House debates

Monday, 21 February 2011

  • (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
  • Responses; Heritage Listing: Dampier Archipelago
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 June 2010 to the former Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, concerning the petition in support...
  • Responses; Australian Post: Pakenham Mail Box
    Dear Mr Murphy Australia Post —petition request for a street posting box in Pakenham Thank you for your letter dated 25 May 2010 concerning a petition submitted for the Committee’s...
  • Responses; Fair Trade Chocolate
    Dear Mr Murphy I am responding to the letter of 25 May 2010 from the previous Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions, Mrs Julia Irwin, to the then Minister for Trade, the Hon Simon Crean...
  • Responses; Bats at Maclean High School
    Dear Mr Murphy I refer to the letter of 17 June 2010 from the former Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions, Mrs Julia Irwin MP, to the former Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage...
  • Responses; Mental Health
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, regarding the proposed removal in the 2010-11 Budget of social workers...
  • Responses; Administration of Justice
    Dear Mr Murphy I refer to your letter dated 16 November 2010 seeking a written response to a petition submitted to the Committee by Antal Bittman, regarding a section 72(ii) process under the...
  • Responses; Paid Parental Leave
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 15 November 2010 about a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions concerning paid parental leave. The petition calls for Members of...
  • Responses; Administration of Justice
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter dated 16 November 2010 seeking a written response to petition 343/610, presented to the Committee on 15 November 2010. The petition requests that...
  • Responses; Child Care
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letters of 22 and 24 November 2010 forwarding a petition recently considered by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions regarding funding...
  • Responses; Barker: Eastfront Road
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter dated 22 November 2010 about a petition regarding the repair and reopening of East Front Road, Younghusband, South Australia. East Front Road is a local...
  • Responses; Permanent Residency
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 relating to a petition recently submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding permanent residency for non-citizens in...
  • Responses; Bowen Electorate: Internet Access
    Dear Mr Murphy Broadband access Thank you for the opportunity to respond to a petition submitted for consideration by the Standing Committee on Petitions, concerning access to broadband services....
  • Responses; Burma
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 about the Standing Committee on Petitions’ consideration of a petition regarding Burma’s 7 November 2010 elections. The...
  • Responses; International Development Assistance
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 referring a petition, submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions, regarding Australia’s foreign aid...
  • Responses; Farrer Electorate: Blood Donation
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 enclosing a petition regarding access by the residents of Hay Shire to mobile blood donor services operated by the Australian Red...
  • Responses; Education
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 concerning a petition on secularism in Australian schools and the learning resource, Learning from One Another: Bringing Muslim...
  • Responses; Parkes Electorate: Health Services
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 regarding the petition of residents of Goodooga and surrounds about downgrades and reductions to health and emergency services to the...
  • Responses; Battery Hens
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 forwarding to me a petition on battery hen cages, submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions. I regret the...
  • Responses; Pearce Electorate: Pharmaceutical Benefits
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 regarding a petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions by the Western Australian community of...
  • Responses; Non-Incandescent Light Globes
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, the Hon Tony Burke MP, concerning a petition on...
  • Responses; Schools
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 regarding a petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions about Commonwealth funding for mobile...
  • Responses; Gungahlin
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 to Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, referring to a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on...
  • Responses; Burma
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 November 2010 about the Standing Committee on Petitions’ consideration of a petition regarding trade and investment sanctions against Burma....
  • Responses; Pompe’s Disease
    Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your correspondence of 25 November 2010 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, regarding a petition in relation to the treatment of Adult (or...
  • Responses; McPherson Electorate: Palm Beach Post Office
    Dear Mr Murphy Australia Post—closure of the Palm Beach Post Office Thank you for your letter dated 22 November 2010 concerning a petition submitted for the Committee’s consideration...
  • Statement (3 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, I will be brief.