Senate debates
Thursday, 26 November 2009
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (14 speeches)
by leave—It is worth while, while everyone is in the chamber, dealing with this so that all senators understand what will happen over the next couple of days. It is my intention, at the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Bob Brown to move on the next day of sitting:That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the senator moving—That:(a)Senator Bob Brown may immediately move a...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the following government business orders of the day be considered from 12.45 pm till not later than 2 pm today, subject to the agreement by the Senate to exempt the bills from the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of Senator Xenophon for today, proposing a reference to the Community Affairs...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (5 speeches)
by leave—I move:That standing orders 120(3) and 122(1) and (2) not apply to the consideration of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and 10 related bills.
- Trade Practices Amendment (Material Lessening of Competition — Richmond Amendment) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Trade Practices Act 1974 in relation to mergers and acquisitions, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted. I table the explanatory memorandum and seek leave to have...
- National Preventative Health Taskforce (0 speeches)
- Order (10 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Barnett, move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, no later than Friday, 4 December 2009, a copy...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Year of Action on Marriage Equality (0 speeches)
- (17 speeches)
I move:That the Senate notes that Saturday, 28 November 2009 marks the start of the National Year of Action on Marriage Equality and that rallies will be held in capital cities across the...
- Civil Partnerships (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes the recent passing by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly of the Civil Partnerships Amendment Bill 2009; and(b)congratulates the first...
- Legislative Power of the Territories (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Humphries, move:That the Senate recognises the sovereignty of the territory parliaments to legislate within the powers conferred on them by the Federal...
- Civil Partnerships; Legislative Power of the Territories (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I seek leave to make a short statement relating to notices of motion Nos 674 and 675.
- The Brave New World of Carbon Trading (0 speeches)
- Order (5 speeches)
I move:That there be laid on the table, no later than 1 pm on 26 November 2009, Dr Clive Spash’s uncensored and unamended research paper, The brave new world of carbon trading.
- Northern Territory Emergency Response Redesign Consultation (0 speeches)
- Order (3 speeches)
I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Senator Evans), no later than Friday, 4 December...
- Snowy Water Licence (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate:(a)notes:(i)the failure of the New South Wales Government to establish the Snowy Scientific Committee in a timely fashion prior to the first 5-year review of the Snowy...
- Volunteers and Volunteer Supporting Organisations (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Fifield, move: That the Senate:(a)notes:(i)the outstanding contribution volunteers and volunteer supporting organisations make to Australian society, estimated to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to abolish the power of the Commonwealth executive government to disallow or amend any Act of the Legislative Assembly of the...
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
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— At the election in 2008,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Acis Administration Amendment (Application) Bill 2009; Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Bill 2009; Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment Bill 2009 and move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the...
- Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Bill 2009; Aviation Transport Security Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009; Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009; Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment 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— Australian Centre...
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of House of Representatives Message (20 speeches)
Message received from the House of Representatives returning the Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009, informing the Senate that the House had agreed to amendments (2) to (9) made by...
- Adoption of Report (1 speech)
I move: That the report from the committee be adopted. I want to make some very short comments about this. The cataract amendment proposed by the opposition and amendments (1) and (10), on which...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Acis Administration Amendment (Application) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of the government business order of the day relating to the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2009 and a related...
- Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2009; Tax Laws Amendment (Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 September and 23 November, on motions by Senator Ludwig and Senator Sherry: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (10 speeches)
Bills—by leave—taken together and as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 5) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 November, on motion by Senator Sherry: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Participation Requirement) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 November, on motion by Senator Sherry: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 November, on motion by Senator Sherry: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Personal Property Securities Bill 2009; Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 September, on motion by Senator Ludwig: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bills passed through their remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Vet Fee-Help and Tertiary Admission Centres) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 November, on motion by Senator Sherry: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Mumbai Terrorist Attacks (3 speeches)
by leave—Today marks the first anniversary of the tragic terrorist attacks in Mumbai last year. The attacks which began on 26 November 2008 and lasted until 29 November 2008 involved more...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National School Chaplaincy Program (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Carr. I refer the minister to comments made by the Prime Minister prior to the 2007 election, when he said that...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer, Senator Sherry. Can the Assistant Treasurer inform the Senate why it is imperative to take early action to mitigate the effects of climate change? Has...
