Senate debates
Monday, 22 June 2009
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Hurley, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 1)...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the order of government business this week. It has been circulated in the chamber. Leave not granted.
- Suspension of Standing Orders (46 speeches)
Pursuant to contingent notice, at the request of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Minchin, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Senator...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Education: School Closures (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Carr. Given that the Rudd Labor government’s own guidelines for the Building the Education Revolution program...
- Economy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer, Senator Sherry. Over the last year we have seen a wave of unprecedented economic turmoil stemming from the subprime crisis in the United States, the...
- Employment (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Arbib. Is the minister satisfied that proper arrangements are in place to ensure that the Indigenous Employment...
- Climate Change (10 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Can the minister advise the Senate on how long scientists have been examining climate change? Can the minister outline...
- Employment (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Arbib. Is the minister aware that Wesley Uniting Employment, who provided employment services for 11 years under Job Network,...
- Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. I refer to the pulp and paper industry strategy group which he announced last week, and I ask: how much is that...
- Community Television (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Was the minister aware of the concerns of the community television about allocation of...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Will the minister update the Senate on the implementation of the government’s new Australian...
- Defence Procurement (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Faulkner. Defence analysts have roundly criticised the lack of funding accountability in both the defence white paper and the 2009-10 budget....
- Iran (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Faulkner, the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to the continuing reports of violence in the streets of Tehran over the weekend, the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (1 speech)
I seek leave to incorporate into Hansard additional information in response to a question from Senator Xenophon last week. Leave granted. The answer read as follows— ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
- Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry (1 speech)
In response to an answer that I gave to Senator Brown today, I wish to clarify that the sitting fees related to the Rem Tribunal relate to the deputy chairs of the industry strategy group....
- Water (1 speech)
On 18 June, during question time, Senator Heffernan asked me a question concerning alleged breaches of certain EPBC conditions. I seek leave to incorporate into Hansard some additional...
- Employment (1 speech)
With respect to an earlier question from Senator Payne, I wish to provide the following additional information. The reformed Indigenous Employment Program is on track to commence from 1 July...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Employment (11 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Employment Participation (Senator Arbib) to questions without notice asked by Senators Fifield and Payne today relating...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
Senator Bushby to move on the next day of sitting:That the following matters be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 15 September 2009:(a)the circumstances and...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Lundy from 23 June 2009 to the end of the 2009 winter sittings on account of parliamentary business. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 463 standing in the name of Senator Abetz for today, relating to the consideration of the Carbon Pollution...
- Reserve Bank of Australia (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I move: That the Government furnish the Senate with a considered response to reports in the Age that firms associated with the Reserve Bank of Australia may have been involved in corrupt...
- Middle East (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 466 standing in my name for today, relating to Israel and Palestine. Leave granted. I move the amended motion, as circulated in the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Building the Education Revolution Program (15 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 Rudd Government’s $14.7...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report: Government Response (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 166, I present the government’s response to a report of the Economics Committee on disclosure regimes for charities and not-for-profit organisations which was...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Responses to Senate Resolutions (1 speech)
I present a response from the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to a resolution of the Senate of 13 May 2009 concerning National Volunteer Week.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 42 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. 42 of 2008-09: Financial statement audit––Interim...
- Employment Services Contract 2009-12 (0 speeches)
- Return to Order (1 speech)
In relation to a return to order made on 18 June 2009 by Senator Fifield, I wish to table the documentation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Moore, I present additional information received by the committee in its inquiry into the provisions of the...
- Migration Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I move: That Senator Fierravanti-Wells be discharged from, and Senator Boyce be appointed to, the Joint Standing Committee on Migration. Question agreed to.
- Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing Appropriation Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Migration Amendment (Protection of Identifying Information) Bill 2009 (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— The Migration Amendment...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of House of Representatives Message (0 speeches)
Message received from the House of Representatives returning the Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2008 and informing the Senate that the House has disagreed to the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Dissent from Ruling (0 speeches)
- (21 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 June, on motion by Senator Brown: That the ruling of the President on 18 June 2009 (that a child of a senator should be removed from the chamber during a division) be...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Customs) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Excise) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-General) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (28 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Parliamentary Group on Population and Development (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to acknowledge the work of the Parliamentary Group on Population and Development and the work of the PGDP secretariat chair, Ms Jane Singleton, and the PGDP parliamentary officer,...
- Limbs 4 Life (1 speech)
One of the great joys of having the privilege of serving as the coalition’s shadow for disabilities and the voluntary sector is to meet some amazing people. Earlier this month I had the...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
This evening I rise to speak about the Cancer Council’s awareness campaign Get Behind Bowel Screening. Bowel cancer kills 80 people per week. It is very easy to talk about treatment,...
- 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] Aged Care Act— Aged Care (Amount of...
