Senate debates
Thursday, 20 August 2009
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: A petition has been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Ludlam to move on the next day of sitting:That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to prohibit disruptive advertising during SBS television programs, and for related...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That government business order of the day No. 7 (Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009) be considered from 12.45 pm till not later than 2 pm today. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 531 standing in the name of Senator Ludlam for today, proposing a reference to the Joint Standing Committee on...
- Australian National Flag Day (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate:(a)notes that:(i)Thursday, 3 September 2009 marks Australian National Flag Day, commemorating 108 years since the Australian national flag was flown for the first time,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Legislation Committee; Meeting (2 speeches)
I move: That the Economics Legislation Committee be authorised to meet during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 20 August 2009, from 5 pm, for a private briefing, and immediately after the...
- Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling Laws) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I, and on behalf of Senators Bob Brown and Joyce, move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to provide for accurate labelling of food, and for related purposes. Question...
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— This Bill seeks to...
- Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette Packs) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend product information standards to remove brands, trademarks and logos from tobacco packaging, and for related purposes....
- 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— I make no secret of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Headquarters Building (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
I will ask that this motion be given formality but, before doing so, I seek leave to amend it in the terms circulated in the Senate.
- Dalai Lama (0 speeches)
- (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate—(a)notes that His Holiness, the Dalai Lama:(i)is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate,(ii)addressed a joint sitting of the United States (US) Congress in 1991 and received a...
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Headquarters Building (0 speeches)
- (10 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 515 standing in my name. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate, noting the prominence that the new Australian...
- Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2009/11 (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance (13 speeches)
I move:(1)That the Senate notes the Remuneration Tribunal’s failure to provide a financial or economic justification for the proposed increases in the Members of Parliament travelling...
- International Red Cross (0 speeches)
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I move: That the Senate calls on the Australian Government to urge the Indonesian Government to allow the International Red Cross full and unfettered access into West Papua. Question agreed to.
- Afghanistan Elections (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate notes:(a)an international petition with 275 signatories, expressing the view that the presence of warlords, corrupt officials and incompetent leaders will not win freedom,...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Following the receipt of a satisfactory response, on behalf of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall withdraw business of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) 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— This Bill is the third...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no.1, the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 and a...
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (77 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 19 August. Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009
- Third Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Procedure Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of Senator Ferguson, I present the third report of 2009 of the Procedure Committee on committee proceedings and public interest immunity claims, and senators caring for an infant....
- Agricultural and Related Industries Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the final report of the Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries on the pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian and global fertiliser market, together with the...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee (Senator Crossin), I present the report of the committee on the Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention...
- Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 June, on motion by Senator Wong: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water. Is the minister aware of the quite devastating news that Cement Australia has today been forced to advise its employees at the...
- Afghanistan (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence and the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Faulkner. Can the minister update the Senate on the conduct of the elections in...
- Economy (57 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Sherry. What proportion of Australia’s debt, as listed by the Australian Office of Financial Management as Commonwealth...
- Tasmania : Foxes (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Minister Wong. Does the government agree that there is a window of opportunity to prevent foxes from becoming...
- Workplace Relations (29 speeches)
My question is to Senator Arbib, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Does the minister’s decision to intervene in award overhaul in the...
- Liquefied Natural Gas Exports (33 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, representing the Minister for Resources and Energy, Senator Carr. Can the minister update the Senate on developments...
- Indigenous Housing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Evans. Can the minister confirm to the Senate that...
- Health (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Ludwig. Is it a fact that it has now been more than seven weeks since the government received the report...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan: Women's Rights (1 speech)
I seek leave to incorporate further information in relation to an answer to a question by Senator Bob Brown about the treatment of women in Afghanistan. Leave granted. The answer read as...
- Tasmania: Foxes (1 speech)
I have some further information in relation to a question asked today by Senator Milne. I know she has left the chamber but I hope this information will be of assistance to her. I have received...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Emissions Trading Scheme (7 speeches)
In sadness and anger 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 Macdonald...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reports: Government Responses (1 speech)
I present four government responses to committee reports, as listed at item 13 on today’s Order of Business. In accordance with the usual practice, I seek leave to have the documents...
- Appropriations and Staffing Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the annual report for 2008-09 of the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Staffing. Ordered that the report be printed.
- National Preventative Health Taskforce; Audits of General Purpose Accounts of Aged-Care Providers (0 speeches)
- Returns to Order (1 speech)
I table correspondence in response to the orders of the Senate of 19 August 2009 concerning the National Preventative Health Taskforce and general purpose accounts from aged-care providers.
- Australian Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment 2008 (0 speeches)
- Return to Order (1 speech)
I table a statement and documents in response to the order of the Senate of 17 August 2009 concerning the Australian Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment 2008.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the order of general business for consideration today be a motion relating to the economy, as circulated in the chamber. Question agreed to.
- Rudd Government (0 speeches)
- (29 speeches)
On behalf of Senator Parry, I move: That the Senate notes that Rudd Labor government’s reckless spending. These are historic times. Yes, there is no doubt that Australia, under the Rudd...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
I have received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day relating to committee reports and government responses were considered: Australian Crime Commission—Joint Statutory Committee—Report—Inquiry into...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
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Order! I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; Mrs Corazon Aquino (1 speech)
During the past several weeks we have seen in the media the names of two of world’s most respected female freedom fighters, including the farewelling of one who did her best to help her...
- AusAID: Family Planning Policy (1 speech)
The Australian aid agency AusAID has released its new guiding principles for family planning and the aid program. There has been much discussion around this particular change in policy and I was...
- 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] Civil Aviation Act— Civil Aviation...
- Departmental and Agency Contracts (0 speeches)
The following document was tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 20 June 2001, as amended: Departmental and agency contracts for 2008-09—Letter of advice—Human Services...
