Senate debates
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
- President (0 speeches)
- Election (27 speeches)
The Clerk: Senators, I lay on the table a letter from Senator the Hon. Paul Calvert to His Excellency the Governor-General, resigning from the office of President of the Senate. The letter was...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Uranium Exports (4 speeches)
Congratulations, Mr President, on your election to the office of President of the Senate. My question is directed to Senator Coonan, the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I...
- Housing Affordability (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. Is the minister aware of proposals to reduce the cost of rental accommodation? What is the government’s...
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister confirm that in the three years between 2002 and 2005 the government spent a total of $311...
- Kyoto Protocol (5 speeches)
Thank you, Mr President. I congratulate you on your election to the esteemed position which you now hold. In doing so, as a fellow South Australian I acknowledge that, for today at least, you...
- Renewable Energy (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Is the minister aware that the Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading...
- Child Protection (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Johnston. Can the minister advise the Senate what new initiatives have been developed by the government to protect Australian...
- Tasmanian Pulp Mill (16 speeches)
I ask the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, who in his last answer called for practical, well thought out solutions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, how on earth this...
- 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 United Kingdom, led by the Rt Hon. Kevin Barron MP. On behalf of all...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (2 speeches)
Mr President, I congratulate you and welcome you to your position as President. My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. Will the...
- Sports Facility Funding (15 speeches)
My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister for the Arts and Sport. Can the minister indicate when his department first became aware of the government’s commitment to fund both a new...
- Queensland Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. I remind the minister that in 2005 a regional agreement was adopted in Far North Queensland...
- Broadband (5 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer the minister to an article in the Courier Mail newspaper on 30 July regarding small...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (6 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. Again today we saw the Howard government’s scepticism when it...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: A petition has been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Pursuant to notice given on the last day of sitting, I now withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1, standing in the name of Senator Watson, for three sitting days after today.
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Marshall to move on the next day of sitting:That the time for the presentation of the report of the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee on the current level of...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators for personal reasons: Senator Ronaldson for the period 13 August to 17 August and Senator Troeth for the period...
- 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 Faulkner for today, proposing the reference of a matter to the...
- National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to create incentives and a market for energy savings, which are additional to energy efficiency activities set by minimum energy...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table the explanatory memorandum 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. The speech read as...
- Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Bartlett, Murray and Stott Despoja, move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to implement the recommendations of the Human Rights and Equal...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table the explanatory memorandum 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. The speech read as...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Same-Sex Couples (1 speech)
by leave—I table a petition from 25,928 citizens calling for the same legal rights for same-sex couples as for de facto couples. This petition is not in conformity with the standing...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate:(a)notes with grave concern:(i)the deteriorating state of conservation in the five World Heritage sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including the...
- Alcohol Abuse (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:(1)That the Senate, noting concern in the community at the abuse of alcohol, asks that the Government refer the following matter to an appropriate body or a specially-established task...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I have been informed that the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources has taken notice of the Dr Stuart Godfrey report. I therefore withdraw general business notice of motion No. 862.
- Russia (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)growing concern about the deteriorating state of human rights, democracy, freedom of expression and the rights of civil society in the Russian Federation...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
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: Water Bill 2007 Water...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Responses to Senate Resolutions (1 speech)
I present a response from the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Mr Andrews) to a resolution of the Senate of 19 June 2007 concerning the human rights of children.
- Department of the Senate: Travel (1 speech)
I table documents providing details of travelling allowance payments made by the Department of the Senate to senators and members during the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, and travel...
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008 (0 speeches)
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007; Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-Disclosure Tax) Bill (No. 1) 2007; Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-Disclosure Tax) Bill (No. 2) 2007; Judges' Pensions Amendment Bill 2007 (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— TAX LAWS AMENDMENT...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE PAYMENT REFORM) BILL 2007; NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE BILL 2007; FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (26 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 August, on motion by Senator Scullion: That these bills be now read a second time. upon which Senator Chris Evans moved in respect of the Social Security and Other...
- In Committee (184 speeches)
I understand that a running sheet has been circulated for the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007. We will deal with that bill first.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 11 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Boag’s Brewery (1 speech)
Who is James Boag? This is the question posed over recent years through an innovative series of advertisements and through which the Boag’s brand of beer products has greatly raised its...
- P&O; Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat; Qantas (1 speech)
On this your first long night presiding over the Senate, can I add my congratulations to you, Mr President. Last week I attended the National Tourism Alliance annual dinner here in Parliament...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: Civil Aviation Act—Civil Aviation Safety Regulations—Airworthiness Directives—Part 105— AD/BELL 206/167 Amdt...
