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Hansard
- Start of Business
- PRIVILEGE
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BILLS
- Schools Assistance Amendment Bill 2011
- Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 6) Bill 2011
- Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011
- National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Bill 2011
- STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
- CONDOLENCES
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Occupational Health and Safety
(Abbott, Tony, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP) -
Economy
(O'Neill, Deb, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP) -
Foreign Affairs
(Bishop, Julie, MP, Rudd, Kevin, MP) -
Budget
(Perrett, Graham, MP, Swan, Wayne, MP) -
Carbon Pricing
(Pyne, Christopher, MP) -
Asylum Seekers
(Mitchell, Rob, MP, Bowen, Chris, MP) -
Carbon Pricing
(Truss, Warren, MP, Swan, Wayne, MP) -
Workplace Relations
(Neumann, Shayne, MP, Crean, Simon, MP) -
Carbon Pricing
(Tehan, Dan, MP, Swan, Wayne, MP) -
Native Title
(Katter, Bob, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP) -
Paid Parental Leave
(Vamvakinou, Maria, MP, Macklin, Jenny, MP) -
Carbon Pricing
(Chester, Darren, MP, Swan, Wayne, MP) -
Health
(Burke, Anna, MP, Roxon, Nicola, MP) -
Asylum Seekers
(Morrison, Scott, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP) -
Australian Natural Disasters
(Livermore, Kirsten, MP, McClelland, Robert, MP) -
Asylum Seekers
(Markus, Louise, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP) -
Education
(Champion, Nick, MP, Garrett, Peter, MP) -
Border Protection
(Keenan, Michael, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP) -
Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement
(Lyons, Geoff, MP, Emerson, Craig, MP)
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Occupational Health and Safety
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL ANSWERS
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- MOTIONS
- AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS
- COMMITTEES
- DOCUMENTS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- MOTIONS
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BILLS
- Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2011
- Product Stewardship Bill 2011
- Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011, Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011, Customs Amendment (Export Controls and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Customs Tariff Amendment (2012 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2011, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Bill 2011
- Customs Amendment (Serious Drugs Detection) Bill 2011
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011
- Higher Education Support Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2011
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2011, Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oil Transfers) Bill 2011
- COMMITTEES
- BILLS
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ADJOURNMENT
- Scott, Bruce, MP
- Foreign Investment
- Mining
- Valedictory
- Disability
- Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation
- Macartney, Ms Tess, Atkin, Ms Anne
- National Broadband Network
- International Development Assistance
- Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Moreton Electorate: Muslim Community
- High-Speed Rail
- Lyne Electorate: Floods
- NOTICES
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Main Committee
- Start of Business
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CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS
- Cowper Electorate: Floods
- Rotary Club of West Torrens
- Latrobe Valley Airport
- Primary Industry Centre for Science Education
- Taylor, Mr John
- Robertson Electorate: Five Lands Walk
- Egypt
- Shortland Electorate: Youth at Risk Program
- Longman Electorate: Shekinah Centre
- Lindsay Electorate: St Mary's Public School
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BILLS
- Product Stewardship Bill 2011
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Higher Education Support Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2011
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Second Reading
- Ellis, Kate, MP
- Ley, Sussan, MP
- Thomson, Craig, MP
- Hawke, Alex, MP
- Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
- Secker, Patrick, MP
- Cheeseman, Darren, MP
- Marino, Nola, MP
- Neumann, Shayne, MP
- Gambaro, Teresa, MP
- Billson, Bruce, MP
- Billson, Bruce, MP
- Ciobo, Steven, MP
- Tehan, Dan, MP
- Wyatt, Ken, MP
- Andrews, Karen, MP
- Slipper, Peter, MP
- Ellis, Kate, MP
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Second Reading
- CONDOLENCES
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QUESTIONS IN WRITING
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After-Hours Medical Services (Question No. 120)
(Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP, Roxon, Nicola, MP) -
Ministers: Staff, Capital Works and Acquisitions (Question Nos 241 and 255)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Rudd, Kevin, MP) -
Computers in Schools (Question No. 320)
(Randall, Don, MP, Garrett, Peter, MP) -
Imports: Narcotic, Psychotropic and Precursor Substances (Question No. 323)
(Fletcher, Paul, MP, Roxon, Nicola, MP)
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After-Hours Medical Services (Question No. 120)
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Asylum Seekers
Mrs MARKUS (Macquarie) (15:08): My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that immigration laws are enforced in Malaysia by a 500,000-strong volunteer police force and that the US State Department has cited reports of this force engaging in abuses including rape, beatings and extortion? Given that the US State Department has cited no such concerns with respect to Nauru, why won't the Prime Minister swallow her pride and pick up the phone to the President of Nauru or, failing that, at least pick up the phone to the foreign minister?
Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (15:08): In relation to the member's question I would say the following: as she would be aware from the statements I have made and the minister for immigration has made in this place and also in the media, we are going to agree with Malaysia that the human rights of asylum seekers transferred to Malaysia are respected.
On the question of Nauru as an alternative to Malaysia, I want to send the strongest possible message to people smugglers. I want to break the very business model for the business that they ply. I understand that the Leader of the Opposition, the shadow minister and the member who asked the question want to send a much weaker message to people smugglers. I will leave them with the weaker policy. The government will pursue the stronger policy. The stronger policy is a transfer agreement. The stronger policy is being able to say to people smugglers and to asylum seekers, 'If you risk your life at sea, if you pay your money to a people smuggler, you end up at the back of the queue in Malaysia.' The message that the opposition wants to send is, 'If you risk your life at sea, if you pay a people smuggler, you will go to Nauru for a period of time and then end up in Australia.' That is why it is a weaker message. So we will pursue the stronger approach to border protection. We will leave the member who asked the question and the Leader of the Opposition with the much weaker approach.