Senate debates
Monday, 9 October 2006
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the order of consideration of government business orders of the day for today be as follows: No. 5 Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 5)...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 5) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 September, on motion by Senator Abetz: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Public Works Committee Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 June, on motion by Senator Abetz: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (4 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.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
by leave—I wish to inform the Senate that the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Minchin, will be absent from question time today, Monday, 9 October, 2006. Senator Minchin, in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Telstra (7 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Coonan, in her capacity as minister representing the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. I refer her to the minister’s signature at...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the President’s gallery of a parliamentary delegation from the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany, led by Dr...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Telstra (6 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. Will the minister inform the Senate about the growing availability of third generation...
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell. Will the minister update the Senate on how the government is dealing with the threat of climate change? Is...
- Telstra (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, representing Senator Minchin, the Minister for Finance and Administration. I refer to the government’s nomination of a close personal friend of the Prime...
- Workplace Relations (9 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Eric Abetz. Is the minister aware of the recent attempt by the Labor Party to link the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the President’s gallery of an Australian Political Exchange Council delegation from the United States of America from...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. In answer to an earlier question, the minister said that a rise in sea levels was likely to have an effect on Pacific countries....
- Australian Crime Commission (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs. All senators would applaud the government’s strong fight against serious and organised crime. I would ask the minister if he could...
- Telstra (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, representing the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. Can the minister confirm that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was...
- North Korea (9 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, in her capacity as the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. What action plan has the government got in place to respond to the nuclear test by...
- Telstra (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, representing Senator Minchin, the Minister for Finance and Administration. Can the minister confirm that the government’s decision to force Mr Geoff...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
by leave—On 17 August I was answering a query from Senator Milne in relation to the number of solar related projects managed for the Australian government by the Australian Research...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Telstra (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked today. What a proud day for the government! What a day for Senator Coonan! We have had the...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage (Senator Ian Campbell) to a question without notice asked by Senator Allison today relating...
- Renewable Energy (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a short statement on a matter that Senator Ian Campbell raised after question time today. Leave granted. This saga of Senator Ian Campbell’s response to questions about...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mr Albert William James (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 30 September 2006 of Albert William James, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Hunter, in New South Wales,...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Mason to move on the next day of sitting:That the Finance and Public Administration Committee be authorised to hold public meetings during the sittings of the Senate as follows:(a)on...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Stott Despoja for the period 9 October to 19 October 2006, on account of ill health. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 547 standing in the name of Senator Bartlett for today, relating to Islamaphobia in Australia, postponed till...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move:That the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit be authorised to hold public meetings during the sitting of the Senate as follows:(a)to take evidence for the committee’s review...
- MS Doris Owens (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate notes the sad death of Ms Doris Owens, an environmental campaigner from the south coast of New South Wales and sends condolences to her family and friends. Question agreed to.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 166, I present a private senator’s bill, the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 and...
- Response to Senate Resolutions (1 speech)
I present a response from the Northern Territory Minister for Family and Community Services (Ms Delia Lawrie) to a resolution of the Senate of 13 September 2006 concerning Foster Care Week.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Capital and External Territories Committee; Report (3 speeches)
I present the report of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories on the visit to Norfolk Island from 2 to 5 August 2006. I seek leave to move a motion in...
- Treaties Committee; Reports (11 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present two reports of the committee, report No. 77 on treaties tabled on 20 June and 8 August 2006, and report No. 78, Treaty scrutiny: a...
- Response to Senate Resolutions (1 speech)
Mr Acting Deputy President Barnett, I seek leave to return to item 13(a) on the Notice Paper. Leave granted. I wish to take note of the letter to the President of the Senate from the Northern...
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment Bill 2006; Ohs and SRC Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Privacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006; Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Bill 2006; Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from His Excellency the Governor-General were reported informing the Senate that he had assented to the bills.
- Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Maritime Security Guards and Other Measures) Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from Her Excellency the Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia was reported informing the Senate that she had assented to the bill.
- Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006; Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006; Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 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— CUSTOMS AMENDMENT...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Report of Community Affairs Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs Committee, Senator Humphries, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2006,...
- Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2005; Corporations Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations) Bill 2006; Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Consequential, Transitional and Other Measures Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Report of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Senator Payne, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
- Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (16 speeches)
Debate resumed from 5 September, on motion by Senator Colbeck: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (47 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 September, on motion by Senator Santoro: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Acting Deputy President: Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Home Hill Boat Club (1 speech)
The Lower Burdekin area of Queensland has long been renowned as a destination for those people wishing to engage in the recreational fishing experience. Part of the Burdekin delta estuaries is a...
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
Each October we observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month and take stock of the work and progress of the past year. 2006 has been a year of progress. After much lobbying and research, the breast...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Recently we have seen coverage in the media of the latest group of asylum seekers—in this case, from Burma—who have been sent to Nauru. We have also seen coverage of the disgraceful...
- 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...
