• Skip to navigation
  • Skip to content

Home - Parliament of Australia logo

  • Parliament Calendar
  • Contact
  • ParlInfo
  • ParlWork
  • Log in
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Parliamentary Business
    • Bills and Legislation
    • Tabled documents
    • Chamber documents
    • Hansard
    • Senate estimates
    • Committees
    • Statistics
    • Petitions
    • Address in Reply
  • Senators and Members
    • Senators
    • Members
    • Contacting Senators and Members
  • News & Events
    • Watch, Read, Listen
    • Events Calendar
    • What's on in the Senate
    • About the House News
    • Joint statements by the Presiding Officers
    • My First Speech
  • About Parliament
    • Senate
    • House of Representatives
    • Work of the Parliament
    • Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce
    • Parliamentary departments
    • International Program
    • Publications and policies
    • Employment
    • Media Rules and Filming Applications
    • Education Resources
    • Parliamentary Friendship Groups (non-country)
    • Australian Parliament House Security Pass Office
    • Sitting Calendar
  • Visit Parliament
    • What's on
    • Things to Do
    • Art at Parliament
    • Dining
    • Parliament Shop
    • Venue Hire
    • Plan your Visit
    • Accessibility
Home Parliamentary Business Hansard Hansard Display

  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   petitions
    • Murphy, John, MP
    • marriage
    • live animal exports
    • falun gong
    • easter sunday
    • ahrens, dr christoph
    • marriage
    • gambling
    • australia post
    • aviation
    • education
    • australian broadcasting corporation
    • taxation
    • asylum seekers
    • mental health
    • taxation
    • marriage
    • marriage
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Murphy, John, MP
    • environment
    • page electorate: gas pipeline
    • national school chaplaincy program
    • sri lanka
    • syria
    • child soldiers
    • child care
    • broken hill: aged care
    • national bowel cancer screening program
    • medicare: bone densitometry
    • medicare centre in narellan
    • supply of pbs medicines
    • headspace centre for knox
    • asylum seekers
    • asylum seekers
    • live animal exports
    • live animal exports
    • live animal exports
    • marriage
    • marriage
    • carbon pricing
    • asbestos
    • road infrastructure
    • member for fisher: travel expenditure
    • importation of primates
    • carbon pricing
    • australian broadcasting corporation
    • child care
    • better start for children with disability program
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Murphy, John, MP
  •   private members' business
    • private members' motions
      • reference to main committee
        • Slipper, Peter, MP
  •   committees
    • gambling reform committee
      • report
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
      • report and reference to main committee
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
    • electoral matters committee
      • report
        • Melham, Daryl, MP
        • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
        • Melham, Daryl, MP
      • report and reference to main committee
        • Melham, Daryl, MP
  •   bills
    • consumer credit and corporations legislation amendment (enhancements) bill 2011
      • report from committee
        • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
  •   committees
    • social policy and legal affairs committee
      • report
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
  •   bills
    • marriage equality amendment bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • marriage amendment bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • treaties ratification bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Katter, Bob, MP
        • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • migration legislation amendment (the bali process) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
        • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • fair work amendment (better work/life balance) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • D'Ath, Yvette (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   private members' business
    • same-sex relationships
      • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
      • Haase, Barry, MP
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Hawke, Alex, MP
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 9) bill 2011, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2011-2012, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2011-2012
      • reference to main committee
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
  •   private members' business
    • same-sex relationships
      • reference to main committee
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
  •   bills
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2011-2012, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2011-2012
      • report from committee
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Ciobo, Steven, MP
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (significant incident directions) bill 2011, customs amendment (new zealand rules of origin) bill 2011
      • returned from senate
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help and other measures) bill 2011 [2012]
      • first reading
  •   committees
    • privileges and members' interests committee
      • report
        • Jenkins, Harry, MP
  •   bills
    • access to justice (federal jurisdiction) amendment bill 2011
      • report from committee
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • fairer private health insurance incentives bill 2011, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge) bill 2011, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Briggs, Jamie, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   statements by members
    • child care
      • Tudge, Alan, MP
    • twenty20 cricket
      • Lyons, Geoff, MP
    • hendra virus
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
    • canberra electorate: 'south side rocks' campaign
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • hughes electorate: fuel prices
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • syria
      • Danby, Michael, MP
    • wright electorate: australia day awards
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
    • kingston electorate
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
    • fly-in fly-out workers
      • Haase, Barry, MP
    • national multicultural festival
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
  •   statements on indulgence
    • indigenous affairs
      • Gillard, Julia, MP
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
      • reference to main committee
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Gillard, Julia, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
      • Gillard, Julia, MP
    • queensland and new south wales floods (Saffin, Janelle, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Truss, Warren, MP)
    • economy (Cheeseman, Darren, MP)
    • employment (Hockey, Joe, MP)
    • native title (Crook, Tony, MP)
    • economy (Livermore, Kirsten, MP)
    • budget (Roy, Wyatt, MP)
    • economy (Adams, Dick, MP)
    • prime minister (Pyne, Christopher, MP)
    • infrastructure (Murphy, John, MP)
    • prime minister (Pyne, Christopher, MP)
    • economy (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • prime minister (Pyne, Christopher, MP)
    • private health insurance (Parke, Melissa, MP)
    • private health insurance (Dutton, Peter, MP)
    • economy (Hall, Jill, MP)
    • private health insurance (Gash, Joanna, MP)
      • Gillard, Julia, MP
  •   motions
    • prime minister
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
      • Dutton, Peter, MP
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • division
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   personal explanations
    • Robb, Andrew, MP
  •   bills
    • access to justice (federal jurisdiction) amendment bill 2011
      • reference to main committee
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
  •   personal explanations
    • Crook, Tony, MP
  •   documents
    • access to committee documents
      • presentation
  •   bills
    • fairer private health insurance incentives bill 2011, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge) bill 2011, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Symon, Mike, MP
        • Gash, Joanna, MP
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
        • Markus, Louise, MP
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
        • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
        • Baldwin, Bob, MP
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
        • Roy, Wyatt, MP
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
  •   statements on indulgence
    • native title
      • Gillard, Julia, MP
  •   private members' business
    • national asbestos awareness week
      • Saffin, Janelle, MP
      • Chester, Darren, MP
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • Owens, Julie, MP
      • McCormack, Michael, MP
    • iran
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • Danby, Michael, MP
      • Simpkins, Luke, MP
      • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
      • Simpkins, Luke, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Slipper, Peter, MP
    • iraq
      • Ruddock, Philip, MP
    • page electorate: pelicans on posties
      • Saffin, Janelle, MP
    • pelicans on posties, herbert electorate: 3rar
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
    • banking
      • Burke, Anna, MP
    • private health insurance
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
    • bass electorate: 'hooked on books'
      • Lyons, Geoff, MP
    • gillard government
      • Alexander, John, MP
    • makin electorate: mawson lakes
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • wind power
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
    • australian service personnel of chinese heritage war memorial
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • velo-cardio-facial syndrome
      • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
    • ageing
      • Bird, Sharon, MP
    • ballarat electorate: australian prisoner of war memorial, baird, mr david, im
      • King, Catherine, MP
  • notices
  •   main committee
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • higgins electorate: railway crossings, infrastructure
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • blair electorate: somerset civic centre
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
      • swan electorate: curtin university
        • Irons, Steve, MP
      • richmond electorate: byron regional sport and cultural complex
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • grainco
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • victorian and national country music awards
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
      • live animal exports
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
      • national broadband network
        • King, Catherine, MP
      • national servicemen's day
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • canberra electorate: australia day awards
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • private members' business
      • local government
        • Coulton, Mark, MP
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Burke, Anna, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • iraq
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • renewable energy
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Danby, Michael, MP
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • d'oliveira, mr basil lewis
        • Melham, Daryl, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Secker, Patrick, MP
        • Murphy, John (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • bills
      • tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 9) bill 2011
        • second reading
          • Smith, Tony, MP
          • Neumann, Shayne, MP
          • Ciobo, Steven, MP
          • Owens, Julie, MP
          • Buchholz, Scott, MP
          • Leigh, Andrew, MP
          • Jones, Stephen, MP
          • Bradbury, David, MP
    • statements on indulgence
      • national sorry day
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Jenkins, Harry, MP
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
    • private members' business
      • microbrewery refunds
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Adams, Dick, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
      • commercialisation and sexualisation of children
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • O'Neill, Deb, MP
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
        • Smyth, Laura, MP
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Mirabella, Sophie, MP
        • Livermore, Kirsten, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • same-sex relationships
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
      • gambling reform
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
        • Ciobo, Steven, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
      • beauty pageants
        • Burke, Anna, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Smyth, Laura, MP
    • grievance debate
      • bennelong electorate: housing and infrastructure
        • Alexander, John, MP
      • health services
        • D'Ath, Yvette, MP
      • economy
        • Briggs, Jamie, MP
      • canberra electorate
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • gillard government
        • Ciobo, Steven, MP
      • cybersafety
        • Perrett, Graham, MP

Chamber
on
Item
Questioner :
Answer :
Speaker :
Download Hansard
View XML
Download speech
View Video
Top

Senate

  • Senate
  • Work of the Senate
  • Dynamic Red
  • Senators
  • Seating plan

House of Representatives

  • House of Representatives
  • House of Representatives chamber and business documents
  • Live Minutes
  • Members
  • House of Representatives Seating Plan

Get informed

  • News & Events
  • Watch, Read, Listen
  • About Parliament
  • Education Resources
  • Parliamentary Library
  • International Program

Bills

  • Bills before Parliament
  • Assented Bills of previous Parliaments
  • Tariff Proposals
  • Legislative Instruments

Committees

  • Committees

Get involved

  • Getting involved in Parliamentary Committees
  • Petitions
  • Connect with us
  • Contact Parliament House

Visit Parliament

  • What's on
  • Things to Do
  • Art at Parliament
  • Plan your Visit
  • Media Rules and Filming Applications

Website features

  • My Parliament - Log in
  • Remote Users - Log in
  • ParlInfo Search
  • APH website survey
  • Employment
  • A - Z Index
  • Glossary
  • RSS feeds

Parliamentary Departments

  • Department of the Senate
  • Department of the House of Representatives
  • Department of Parliamentary Services
  • Parliamentary Budget Office
  • Parliamentary Library

Committees

  • Committees

We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.

  • Accessibility information
  • Copyright information
  • Disclaimer
  • Feedback
  • Help
Back to top