Senate debates
Monday, 14 August 2006
- Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
by leave—My very short statement is really in the form of a question to the Manager of Government Business in the Senate. I was informed a minute ago that the government had reordered the...
- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Proposed Instruction to Committee of the Whole (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 August, on motion by Senators Chris Evans, Bartlett and Siewert: That it be an instruction to the committee of the whole that:(1)The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern...
- In Committee (15 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Immigration (9 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Vanstone, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Does the PM’s withdrawal of the migration bill today completely undermine the...
- National Security (2 speeches)
Some senators wait until they are called. My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. Will the minister inform senators of the work being done by the Commonwealth law...
- Skilled Migration (8 speeches)
It is good to see that the Government Whip is now awake. My question is to Senator Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural—
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to Senator Eric Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister update the Senate on the effect of the Howard...
- Skilled Migration (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Does the minister recall allegations aired on The 7.30 Report last month that recruitment firms are...
- Mobile Phone Services (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. Will the minister inform the Senate of the steps the government is taking to ensure that...
- Southern Bluefin Tuna (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. I refer to reports on the weekend that the Japanese fishing industry has illegally taken $2 billion worth of southern bluefin tuna...
- Wind Farms (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Campbell. Will the minister explain to the Senate how science underscores decision making on the environment, particularly...
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Is the minister aware that a mere 18 per cent of refugee arrivals have accessed the short-term torture and trauma...
- Assisted Reproductive Technology: Report (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to Senator Santoro, the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. Is the minister aware of the findings of a report that was commissioned by the Prime...
- Interest Rates (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Treasurer. Is the minister aware of the recent statement by outgoing Reserve Bank...
- Air Security Officer Program (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, the Minister for Justice and Customs. Can the minister explain when he first became aware of concerns over the running of the sky marshal training academy?...
- Antisiphoning List (5 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Does the minister recall trying to use Channel 7’s decision not to show the Bledisloe...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Immigration (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Senator Vanstone) to questions without notice asked by opposition senators today,...
- Southern Bluefin Tuna (1 speech)
I rise to speak on southern bluefin tuna and its piracy. I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage (Senator Ian Campbell) to a...
- 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 public meeting during the sitting of the Senate...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Crossin for the period 14 August to 17 August 2006, on account of parliamentary business overseas. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 485 standing in the name of Senator Siewert for today, relating to water management, postponed till 15 August 2006.
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Provisions Relating to Character and Conduct) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to remove unnecessary and unjust ministerial discretion relating to assessments of the character and conduct of visa applicants,...
- 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...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I inform the Senate that the Leader of the Australian Democrats, Senator Allison, has withdrawn the urgency motion which she had indicated she intended to move today.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Energy Initiatives (6 speeches)
On behalf of the Prime Minister, I table a statement on energy initiatives.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the report of the committee entitled Review of administration and expenditure: Australian intelligence...
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the 75th report of the committee, entitled Treaties tabled on 11 October 2005, 28 February and 28 March 2006. I seek leave to move...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
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- Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2006; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (Export Control and Quarantine) Bill 2006 (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— THERAPEUTIC GOODS...
- Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Procedure Committee (107 speeches)
I move: That—(1)The standing orders and other orders of the Senate be amended as set out in the report with effect from 11 September 2006.(2)The temporary order, relating to substitute...
- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment 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.
- Middle East (1 speech)
I am saddened by the terrible toll of civilian lives that have been claimed by fighting in the Middle East. Southern Lebanon and northern Israel are these days not only joined by a common border;...
- Immigration (2 speeches)
Today Mr Don Randall, the member for Canning, linked the migration bill with last week’s events in Britain. He believes that the threat of terrorism means that all boat people should be...
- Battle of Long Tan (1 speech)
One of Australia’s most significant military events will be commemorated on 18 August—that being the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. The Battle of Long Tan is arguably the...
- 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 (Goods and Services Tax)...
