Senate debates
Thursday, 9 February 2006
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Senator Ellison to move on the next day of sitting:That the following order operate as a temporary order until 30 June 2006:If a division is called for on Thursday after 4.30 pm, the matter...
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of the Chair of the Economics References Committee (Senator Stephens) for today,...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the announcement by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) that it will redirect its energy research work away from...
- East Timor (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes the final report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor, which:(i)provides a comprehensive analysis of Indonesia’s...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Legislation Committee; Extension of Time (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of Senator Brandis, I move the motion as amended:That the time for the presentation of the report of the Economics Legislation Committee on the provisions of the...
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Humphries, I move:That the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 9 February...
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Documents (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Humphries, I present the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee on its inquiry into...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Future Fund Bill 2005; Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Bill 2005; Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005; Aged Care (Bond Security) Bill 2005; Aged Care (Bond Security) Levy Bill 2005; Aged Care Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— FUTURE FUND BILL...
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (19 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 February, on motion by Senator Nash: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (6 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 November 2005, on motion by Senator Colbeck: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- In Committee (10 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Defence (Road Transport Legislation Exemption) Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 November 2005, on motion by Senator Ellison: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 November 2005, on motion by Senator Ellison: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Cooperative Fisheries Arrangements and Other Matters) Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 December 2005, on motion by Senator Ellison: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 December 2005, on motion by Senator Colbeck: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. Sitting suspended from 1.58 pm to 2.00 pm
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I inform the Senate that Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp, the Minister for the Arts and Sport, is absent from question time today. Senator Kemp is representing the Australian government...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (17 speeches)
My question is addressed to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Has the minister now been informed that the Chair of the Wheat Export...
- Airport Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. I ask: will the minister outline to the Senate how the Howard government is continuing to improve the security of our...
- Oil for Food Program (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Isn’t it now clear that the Wheat Export Authority had been alerted to...
- Broadband Services (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan. Is the minister aware of any recent evidence regarding the uptake of broadband...
- Oil for Food Program (4 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Coonan, Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Trade. Minister, were the ministers for foreign affairs and trade aware that...
- Recherche Bay (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Abetz. Will the Minister advise the Senate of the Howard government’s response to demands made through the...
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
I address my question to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Abetz. I refer to a report in the Financial Review on 27 January which stated that,...
- Whaling (2 speeches)
I direct my question to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. Will the minister update the Senate on the Australian government’s efforts to stop whaling in the latest context? In...
- Aged Care (22 speeches)
My question is to Senator Santoro, the Minister for Ageing. I refer the minister to my question yesterday about compliance with the 1999 fire safety standards for aged care facilities. Does the...
- Recherche Bay (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, and relates to the north-east peninsula of Recherche Bay. As the minister knows, it was listed on the...
- Immigration (9 speeches)
My question is to Senator Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Can the minister reveal the details of the wrongful and tragic detention of another innocent person with...
- Health and Ageing: Dementia (5 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Aged Care, Senator Santoro. Will the minister inform the Senate of initiatives by the Howard government to assist the estimated 185,000 Australians and...
- Parliament: Senate Chamber (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to remind all honourable senators that members of their staff and/or advisers are not allowed on the floor of the Senate during the sitting of the Senate.
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Immigration (8 speeches)
by leave—During question time I was asked a question by Senator Kirk in relation to an Ombudsman’s report. I have some more information. I am happy to give that verbally to the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (16 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by opposition Senators today. Again, we are seeing played out the slipperiness of this government...
- Recherche Bay (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator Abetz) and the Minister for the Environment and Heritage (Senator Ian...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Crime Commission Committee; Report: Government Response (1 speech)
I present the government’s response to the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission on cybercrime and seek leave to incorporate the document in...
- Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received letters from a party leader seeking variations to the membership of committees.
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (26 speeches)
Consideration resumed.
- Third Reading (8 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 10 November 2005, on motion by Senator Crossin: That the Senate take note of the document.
- Wet Tropics Management Authority (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. Document No. 24 is the Wet Tropics Management Authority annual report. I will briefly mention that the Senate Environment, Communications,...
- Commonwealth Ombudsman: Covering Statement (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 7 December 2005, on motion by Senator Bartlett: That the Senate take note of the document.
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day relating to government documents were considered: Ombudsman Act 1976Inquiry into the circumstances of the Vivian Alvarez matter—Report by the Commonwealth...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day relating to committee reports and government responses were considered: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Final report—The...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 26 of 2005-06 (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. Medicare Australia, the Child Support Agency and Centrelink engage with literally millions of Australians every year, and the importance of the...
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day relating to reports of the Auditor-General were considered: Auditor-General—Audit report no. 18 of 2005-06—Performance audit—Customs Compliance...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received a letter from a party leader seeking variations to the membership of committees.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
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Order! There being no further consideration of committee reports, government responses and Auditor-General’s reports, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about mental health, an issue that has received a lot of attention over the last month and certainly over the last year as well. As deputy chairman of the Senate inquiry...
- Truck Registration and Fuel Excise (1 speech)
I rise to make comment on an issue that the Prime Minister and premiers may endorse at the COAG meeting tomorrow—an economic reform program that will include increased truck registration...
- Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
I would like to take the opportunity tonight to speak about a couple of Army veterans I met a week or two ago, one of them in Hervey Bay in my home state of Queensland—another beautiful...
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Legislation (6 speeches)
I wish to speak about the process that occurred in the Senate in relation to the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005the bill that...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: [Legislative instruments are identified by a Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) number] Civil Aviation Act—Civil Aviation...
