Senate debates
Monday, 17 September 2007
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Senator Nettle, by letter dated 13 September 2007, has raised a matter of privilege under standing order 81. The matter of privilege relates to seemingly inconsistent answers given by...
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 September, on motion by Senator Coonan: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Senator Stephens moved by way of amendment: At the end of the motion, add...
- In Committee (28 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Scullion, representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Is the minister aware that recent interest rate hikes are one of the key...
- Farms (2 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Eric Abetz. Will the minister update the Senate on the current drought situation? How is...
- Cost of Living (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, since the 2004 election, working...
- Hospitals (2 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ellison, the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister advise the Senate of new initiatives to deliver hospital based training for...
- Advertising Campaigns (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. I refer the minister to the letter to Australian nurses from Mr Hockey published in...
- Skills Shortages (11 speeches)
My question is to my distinguished colleague from Queensland Senator Brandis in his capacity as the Minister representing the Minister for Vocational and Further Education. Will the minister...
- Iraq (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I draw his attention to my statement to the Senate on 4 February 2003 regarding the Iraq war: This is not Australia’s war....
- Telstra (21 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. As the minister is aware, the continuation of reliable mobile phone coverage is an...
- Advertising Campaigns (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. I refer the minister to the government’s $23 million taxpayer funded climate...
- Veterans’ Affairs (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs. Has the minister seen the report of the UK study this week that shows that the veterans who were forced to...
- Broadband (11 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer to the letters that the minister has sent to 500,000 Australians explaining that...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship (1 speech)
Senator Ludwig asked me some questions on the Systems for People program in the Department of Immigration and Citizenship last Thursday, 13 September 2007. I undertook to get back with further...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates; Cost of Living (22 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Community Services (Senator Scullion) to questions without notice asked by Senators Sherry and Hurley today relating to...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
Senator Watson to move on the next day of sitting: That the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, 19...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Forshaw for the period 17 September to 6 December 2007 inclusive, on account of absence due to parliamentary business overseas....
- 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...
- Unauthorised Disclosure of Committee Proceedings (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the sessional order adopted on 6 October 2005 in relation to the unauthorised disclosure of committee proceedings operate as an order of continuing effect. Question agreed to.
- Proposed Pulp Mill (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I move: That the Senate calls for approval of the pulp mill proposed by Gunns Limited to be subject to all environmental considerations being fully satisfied. Question put.
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Health (10 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter, dated 17 September 2007, from Senator Siewert: Dear Mr President, Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 132nd report of the Committee of Privileges, entitled Persons referred to in the Senate: Mr Chalid Muhammad and Mr Nurkholis on behalf of staff of the Indonesian Forum for...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the report of the committee entitled Review of certain aspects of the administration of the Australian Electoral...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Delegation to Canada and Germany (2 speeches)
by leave—I present the report of the Australian parliamentary delegation to Canada and Germany, which took place from 14 to 28 April 2007. I seek leave to move a motion to take note of the...
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- 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. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— The Superannuation...
- Australian Postal Corporation Amendment (Quarantine Inspection and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Amendment (Alcohol) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee; Reference (11 speeches)
I move: That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee for inquiry and report by 3 December 2007: The Australia-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement...
- Economics Committee; Report (2 speeches)
I present an interim report of the Standing Committee on Economics concerning the inquiries into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 2 (Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007)....
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 13 September.
- In Committee (36 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (6 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Heiner Affair and Lindeberg Grievance (9 speeches)
I would like to read two letters onto the record tonight. The first letter is from the Hon. Jack Lee AO QC, Retired Chief Judge at Common Law Supreme Court of New South Wales; co-signed by Dr...
- Hasluck Leadership Award (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to provide the Senate with an overview of a great initiative by of one of my Western Australian colleagues in his electorate. The member for Hasluck, Stuart Henry MP, has...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to speak in the adjournment debate tonight about the challenges that we face in aged care in Australia. It was my good fortune today to address the Aged and Community...
- Heiner Affair and Lindeberg Grievance (6 speeches)
I call Senator Boswell.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Indexed Lists of Files (0 speeches)
The following documents were 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...
- 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 2006-07—Letter of advice—Department of Defence.
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: [Legislative instruments are identified by a Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) number] Aged Care Act—Residential Care...
