Senate debates
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate today to take evidence for the...
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 1 September.
- In Committee (44 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Diplomatic Protocol (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. I refer to the leaking to the media of details of the Prime Minister’s private and confidential conversation...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. Can the minister update the Senate on the state of global financial markets and how the government’s approach to...
- Automotive Industry (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Will the minister confirm that, despite the government spending $6.2 billion on a new car plan, it is...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Can the minister update the Senate on what the Australian government is doing to assist Australian families who are...
- Automotive Industry (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Since the escalation of the global financial crisis on 15 September with the collapse of Lehman...
- National Broadband Network (4 speeches, 3 comments)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I refer to the statements made by Minister Conroy in Senate estimates hearings on 20 October...
- Manufacturing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Does the minister agree that Australian manufacturing is expected to continue its historical decline...
- 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 Republic of Kenya, led by the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Hon....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister please explain to the Senate why the government has lowered the deeming rates and what effect this will have on...
- Automotive Industry (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Has the minister yet written to state and territory governments, as recommended by the Bracks review,...
- National Broadcasters: Board Appointments (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Can the minister inform the Senate of the government’s recently announced changes to...
- Prime Minister (13 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Evans, representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the leak to the Australian of the conversation between the Prime Minister and the President of the United...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Child Care (1 speech)
Yesterday I was asked a question by Senator Hanson-Young. I seek leave to incorporate further information on that matter. Leave granted. The document read as follows— Further information in...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (12 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Senator Carr) to questions without notice asked today. The Minister for...
- Mandatory Internet Filtering (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to a question without notice asked by Senator Ludlam...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Cecil Allen Blanchard (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 25 October 2008 of Cecil Allen Blanchard, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Moore, Western...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Pursuant to notice given at the last day of sitting, I now withdraw the following business of the Senate notices of motion standing in my name: No. 1 for eight sitting days after today; Nos 1 and...
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Ronaldson to move on the next day of sitting:That the Senate—(a)notes the importance of the Australian National Academy of Music as a unique institution for the cultivation of...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Kroger for the period 11 November to 12 November 2008 on account of personal reasons.. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Committee; Reference (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Heffernan, I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 before seeking to have the motion taken as a formal motion. Leave granted. I move the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I move:That general business order of the day no. 53, relating to the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill 2008, be discharged from the Notice Paper. Question agreed to.
- Renewable Energy Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff for Electricity) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 to support the greater commercialisation of renewable energy technologies,...
- 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...
- Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to require a plebiscite on whether Australia should become a Republic. Question agreed to. I present the bill and move: That this...
- 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...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move: That the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, 12 November 2008, from 12.30 pm to 2 pm,...
- Community Affairs Committee; Extension of Time (1 speech)
I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Community Affairs Committee on the Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting Amendment) Bill 2008 be extended to...
- Community Affairs Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move: That the Community Affairs Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Tuesday, 11 November 2008, from 4.30 pm, to take evidence for the...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move:That the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be authorised to hold public meetings during the sittings of the Senate, from 12.30 pm to 2 pm, to take evidence for the...
- Economics Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move:That the Economics Committee be authorised to hold public meetings during the sitting of the Senate on Tuesday, 11 November 2008, as follows:(a)from 6.30 pm, to take evidence for the...
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move: That the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee be authorised to hold public meetings during the sittings of the Senate on Wednesday, 12 November 2008, and Thursday,...
- National Broadband Network Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move: That the Select Committee on the National Broadband Network be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Tuesday, 11 November 2008, from 7 pm. Question agreed to.
- Economics Committee; Extension of Time (1 speech)
I move:That the time for the presentation of the report of the Economics Committee on matters relating to the gas explosion at Varanus Island, Western Australia be extended to 3 December...
- Agricultural and Related Industries Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move:That the Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Tuesday, 11 November 2008, from 3.30 pm, to take...