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. With more boats arriving almost daily—and of course we have...
- Greater Sunrise Project (9 speeches)
My question is to Senator Carr, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. What was the outcome of the reported talks between the special adviser to the Timor-Leste government,...
- Testing and Certification Australia (13 speeches)
My question is once again to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. Is the minister aware that Energy Australia, a company owned by the New South Wales Labor...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (21 speeches)
Thank you, Mr President—finally, an opportunity to ask my question. My question is to the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery, Senator Arbib. Can the...
- Environment (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to the Green Loans scheme and to Minister...
- Pharmaceuticals (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ludwig representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. In late 1995 the National Health and Medication Research Council released the first guidelines on ADHD diagnosis...
- Uranium (6 speeches)
Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Faulkner. I refer the minister to the recent decision by the Canadian government to allow...
- Building the Education Revolution (15 speeches)
My question it to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, representing the Minister for Education, Senator Carr. Can the minister advise the Senate on the long-term...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Question Nos 2038 and 2039 (2 speeches)
Yesterday after question time Senator Brown raised with me two questions on notice which have not yet been answered. I apologise to the senator for the nonprovision of those answers and indicate...
- Radioactive Waste (1 speech)
I have further information in response to a question asked by Senator Ludlam earlier this week. I seek to have that answer incorporated in Hansard. The answer read as follows— Senator...
- Overseas Tax Havens (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Yesterday during debate on the motion on overseas tax havens I indicated to the Senate that I had personally signed eight information exchange agreements. I wish to correct the record to state...
- Senators’ Staff: Travel Entitlements (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
Before Senator Ludwig leaves the chamber, does Senator Ludwig have a response to my question earlier today about additional travel entitlements for staff of senators, noting that ministers have...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- National School Chaplaincy Program (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Senator Carr) to a question without notice asked by Senator Mason today...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (7 speeches)
Mr Deputy President, I thought that there had been some discussions in relation to my seeking leave to lodge an amended notice of motion, as circulated with the party whips, relating to the...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- White Ribbon Day (1 speech)
On behalf of the Minister for the Status of Women, Ms Plibersek, I table a ministerial statement on White Ribbon Day.
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
by leave—On 12 August I addressed the parliament in the first of what I planned to be regular progress reports on Defence’s efforts in Afghanistan. This is my second ministerial...
- The Brave New World of Carbon Trading (0 speeches)
- Return to Order (1 speech)
by leave—In response to Senator Milne’s motion relating to the production of documents passed by the Senate this morning, I hereby table a letter to me from Dr Megan Clark, CEO of...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (15 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the document. On behalf of the opposition, I want to extend our thanks to Minister Faulkner for his assessment of and elaboration and report on...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
70 Reports: Government ResponsesReports: Government Responses
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Fierravanti-Wells to move on the next day of sitting:That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, no later than 2 pm on 3 February 2010, documents...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos. 14 and 15 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following reports of the Auditor-General: Report No. 14 of 2009-10: Performance audit—Agencies’...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Geoscience Australia; Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Legislation (0 speeches)
- Returns to Order (1 speech)
I table statements relating to orders for the production of documents concerning carbon dioxide storage and the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
I table the following documents relating to travel:Parliamentarians’ travel paid by the Department of Finance and Deregulation for the period 1 January to 30 June 2009Former...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—On behalf of Senator O’Brien, I present the 18th report of 2009 of the Selection of Bills Committee. Ordered that the report be adopted. I seek leave to have the report...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, Senator Barnett, I present an interim report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on...
- 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)
- Agricultural and Related Industries Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received a letter from a party leader seeking to vary the membership of a committee.
- 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 Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009, together...
- Economics Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Hurley, I present the report of the committee on the Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling Laws) Bill 2009, together...
- Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Scullion, the chair of the Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, I present the third report of the committee, together with the Hansard record of...
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee, I present the report of the committee on the relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp...
- 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)
- In Committee (288 speeches, 2 comments)
Consideration resumed from 25 November. Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]
