Senate debates
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 78, and also pursuant to the undertaking I gave yesterday, I now give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, to withdraw the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business notice of motion no. 1 standing in his for today, relating to a rescission of the resolution of disallowance concerning the Health Insurance (Dental Services)...
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 September, on motion by Senator Carr: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (57 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. Will the minister advise the Senate whether the government or its agencies, including government superannuation and...
- Age Pension (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Can the minister confirm that, in addition to not raising the age pension to bring urgently needed relief, the Rudd...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. Can the minister update the Senate on the challenges facing the Australian economy in light of recent global...
- Family Court (16 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ludwig, the Minister representing the Attorney-General. Can the minister explain the delay in the release of the Semple report on the Family Court, which was originally...
- Population Policy (9 speeches)
My question without notice is to Senator Evans, representing the Prime Minister. Does the government have a population policy? Can the minister tell the Senate whether population growth is...
- 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 China, led by Her Excellency Madam Yan Junqi, Vice-Chairwoman of the National...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling River System (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Faulkner, the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Water. On what empirical analysis has the government based its decision to pay $24 million to put...
- National Security (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister update the Senate on details of recent successful counterterrorism prosecutions?
- Uranium Sales (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Why does the government urge other countries to sell their uranium to India but refuse to allow Australian uranium...
- Aung San Suu Kyi (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Faulkner. In light of reports in the press in the last few days about the health of Aung San Suu Kyi, the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Allowances (1 speech)
I seek leave to incorporate in the Hansard an answer to a question Senator Boswell asked me about pensions and allowances on Thursday, 4 September. Leave granted. The answer read as...
- Murray-Darling River System (1 speech)
I seek leave to incorporate in the Hansard an answer to a supplementary question that was asked of me yesterday by Senator Hanson-Young about the issue of a risk assessment in relation to the...
- Education (1 speech)
I seek leave to incorporate in the Hansard an answer to a question asked of me by Senator Colbeck yesterday on matters relating to Tasmania. Leave granted. The answer read as follows—...
- Family Court (1 speech)
In respect of the question asked of me by Senator Brandis in question time today about the Semple review, I have the particulars that he asked for. The Attorney-General received the report on the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling River System (32 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Special Minister of State (Senator Faulkner) to a question without notice asked by Senator Fisher today relating to the Murray-Darling...
- Population Policy (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Senator Evans) to a question without notice asked by Senator Bob Brown today relating to...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Barnett to move on the next day of sitting:That the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 18...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Crossin and Senator Bilyk for the period 15 September to 16 September 2008 for family and health reasons respectively. Question...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 123 standing in the name of the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding) for today, relating to an...
- Withdrawal (0 speeches)
The following notice of motion was withdrawn: General business notice of motion no. 171 standing in the name of Senator Hanson-Young for 25 September 2008, relating to Japan and comfort women.
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Abetz, I move:That the Senate—(a)congratulates Dr Megan Clark on her appointment as the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commonwealth Scientific and...
- Age Pension (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)gives considered support to legislation for an increase in pensions, in particular an immediate rise of $30 per week for single age pensions; and(b)calls on the...
- Murray-Darling River System (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes the threat to the communities and the environments of the Murray-Darling Basin posed by the combined pressures of climate change, extended drought and...
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)recognises that 13 September 2008 was the first anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;(b)notes the promise from the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Hurley, I move:That the Economics Committee be authorised to hold public meetings during the sittings of the Senate, to take evidence for the committee’s inquiry...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Education (31 speeches)
The President has received a letter from Senator Mason proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion, namely: The failure of the Rudd Government...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Commission to Administer the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The President has received from Her Excellency the Governor-General a commission to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance to senators, and I table the document.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
The Acting Deputy President: The President has received letters from party leaders seeking to vary the membership of committees.
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Report of Economics Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Standing Committee on Economics, Senator Hurley, I present the report of the committee on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit...
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (2 speeches)
Consideration resumed.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. (Quorum formed) Bill read a third time.
- First Speech (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Before I call Senator Ryan, I remind honourable senators that this is his first speech. I, therefore, ask that the usual courtesies be extended to him.
- Health Insurance (Dental Services) Amendment and Repeal Determination 2008 (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance; Rescission (6 speeches)
At the request of Senator Ludwig I move:That, for the purposes of paragraph 48(1)(a) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Senate rescinds its resolution of 19 June 2008 disallowing...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The government documents tabled earlier today were called on but no motion was moved.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 6.57 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Holland Park Mosque (4 speeches)
Last month, many people in Brisbane gathered together in the suburb of Holland Park in south Brisbane to celebrate with the local Muslim community the amazing achievement of the centenary of the...
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
In July this year I once again had the pleasure of participating in the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. On this occasion, I was joined by my colleague from the other place Mr...
- National Blood Donor Week (1 speech)
Madam Acting Deputy President Moore, I am sure you will be pleased to know that this is National Blood Donor Week, which provides the opportunity for all Australians to celebrate and recognise...
- Social Inclusion (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about social inclusion and the Rudd Labor government’s record thus far in this area. When the social inclusion ministry was announced when the Rudd government came to...
- Water (7 speeches)
I seek leave to speak for 20 minutes. Leave granted. Tonight I want to talk about something that ought not be political, that is in the national interest and that is all about the future of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following government documents were tabled: Aboriginal Land Commissioner—Report and recommendations to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and...
- 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 2008—Letter of advice—Environment, Heritage,...
