Senate debates
Monday, 1 December 2008
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend government business notice of motion No. 1 by omitting paragraphs (2) to (5). Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That, on Monday, 1 December 2008:(a)the hours...
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move government business notice of motion No. 2:That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered during this...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business orders of the day No. 3 (Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other...
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 September, on motion by Senator Carr: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (11 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Border Protection (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. I ask the minister: is the International Organisation for Migration wrong when it says the Labor Party’s...
- Council of Australian Governments (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Can the minister update the Senate on the outcome of the COAG meeting chaired by the Prime Minister in Canberra last...
- Broadband (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. I refer the minister to his failure to answer a question from Senator Birmingham last Thursday on the NBN...
- Health Funding (10 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Ludwig, the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. I note that more than $100 billion worth of new funding deals was agreed to by the...
- National Secondary School Computer Fund (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. I refer to the Prime Minister’s pre-election pledge that his so called ‘computer for every student’...
- Climate Change (20 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. I ask why, having snubbed the Senate last week on a question about the announcement of mid-term emissions...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (9 speeches)
My question is also to Senator Wong as Minister for Climate Change and Water. I hope I have more success than Senator Brown had in getting an answer. Are the government considering putting in...
- Thailand (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs in this place, Senator Faulkner. Could the minister outline to the Senate the situation that has developed in Thailand...
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. I refer to today’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index, which has collapsed to minus...
- Budget (13 speeches)
I might just take a second to compose myself after that tidal wave of hypocrisy from the other side.
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Broadband (1 speech)
I would like to add to an answer I gave earlier. I indicated that amendments to the RFP were notified both to proponents and on the departmental website. I understand that they are not placed on...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Border Protection (14 speeches)
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 Ellison today relating to...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator Wong) to a question without notice asked by Senator Bob Brown today relating to...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Lieutenant Michael Kenneth Housdan Fussell (5 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate record its deep regret at the death, on 27 November 2008, of Lieutenant Michael Kenneth Housdan Fussell, killed while on combat operations in Afghanistan,...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator McEwen to move on the next day of sitting:That the time for the presentation of the report of the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee on the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Polley from today to the end of the 2008 sittings, for family reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 183 standing in the name of Senator Milne for today, proposing the introduction of the Energy Efficiency...
- HIV-AIDS (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 305 standing in my name. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)Monday, 1 December 2008...
- Tarkine Wilderness (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes local government and community opposition to a road, proposed by Forestry Tasmania, through a section of the Tarkine forest; and(b)calls on the Government to...
- Council of Australian Governments (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)on 15 November 2008, state and territory Labor Treasurers held a pre-Council of Australian Governments (COAG) strategy meeting in preparation of the...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Workplace Rights) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of House of Representatives Message (0 speeches)
Message received from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that the House has agreed to the amendments made by the Senate to the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax — Minor Amendments) 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— TAX LAWS AMENDMENT...
- National Rental Affordability Scheme Bill 2008; Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Bill 2008; Dairy Adjustment Levy Termination Bill 2008; Financial Transaction Reports Amendment (Transitional Arrangements) Bill 2008; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Trade Practices Amendment (Clarity in Pricing) Bill 2008; Customs Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008; Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008; Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding Appropriation Bill 2008; National Rental Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the Senate of assent to the bills.
- Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance (20 speeches)
I move:That the Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines in relation to the establishment of trees for the purposes of carbon sequestration, made under subsection 40-1010(3) of...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order of the Senate agreed to earlier today relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business, be amended as follows: Omit paragraph (b), substitute:(b)the...
- Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines (0 speeches)
- Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 27 November.
- In Committee (63 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.
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (21 speeches)
Consideration resumed.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- World AIDS Day; Kokoda Development Program (1 speech)
Today marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. It is important on this occasion that we remember the devastation caused by HIV-AIDS in our own country and elsewhere in the world. While we...
- National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (1 speech)
Today Parliamentarians against Child Abuse and Neglect hosted an important event which showcased an initiative which I think is a standout in the protection of children. This parliamentary group...
- Mr Cecil Angus ‘Mick’ Boston (1 speech, 2 comments)
I rise tonight to present my first adjournment speech to this parliament and to talk about a friend who passed away last week—Cecil Angus ‘Mick’ Boston, aged 87. Mick was born...
- Ms Joy Palmer (1 speech)
Tonight I want to pay tribute to a strong woman trade unionist. Last month in South Australia, Joy Palmer, a good woman and a strong woman, lost her battle with breast cancer. I first met Joy...
- Veterans Entitlements (1 speech)
Earlier in the debate this evening on the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008, Senator...
- 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] Appropriation Act (No. 1)...
