Senate debates
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
- Representation of Victoria (0 speeches)
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I inform the Senate that Senator Robert Ray resigned his place as a senator for the state of Victoria on 5 May 2008. Pursuant to the provisions of section 21 of the Constitution, the Governor of...
- Senators Sworn (0 speeches)
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Senator Jacinta Collins made and subscribed the oath of allegiance.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the hours of meeting for Tuesday, 13 May 2008 be from 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm and 8 pm to adjournment, and for Thursday, 15 May 2008 be from 9.30 am to 6 pm and 8 pm to...
- Senator Robert Ray: Retirement (0 speeches)
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Before I commence I would like to acknowledge the return of Senator Jacinta Collins. It is very good to see her back, and I congratulate her on her election to the Senate. Jacinta Collins was a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Burma (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Faulkner, representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Given the devastating events in Burma which have left over 1.5 million Burmese homeless and resulted in a death...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. Can the minister outline for the Senate the major economic challenges facing Australia and what role fiscal policy will...
- Medicare (18 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ludwig, the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. Minister, when exactly before the election did the Labor Party advise the Australian people that...
- Water (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Can the minister outline to the Senate the details of the government’s Water for the Future plan? Can the minister...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Ludwig. Will the minister guarantee that no Australian will have to wait even longer for public hospital...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the President’s gallery of a delegation from the Australian Political Exchange Council from New Zealand, led by Ms...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I note for the record that the minister did not give a commitment that no-one would have to wait longer for public hospital treatment, which is...
- Internet Filtering (4 speeches)
Mr President, my question is to you. I refer to the decision made last month to filter websites used by senators and their staff. Is the occurrence of the problem with senators looking up...
- Budget (27 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Ludwig. In light of the recent statement about changes to the Medicare surcharge policy, can the minister inform the...
- Disaster Assistance (4 speeches)
My question goes to Senator Evans, representing the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister in government give consideration to establishing a global disaster coordination centre in Australia to...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Internet Filtering (3 speeches)
I have further information in response to Senator Allison’s question but I must firstly say that I did say during my answer that it was the Procedure Committee when it was the...
- Unparliamentary Language (3 speeches)
On 20 March 2008 Senator Abetz asked that I consider whether remarks allegedly made by Senator Carr, before he began to answer the question asked of him by Senator Lightfoot during question time,...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr President, I seek leave to make a short personal explanation with respect to your statement concerning the Appropriations and Staffing Committee. Leave granted. I thank the President and the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Human Services (Senator Ludwig) to questions without notice asked today. Today we have seen what I think could only be...
- Internet Filtering (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the President to a question without notice asked by Senator Allison today relating to the parliamentary computer network and Internet...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Lobbying Code of Conduct and Register of Lobbyists (5 speeches)
I seek leave to make a statement relating to the Lobbying Code of Conduct and Register of Lobbyists. Leave granted. On 6 December 2007, when the Prime Minister released the ‘Standards of...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Lance Corporal Jason Marks (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate records its deep regret at the death of Lance Corporal Jason Marks while on a combat operation in Afghanistan andplaces on record its appreciation of his...
- Ms Ruth Nancy Coleman (8 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 27 March 2008 of Ruth Nancy Coleman, a senator for Western Australia from 1974 to 1987.
- Hon. John Norman Button (11 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 8 April 2008, of Senator the Hon. John Norman Button, a senator for the state of Victoria from 1974 to 1993. I call the Leader of...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
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The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Allison to move on the next day of sitting:That the Senate—(a) notes the findings of the Court of Appeal in overturning a decision of the Victorian Civil and...
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of the Leader of The Nationals in the Senate (Senator Scullion) for today,...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Regional Development Australia (4 speeches)
I table a statement by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Mr Albanese, and I seek leave to incorporate the statement in Hansard. Leave...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166, I present documents as listed below which were presented to the President, the Deputy President and Temporary Chairmen of Committees since the Senate last...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Extension of Time (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of the Chair of the Economics Committee, Senator Hurley, I move: That the final report of the Economics Committee on Australia’s mandatory last home warranty...
- Community Affairs Committee; Extension of Time (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of the Chair of the Community Affairs Committee, Senator Moore, I move: That the final report of the Community Affairs Committee on the provisions of the Families,...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Statement and Documents (1 speech)
I table the following documents: Budget speech 2008-09—Statement by the Treasurer (Mr Swan), dated 13 May 2008. Budget papers— No. 1—Budget strategy and outlook 2008-09....
- Proposed Expenditure; Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
I table particulars of proposed expenditure as follows: Particulars of proposed expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2009. Particulars of certain proposed expenditure in...
- Portfolio Budget Statements (2 speeches)
On behalf of the President, I table the portfolio budget statements for 2008-09 for the Department of the Senate and the Department of Parliamentary Services. Copies are available from the Senate...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
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Order! I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel (1 speech)
As many senators would be aware, this month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the birth of the state of Israel. This is a special occasion not only for Israel but also for the very close...
- Villers-Bretonneux Dawn Service (1 speech)
Budgets come and budgets go but today I want to talk about something that is far more important than budgets brought down annually by the Australian government—and that is to recognise the...
- Kokoda Campaign (3 speeches)
Tonight I advise the Senate that I had the pleasure and the honour of organising a group of 17 trekkers from Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT who walked the Kokoda Track in Papua...
- Pilbara Region (1 speech)
The Pilbara Area Consultative Committee recently held a conference in Karratha entitled ‘Riding the Boom’, designed to find solutions to the local problems created by the so-called...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following government documents were tabled: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner—Reports for 2007— Native title. Social justice. Australian Agency for...
- 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 July to 31 December...
