Senate debates
Wednesday, 10 May 2006
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 9 May, on motion by Senator Minchin: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (6 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question put.
- National Health and Medical Research Council Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 March, on motion by Senator Minchin: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (51 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.
- Student Assistance Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 February, on motion by Senator Kemp: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Matters of Public Interest (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest.
- Naval Shipbuilding Inquiry (1 speech)
As the Senate is aware, the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee is currently inquiring into Australia’s naval shipbuilding industry. This inquiry was prompted by...
- National Sorry Day; Indigenous Disadvantage (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to address the Senate on an issue that is very dear to my heart, and that is National Sorry Day. The organisation and establishment of a national day to...
- Faith in Politics (1 speech)
I rise today to give some insight into a recent overseas study tour that I undertook. I looked at the very vexed issue of faith in politics. Of course, one would say that one can hardly find a...
- Smartcard; Budget 2006-07 (1 speech)
Senator Andrew Bartlett, who was due to speak in this debate, is outside addressing a rally against the government’s somewhat draconian and regressive proposed changes to migration law. In...
- Water Policy (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the very important issue of water, and in particular water resources and water policy in my home state of Queensland. These are issues that involve both the state government...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget 2006-07 (26 speeches)
My question is to Senator Kemp, representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Can the minister confirm that under the budget’s tax and family payment...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue. Will the minister inform the Senate how the Howard government will make the...
- Budget 2006-07 (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Kemp, representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. I refer to the budget announcement that the government will lift the cap on...
- Transport Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Will the minister outline to the Senate how the Howard-Vaile government is investing...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I would like to draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the President’s gallery of a parliamentary delegation from the Senate Committee on Constitutional and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Firearms (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. I am sure that he and all senators will join me in wishing Sergeant Les Cooper, who was shot three times in Tasmania...
- Indigenous Art (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Kemp. Will the minister update the Senate on the state of the Indigenous art industry? What is the government doing to help...
- Aged Care (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Santoro, the Minister for Ageing. Can the minister confirm that the budget did not contain any measure to provide for the indexation of aged care subsidies on 1 July...
- Budget 2006-07 (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer. Minister, last year the ABS reported that income inequality increased by 2.3 per cent between 1994-95 and 2002-03. Also, ANU economist...
- Border Protection (3 speeches)
On a day that follows the presentation of what is manifestly one of the most significant of Commonwealth budgets, my question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. Will the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget 2006-07 (11 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for the Arts and Sport (Senator Kemp) to questions without notice asked by Senators Evans, Moore and Lundy today relating to...
- Transport Infrastructure (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator Abetz) to a question without notice asked by Senator Joyce today relating...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a personal explanation. Leave granted. In the other place during question time, in answer to a dorothy dixer the Minister for Transport and Regional Services, Mr Truss,...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Siewert to move on the next day of sitting:That the time for the presentation of the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee on its inquiry into...
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: The following items of business were postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of Senator Bartlett for today,...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move:That the government business orders of the day relating to the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) Bill 2006 and the Superannuation Legislation...
- Melbourne Commonwealth Games (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
At the request of the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Kemp, and Senator Lundy, I move:That the Senate—(a)congratulates all the athletes in the Australian Commonwealth Games Team...
- Turin Winter Paralympics (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
At the request of the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Kemp, and Senator Lundy, I move:That the Senate—(a)congratulates the Australian Paralympic Team for achieving an outstanding...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Sorry Day (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That, as recommended in the Bringing them Home report tabled in the Senate on 26 May 1997, the Senate recognises that 26 May is National Sorry Day, a day of remembrance each year to...
- Uranium Exports (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, Madam Fu Ying, stated in December 2005 that China does not have sufficient uranium for both its weapons and...
- Hybrid Vehicles (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the call by French President Jacques Chirac for French car manufacturers to produce hybrid vehicles at affordable prices within 10 years, and(ii)that...
- Iran (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)1800 nuclear physicists, including many Nobel Laureates, have joined in a petition opposing the ‘new US nuclear weapons policies that open the...
- Human Rights:chile (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)over the past decade, the Indigenous people of Chile, Mapuche, have been in conflict with the Chilean Government over the use of Indigenous lands for...
- Border Rationalisation Taskforce (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the report of the Border Rationalisation Taskforce prepared in 1998 be provided no later than 18 May 2006 by the Minister for Justice and Customs to the President under standing order...
- Nuclear Power (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the recent 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the Ukraine,(ii)the observation of the former Soviet President Mikhail...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Alert Digest (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee, I present Scrutiny of Bills Alert Digest No. 4 of 10 May 2006.
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Forshaw, I present additional information received by the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee on its inquiry into government advertising and...
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Statement (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I table a statement on the budget estimates for the Australian National Audit Office for 2006-07, and seek leave to incorporate the...
- Public Works Committee; Reports (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the following two reports: sixth report of 2006, relating to the fit-out of new leased premises for the Department of...
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the 73rd report of the committee, entitled Treaties tabled in February 2006 and move: That the Senate take note of the report....
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received a letter from a party leader seeking to vary the membership of a committee.
- Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Student Assistance Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 February, on motion by Senator Kemp: That this bill be now 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.
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) Bill 2006; Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2004 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 March 2006 and 2 December 2004 respectively on motions by Senators Minchin and Ellison: That these bills be now read a second time.
- In Committee (10 speeches)
SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TRUSTEE BOARD AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2006 Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Maritime Security Guards and Other Measures) 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. (Quorum formed)
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate. (Quorum formed)
- Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 June 2005, on motion by Senator Patterson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Murray to move on the next day of sitting:That, upon their introduction in either House, the provisions of the following bills be referred to the Economics Legislation Committee for...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Australia-Indonesia Institute (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I commend the Australia-Indonesia Institute annual report 2004-05 to the Senate. As some honourable senators would be aware, the...
- Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979: Report for 2004-05 (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This is the report for the year ending 30 June 2005. It is an important report, and, as you well know, Mr Acting Deputy President, we try to...
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following government documents were considered: Migration Act 1958Section 486O—Assessment of appropriateness of detention arrangements—Government response to the Commonwealth...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Coonan to move on the next day of sitting:That, upon their introduction in the House of Representatives, the provisions of the following bills be referred to the Environment,...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! There being no further consideration of government documents, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Medibank Private (1 speech)
I stand tonight to speak to the merits of selling Medibank Private. I refer to the recent government decision to progress towards a sale of Medibank Private. I am advised that a sale could take...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following government documents were tabled: Migration Act 1958Section 486O—Assessment of appropriateness of detention arrangements— Government response to the Commonwealth...
