Senate debates
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (4 speeches)
I move:That, on Tuesday, 17 November 2009:(a)the hours of meeting shall be 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm and 7 pm to 11.40 pm;(b)the routine of business from 7 pm shall be government business...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee: Joint; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate today to take evidence for the...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- First Reading (23 speeches)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 November, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Senator Hanson-Young moved by way of amendment: At the end of the motion, add...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. Yesterday in answer to my question on refugee assessment processes for the people in Tanjung Pinang detention...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer, Senator Sherry. Can the Assistant Treasurer outline to the Senate the latest forecasts for the Australian economy? In particular, what are the...
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. Mr President, yesterday the minister said that ‘there is no special deal’ for the asylum seekers on the...
- Climate Change (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Can the minister outline to the Senate some of the key factors in the development of climate policy in Australia?
- Asylum Seekers (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Attorney-General. I refer the minister to evidence of Australian Federal Police Commissioner Negus in estimates on 19 October, in...
- Green Building Council of Australia (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research in his science capacity and also in his role representing the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors...
- Asylum Seekers (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. Can the minister tell the Senate how much it is costing Australian taxpayers to keep the ‘floating...
- Building the Education Revolution (23 speeches)
My question is to Senator Arbib, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Government Service Delivery and Minister for Employment Participation. Can the minister inform the Senate how the...
- Prime Minister (8 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. I refer the minister to reports in weekend newspapers that: KEVIN Rudd abstained from voting on a Cabinet...
- Manufacturing Industry (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Carr, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. I ask: can the minister update the Senate on recent Commonwealth initiatives to support the...
- Australian Technical Colleges (7 speeches)
Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Carr. The Australian Technical College Northern Tasmania is currently set to close on 31 December as...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Rebate for Cataract Surgery (3 speeches)
Yesterday, Senator Cormann asked me a question and two supplementary questions in question time on DVA indexation for cataract surgery. He asked me if I could request certain information from the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Senator Evans) to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. I cannot...
- Medicare (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I seek leave to make a three-minute statement.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Abetz, pursuant to notice given at the last day of sitting, I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2.
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Heffernan to move on the next day of sitting:That the Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (0 speeches)
- Order (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate:a) Notes that:1) the Rudd Government is ignoring the accelerating crisis in aged care, in particular the serious financial viability challenges...
- Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Legislation (0 speeches)
- Order (3 speeches)
I move:That the Senate:(a)Notes that:1) the Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009 passed the Senate on 28 October 2009;2) the Clerk of the Senate...
- MR Mike Kaiser (0 speeches)
- Order (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Minchin, I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, no later than 10 am on Wednesday, 18 November...
- National Archives of Australia (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Hanson-Young, move:That the Senate:(a)does not support the non-consultative process which has led to the closures of the Tasmanian, South Australian and Northern...
- Uighur Men (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I move:That the Senate:(a)congratulates the nation of Palau for giving a temporary home to six Uighur men who have been held by the United States of America (US) in Guantanamo Bay...
- Geoscience Australia (0 speeches)
- Order (1 speech)
I move:That there be laid on the table, no later than 4 pm on 18 November 2009, the assessment by Geoscience Australia reportedly identifying prospective sites for underground carbon dioxide...
- Renal Health Services (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 617 standing in my name. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate: (a)notes the recent decision by the Northern...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the matter of public importance proposed by Senator Parry today (relating to border protection) be not proceeded with, and instead the routine of business be varied to...
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Timor Sea Oil Spill (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Minister for Tourism, Mr Martin Ferguson, I table a ministerial statement on an update on the Montara oil spill incident.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 11 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following report of the Auditor-General: report No. 11 of 2009-10: Performance audit––Garrison support...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present the following reports of the committee: Report No. 415—Review of Auditor-General’s reports tabled...
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security report Review of the re-listing...
- Economics Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Hurley, I present additional information received by the committee relating to the following inquiries: Car Dealership...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Report: Corrigenda (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Crossin, I present corrigenda to the report of the committee, tabled yesterday, on the provisions of...
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the deputy chair thereof, Senator McGauran, I present the committee’s report entitled Report 107: Treaties tabled on 20 August (2)...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
The Clerk: Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to senators. Details of the documents appear at the end of today’s Hansard.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009; Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009; Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (Ess)) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills 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— Health Insurance...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 (proposing the disallowance of the Proclamation dated 14 May 2009 [Coral Sea Conservation Zone]) be postponed till after...
- Threat Abatement Plan for Disease in Natural Ecosystems Caused by Phytophthora Cinnamomi (2009) (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 September, on motion by Senator Siewert: That the Threat Abatement Plan for disease in natural ecosystems caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi (2009), made under section 279 of...
- Proclamation Dated 14 May 2009 [Coral Sea Conservation Zone] (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance (38 speeches)
On behalf of Senator Macdonald and me, I move: That the Proclamation dated 14 May 2009 [Coral Sea Conservation Zone], made under subsection 390D(1) of the Environment Protection and...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That:(a)consideration of government documents be not proceeded with today; and(b)the routine of business from 6.50 pm till 7.20 pm shall be government business order of the...
- Proclamation Dated 14 May 2009 [Coral Sea Conservation Zone] (0 speeches)
- Motion for Disallowance (1 speech)
by leave—In relation to the motion that has just been dealt with in terms of the Coral Sea, I can indicate that I supported the government’s position subject to a number of...
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 7.20 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Community and Neighbourhood Houses and Centres (1 speech)
I rise to speak in recognition of a group of tens of thousands of volunteers who are, in many respects, the unsung heroes of communities throughout Australia. I refer, of course, to the...
- Berlin Wall (1 speech)
Last week, on 9 November, we marked the 20th anniversary of an event that truly shook the world. Nineteen eighty-nine was a very significant year when many important things happened, but the most...
- World Diabetes Day (1 speech)
Last Saturday, 14 November, was World Diabetes Day. To mark the occasion, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, or JDRF, has launched an online petition to support research into type 1...
- Wheat Exports (1 speech)
My colleagues in the chamber would be very well aware that there are a number of very significant issues that we are having to deal with in this parliament at the moment, but there is one issue...
- Australian Technical College Northern Tasmania (1 speech)
Tonight I stand in the Senate to speak about the important campaign to save the Australian Technical College in Northern Tasmania. Tomorrow the Senate will vote on a motion to save the Australian...
- Church of Scientology (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise to speak tonight on an issue of utmost seriousness that I believe deserves a great deal of scrutiny by law enforcement agencies and by this parliament. In the past few weeks, I have been...
- International Conference on Population and Development (1 speech)
Three weeks ago, in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, more than 400 members of parliament and ministers representing over 119 nations gathered together at a conference that was focusing on the ICPD+15. I...
- Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak on the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act and in fact to celebrate, in 2009, its 25th anniversary. The Sex Discrimination Act today is regarded as an essential piece of...
- 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—Select Legislative...
