COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Index to Parliamentary Debates (HANSARD) 2005 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY FIRST PARLIAMENT (SECOND TO FOURTH PERIODS) From 8 February to 8 December 2005 IN TEN VOLUMES Vols H. of R. 268 to 277—New Series 2005 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Canberra 2007 INDEX Vols H. of R. 268 to 277 PART I. SPEECHES PART II. SUBJECTS Index to Speeches 8 February to 8 December 2005 House of Representatives 3 House of Representatives INDEX TO SPEECHES From 8 February to 8 December 2005 ABBOTT, Hon. Anthony John, Warringah: SKILLING AUSTRALIA’S WORKFORCE BILL 2005 BILLS Second Reading HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT (MEDICAL 15 June 2005 p8 SPECIALISTS) BILL 2005 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (PERSONAL INCOME Second Reading TAX REDUCTION) BILL 2005 23 June 2005 p3 Second Reading 17 August 2005 p54 25 May 2005 p125 HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT (MEDICARE Third Reading SAFETY-NETS) BILL 2005 25 May 2005 p138 Second Reading BUSINESS 23 June 2005 p2 10 March 2005 p85 10 October 2005 p110 23 June 2005 p2, p86, p158 MEDICAL INDEMNITY (COMPETITIVE 15 September 2005 p1 ADVANTAGE PAYMENT) BILL 2005 7 December 2005 p1, p153 Second Reading Rearrangement 16 June 2005 p1 8 March 2005 p17 9 August 2005 p67 CENSURE MOTION MEDICAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION Censure Motion AMENDMENT (COMPETITIVE NEUTRALITY) BILL 2005 10 February 2005 p91 Second Reading 5 September 2005 p43 16 June 2005 p2 12 October 2005 p74 MEDICAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION 6 December 2005 p26 AMENDMENT BILL 2005 COMMITTEES Second Reading Procedure Committee 8 March 2005 p59 Report NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT 7 December 2005 p153 (PROSTHESES) BILL 2004 DISSENT FROM RULING Second Reading 2 November 2005 p13 14 February 2005 p91 28 November 2005 p38 PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES DOCUMENTS AMENDMENT BILL 2004 1 November 2005 p12 Second Reading HELEN TUDOR 9 February 2005 p19 18 August 2005 p86 SKILLING AUSTRALIA’S WORKFORCE (REPEAL LEADER OF THE NATIONALS AND DEPUTY AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2005 PRIME MINISTER Consideration in Detail 23 June 2005 p62 15 June 2005 p17 4 House of Representatives 8 February to 8 December 2005 Index to Speeches MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE No. 76—General Practitioners Economy 30 May 2005 p146 10 March 2005 p96 No. 77—Throsby Electorate: Bulk-Billing Health 10 February 2005 p150 22 June 2005 p89 No. 84—Throsby Electorate: Illicit Drug Abuse Industrial Relations 8 February 2005 p131 10 November 2005 p113 No. 114—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Medicare Safety Net 13 October 2005 p148 10 May 2005 p28 No. 115—Medicare Safety Net Threshold Sustainable Regions and Regional Partnerships 10 August 2005 p165 Programs No. 116—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Safety 8 November 2005 p32 Net Threshold Truth in Government 11 August 2005 p171 17 February 2005 p92 No. 117—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Safety MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Net Threshold TERRITORIES AND ROADS 11 August 2005 p172 Motion No. 118—Safety Net Entitlement Card 9 February 2005 p82 11 August 2005 p173 MOTIONS No. 119—Scullin Electorate: Medicare Services 8 November 2005 p18 10 August 2005 p167 PARLIAMENTARY LIAISON OFFICERS No. 120—Medicare: Services 23 June 2005 p1 11 August 2005 p174 QUESTIONS IN WRITING No. 121—Medicare: Services No. 34—Health: Medical Practitioners 11 August 2005 p175 10 February 2005 p149 No. 122—Medicare: Services No. 35—Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machines 11 August 2005 p176 9 August 2005 p115 No. 123—Scullin Electorate: Bulk-Billing No. 36—Strengthening Medicare Campaign 9 August 2005 p116 10 March 2005 p154 No. 124—Health: General Practitioners No. 37—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 7 March 2005 p145 23 May 2005 p146 No. 137—Provisional Votes No. 38—Health: Substance Abuse 10 May 2005 p116 8 February 2005 p109 No. 159—Medicare No. 39—Abortion 31 October 2005 p135 8 February 2005 p110 No. 200—Health and Ageing: Australian No. 40—Federal Elections Workplace Agreements 10 May 2005 p72 8 February 2005 p163 No. 71—Parliamentarians’ Entitlements: Printing No. 212—Health: General Practitioners 8 February 2005 p121 7 March 2005 p151 No. 72—Parliament: Personalised Stationery and No. 224—Australian Electoral Commission Newsletters 20 June 2005 p192 8 February 2005 p122 No. 237—Medicare Safety Net Threshold No. 73—Parliament: Personalised Stationery and 10 August 2005 p168 Newsletters No. 238—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Safety 8 February 2005 p122 Net Threshold No. 75—Health: Magnetic Resonance Imaging 11 August 2005 p177 Machines No. 239—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Safety 8 February 2005 p123 Net Threshold 11 August 2005 p178 Index to Speeches 8 February to 8 December 2005 House of Representatives 5 No. 240—Health: Medicare Safety Net No. 643—Parliamentary Entitlements 10 February 2005 p156 10 May 2005 p306 No. 254—Compulsory Voting No. 656—Wollongong Hospital 16 June 2005 p169 23 May 2005 p171 No. 261—Health: HIV-AIDS No. 704—Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder 8 February 2005 p178 23 May 2005 p179 No. 268—Health and Ageing: Legal Services No. 706—Detoxification Programs 9 February 2005 p276 23 May 2005 p180 No. 309—Health: Funding No. 724—Commonwealth Funded Programs 10 February 2005 p163 9 August 2005 p158 No. 319—Howard Government: Advertising No. 785—World Health Organisation Framework 9 February 2005 p279 23 May 2005 p225 No. 321—Health and Ageing: Payments No. 815—Strengthening Medicare Campaign 8 February 2005 p189 24 May 2005 p111 No. 332—Health and Ageing: Domestic and No. 819—Malabar Headland Overseas Air Travel 24 May 2005 p114 10 February 2005 p164 No. 838—Medicare Safety Net Threshold No. 369—Medicare Safety Net Threshold 10 August 2005 p173 10 August 2005 p170 No. 839—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Safety No. 375—Health: Autism Net Threshold 8 February 2005 p196 11 August 2005 p180 No. 381—Visiting Warships No. 840—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Safety 10 March 2005 p154 Net Threshold No. 396—Health: MRI Services 11 August 2005 p181 17 February 2005 p174 No. 841—Assisted Reproductive Technology No. 409—Tweed After Hours Clinic 10 May 2005 p365 10 March 2005 p156 No. 896—Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza No. 415—Telstra Mobile Online Short Message Virus Service 24 May 2005 p128 14 March 2005 p146 No. 897—Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza No. 416—Printing Entitlements Virus 26 May 2005 p155 24 May 2005 p128 No. 433—Life Gold Passes No. 898—Phenylketonuria 10 March 2005 p157 24 May 2005 p128 No. 433 Amended—Life Gold Passes No. 909—Family Planning Organisations 23 May 2005 p149 2 June 2005 p171 No. 482—Nuclear Antidote Pharmaceuticals No. 910—Sexually Transmitted Diseases 10 May 2005 p202 24 May 2005 p128 No. 522—Life Gold Passes No. 925—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 23 May 2005 p154 13 October 2005 p151 No. 530—Parkinson’s Disease No. 926—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Safety 10 May 2005 p240 Net Threshold No. 534—Abortion 11 August 2005 p183 2 June 2005 p169 No. 927—Fowler Electorate: Medicare Services No. 535—Women 10 August 2005 p175 23 May 2005 p155 No. 928—Fowler Electorate: Medicare Services No. 611—Oral Health 10 August 2005 p176 10 May 2005 p293 No. 929—Fowler Electorate: Medicare Services 10 August 2005 p177 6 House of Representatives 8 February to 8 December 2005 Index to Speeches No. 930—Fowler Electorate: Medicare Services No. 1450—Medicare Safety Net Threshold 10 August 2005 p178 17 August 2005 p213 No. 931—Fowler Electorate: Bulk-Billing No. 1474—Health and Ageing: Grants 9 August 2005 p160 11 August 2005 p204 No. 932—General Practice Work Force Statistics No. 1593—Mammogram Examinations 10 August 2005 p179 11 August 2005 p205 No. 933—General Practice Work Force Statistics No. 1607—ALT Beatty Consulting 10 August 2005 p185 11 August 2005 p206 No. 962—Depleted Uranium No. 1614—Health and Ageing: Staffing 23 June 2005 p253 11 August 2005 p207 No. 975—Prospect Electorate: Bulk-Billing No. 1631—Health and Ageing: Staffing 9 August 2005 p165 11 August 2005 p209 No. 988—Massage Service No. 1644—Australian Electoral Commission 16 August 2005 p106 17 August 2005 p258 No. 1048—Media Training No. 1645—Comcar 18 August 2005 p194 17 August 2005 p259 No. 1063—Media Training No. 1647—Calcium Tablets 1 November 2005 p97 11 August 2005 p211 No. 1109—Recruitment Agencies No. 1663—Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation 18 August 2005 p199 Test No. 1158—Telstra Mobile Online Short Message 11 August 2005 p212 Service No. 1665—Phenylketonuria 5 September 2005 p149 18 August 2005 p282 No. 1173—Telstra Mobile Online Short Message No. 1702—Health: Medical Indemnity Service 18 August 2005 p291 6 December 2005 p105 No. 1711—Therapeutic Goods Administration: No. 1205—Health and Ageing: Staffing Review 12 October 2005 p209 18 August 2005 p292 No. 1241—Therapeutic Goods Aministration No. 1719—Private Health Insurance 2 June 2005 p173 10 October 2005 p151 No. 1243—Vitamin and Mineral Supplements No. 1724—Family Planning Programs Guidelines 18 August 2005 p292 11 August 2005 p199 No. 1758—Cochlear Implants No. 1283—Media Monitoring and Clipping 18 August 2005 p320 Services No. 1804—Tobacco Products 11 August 2005 p202 28 November 2005 p161 No. 1298—Media Monitoring and Clipping No. 1814—Australian Electoral Commission Services 12 September 2005 p184 1 November 2005 p98 No. 1912—Personalised Stationery No. 1308—Media Monitoring and Clipping 11 October 2005 p181 Services Nos 1934 to 1952—Commonwealth Departments: 18 August 2005 p215 Programs and Grants No. 1326—Fedlink 7 December 2005 p274 20 June 2005 p199 No. 1977—Organ Donation No. 1335—National Demonstration Hospitals 15 September 2005 p150 Program Steering Committee No. 1990—New Focus Pty Ltd 17 August 2005 p196 6 September 2005 p139 No. 1424—Media and Communications Officers 17 August 2005 p204 Index to Speeches 8 February to 8 December 2005 House of Representatives 7 No.