Senate debates
Monday, 27 November 2006
- Absence of the President (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Pursuant to standing order 13, I advise the Senate that the President is temporarily absent today attending the funeral service for former President of the Senate Sir Harold Young....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (23 speeches)
I move:That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered during this period of sittings: Anti-Money Laundering...
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 5 September, on motion by Senator Vanstone: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Energy (7 speeches)
My question without notice is to Senator Ian Campbell, Minister for the Environment and Heritage. Can the minister confirm that he believes that the federal government, through its use of the...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Campbell. Will the minister advise the Senate of the action the Australian government is taking to address global climate...
- Nuclear Energy (4 speeches)
My question today is to Senator Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, representing the Prime Minister. Is the minister aware that the nuclear inquiry report states that if nuclear...
- Digital Television (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. Will the minister update the Senate on the digital action plan?
- Oil for Food Program (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Can the minister confirm that AusAID took over an AWB Iraq contract on the eve of the invasion of...
- Telstra (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. Will the minister update the Senate on the success of the Telstra 3 share offer?
- Iraq (9 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the comments of former key tactical planner for the Special Air Service, Peter Tinley, that the Iraq...
- Forestry (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Eric Abetz. What are the implications for the timber industry of Saturday’s election?
- Ms Schapelle Corby (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs. I refer the minister to comments attributed to his spokesman at the weekend that profits from the sale of Schapelle...
- Nuclear Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ian Campbell, Minister for the Environment and Heritage. Minister, the frequently asked questions section of the Switkowski review report says: Nuclear power supplies...
- Aged Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing, Senator Santoro. Can the minister confirm media reports that eight residents at the Jindalee Nursing Home in Canberra have died as a result of a recent...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is also to Senator Santoro as the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister adviser the Senate how the government is strengthening the...
- Broadband (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer the minister to remarks by Rupert Murdoch that broadband in Australia is ‘a...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Customs (1 speech)
I undertook on 7 November in an answer to Senator Ray to table any further information I could. I table a further statement and seek leave to incorporate it. Leave granted. The document read as...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Energy; Climate Change (15 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage (Senator Ian Campbell) and the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator Minchin) to...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hon. Sir Harold William Young, KCMG (6 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 21 November 2006 of the Hon. Sir Harold William Young, KCMG, President of the Senate from 1981 to 1983 and senator for the state of...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: A petition has been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (3 speeches)
Senator Allison to move on the next day of sitting:That the Senate—(a)notes that the undersigned Members of the European Parliament recently returned from a fact finding mission to Israel...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Conroy for the period 27 November to 7 December 2006 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 608 standing in the name of Senator Nettle for today, relating to water resources of the Murray-Darling...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That the following matter be referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties for inquiry and report by 15 February 2007:The new security treaty with Indonesia, with particular...
- Newcastle City Council (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate supports the following resolution of Newcastle City Council:Newcastle City Council recognises the urgent need to protect local and global environments from increasing...
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority (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 3.30 pm on Wednesday, 29 November 2006, a copy of:(a)the...
- Mexico: Protests (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the tragic shooting of two protesters and one journalist by gunmen participating in the attack on striking teachers and their supporters in the City of...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Oil for Food Program (15 speeches)
On behalf of the Attorney-General, I table a statement on the Report of the inquiry into certain Australian companies in relation to the United Nations Oil-For-Food Programme, together with the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166, I present the following documents which were presented to the Deputy President and temporary chairs of committees since the Senate last sat. In accordance...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Senator Humphries, I present further additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into legislative...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2006; Financial Transaction Reports Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from His Excellency the Governor-General was reported informing the Senate that he had assented to the bills.
- Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (2006 Measures No. 1) Bill 2006; Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (2006 Measures No. 2) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 14 September, on motion by Senator Sandy Macdonald: That these bills be now read a second time.
- In Committee (10 speeches)
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.
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 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:...
- In Committee (5 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Athol Park (1 speech)
Last week I considered myself fortunate to share with an Adelaide community the celebration of their very hard work. I was in Athol Park, a suburb in the north-west of Adelaide. It is a suburb of...
- White Ribbon Day (1 speech)
Saturday, 25 November was White Ribbon Day, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The United Nation’s Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women...
- Queensland Dams (4 speeches)
I would like to speak tonight, as I have a few times in the past, about the two major dams proposed in south-east Queensland by the Beattie Labor government. A lot of attention, quite...
- Sir Harold William Young (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to pay tribute to the life and work of the Hon. Sir Harold William Young, KCMG, President of the Senate from 1981 to 1983 and a senator for South Australia from 1968 to 1983....
- 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] Acts Interpretation Act and Environment...
- Departmental and Agency Contracts (0 speeches)
The following document was tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 20 June 2001, as amended: Departmental and agency contracts for 2005-06—Letter of advice—Department of Health...
