Senate debates
Tuesday, 7 February 2006
- Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 June 2005, on motion by Senator Patterson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 November 2005, on motion by Senator Colbeck: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
by leave—On 24 January this year, the Prime Minister announced a number of changes to the ministry following the resignations of the Minister for Defence, Robert Hill, the Minister for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (4 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Minchin in his capacity representing the Prime Minister. Is the minister aware of reports of US government action as early as 2003 regarding potential kickbacks...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin, representing the Treasurer. Will the minister inform the Senate of the results of the most recent update on the...
- Oil for Food Program (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs. Can the minister confirm his answer to my question on notice of 21 November 2005 that AUSTRAC was not aware of any suspicious...
- Aged Care (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing, representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister inform the Senate how the Australian government is ensuring that older Australians...
- Money Laundering (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs. Can the minister confirm that the report of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering found that Australia met none of the nine...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
Mr President, may I congratulate our new leader, Senator Minchin, on his appointment, and our deputy, Senator Coonan. My question is to Senator Ian Campbell, the Minister for the Environment and...
- West Papua (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What representations has the Australian government made to either the Indonesian government or the...
- Trade Skills Training Visa (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Vanstone. There have been some claims that the approval of Golden West’s sponsorship applications for new...
- Senator Bill Heffernan (10 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Minchin, the Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Is the minister aware of the alleged actions of Senator...
- Corporate Code of Conduct (4 speeches)
I will begin by congratulating Senator Coonan on her appointment as Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and will ask her a question in her new capacity representing the Minister for...
- The Nationals (4 speeches)
My question is also to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I also offer my congratulations on her elevation to Deputy Leader of the Government in...
- Telecommunications (7 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. Will the minister advise the Senate how Australian phone users, particularly young...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions; Senator Bill Heffernan (24 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked today. I take note of Senator Minchin’s failure to act as the newly appointed Leader of...
- West Papua (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Senator Coonan) to a question without notice asked by Senator Nettle...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hon. Sir Reginald William Colin Swartz KBE, ED (4 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 2 February 2006, of the Hon. Sir Reginald William Colin Swartz, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Senator Siewert to move on the next day of sitting:That the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee be authorised to hold a meeting during the sitting of the Senate on...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the following order operate as a temporary order until the conclusion of the 2006 sittings:On the question for the adjournment of the Senate on Tuesday, a senator who has spoken once...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Thank you. It is a great pleasure to be here. I seek leave to move a motion relating to leave of absence for a senator. Leave granted. I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Kemp on...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 298 standing in the name of Senator Stott Despoja for today, proposing the introduction of the Privacy...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Genetically Modified Foods (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move the motion as amended: That there be laid on the table, no later than the conclusion of question time on 8 February 2006, all of the raw data submitted to Food Standards...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166, I present documents listed on today’s Order of Business at item 13 which were presented to the President, the Deputy President and temporary chairs...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Responses to Senate Resolutions (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the responses from the Premier of Queensland, the Premier of Victoria and the Northern Territory Minister for Family and Community Services...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That business of the Senate notice of motion no. 3 standing in the name of Senator Stephens for today, proposing the reference of a matter to the Economics References...
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Order! The President has received a letter from a party leader seeking variations to the membership of committees.
- Migration and Ombudsman Legislation Amendment Bill 2005; Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005; Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 3) Bill 2005; Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005; Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005; Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Related Amendments) Bill 2005; Tax Laws Amendment (Loss Recoupment Rules and Other Measures) Bill 2005; Tax Laws Amendment (Superannuation Contributions Splitting) Bill 2005; Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2005; Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005; National Health Amendment (Budget Measures — Pharmaceutical Benefits Safety Net) Bill 2005; Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2005; Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005; Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Bill 2005; Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2005; Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Budget Measures) Bill 2005; Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill 2005; Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 4) Bill 2005; Higher Education Support Amendment (Abolition of Compulsory Up-Front Student Union Fees) Bill 2005; Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 4) Bill 2005; Tax Laws Amendment (Improvements to Self Assessment) Bill (No. 2) 2005; Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 5) Bill 2005; Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Safety-Nets) Bill 2005; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from His Excellency the Governor-General and His Excellency the Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia were reported informing the Senate that they had assented to the bills.
- Migration Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 8) (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance (3 speeches)
I move: That Schedule 7 of the Migration Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 8), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 221 and made under the Migration Act 1958, be disallowed. This...
- Migration Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 9) (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance (3 speeches)
I move: That item 2 [Division 1.4E—Sponsorship: trade skills training (incorporating Subdivisions 1.4E.1 to 1.4E.4)] of Schedule 7 of the Migration Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 9), as...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being after 6.50 pm, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of government documents.
- Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002; Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This is a review by the Legislation Review Committee of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act and the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act, often...
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following government documents were considered: Treaty—MultilateralText, together with national interest analysis and annexures—Amendments, done at Nairobi, Kenya on 25 November...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! There being no further consideration of government documents, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Canada (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about the recent elections held in Canada. Canada as a nation has a lot in common with Australia. We are both Commonwealth countries, we are both physically large countries...
- Mr Steve Rogers (1 speech)
The Cronulla Sutherland Rugby League team entered the first-grade competition in 1967. Naturally, as a young teenager I spent many a Saturday and Sunday—as I am sure you did, Acting Deputy...
- Ms Betty Friedan (1 speech)
I rise tonight to acknowledge the death of internationally acclaimed and renowned feminist, Betty Friedan, who died on Saturday, 4 February, which was coincidentally her 85th birthday. Betty...
- Carers (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about a particular group of unsung heroes in our community: carers. Carers are people who give up their time to look after a child, parent, spouse, relative or friend with...
- Acquired Brain Injury (1 speech)
My remarks will support Senator Nash’s comments, because the issue that I want to speak about tonight is something that is relatively hidden but is certainly growing. It is a growing and...
- Mr Geoff Gallop (1 speech)
Before I commence my remarks this evening, I would like to congratulate Senators Nash and Stephens on their contributions to this debate and acknowledge in the gallery Carol Franklin, who is an...
- Organ Donation (1 speech)
I rise tonight to raise an issue that is close to my heart. In fact, it is close to my liver, lungs and kidneys, as it is to yours. I am talking about organ donation. The number of organ donors...
- Department of Defence (1 speech)
The matter I wish to address tonight concerns the practices and attitudes of the Legal Services Division of the Department of Defence. In particular, I want to concentrate on its key role in...
- Abortion (1 speech)
I rise tonight to discuss what will be one of the major issues of my parliamentary career. It is an issue that is coming forward once again, and that is the issue of the dignity of life and the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following government documents were tabled: Australian Crime Commission— Report for 2004-05. Intergovernmental committee responses to the Australian Crime Commission annual report for...
