Michael Organ in Parliament 2002-2004

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Senator Kerrie Nettle,  Michael  Organ MHR and Senator Bob Brown 23 October 2003
 
I, Michael Organ, was elected to the House of Representatives in the Australian federal parliament, Canberra, at a by-election for the seat of Cunningham in October 2002. I was the first member of the Australian Greens elected to such a position. At the time there were two Greens senators in Canberra - Bob Brown from Tasmania and Kerrie Nettle from New South Wales. I served until the following general election in October 2004. During that 2 year period, parliament sat in Canberra for 32 weeks and my staff and I were very active participants. I was also involved in extra-parliamentary activities such as membership of the Select Committee on Bushfires, and a foreign country visit to Taiwan. My activities in parliament are listed below in regard to the delivery of speeches, notices of motions, and questions to the government. There were 214 such activities, involving standing in the House 186 times to deliver said speech, notice of motion, or question to the government. Other activities, such as attending question time, supporting motions, listening to various speeches - including those by visiting dignitaries - or attending divisions to vote on legislation, are not listed. Questions Without Notice were delivered on the floor of the parliament during Question Time to the Prime Minister John Howard or one of his ministers. Questions On Notice were in writing and appeared in the Hansard. Material was written by myself and my staff, including Allen Clarke, Carol Berry and Kristian Bolwell, with additional material provided by Sharon Callaghan and Damien Cahill. A detailed record of this activity is archived in the official parliamentary Hansard. A video record was also made. The National Library of Australia Pandora website contains an archive of my official website, which includes copies of all press releases issued by my office. These press releases often accompanied, or reported upon, my parliamentary activity.

Summary
32 weeks in parliament
157 Speeches
28 Questions in Writing
15 Questions without Notice
10 Questions to the Speaker
4 Notices of Motion
214 activities
186 on my feet
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Week
Year
Date
Subject
Total
1
2003
6-Feb
1st Speech
1





2


[No activity]






