Senate debates
Monday, 19 June 2006
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators:(a)Senator Conroy for the period 19 June to 23 June 2006, on account of parliamentary business...
- Excise Laws Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006; Excise Tariff Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006; Customs Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006; Customs Tariff Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Kemp: That these bills be now read a second time.
- In Committee (13 speeches)
EXCISE LAWS AMENDMENT (FUEL TAX REFORM 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.
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Kemp: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Senator Carr had moved by way of an amendment: At the end of the motion, add:...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the Senate that Senator Kemp, Minister for the Arts and Sport, will be absent from question time today and for the rest of this week. Senator Kemp will be absent due to his attendance on...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Migration (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Does the minister recall comments by the Prime Minister on 17 June 2002 stating: I want to make it clear...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Howard government acting to increase wages and employment in...
- Migration (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Vanstone, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Does the minister recall the Prime Minister’s decision to change the government’s...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Will the minister inform the Senate of the importance of flexible workplace...
- Defence: Helicopters (4 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Minchin in his capacity as representing the Prime Minister. I refer the minister to today’s announcement by the government to purchase a further 34 MRH 90...
- Telstra (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. Will the minister advise the Senate of what the Howard government is doing to safeguard the...
- Whaling (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. I ask, in relation to the lost vote on commercial whaling at the International Whaling...
- Aged Care (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing, Senator Santoro. I understand that the minister recently visited the United States. Would the minister inform the Senate about the purpose of his visit...
- Media Ownership (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Has the minister seen the submission by Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited on her media reform...
- Schools Funding (5 speeches)
My question is to Senator Vanstone, Minister representing the Minister for Education, Science and Training. I refer to the minister’s announcement at the weekend that the government will...
- Internet Content (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer to the minister’s speech at the National Press Club last week, where she...
- Customs: Illicit Drugs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. Will the minister update the Senate on the Australian government’s commitment to the fight against illicit drugs? Is...
- Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware of the announcement by the Minister for Employment and...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Defence: Helicopters (1 speech)
Senator Evans asked me a question about delivery dates for the MRH90 helicopters. I have an answer which I seek leave to incorporate in Hansard. Leave granted. The answer read as follows—...
- Child Care (1 speech)
Last Thursday, Senator Kemp, who was representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, was asked a question concerning child care. In accordance with Senator...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (15 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by opposition senators today. What we had again today was a Minister for Immigration and...
- Schools Funding (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Senator Vanstone) to a question without notice asked by Senator Allison today...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Senator Humphries to move on the next day of sitting: That the Community Affairs Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday,...
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Following the receipt of satisfactory responses, at the request of the Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, Senator Watson, and pursuant to standing order 78, I give...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Brandis, I move: That the Economics Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of the Chair of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee...
- Sea Bottom Trawl Fishing (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move the motion as amended: That the Senate—(a)recognises that unregulated high seas bottom trawling is inconsistent with international law as recognised in the United...
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Appropriate Access to Detention Centres) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958 to prevent unreasonable impediments to entry to detention centres, and for related purposes....
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— This Private...
- Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to abolish the power of the Commonwealth executive government to disallow any Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— After the quarter of a...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Nettle I move: That general business notice of motion no. 453 standing in the name of Senator Nettle for today, relating to West Papua, be postponed till the next day of...
- Human Rights: Burma (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Stott Despoja I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)that 19 June 2006 is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 61st birthday,(ii)that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has spent more than...
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Communities (45 speeches)
The President has received the following letter from Senator Bartlett: Dear Mr President, Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move: That, in the opinion of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Do Not Call Register Bill 2006; Do Not Call Register (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Royal Commissions Amendment Bill 2006; Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme — Initial Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from Her Excellency the Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia were reported informing the Senate that she had assented to the bills.
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Mr Michael Ferguson MP (3 speeches)
In politics it is said that if you excite the interest of your opponents then you must be actually achieving something. From the events of the last few days, it appears that the Member for Bass,...
- Queensland Health: Nurses (1 speech)
Last Tuesday night in both the House of Representatives and in the Senate, almost in concert, two speeches that lacked any basis in logic were delivered. First Mr Lindsay, the member for Herbert,...
- Mr Rick Farley (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on a matter of some sadness, and that is the passing of Mr Rick Farley. Rick Farley died on 13 May in a tragic accident just months after he was severely debilitated by a...
- A Smart Start (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to speak about a program called A Smart Start. The reason I am doing this is that I am currently a member of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee, which is...
- 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] A New Tax System (Commonwealth-State...
