The SPEAKER (Mr Harry Jenkins) took the chair at 09:00, made an acknowledgement of country and read prayers.
Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
That this bill be now read a second time.
That Main Committee orders of the day No. 6 relating to defence houses at Eaton, NT, No. 8 relating to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of SS Yongala, and No. 10 relating to the 40th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention, private members' business, be returned to the House for further consideration.
That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following items of private Members' business being called on and considered immediately in the following order:
Political donations from tobacco companies—Order of the day No. 18;
100th Anniversary of the sinking of SS Yongala—Order of the day;
40th Anniversary of the Ramsar Convention—Order of the day; and
Defence houses at Eaton, Northern Territory—Order of the day.
That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (limit on business after normal time of adjournment) be suspended for this sitting.
That the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network be amended as follows:
Omit paragraph (6), substitute:
(6) the committee shall elect as its chair a Government member appointed to the committee on the nomination of the Government Whip or Whips, or the Leader of the Government in the Senate;
After paragraph (6), insert:
(6A) the committee shall elect a member as its deputy chair.
That in accordance with the resolution agreed to by both Houses, senators had been appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network as follows:
Senators Bernardi and Cash as members; and
Senators Abetz, Adams, Back, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bushby, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Eggleston, Fierravanti-Wells, Fifield, Fisher, Heffernan, Humphries, Johnston, Joyce, Kroger, Macdonald, Mason, Nash, Parry, Payne, Ronaldson, Ryan, Scullion and Williams as participating members.
That consideration of the amendment to the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network be made an order of the day for a later hour.
That Mr Bandt be appointed a member of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network.
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Bill 2011
There is law in Australia which relates to proceeds of crime and it has extra territorial application.
It concerns me if people who have committed terrorist acts and been convicted of them were to profit from them, that's why we have laws on the proceeds of crime.
… money is the lifeblood of organised crime and if we can stop the money flow we can stop organised criminals in their tracks.
That this bill be now read a third time.
Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Bill 2011
Under a student-driven system, how can you discriminate on the basis of where a student chooses to enrol? The nature of the ownership of their institution shouldn't be a factor.
These universities have evolved into creative machines unlike any other that we have known in our history—cranking out information and discoveries in a society increasingly dependent on knowledge as the source for its growth.
The main purpose of this Bill is to implement a demand driven system for funding undergraduate places at higher education providers ...
However, the most useful policy to pursue would be education, especially tertiary education. Australia's universities, like its wine, are decent and dependable, but seldom excellent. Yet educated workers are essential for an economy competitive in services as well as minerals.
It's absolutely spot on …
Australia spends less in public funding on universities than almost every other country in the OECD. Australia spends 0.7% of GDP and the OECD average is 1.1% of GDP …
There's been no increase in Australian Research Council funding for about 10 years. There was a major report in 2001 which led to a doubling of research funding over the next four years but there has been nothing since then.
The University of Toronto is in the top 20 in the world. ANU is number 56 and the University of Melbourne is 62 and they are the best two we have. Sydney is in the top 100.
It really is just about investment. That's what the article is saying—the government has to get serious about those things. Universities are a long term thing.
A wave of investment can lift all. We can then ensure a new national balance by better combining the luck of natural bounty with the even greater skills and smarts of our people.
The review was established to address the question of whether this critical sector of education is structured, organised and financed to position Australia to compete effectively in the new globalised economy.
Analysis of our current performance points to an urgent need for both structural reforms and significant additional investment. In 2020 Australia will not be where we aspire to be—in the top group of OECD countries in terms of participation and performance—unless we act, and act now.
That the amendment (Mr Pyne's) be agreed to.
(1) Schedule 2, page 13 (line 1 ) to page 23 (line 4), omit the Schedule, substitute:
Schedule 2—Amendments relating to student learning entitlement
Higher Education Support Act 2003
1 Section 70-1
Omit "7 years", substitute "8 years".
2 Section 73-5
Repeal the section, substitute:
73-5 Ordinary SLE
Ordinary SLE for persons eligible immediately before 1 January 2012
(1) A person who was an eligible person immediately before 1 January 2012 has at the beginning of that day an increase of 1 *EFTSL in the person's *ordinary ESL.
Ordinary SLE accruing after 1 January 2012
(2) A person who (by birth or otherwise) becomes an *eligible person for the first time on or after 1 January 2012 has at the beginning of that day an *ordinary SLE equal to 8 *EFTSL.
Meaning of eligible person
(3) An eligible person is:
(a) an Australian citizen; or
(b) a citizen of New Zealand; or
(c) a *permanent visa holder.
3 After Subsection 73-30(2)
Add:
(3) A person who ceased to be an eligible person before 1 January 2012 and next becomes an eligible person again on or after that date is taken to have had, immediately before so ceasing to be an eligible person, an *ordinary SLE that was 1 *EFTSL higher than the person actually had.
That the amendment (Mr Pyne's) be agreed to.
(2) Schedule 3, item 1, page 24 (line 6), after "free intellectual inquiry" insert "for students, researchers and teachers".
