Senate debates
Thursday, 13 September 2007
- Petitions (0 speeches)
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The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Siewert to move on the next day of sitting: That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 30 June 2008:Evaluation of the effectiveness...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the following government business orders of the day be considered from 12.45 pm till not later than 2 pm today: No. 7 Maritime Legislation Amendment...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 897 standing in the name of Senator Bartlett for today, relating to National Child Protection Week, postponed...
- Lands Acquisition Legislation Amendment Bill 2007; Communications Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Colbeck and Senator Coonan, I move: That the following bills be introduced:A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to lands acquisition, and for related...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table the explanatory memoranda relating to the bills and move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That:(a)the government business orders of the day relating to the Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007 and two related bills and the Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5)...
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Works (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the Senate approves the proposal by the National Capital Authority for capital works within the Parliamentary Zone, to...
- Workplace Relations (Guaranteeing Paid Maternity Leave) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to guarantee paid maternity leave, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I move: That this bill may proceed without...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table the explanatory memorandum and to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as...
- Tarkine Wilderness (0 speeches)
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I move: That the Senate—(a)acknowledges the World Heritage significance of the Tarkine wilderness in the north-west of Tasmania;(b)notes that a nomination for the Tarkine to be listed on...
- North America’S Western Climate Initiative (0 speeches)
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At the request of Senator Allison, I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico and British Columbia, as part of North America’s Western...
- Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move:That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to provide for ex gratia payments to be made to the stolen generation of Aboriginal children, and for related purposes. Question...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table the explanatory memorandum and to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as...
- New South Wales Electricity Industry (0 speeches)
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I note for the Senate that my partner works in the New South Wales electricity industry. I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)the New South Wales Government is openly canvassing the...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Disability Assistance) 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— SYDNEY HARBOUR...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bill and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007; Corporations (National Guarantee Fund Levies) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table revised explanatory memoranda relating to the bills and move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 September, on motion by Senator Scullion: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Senator Lundy moved by way of amendment: At the end of the motion, add...
- Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 16 August, on motion by Senator Ellison: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- International Trade Integrity Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 August, on motion by Senator Abetz: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 September, on motion by Senator Johnston: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007; Corporations (National Guarantee Fund Levies) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bills passed through their remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation and Review) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 August, on motion by Senator Abetz: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 August, on motion by Senator Abetz: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 August, on motion by Senator Abetz: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Ohs) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 September, on motion by Senator Johnston: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate. Sitting suspended from 1.56 pm to 2 pm
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Is the minister aware that Australians now owe a total of $40.8 billion on credit cards? Doesn’t this mean...
- Public Sector Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. Will the minister inform the Senate of today’s figures concerning public sector employment in Australia? What...
- Housing Affordability (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Scullion, the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Is the minister aware that families now need to earn $148,000 a...
- Internet Content (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. I know that the minister travelled around Australia last week promoting the aims of Child...
- Broadband (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Does the minister recall admitting yesterday that the placement of the 1,361 OPEL towers had...
- Mental Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Community Services, Senator Scullion. Will the minister update the Senate on the programs delivered by the Australian government that are assisting people with...
- Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Minister, I draw your attention to comments made by Senator Minchin last year that...
- Forest Industry (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Abetz. Could the minister inform the Senate how Australia’s, and in particular Tasmania’s, forestry...
- Skilled Migration (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Is the minister aware that under the 457 visa program employers are not under any...
- Dr Abdel Bari Atwan (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, the Minister representing the Attorney-General and the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Minister, why has ASIO delayed its security assessment of the...
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Does the minister recall that in 2005, following the Cornelia Rau and Vivian Solon...
- Equine Influenza (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Ellison. Will the minister advise the Senate of action being taken by the Australian government, and specifically Centrelink, to assist...
- Australian Federal Police (5 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Johnston, the Minister for Justice and Customs. Can the minister confirm that the Australian Federal Police are now paying $5 million a year in rent for new...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked today. I do so with particular attention paid to answers given by Senator Minchin and Senator...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Responses to Senate Resolutions (1 speech)
I present a response from the Premier of Victoria, Mr Brumby, to a resolution of the Senate of 13 June 2007 concerning the Kerang train disaster.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee; Report (1 speech)
I have a very brief oral report to make to the Senate on behalf of the Senate Standing Committee of Privileges on the subject of unauthorised disclosure of committee proceedings. A sessional...
- Australian Crime Commission Committee; Report: Government Response (1 speech)
I seek leave to take note of the government response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission supplementary report to the report entitled Inquiry into the...
- Australia’S Manufacturing Sector (0 speeches)
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I move: That the Senate: (a)acknowledges the critical place of manufacturing in the Australian economy, particularly its contribution to business research and development, innovation and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Consideration (0 speeches)
Orders of the day relating to reports of the Auditor-General were called on but no motion was moved.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! There being no further consideration of committee reports, government responses and Auditor-General’s reports, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Citizenship (1 speech)
The topic of citizenship was high on the Senate’s agenda earlier this week and I would like to highlight a number of anniversaries and observances about to occur that are related to...
- National Close the Gap Day (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to bring to the attention of the Senate some innovative measures helping to improve the health and wellbeing of young Indigenous Australians. Before I do that I would like to...
- Television Captioning (1 speech)
The government, through the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, announced this week that it will be establishing an inquiry to investigate...
- Queensland Labor Party (1 speech)
It is late in the day, late in the week, late in this session of parliament and, indeed, late in the term of this parliament of Australia. There have been a lot of important issues discussed by...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Indexed Lists of Files (0 speeches)
The following document was tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 30 May 1996, as amended: Indexed lists of departmental and agency files for the period 1 January to 30 June...
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: [Legislative instruments are identified by a Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) number] Civil Aviation Act— Civil Aviation...
