Senate debates
Thursday, 19 June 2008
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Stott Despoja to move on the next day of sitting:That the Senate—(a) notes that:(I) 19 June 2008, marks the 63rd birthday of Nobel laureate and leader of the democracy...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate not meet on Friday, 20 June 2008. The predominant reason for this motion is that the opposition have referred 11 bills, which we would have expected to deal...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 103 standing in the name of the Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) for today, relating to...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Heffernan for 18 June and 19 June 2008, for family reasons. Question agreed to.
- Poker Machine Harm Minimisation Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to provide for the regulation of poker machines to promote responsible gambling practices and minimise problem gambling, and for...
- 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— Governments in Australia...
- Pregnancy Counselling (Truth in Advertising) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Nettle, move:(1) That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect.(2) That the Pregnancy...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Control of Power Station Emissions) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to restrict approvals of new power stations to those operating within environmentally responsible emissions limits, and for...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table the explanatory memorandum and have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (3 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 119 standing in the names of Senators Ellison, Murray and Sandy Macdonald be taken as a formal motion.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Music Education (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Kemp, move:That the Senate—(a) recognises that there is a growing body of scientific research demonstrating that children who receive a...
- Iraq (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a) notes that:(i) despite the relative improvement in the security situation in Iraq, the Iraqi people continue to live in an atmosphere of...
- Zimbabwe (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Mr President, I return to notice of motion No. 119. The amended motion has now been circulated in the chamber. I seek leave to move the motion, as amended. Leave granted. At the request of...
- Marine Environment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Abetz, I move:That the Senate—(a) notes:(i) the devastating impact that marine pests have on our marine environment and valuable fisheries...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Committee; Report (8 speeches)
I present an interim report of the Community Affairs Committee on its inquiry into mental health services in Australia. I seek leave to give a notice of motion Leave granted. I give notice that,...
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present report No. 92 of the committee, Treaty tabled on 4 June 2008, andmove: That the Senate take note of the report. Report No. 92...
- Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 (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— EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL...
- Health Insurance (Dental Services) Amendment and Repeal Determination 2008 (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance (12 speeches)
I move: That the Health Insurance (Dental Services) Amendment and Repeal Determination 2008 made under section 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 be disallowed. The opposition has considered...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (10 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (9 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Quarantine Amendment (National Health Security) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 May, on motion by Senator Sherry: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of the following government business orders of the day: No. 15 Health Care (Appropriation) Amendment Bill...
- Health Care (Appropriation) Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Health Insurance Amendment (90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Bill 2008; Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bills passed through their remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business order of the day No. 9, the Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2008, be postponed to the next day of sitting. Question agreed to.
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Law Officers Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Content) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Farm Household Support Amendment (Additional Drought Assistance Measures) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (New Governance Arrangements for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and Other Matters) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Evans. How many parents will receive less childcare benefit from...
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Evans. I refer to the government’s announcement that from 1 July...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Sherry, representing the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Can the minister update the Senate on any major...
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is of the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Wong. Minister, in our home state of South Australia two days ago, 11,000 of the...
- Fuel Prices (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Sherry. I refer to the news today that Liberal MP and former Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce now supports...
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to section 13 of Labor’s National Employment...
- 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 National Assembly of Zambia, led by the Deputy Speaker, the Hon. Mutale...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling River System (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Can the minister please update the Senate on the most recent assessment of river health across the Murray-Darling Basin...
- Renewable Energy (22 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to her answer to the excellent question from Senator...
- Refugees (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans, and it relates to the practice of requiring refugees to pay for the cost of having been locked in detention. For...
- Murray-Darling River System (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, in her own right and also in her capacity as the Minister representing the Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I was...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament; Zimbabwe (1 speech)
Yesterday, Senator Bartlett asked me a question regarding nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and Senator Sandy Macdonald asked me a question on Zimbabwe. I seek leave to incorporate two...
- Reproductive Health Funding (1 speech)
Earlier this week, Senator Allison asked a question of me, representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, regarding reproductive health funding. I seek leave to incorporate supplementary...
- Tasmania: Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Yesterday, Senator Bushby asked me a question in relation to Tasmanian rail freight services. I seek the leave to incorporate further information in Hansard. Leave granted. The answer read as...
- Defence Procurement (0 speeches)
- Return to Order (1 speech)
by leave—I am going to table a letter, dated 16 June 2008, from the Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP. Mr President, it is a letter addressed to you, as President of the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (13 speeches)
I move: That the order of consideration of government business orders of the day for the remainder of today be as follows: No. 14 Fisheries Legislation Amendment (New Governance...
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (New Governance Arrangements for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and Other Matters) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Quarantine Amendment (National Health Security) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (28 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009 (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— APPROPRIATION...
- Appropriation Bill (NO.5) 2007-2008; APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 6) 2007-2008 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (33 speeches)
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— APPROPRIATION BILL...
- Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008; Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (154 speeches)
WHEAT EXPORT MARKETING BILL 2008 Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (3 speeches)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question put.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of the government business order of the day relating to the Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2007-2008 and a related bill....
- Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2007-2008; Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2007-2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bills passed through their remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Election Commitments No. 1) Bill 2008; Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Bill 2008; Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Transitional) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 June, on motion by Senator Chris Evans: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bills passed through their remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order of the Senate of 17 June 2008 be varied to provide that:(a)on Monday, 23 June 2008, the hours of meeting shall be 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm, and 7 pm to 11.40 pm;...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Mr Crispin Beltran (1 speech)
I seek leave to incorporate my adjournment speech. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— I rise today to pay tribute to the life of an exceptional labour leader, political activist and...
- Meat and Livestock Australia (2 speeches)
I seek leave to incorporate an adjournment speech by Senator Watson on Meat and Livestock Australia. Leave granted.
- 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] Civil Aviation Act—Civil Aviation...
