Michael Organ in Parliament 2002-2004

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