Senate debates
Thursday, 12 October 2006
- Nuclear Weapons (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes the resolution of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, on 10 September 2006 in Helsinki, calling for:(i)relevant governments to...
- Indigenous Affairs (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)Australia was occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who had settled on the continent for many thousands of years before British...
- World Sight Day (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that 12 October 2006 is World Sight Day;(b)recognises that approximately 500 000 Australians are blind or have low vision;(c)acknowledges that with...
- Nuclear Nonproliferation (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the deteriorating security situation in North Asia following North Korea’s nuclear test,(ii)that India is not a signatory to the Nuclear...
- Weedbuster Week (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)the second week in October is National Weedbuster Week,(ii)weeds seriously deplete biodiversity and cost the Australian economy approximately $4...
- Willem Zonggonau (0 speeches)
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That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the recent death of West Papuan politician Willem Zonggonau while visiting Australia,(ii)that Mr Zonggonau was a member of the Papuan legislature and Indonesian...
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Enabling Permanent Protection) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- 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 and to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave...
- Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006; Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- 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— MEDICAL INDEMNITY...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (16 speeches)
I wish to speak to the motion. Again we see this government move a guillotine. Why? Because of this government’s incompetence to manage the legislative program and the incompetence of the...
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2006; Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2006; Communications Legislation Amendment (Enforcement Powers) Bill 2006; Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (116 speeches)
I do not want to speak for long in this first part of the committee stage. Suffice it to say and to repeat for the third time that I also was concerned at the constrained nature of the committee...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ian Campbell, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. Is the minister aware of growing acceptance in the corporate world about the need for a carbon-trading...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. Will the minister inform the Senate of recent indications as to the strength of the Australian economy, and in...
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell. Is the minister aware that the Photovoltaic Rebate Program has been responsible for helping families in...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Abetz. Will the minister update the Senate on the latest employment figures? What do these...
- Crocodile Safari Hunting (5 speeches)
My question is to Senator Campbell, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. I refer the minister to his decision to block the establishment of a crocodile safari hunting industry in the...
- Employment (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Vanstone, representing the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Will the minister inform the Senate how...
- Stem Cell Research (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Senator Minchin. Minister, your government has committed more than 100 million taxpayer dollars to...
- Fisheries (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs. The minister, Senator Abetz and, indeed, all senators will be very proud of the work that the Customs marine officers and the Australian...
- Housing (4 speeches)
My question without notice is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I again refer the minister to the growing community concern that young Australian families now find...
- Environment: Kyoto Protocol (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Campbell. Given the government’s emphatic statements over its term of office that Australia will meet its very...
- Skilled Migration (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Vanstone. Can the minister explain what powers she has under migration law to approve labour agreements that...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Environment and Heritage (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage (Senator Ian Campbell) to questions without notice asked today. Today we heard from Senator Ian...
- Crocodile Safari Hunting (3 speeches)
I had to laugh then. It is not often you get a laugh during this part of the day on a Thursday afternoon in a take note of answers debate, not even on the issue of broadcasting legislation....
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Skills for the Future (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Minister representing the Prime Minister, I table a statement on Skills for the Future.
- Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies and Disasters) 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 Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies...
- Sexuality and Gender Identity Discrimination Bill 2003 [2004] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
The Sexuality and Gender Identity Discrimination Bill 2003 [2004], as the date suggests, was introduced in 2003, but in reality it has been around in one form or another since it was introduce by...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Torres Strait Regional Authority (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Torres Strait Regional Authority annual report for 2004-05. Last Tuesday night I made a speech in the chamber about climate change and how that will affect the Torres...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2 speeches)
I rise to take note of the report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner for 2004-05. This report again highlights the very significant health issues facing the...
- Australian Law Reform Commission (6 speeches)
Labor welcomes this important report by the Australian Law Reform Commission on Australia’s sedition law. Few would disagree with the words of Irene Carr, Secretary General of Amnesty...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Migration Committee; Report (1 speech)
As deputy chair of the Migration Committee, I was involved in the preparation of the report Negotiating the maze: review of arrangements for overseas skills recognition, upgrading and licensing....
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Report (1 speech)
I would like to speak to the interim report of the now defunct Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee inquiry into water policy initiatives. I should emphasise that...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (1 speech)
I rise to speak on report No. 11, Funding and disclosure: inquiry into disclosure of donations to political parties and candidates, by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters. We have...
- Community Affairs References Committee; Report (1 speech)
I would like to speak briefly to document No. 9, which is the report called Beyond petrol sniffing: renewing hope for Indigenous communities. This report was tabled some time ago now, and it has...
- Mental Health Committee; Report (1 speech)
I rise to take note of report No. 13, the first report of the Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health: from crisis to community. As I have mentioned in the...
- Legal and Constitutional References Committee; Report (1 speech)
This report by the now defunct Legal and Constitutional References Committee is entitled Administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958. The inquiry was initiated on a motion of mine, so...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- AFL Radio Broadcast Rights (1 speech)
I rise this evening on an issue relating to the AFL radio broadcast rights. The AFL are currently in negotiations with the major players and are soon to settle as to who will gain the rights and...
- Mental Health Week (1 speech)
Yesterday the Senate agreed to a motion moved by Senator Stephens which acknowledged this week is Mental Health Week in Australia and that 10 October was World Mental Health Day. Mental Health...
- Middle East (1 speech)
At the outset, I seek leave to table a petitioning document which is not in the correct form. Leave granted. The petitioning document was handed to me at a rally in Brisbane some time back with...
