Senate debates
Thursday, 7 December 2006
- Petitions (0 speeches)
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The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senators Siewert and Milne to move on the next day of sitting:(1)That the Senate notes:(a)the recommendation of the Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change to ‘Build national...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 15th report of 2006 of the Selection of Bills Committee. Ordered that the report be adopted. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (5 speeches)
by leave—On behalf of the chairs of the relevant committees, I move: That the presentation of the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee on Australia’s...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
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by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator George Campbell for 6 December and 7 December 2006, for medical reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of Senator Carr for today, proposing the reference of a matter to the Community...
- MR David Hicks (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)9 December 2006 marks the 5th anniversary of the capture of Mr David Hicks in Afghanistan by the Northern Alliance, and(ii)Mr Hicks is yet to be...
- Cigarettes and Bushfire Risk (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the resolution of the Ministerial Council of Police and Emergency Management on 17 November 2006 to request that the Treasurer (Mr Costello) introduce a...
- Weed Eradication (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the opening address by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator Abetz) to the 15th Australian Weeds Conference in September 2006 in...
- MR David Hicks (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that 9 December 2006 will mark 5 years since Mr David Hicks was detained; and(b)calls on the Government to ensure that Mr Hicks receives a fair trial....
- Nuclear Nonproliferation (0 speeches)
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Before I move the motion, I seek leave to table statements by Kofi Annan and Nobel Prize winners which I have previously handed to the whips. Leave granted. I table the statements and I move:That...
- Old Growth Forests (0 speeches)
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I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, no later than 4 pm on 7 February 2007, all correspondence, including e-mails and file notes of...
- Wetlands and Floodplains (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)important wetlands and floodplain areas in the Murray-Darling Basin face the threat of irretrievable ecological damage as a result of river...
- Iraq (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate—(a)notes recent statements by the United States Secretary of Defense, Mr Robert Gates, regarding the failure of Coalition forces in Iraq; and(b)calls on the...
- Festive Season (0 speeches)
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It gives me great pleasure to move:That the Senate wishes all Australians this season’s greetings and a happy New Year. Question agreed to. I might just note that that is the only motion I...
- Pregnancy Counselling (Truth in Advertising) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Troeth, Senator Nettle and Senator Carol Brown, move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to prohibit misleading or deceptive advertising or...
- 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...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
I move:That—(1)The days of meeting of the Senate for 2007 be as follows:Autumn sittings:Tuesday, 6 February to Thursday, 8 FebruaryMonday, 26 February to Thursday, 1 MarchTuesday, 20 March...
- Removal of Recognition of Us Military Commissions (David Hicks) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Brown, move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to remove recognition of the US Military Commissions, intended to try Australian citizen...
- 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...
- Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
At the request of the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958, and for related...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee, Senator Troeth, I present additional information received by the committee as listed at item 7 on...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Review of Australia-New Zealand trade and investment relations, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and...
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present report No. 82, Agreement between Australia and Cambodia concerning the transfer of sentenced persons. I move: That the Senate take...
- Electoral and Referendum Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Marking of Plastic Explosives) 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— ELECTORAL AND...
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee; Report (2 speeches)
I present the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Blue water ships: consolidating past achievements, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee; Report (6 speeches)
I present the report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Unfinished business: Indigenous stolen wages, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (7 speeches)
I move:(1)That the time allotted for consideration of the following bills be as follows: Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006 1 hour Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Bill 2006 1 hour ...
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (16 speeches)
Debate resumed from 6 December, on motion by Senator Ellison: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (7 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 6 December, on motion by Senator Ian Campbell: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (3 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.
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006; Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 November, on motion by Senator Colbeck: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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by leave—I inform the Senate that Senator Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts will be absent from question time today. Senator Coonan is in Adelaide...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Biological Agent: Indonesian Embassy (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, the Minister for Justice and Customs. I refer the minister to the incident where the Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs used the term...
- Victorian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to Senator Kemp representing the Minister for Human Services. Will the minister inform the Senate what action the Australian government is taking to assist people affected by the...