3

4-Mar
Question Without Notice 1 - Lucas Heights
2


5-Mar
Speech - Timor
3


5-Mar
Speech - Bushfires
4





4

19-Mar
Speech - War in Iraq
5





5

25-Mar
QWN 2 - Veterans' Entitlement
6


26-Mar
Speech - ASIO
7





6

15-May
Speech - Industrial Relations
8





7

25-May
Speech - Industrial Relations
9


26-May
Speech - Sorry Day
10


27-May
QWN 3 - David Hicks
11


28-May
QON 1 - Asylum Seekers



28-May
QON 2 - Vahedi



28-May
QON 3 - Aceh



28-May
Speech - Health Care
12


28-May
Speech - Handguns
13


29-May
Notice of Motion 1 - Aceh
14





8

2-Jun
Speech - Aceh
15


3-Jun
QWN 4 - University of Wollongong
16


3-Jun
Speech - Terrorists
17


4-Jun
Speech - Tax
18


5-Jun
QON 4 - Child Support



5-Jun
Speech - Medicare
19





9

16-Jun
QON 5 - Centrelink



16-Jun
Speech - Budget
20


17-Jun
QON 6 - Asylum



17-Jun
Speech - Chilout
21


17-Jun
Speech - Exports
22


18-Jun
QON 7 - Greenhouse



18-Jun
Speech - Chemicals
23


18-Jun
Speech - Screensound
24





10

23-Jun
Speech - Children in Detention
25


23-Jun
QON 8 - Chemicals



25-Jun
Speech - Industrial Relations
26


26-Jun
Speech - ASIO
27


26-Jun
QON 9 - Ethanol



26-Jun
QON 10 - Aviation



26-Jun
QON 11 - Senate



26-Jun
Speech - Human Rights
28


26-Jun
Speech - Migration
29





11

11-Aug
Speech - Lawrence Hargrave Drive
30


11-Aug
Speech - Gold Pass
31


13-Aug
Speech - Industrial Relations
32


13-Aug
Speech - Higher Education
33


14-Aug
Speech - Parliament
34





12

18-Aug
Speech - Tibet
35


18-Aug
Speech - Industrial Relations
36


18-Aug
Speech - Communications
37


18-Aug
Speech - Gold Pass
38


20-Aug
Question to the Speaker 1 - Department
39


20-Aug
Speech - Telstra
40


23-Aug
QWN 5 - Road
41





13

8-Sep
Speech - Obesity
42


8-Sep
Speech - Hargrave
43


8-Sep
Speech - Child Protection
44


9-Sep
Speech - Training
45


10-Sep
Speech - Industrial Relations
46


11-Sep
Speech - Student Debt
47





14

16-Sep
QWN 6 - Unemployment
48


16-Sep
Speech - Reconciliation
49


17-Sep
Speech - Crime
50


17-Sep
Speech - Ethanol
51


18-Sep
QON 12 - Youth Allowance



18-Sep
Speech - Migration
52





15

8-Oct
Speech - China
53


8-Oct
Speech - United States
54





16

13-Oct
Speech - North Korea
55


13-Oct
Speech - Telstra
56


13-Oct
QWN 7 - David Hicks, Tibet
57


13-Oct
Speech - Higher Education
58


15-Oct
Speech - Israel and Palestine
59


15-Oct
QTS 2 - China
60


16-Oct
QTS 3 - United States
61


23-Oct
QON 13 - Infrastructure






17

3-Nov
Speech - Greenhouse
62


3-Nov
QTS 4 - United States
63


3-Nov
QTS 5 - China
64


3-Nov
QTS 6 - China
65


3-Nov
Speech - Greens
66


5-Nov
Speech - Non-proliferaiton
67


5-Nov
QTS 8 - QON
68


5-Nov
QWN 8 - Industrial Relations
69


5-Nov
Speech - Terrorists
70


5-Nov
Speech - Bushfires
71


6-Nov
Speech - Police
72





18

24-Nov
QTS 9 - QON
73


24-Nov
Speech - Detention
74


25-Nov
Speech - Senate
75


25-Nov
Speech - Rates
76


26-Nov
Speech - Education
77


27-Nov
Speech - Bushfires
78


27-Nov
Speech - Media Ownership
79


27-Nov
Speech - Elections
80





19

1-Dec
QON 14 - Aceh



1-Dec
Speech - Elections
81


1-Dec
Speech - Aids
82


2-Dec
Speech - ASIO
83


2-Dec
QTS 10 - Queensland
84


2-Dec
QWN 9 - Chris Minn
85


3-Dec
QON 15 - Screenrights



3-Dec
Speech - Women
86


3-Dec
Speech - Construction
87


3-Dec
Speech - Defence
88


4-Dec
Speech - Port Kembla
89


4-Dec
Speech - Higher Education
90


4-Dec
Speech - Construction
91


4-Dec
Speech - Higher Education
92





20
2004
10-Feb
QON 16 - Flags



10-Feb
QON 17 - Iraq



10-Feb
QON 18 - Tibet



10-Feb
NOM 2 - Wilton
