Senate debates
Tuesday, 10 October 2006
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (7 speeches)
I move: That government business notice of motion no. 1, relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business for today, and government business order of the day no. 1 (Broadcasting Services...
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (14 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 October, on motion by Senator Santoro: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Senator Stephens had moved by way of an amendment: At the end of the motion, add...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Telstra (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration. As the minister responsible for signing off on the T3 prospectus, can the minister indicate when he first saw a draft...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the chamber of a parliamentary delegation from the Netherlands, led by Mrs Yvonne Timmerman-Buck, President of the Dutch...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- North Korea (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Coonan. I ask: will the minister update the Senate about reports of a nuclear weapons test in North Korea?
- Telstra (9 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister for Finance and Administration. Doesn’t the T3 prospectus that the minister signed off on yesterday identify that Telstra considers...
- Aged Care (28 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing, Senator Santoro. Last month I asked the minister about alternative policies in aged care. I was disappointed to learn that there were no such policies....
- Forestry (9 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Abetz. Would the minister inform the Senate how the Howard government is supporting value-adding and...
- Burrup Peninsula Rock Art (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell. I refer to the minister’s decision to delay the addition of the Burrup Peninsula rock art province to...
- Arts (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Kemp. Will the minister update the Senate on recent government initiatives that have helped to strengthen Australia’s arts...
- Telstra (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister for Finance and Administration. Is the minister aware of the statement on page 51 of the T3 prospectus that ‘Telstra employees who are...
- Queensland Dams (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage and relates to the megadams the Queensland government is proposing to build at Traveston Crossing on the Mary River and also at...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Telstra (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator Minchin) to questions without notice asked by Senators McEwen, Polley and Sherry...
- Burrup Peninsula Rock Art (3 speeches)
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 Siewert today relating...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
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The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Senator Mason to move on the next day of sitting:That the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 19...
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 568 standing in the name of Senator Nettle for today, relating to the death of West Papuan politician Willem...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move:That, on Tuesday, 10 October 2006:(a)the hours of meeting shall be 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm to adjournment;(b)the routine of business from 7.30 pm shall be the government business...
- Nuclear Nonproliferation (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)condemns North Korea’s nuclear weapons test;(b)notes:(i)the increasing threat of nuclear conflict globally,(ii)that International Atomic Energy Agency...
- World Day Against the Death Penalty (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)recognises that 10 October 2006 is the fourth annual World Day Against the Death Penalty;(b)notes that World Day Against the Death Penalty was established in 2003...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Agricultural Managed Investment Schemes (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move the motion as amended: That the government conduct further consultation with industry on the application of current taxation arrangements for agricultural Managed Investment...
- Department of Transport and Regional Services (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Transport and Regional Services, no later than 4.30 pm on Monday, 16 October 2006, a copy of the file L98/278...
- Community Partners Program (0 speeches)
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I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, no later than 3.30 pm on 12 October 2006, the review of the Community Partners Program, as commissioned...
- Restoration of Bill to Notice Paper (0 speeches)
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I, and also on behalf of Senate McLucas, move:(1)That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect.(2)That the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Protecting...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Telstra (19 speeches)
I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, two senators each submitted letters in accordance with standing order 75. Senator Milne proposed a matter of urgency and Senator Conroy proposed a...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Health Insurance Amendment (Medical Specialists) Bill 2006; National Health Amendment (Immunisation) Bill 2006; Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006; Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems) Bill 2006; Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2006; Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Plans and Other Measures) Bill 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 bills.
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- 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— HIGHER EDUCATION...
- Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme — New Formula and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Report of Community Affairs Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Senator Humphries, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Child Support Legislation Amendment...
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2006; Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 September, on motion by Senator Sandy Macdonald: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties be authorised to hold a private meeting today otherwise than in...
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2006; Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
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Order! It being 10.30 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Communism (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak in the adjournment debate about the influence of communism in Australian society today. This is a topic that has receded greatly in importance since the end of the Cold...
- Gurindji Freedom Day (1 speech)
I rise this evening because I want to put on record the activities that happened at Kalkarindji on 18 and 19 August. So very few opportunities arise in these chambers to champion some of the more...
- Australian Delegation to the People’s Republic of China (1 speech)
Firstly, I seek leave to table my report on the 15th Australian delegation to the People’s Republic of China on behalf of the Australian Political Exchange Council. Leave granted. I was...
- World Mental Health Day (1 speech)
This week is National Mental Health Week. In fact today—and it is still today, just—is World Mental Health Day. It was with a great deal of pleasure that I attended the launch of...
- Risdon Vale Volunteer Fire Brigade (2 speeches)
On Saturday, 16 September this year, I spent the afternoon with some wonderful Tasmanians, the men and women of the Risdon Vale Volunteer Fire Brigade. Risdon Vale is a small community with a...
- Tree of Knowledge (1 speech)
Earlier this month, around 3 October, media reports in Queensland and actually across the world announced that the Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine was officially dead. That was a particularly...
- Australian Political Parties for Democracy (1 speech)
I seek leave to speak for 20 minutes. Leave granted. Tonight I want to take the opportunity to speak about the Australian Labor Party’s participation in the Australian Political Parties for...
- Climate Change: Torres Strait (1 speech)
I seek leave to speak for 20 minutes. Leave granted. I welcome this week’s release of the CSIRO report Climate change in the Asia-Pacific region, commissioned by the Climate Change and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following government documents were tabled: Australian Bureau of Statistics—Report for 2005-06. Australian Electoral Commission—Report for 2005-06. Australian Film, Television and...