(3) Schedule 3, item 3, page 25 (line 10), after "free intellectual inquiry" insert "for students, researchers and teachers".
That this bill be now read a third time.
It was honestly a failure of imagination on our part in government. We should have worked out a way to enable Telstra to be separated in a way that preserved and enhanced shareholder value.
… the equivalent of Qantas owning all the airports. The result: competition is weak.
It was honestly a failure of imagination on our part in government.
I think that you actually come up with better policy if you're prepared to have a discussion not just with people who say yes sir, yes sir, three bags full, sir.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah moving immediately:
That this House censures the Prime Minister for her failure to achieve anything of substance in 12 months of government after supplanting her predecessor on the basis that the government had lost its way when it is clear on any assessment that things have just gone from bad to worse.
That this House censures the Prime Minister for her failure to achieve anything of substance in 12 months of government after supplanting her predecessor on the basis that the government had lost its way when it is clear on any assessment that things have just gone from bad to worse.
I hope you are well. I was wondering if any of your members would be happy to host Mr Abbott for a site visit [with media]?
In addition, as we discussed, Mr Abbott is keen to continue to visit industry across Australia as part of his program. We are always keen to add to our list of potential visit locations. Thank you for the opportunity to meet today.
That the motion (Mr Abbott's) be agreed to.
1. The committee met in private session on 22 June 2011.
2. The committee determined that the following referrals of bills to committees be made—
Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety:
Standing Committee on Education and Employment:
That the House take note of the following documents:
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency—Energy use in the Australian Government's operations—Report for 2008-09.
Industry, Science and Innovation—House of Representatives Standing Committee—Australia's international research collaboration—Government response.
Migration—Joint Standing Committee—Negotiating the maze: Review of arrangements for overseas skills recognition, upgrading and licensing—Government response.
The Prime Minister's failure to govern Australia competently.
After a year as Prime Minister, Julia Gillard has failed to establish any sort of positive relationship with the Australian people, according to the Labor Party's own research.
Gillard is seen as cold and untrustworthy, still haunted by the way she took the job by deposing the man to whom she had endlessly pledged loyalty, Kevin Rudd.
By overthrowing Rudd, she created an emotional starting point for public assessment. This was compounded by her broken promise—'there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead'—to entrench a dominant image of dishonesty.
These are the cold, hard facts—the truth.
… has made Australia a more unpredictable investment destination for coal producers than African countries like Mozambique …
Australia is becoming harder because you cannot predict what will happen.
In Africa I know what the challenges are …
He said an unpredictable investment environment in Australia was the 'main risk' …
"Kevin's polling wasn't as bad as Julia's is right now and I think a lot of Australians still love him. They probably think he was hard done by. Let's face it, we could do worse and we are."
A Member must not use offensive words against:
(a) either House of the Parliament or a Member of the Parliament—
An accusation that a Member has lied or deliberately misled is clearly an imputation of an improper motive.
Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oil Transfers) Bill 2011
That this bill be now read a third time.
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011
That this bill be now read a third time.
Statute Stocktake Bill (No. 1) 2011
Whether or not I'm in cabinet, frankly, hmmm, I don't think is a great deal of help to small business.
That this bill be now read a third time.
Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011
The CCA Bill does not resolve the fundamental problems with the Exposure Draft.
The CCA Bill is highly unsatisfactory and should not be enacted.
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2011-2012
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012
Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
That the amendments be agreed to.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Hon. Peter Slipper) took the chair at 09:30.
I'm worried about the people living there and they are worried as well.
… no-one's been in hardship, so no payments will be required.
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011
What's at stake is the fundamentals of the financial market of this country. We have a zero, risk-free, curve that the Government bond market creates. Off the back of that curve, most other financial products are priced. Our futures market is priced off that bond curve, and our derivatives market.
… if you remove the government bond market, we'll see an increase in interest rates.
(1) Schedule 2, item 3, page 4 (lines 20 to 24), omit the item, substitute:
3 At the end of section 52
Add:
(3) An instruction is not a legislative instrument.
Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oil Transfers) Bill 2011
Harper Lee's work spoke to me at least about our shared humanity, the way we relate, about respect and justice. She spoke to me about the destructive powers of ignorance, and prejudice.
To Kill a Mockingbird has been a constant reminder to me that the human is the essential determinant of rights.
We want to give a new life and a new meaning in this new nation to the touchstone of modern democracy—to liberty, equality, fraternity.
Gough has always argued that the people of Australia should be heard and involved in the decisions governments make. How fitting then that the opportunity to speak up and be heard offered by this What Matters? competition is being so enthusiastically embraced by so many young people.
What are the costs of central functions for each department and agency of the Australian Public Service (including finance, human resources, information technology, and other functions that support the work of the department or agency as a whole) in dollar terms, and as a proportion of total expenditure for each department and agency.
The Department of Finance and Deregulation does not currently comprehensively or systematically track the information requested by the Member for Bradfield. The task of compiling the information requested would require a significant diversion of resources both in individual agencies and in the Department of Finance and Deregulation, and would be an unreasonable diversion of resources across Government.