- Child Care (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the Government’s recent announcement of a $22 million package to keep ABC Learning open until the end of 2008, following months of financial woes,...
- DR Bernhard Moeller (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes the Horsham physician Dr Bernhard Moeller, his wife Isabella and their children Lukas, Felix and Sarah have been refused permanent residency in Australia...
- National Cleft Awareness Week (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)the week beginning 9 November 2008 Is National Cleft Awareness Week,(ii)one in every 700 babies born in Australia is born with a cleft, either a...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move:(1)That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect.(2)That on and from Thursday, 13 November 2008, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism...
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Child Care (36 speeches)
I inform the Senate that I have received the following letter, dated 11 November 2008, from Senator Hanson-Young: Dear Mr President, Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 8 of 2008-09 (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following report of the Auditor-General: Audit report No. 8 of 2008-09 : Performance audit—National Marine...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
The Acting Deputy President: The President has received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (34 speeches)
Consideration resumed.
- Third Reading (5 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Trade Practices Amendment (Clarity in Pricing) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 October, on motion by Senator Ludwig: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (19 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008; National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 6.50 pm, the Senate will proceed to consideration of government documents.
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following government documents were considered: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet—Report for 2007-08. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Williams. Debate...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Acting Deputy President: Order! The consideration of government documents being now concluded, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I rise to speak on this day, the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I—the war that was to end all wars. Of course, sadly, it did not. The horror, the waste, the death, the broken...
- Education (1 speech)
Since November this year we have seen the Labor Party breach many of their election commitments. Thousands of Australian schoolchildren are still waiting patiently for the laptops that Mr Rudd...
- Multiculturalism (1 speech)
This evening I rise to speak on one of my passions: multiculturalism. On the morning of Friday, 19 September I attended the annual general meeting of ACCES Services Inc. Like most AGMs the...
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I would like to commemorate and pay tribute to those Australian veterans, both those who are alive and those who have passed away, who have sacrificed their lives and given of themselves for us...
- World Mental Health Day; Dr Eric Cunningham Dax (1 speech)
I rise tonight to mark the celebration on 10 October 2008 of World Mental Health Day. This is an area of public policy about which I am especially passionate, and it is one area I intend to focus...
- Armistice Day (1 speech)
I rise tonight to respect the fact that it is Armistice Day and to read onto the record another person’s experience from the Great War, a person whose name I bear as my middle name—my...
- National Prayer Breakfast (1 speech)
This evening I would like to reflect on an important event in the parliamentary calendar, and that is the National Prayer Breakfast and, in particular, the 22nd National Prayer Breakfast, which...
- Neil Sachse Foundation (1 speech)
In Australia right now there are approximately 9,000 people living with a spinal cord injury, and that number is on a steady upward incline. Unlike most medical conditions where the number of...
- Eunice Watson Coolwell (1 speech)
Last week in Brisbane, a large group of people gathered together to celebrate the life of and to say farewell to a wonderful Aboriginal woman who had been an inspiration for many of us. Auntie...
- New South Wales North Coast (1 speech)
I would like to report to parliament on my three-day visit last week to the North Coast of New South Wales, one of the most beautiful regions of Australia. I was there in my capacity as duty...
- Interest Rates (1 speech)
Australians are entitled to be extremely disappointed with our major banks and their approach to interest rates, in particular their refusal to pass on successive cuts in the official interest...
- Armenian Genocide (1 speech)
Tonight I just want to place on record a matter of history in relation to the Armenian genocide. A number of senators and members would no doubt have met representatives from the community who...
- Education (2 speeches)
Are there any further speakers who wish to speak for 10 minutes on the adjournment? If not, I will assume that the remaining speaker is speaking for 20. Senator Bishop, the clock will be set for...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following government documents were tabled: Aboriginal Hostels Limited—Report for the period 1 July 2007 to 28 June 2008. Administrative Appeals Tribunal—Report for 2007-08....
