School Chaplaincy Program (375 speeches)
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of concerned citizens of Queensland draws attention to the House: Noting the following: We, the...
  • Asbestos
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House: We therefore ask the House to ensure...
  • Live Animal Exports
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of undersigned citizens of Australia calls on the Australian government to end the export of live animals....
  • Environment
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: The petition of farming families and certain citizens of Australia draw to the attention of the House: We therefore ask...
  • Falun Gong
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of certain citizens and residents of Australia draws to the attention of the House that Falun Gong is a...
  • Easter Sunday
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House that: We therefore ask the House to:...
  • Syria
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This Petition of certain citizens of Australia, draws to the attention of the House: Since early March of 2011, the...
  • Tobacco Products
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This Petition of Australian adults Draws to the attention of the House that it is our belief Plain Packaging will not...
  • Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefit Amendment (Fair Indexation) Legislation
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of concerned Australian citizens draws to the attention of the House the need for veterans receiving...
  • Taxation
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of a concerned citizen of Australia draws to the attention of the house: The Wage Earners, Small Business...
  • Malabar Headland
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of The House that we, the undersigned, object to...
  • Ahrens, Dr Christoph
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House the situation of Dr. Christoph Ahrens...
  • Sri Lanka
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of certain citizens and residents of Australia brings to the attention of the House that two years ago,...
  • Aged Care
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of concerned citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House: the extension of asset testing of...
  • Battery Hens
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of the undersigned citizens of Cof fs Harbour and its environs find the practice of confining hens to...
  • Aircraft Noise: Sutherland Shire
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of the: Resident Citizens of the SUTHERLAND SHIRE and neighbouring suburbs, NEW SOUTH WALES. Draws to the...
  • Live Animal Exports
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of the concerned citizens of Australia, Draws the attention of the house: to the deplorable, sadistic...
  • Disability Services
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: The petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House that the current system of...
  • Migration
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: The petition of certain representatives of a 'minority ethnic Latin American community' Draws to the attention of the...
  • Constitution
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of the undersigned draws to the attention of the House that to be Queen, and Queen of Australia, and part...
  • Broken Hill: Aged Care
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of the citizens of Broken Hill NSW Australia Draws to the attention of the House; The immediate urgency to...
  • Live Animal Exports
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of year 12 students at Leeming Senior High School, Perth, WA, draws attention to the House, the shocking...
  • Marriage
    To the Honourable the 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...
  • Turkey
    To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: This petition of concerned citizens with Turkish ancestry draws to the attention of the House that: There is a continued...
  • Gorgon Gas Project; Responses (1 speech)
    Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
  • Moodley, Dr Rajendra
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 16 March 2011 regarding a petition submitted for consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions, regarding medical practitioner Dr Rajendra...
  • National School Chaplaincy Program
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 23 May 2011, on behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, concerning a petition from a group of citizens regarding the National School Chaplaincy...
  • Postal Services
    Dear Mr Murphy Australia Post — petition to request a street posting box in Falcon, Western Australia Thank you for your letter dated 12 May 2011 concerning a petition submitted for the...
  • Northern New South Wales Fishing Industry
    Dear Murphy Thank you for your letter of 25 May 2011 forwarding to me a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions about restrictions on commercial and recreational fishing in...
  • School and Workplace Bullying
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 23 May 2011 concerning the school and workplace bullying petition recently submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions. My...
  • Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport: Guardian Pharmacy
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 30 May 2011 regarding a petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions by the citizens of New South Wales and citizens...
  • Health and Hospitals
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 27 May 2011 regarding a petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions about nursing home care and bed funding. I note...
  • Falun Gong
    D ear Mr Murphy I refer to your letter of 23 May 2011 conveying a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding Falun Gong. The Australian Government has long held concerns...
  • Complementary Protection
    Dear Mr Murphy, Thank you for your letter of 12 May 2011 relating to a petition recently submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding complementary protection for those people who...
  • General Practitioners
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 23 May 2011 regarding the petition recently submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions, which asserted that the petitioners ' ` … right to...
  • Baby Bonus
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 23 May 2011 about the River Nile Learning Centre petition for payment of the Baby Bonus during pregnancy. I welcome ongoing suggestions from...
  • Retransmission Facilities
    Dear Mr Murphy Petition regarding decommissioning the analog television facilities in Wandoan Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the petition from residents of Wandoan, Queensland,...
  • Eaton Post Office
    Dear Mr Murphy Petition—Australia Post Licensed Post Office for Dardanup, Western Australia Thank you for your letter dated 27 May 2011 concerning a petition submitted for the Committee's...
  • Israel
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 30 May 2011 regarding the petition for sanctions on trade and other activities with Israel. The Australian Government strongly disagrees with boycott...
  • Australia Post
    Dear Mr Murphy Petition — closure of Milton Business Centre, Queensland Thank you for your letter dated 31 May 2011 concerning a petition submitted for the Committee's consideration...
  • RAAF Base Darwin
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 31 May 2011 to the Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, concerning the petition presented by the Member for Solomon, Mrs Natasha Griggs MP,...
  • Syria
    Dear Mr Murphy I refer to your letter of 4 July 2011 in. regard to the petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions that the House urge the United Nations (UN)...
  • Malabar Headland
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 4 July 2011, concerning a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding the removal of horses from Malabar Headland. The terms of...
  • Malabar Headland; Statements (2 speeches)
    ( Mr Speaker, the petitions I have presented today on behalf of the House Standing Committee on Petitions represent the largest number of petitions tabled in a single announcement since the...