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- Start of Business
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- DEFENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003
- NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE LEVIES) BILL 2003
- PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (ACAC REVIEW LEVY) BILL 2003
- PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (COLLAPSED ORGANIZATION LEVY) BILL 2003
- PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION LEVY) BILL 2003
- PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (REINSURANCE TRUST FUND LEVY) BILL 2003
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ENERGY GRANTS (CREDITS) SCHEME BILL 2003
ENERGY GRANTS (CREDITS) SCHEME (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2003 - ENERGY GRANTS (CREDITS) SCHEME (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2003
- FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DISABILITY REFORM) BILL (NO. 2) 2002 [NO. 2]
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL ANSWERS
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- QUESTIONS TO THE SPEAKER
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS
- PAPERS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND RESOURCES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2002
- CORPORATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2002
- CORPORATIONS (FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002
- CORPORATIONS (REVIEW FEES) BILL 2002
- NATIONAL BLOOD AUTHORITY BILL 2002
- COMMITTEES
- PROPOSED SELECT COMMITTEE ON AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES
- MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER BORDER PROTECTION MEASURES) BILL 2002 [NO. 2]
- TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION BILL 2002
- TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2002
- WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (PROHIBITION OF COMPULSORY UNION FEES) BILL 2002 [NO. 2]
- FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DISABILITY REFORM) BILL (NO. 2) 2002 [NO. 2]
- BUSINESS
- AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TERRORISM) BILL 2002 [NO. 2]
- VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 3) 2002
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- NOTICES
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Main Committee
- Start of Business
- STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
- INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND RESOURCES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2002
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CORPORATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2002
CORPORATIONS (FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002
CORPORATIONS (REVIEW FEES) BILL 2002
CORPORATIONS (FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002 - CORPORATIONS (FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002
- CORPORATIONS (REVIEW FEES) BILL 2002
- NATIONAL BLOOD AUTHORITY BILL 2002
- VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 3) 2002
- TERRORISM INSURANCE BILL 2002
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Transport: Roads of National Importance Program
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Education, Science and Training: Program Funding
(Burke, Anna, MP, Nelson, Dr Brendan, MP) -
Centrelink: Overpayments
(Danby, Michael, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP) -
Transport: Roads to Recovery Program
(Ferguson, Martin, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Nuclear Energy: Lucas Heights Reactor
(McClelland, Robert, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Education: Islamic Schools
(Danby, Michael, MP, Nelson, Dr Brendan, MP) -
Social Welfare: Age Pensions
(Jenkins, Harry, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP) -
Shipping: Foreign Seafarers
(Danby, Michael, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Shipping: Foreign Seafarers
(Danby, Michael, MP, Vale, Danna, MP) -
Health: Suicide Prevention
(Bevis, Arch, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP) -
Taxation: Family Payments
(McFarlane, Jann, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP)
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Transport: Roads of National Importance Program
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Ms GEORGE (3:14 PM)
—Mr Speaker, I wish to make a further personal explanation, if I could.
The SPEAKER
—The member for Throsby will resume her seat. The member for Batman had raised an issue that I thought may have been about to be addressed by the member for Throsby.
Ms GEORGE
—I am sorry if I have not got the orders quite right. I am seeking that the minister withdraw the offensive remarks that he made of imputed dishonesty on my part.
The SPEAKER
—The member for Throsby will resume her seat. I have sat here, as I have said, and heard remarks of similar offence levelled across the chamber both ways. I do not believe that the remark made by the minister justifies withdrawal.
Mr Swan
—Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Standing order 76 reads:
All imputations of improper motives and all personal reflections on members shall be considered highly disorderly.
The member for Throsby finds the remarks highly disorderly, as do many members on this side of the House. In the past when remarks like that have been made and there has been a request for a withdrawal, you have accommodated that request. I ask you to do that on this occasion.
The SPEAKER
—The member for Brisbane has, of course, just solved the problem for me. I would remind the Manager of Opposition Business of standing order 78, which reads:
When the attention of the Speaker is drawn to words used, he or she shall determine whether or not they are offensive or disorderly.
Consistent with that, I do not approve of the remarks made by the minister, nor do I approve of the remarks made by interjection to the minister. Even less, as he is well aware, do I approve of the remark just made by the member for Brisbane.
Mr Bevis
—I acknowledge the point you have made, Mr Speaker, and I withdraw.
Mr McMullan
—Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am seeking clarification of your ruling in response to the member for Lilley. If the minister's words that the member had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar—that is, Australian vernacular for breaking the law—are not offensive, what is?
The SPEAKER
—There has been a general effort on both sides of the House to raise the standard of debate. I have been part of it, the Deputy Speaker and the Second Deputy Speaker have been part of it, and so have all members of the Speaker's panel. There has been an air of absurdity about what has happened this afternoon. I do not believe the matter should be any further addressed.