Senate debates
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
- Points of Order (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Order! In respect of points of order that were taken at question time on 17 August, I make the following statement. Yesterday after question time points of order were taken and a request was made...
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- (0 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 17 August
- In Committee (35 speeches)
I move Greens amendment (4) that was circulated in the chamber yesterday: (4) Schedule 1, item 5, page 5 (after line 28), at the end of section 19-38, add: Report on...
- Third Reading (8 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (11 speeches)
I move: That the order of government business for the remainder of the day shall be as follows:Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and related billsHealth Insurance Amendment...
- Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009; Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009; Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge — Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Has the minister finalised the details of the emissions trading scheme as it relates to the steel industry?
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer, Senator Sherry. Can the Assistant Treasurer advise the Senate how the government’s stimulus packages have worked to help Australia in these...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Given that the Prime Minister has claimed we must introduce an emissions trading scheme by the end of the year in order...
- Steel Industry (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Can the minister advise the Senate on the progress of the government’s economic stimulus...
- Water for the Future Program (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Is it true that under the government’s much vaunted Water for the Future program not one cent has been spent on...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the gallery of Hon. Maria Eagle MP, Minister for Prisons, in the Brown government. On behalf of honourable senators, I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fisheries (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Sherry. Is the government proposing to proceed with opening an additional 10,000 square...
- 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 National Assembly of Cambodia. On behalf of all senators, I wish you a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Communities (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Evans. Is the minister aware of a community that is the subject...
- Nation Building and Jobs Plan (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery in relation to the nation-building economic stimulus plan, Senator Arbib. Could the minister advise the...
- School Chaplains (9 speeches)
My question is to Minister Carr, representing the Minister for Education. Has the government conducted an evaluation of the successful School Chaplaincy Program?
- National Science Week (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Can the minister please inform the Senate of the progress of National Science Week and its...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (11 speeches)
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 Fierravanti-Wells today relating to...
- Fisheries (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sherry) to a question without notice asked by Senator Siewert today relating to fisheries and sea bottom...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- School Chaplains (2 speeches)
I have further information to add to an answer I gave to a question Senator Parry asked me during question time today, concerning the school chaplaincy program. Minister Gillard’s office...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Siewert to move on the next day of sitting: That the Community Affairs References Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday,...
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw government business notice of motion No. 1 relating to the Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 519 standing in the name of Senator Siewert for today, relating to Hearing Awareness Week, postponed till 19...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- MS Natalya Estemirova (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate:(a)condemns the murder of Russian human rights campaigner, Ms Natalya Estemirova; and(b)supports transparent debate on human rights abuses in Chechnya that is free from...
- Chemotherapy (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 517 standing in my name by amending paragraphs (d)(iv) and (v) to omit ‘13 May 2008 and 17 August 2009’ and substitute...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Department of the Senate: Travel (1 speech)
I table documents providing details of travelling allowance payments made by the Department of the Senate to senators and members for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009, and travel...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 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: facilities, services and transparency. I seek leave to move a...
- Joint Standing Committee on Treaties; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present report No. 103, Treaties tabled on 12 March and 13 May 2009, and I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the report. Leave...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the fourth report of 2009 of the committee, Referral made June 2009: Construction of a new Australian embassy complex...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That consideration of government business continue from 6.50 pm to 7.20 pm today. Question agreed to.
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (18 speeches)
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 and move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.20 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day (1 speech)
Today is Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day and therefore it is an appropriate day to reflect on how we as a nation remember and honour our veterans of all conflicts and to also reflect on how...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
Members of the Senate will be aware, I am sure, that this week there is an election in Afghanistan. That election is for the presidency and for regional councils in that country. As it is the...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
I rise tonight to make a couple of brief comments on the statement that was made earlier today by the Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women, the Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, who...
- Maternal Health (1 speech)
Last week in Bali a consultation was hosted jointly by the United Nations Population Fund and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development. This consultation was looking...
- Papua New Guinea: Aircraft Accident (1 speech)
I rise tonight as a mark of respect for the victims of the Airlines of PNG Twin Otter crash one week ago today, on 11 August, along and near the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. For the nine...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on renewable energy, such a crucial part of Australia’s energy future. This sector is a vital cog in the Rudd government’s comprehensive plan to reduce...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
This evening I also rise because this chamber and this nation must face up to the reality of the challenges that confront us with climate change. We owe it to future generations of...
- Whistleblowers (7 speeches)
Tonight I want to examine the extraordinary double standards applied by the Liberal opposition on the matter of ethical behaviour by public servants. Recently, we saw the spectacle of the Leader...
- 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] Airports Act—Statement about...
