Senate debates
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move:That—(1)On Tuesday, 2 December 2008:(a)the hours of meeting shall be 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm to 11.40 pm;(b)the routine of business from 7.30 pm shall be government...
- Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Schools Assistance Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 November, on motion by Senator Sherry: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. I refer the minister to the fact that there has been a two per cent reduction in official interest rates since 3...
- Murray-Darling River System (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Can the minister advise the Senate what steps the government is taking to provide for the water security of the people...
- Budget (29 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. Was the government aware of the global financial crisis when it was constructing Labor’s budget this year and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the President’s Gallery of members of an Australian Political Exchange Council delegation from the People’s...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister inform the Senate of the benefits of the government’s...
- Broadband (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Will the minister guarantee Australian broadband users that, under the NBN, they will not be...
- Australian National Academy of Music (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Senator Wong. Given that the government has acknowledged that the artistic program of the...
- Oceania Nautica (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Faulkner. Is the minister aware of reports that last Sunday the cruise ship Oceania Nautica, with 50...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. Can the minister update the Senate on the outcomes of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s board meeting today?
- Border Protection (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Wong. I refer to the fact that only around 320 naval personnel will be on active duty protecting...
- National Education Agreement (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Can the minister update the Senate on the national education agreement concluded at the Council of...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Senator Fisher to move on the next day of sitting:That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Climate Change and Water, by 30 March 2009, in relation to section 86A of the Water Act 2007,...
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 313, standing in my name for today, as the information has now been provided.
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Mark Bishop and Senator Farrell for today, for family reasons. Question agreed to.
- Trees for Life (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the valuable work of Trees For Life in South Australia, including the management of more than 4 000 hectares of threatened bushland and the training...
- Gaza Strip (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that the Foreign Press Association has grave concerns about the actions of the Israeli Government that have made access to the Gaza Strip inaccessible to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Fuel and Energy Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
I move:That the Select Committee on Fuel and Energy be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the sitting of the Senate on 2 December...
- Australian National Academy of Music (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)the extraordinary expressions of support from around the world for the excellent standard of tuition offered by the Australian National Academy of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- MR Joern Utzon (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Hutchins, I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)with sadness, the passing of the architect of the Sydney Opera House, Mr Joern Utzon, on 29 November 2008, and(ii)the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I inform the Senate that Senator Milne has withdrawn the urgency motion which she had indicated she intended to move today.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Disability: Access Standards (1 speech)
I table a ministerial statement relating to draft building standards for people with disabilities and their families, together with documentation relating to this matter.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 10 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: Report No. 10 of 2008-09: Performance audit: Administration of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Disability: Access Standards (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a brief response on behalf of the opposition to the statement just made by the Minister for Human Services in relation to the draft disability access to premises buildings...
- National Broadband Committee; Interim Report (6 speeches)
I present an interim report of the Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network. Ordered that the report be printed. by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the report.
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Troeth and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present report No. 9 of 2008, Referrals tabled June-September 2008. I seek leave to move a motion in...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee: Joint; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Forshaw and the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the report of the committee, Review of the Defence annual report 2006-07. I seek...
- Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf on Senator Mason and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, I present the report, Opportunity not opportunism: improving conduct in Australian...
- Migration Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Migration, I present the report of the committee Immigration detention in Australia: a new beginning, together with the Hansard record of proceedings...
- Water Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of House of Representatives Message (0 speeches)
Message received from the House of Representatives returning the Water Amendment Bill 2008, informing the Senate that the House has: agreed to amendments Nos 1, 9, 12 and amended amendment...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of Senator Hurley, I present the report of the Economics Committee on the joint marketing arrangements on the North West Shelf project, together with the Hansard record of proceedings...
- Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008; Nation-Building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008; Coag Reform Fund Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Report of Economics Committee (1 speech)
I present the report of the Senate Standing Committee on Economics on the Nation-building Funds Bill 2008, the Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 and the COAG Reform Fund...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting Amendment) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Report of Community Affairs Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Senator Moore, I present the report of the committee on the Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising...
- Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Schools Assistance Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (12 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- In Committee (114 speeches)
EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2008 Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (5 speeches)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. The government has made it clear that these bills are an essential part of the national framework for achieving excellence and accountability in...
- Water Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of House of Representatives Message (23 speeches)
Message received from the House of Representatives returning the Water Amendment Bill 2008, informing the Senate that the House has: agreed to amendments (1), (9), (12) and amended amendment (16)...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Australian Capital Territory (1 speech)
Over the last few months the Chief Minister of the ACT, Mr Jon Stanhope, has been keeping all of us in the Canberra community well-informed about the centenary significance of the spring of 2008....
- Mr Reg Grundy (1 speech)
I rise tonight to acknowledge the achievements of a truly great Australian who has had many very significant milestones in his life—and this week marks yet another personal milestone for...
- Australian Capital Territory (1 speech)
Like Senator Lundy tonight, I want to make some comments about Canberra, but not perhaps in such positive and effusive terms as Senator Lundy used. Rather I want to reflect on the toll which the...
- International Day of People with Disability (1 speech)
Tomorrow, 3 December, is International Day of People with Disability. I must admit to feeling somewhat ambivalent about using the term ‘celebrate’ in relation to International Day of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled: Administrative Review Council—Report no. 49—Administrative accountability in business areas subject to complex and specific regulation, November...