93


10-Feb
Speech - Industrial Relations
94


10-Feb
Speech - Super
95


11-Feb
Speech - Health
96


11-Feb
Speech - Industrial Relations
97


12-Feb
Speech - Wilton Airport
98


12-Feb
Speech - Post
99





21

16-Feb
QON 19 - Airport



16-Feb
QON 20 - Pensioners



16-Feb
Speech - MRI
100


17-Feb
QON 21 - Centrelink



17-Feb
QON 22 - Students



18-Feb
Speech - Post
101


18-Feb
Speech - Taiwan
102


18-Feb
Speech - Appropriation
103


19-Feb
Speech - ATMs
104





22

1-Mar
QON 23 - Detention



1-Mar
QWN 10 - Infrastructure
105


2-Mar
Speech - Chemicals
106


3-Mar
Speech - Aboriginal
107


3-Mar
Speech - Detention
108


3-Mar
Speech - Prisoners
109


4-Mar
QON 24 - Health



4-Mar
Speech - Sandon Point
110





23

8-Mar
Speech - Textiles
111


8-Mar
Speech - Transport
112


8-Mar
Speech - Iraq
113


9-Mar
Speech - Telstra
114


9-Mar
Speech - Climate Change
115


10-Mar
Speech - ASIO
116


10-Mar
Speech - Explanation
117


10-Mar
Speech - Intercepts
118


10-Mar
Speech - Timor
119


11-Mar
Speech - Poverty
120


11-Mar
Speech - Taiwan
121


11-Mar
QWN 11 - ABC
122





24

22-Mar
Speech - Iraq
123


24-Mar
Speech - Teachers
124


25-Mar
NOM 3 - Torture
125


25-Mar
QON 25 - Pensions



25-Mar
Speech - Death
126


25-Mar
Speech - Death
127





25

29-Mar
Speech - OH&S
128


29-Mar
Speech - Taiwan
129


29-Mar
Speech - Elections
130


30-Mar
Speech - Bushcare
131


30-Mar
Speech - ASIO
132


30-Mar
Speech - Airport
133


30-Mar
Speech - Iraq
134


31-Mar
Speech - Families
135


31-Mar
Speech - Migration
136


1-Apr
Speech - Iraq
137


1-Apr
Speech - Climate Change
138


1-Apr
Speech - Industrial Relations
139





26

11-May
QON 26 - Environment



11-May
Speech - Veterans
140


11-May
Speech - Environment
141


11-May
QWN 12 - Detention
142


13-May
Speech - Super
143


13-May
Speech - Elections
144


13-May
Speech - Terrorists
145





27

24-May
Speech - Same Sex Marriage
146


24-May
Speech - Health
147


27-May
Speech - Services
148


27-May
QWN 13 - Same Sex Marriage 
149





28

31-May
Speech - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
150


1-Jun
Speech - Bellambi
151


1-Jun
Speech - ATSIC
152


2-Jun
Speech - Budget
153


2-Jun
Speech - Iraq
154


3-Jun
Speech - ATMs
155





29

16-Jun
Speech - Children in Detention
156


17-Jun
Speech - Health
157


17-Jun
Speech - Obesity
158


17-Jun
Speech - Telecommunications
159


17-Jun
Speech - Marriage
160





30

21-Jun
Speech - Education
161


22-Jun
QWN 14 - MRI
162


22-Jun
Speech - Energy
163


22-Jun
Speech - Schools
164


23-Jun
Speech - Soccer
165


23-Jun
Speech - Higher Education
166


24-Jun
Speech - Cunningham
167


24-Jun
Speech - Industrial Relations
168


24-Jun
Speech - Pharmaceuticals
169


24-Jun
Speech - US Free Trade Agreement
170


24-Jun
Speech - Same Sex Marriage
171


24-Jun
Speech - Same Sex Marriage
172





31

3-Aug
QON 27 - United Nations



4-Aug
NOM 4 - Asbestos
173


4-Aug
Speech - Schools
174


4-Aug
Speech - US Free Trade Agreement
175


5-Aug
Speech - Casuals
176





32

9-Aug
Speech - Indigenous Issues
177


9-Aug
Speech - Death of Bill Whiley
178


10-Aug
QON 28 - Travel



11-Aug
Speech - Siphoning                                         
179


11-Aug
Speech - Suicide
180


11-Aug
QWN 15 - Immigration Detention
181


11-Aug
Speech - Water
182


12-Aug
Speech - Bill Whiley
183


12-Aug
Speech - Industrial Relations
184


13-Aug
Speech - US Free Trade Agreement
185


13-Aug
Speech - US Free Trade Agreement
186







               


















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