- Biological Agent: Indonesian Embassy (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, the Minister for Justice and Customs. It follows up on the question from Senator Ludwig. Did the Prime Minister say at the time that the sending of a powder to...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. Will the minister inform the Senate of the economic challenges faced by the government in 2006 and the steps taken...
- Immigration Detention Centres (20 speeches)
My question is to Senator Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Can the minister confirm that the Ombudsman’s report on Mr G a mentally ill Australian resident,...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware of the existence of any extreme and ideologically driven industrial...
- Trade Practices Act (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer. Minister, when will the government be honouring its commitment to strengthen section 46 of the Trade Practices Act to protect small...
- Illegal Fishing (2 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Ian Campbell, the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. Will the minister advise the Senate of how the government is protecting Australia’s...
- Immigration Detention Centres (11 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Vanstone, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. I again refer her to the Ombudsman’s report of yesterday where it reveals that officers...
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My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Minchin, and it relates to the Prime Minister’s 2004 election promise to protect 18,700 hectares of old-growth forest...
- Weed Eradication (19 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation. Can the minister confirm that weeds cost the agriculture industry $4 billion annually and that weed control...
- Arts and Sport Policy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Kemp.
- Aged Care: Rosanna Views Residential Aged Care Facility (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Ageing, Senator Santoro. Can the minister confirm that the family of a resident at Rosanna Views nursing home in Melbourne lodged complaints about the care of...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Trade Practices Act (1 speech)
Mr President, I would like to add to an answer to a question from Senator Fielding in question time today. In October this year the parliament passed the Trade Practices Legislation Amendment...
- Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Question Nos 2523 to 2543 (22 speeches)
Mr President, I draw your attention to the failure of ministers to answer questions on notice Nos 2523 to 2543. I refer first to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. Let me be plain about this. The minister for justice was asked...
- Environment: Tasmania (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator Minchin) to a question without notice asked by Senator Milne today relating to the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 14 of 2006-07 (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following report of the Auditor-General: Report No. 14 of 2006-07—Performance audit: regulation of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
I table five government documents, as follows: Parliamentarians’ travel paid by the Department of Finance and Administration for the period January to June 2006 Former...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee; Extension of Time (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of the Chair of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, Senator Heffernan, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Rural and...
- Economics Committee; Report (8 speeches)
I present the Economics Committee report Petrol prices in Australia, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee. Ordered that the report be printed....
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2006; 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; Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006; Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme — New Formula and Other Measures) Bill 2006; Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Trans-Tasman Banking Supervision) Bill 2006; Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies and Disasters) Bill 2006; Inspector of Transport Security Bill 2006; Inspector of Transport Security (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2006; Judiciary Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Bill 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.
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006; Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- In Committee (23 speeches)
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bills read a third time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (18 speeches)
by leave—At the request of the Chair of the Selection of Bills Committees, I present the 15th report of 2006 of the Selection of Bills Committee and move: That the report be adopted.
- Valedictory (0 speeches)
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I only have two minutes in which to take the opportunity to make some remarks at this, the end of yet another productive, interesting year in the Senate—and, indeed, it is my first time in...
- Customs Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 November, on motion by Senator Colbeck: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (32 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 5 December.
- Third Reading (12 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
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Order! It being 10.37 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- International Diabetes Federation (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure that I stand tonight to congratulate Professor Martin Silink, the newly elected President of the International Diabetes Federation. Martin Silink is a paediatrician from...
- Valedictory; Committee Reports; Environment and Heritage Legislation (1 speech)
In my final speech for the year I want to cover a few issues that were raised during the course of this week in the parliament and in documents tabled in the parliament. I also want to make a few...
- Australian Industries (7 speeches)
Tonight I want to highlight the importance of innovation for Australian industries. Earlier this week Mr Kevin Rudd was elected Leader of the Opposition. In his ‘fork in the road’...
- 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] Chemical Weapons (Prohibition)...
