Senate debates
Monday, 15 March 2010
- Business (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw government business notice of motion no 1 standing in the name of Senator Ludwig for today proposing a variation to the days and hours of meeting.
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business notice of motion no. 2, proposing the exemption of bills from the cut-off order, be postponed to a later hour of the day. Question agreed to.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (14 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 March, on motion by Senator Wong: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr President, I advise that Senator Sherry will be absent from question time today and tomorrow as he is unwell. As I advised party leaders in writing earlier today, Senator Stephen Conroy will...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. I draw the minister’s attention to figures from the UNHCR which indicate that new asylum applications in...
- Hospitals (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister outline for the Senate how the government’s health reform plan builds on the...
- Asylum Seekers (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. With the arrival of six boats last week alone—which brings us to a total of 68 boats and more than 3,100...
- Employment (18 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer in the Senate today, Senator Conroy. Can the minister inform the Senate on the latest unemployment figures announced last Thursday? In...
- Home Insulation Program (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Wong. Has the minister or the Minister Assisting the Minister, Mr Combet, met with representatives of the...
- Muckaty Station (15 speeches)
Mr President, my question is to Senator Carr, as the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Energy. Minister, last week the Minister for Resources and Energy failed to comply with...
- Home Insulation Program (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy Efficiency, Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. How will the unknown costs for the home insulation clean-up of unknown duration be met? Is the Prime...
- Climate Change (27 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr.
- Internet Content (6 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I refer to the decision by Reporters Without Borders to put Australia number one on a list of...
- Apprenticeships (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Arbib. Can the minister inform the Senate on progress under the government’s Apprentice Kickstart program? In...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Hobart Private Hospital (1 speech)
Mr President, I seek leave to incorporate an answer to a question asked of me by Senator Barnett on Tuesday, 9 March, when I was representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. I have the answer...
- Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement; Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
I have further information in response to questions asked by Senator Milne and Senator Fielding on 11 March. I seek leave to have both answers incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The answers...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Home Insulation Program (13 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water (Senator Wong) to questions without notice asked by Senators Birmingham and...
- Muckaty Station (1 speech)
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 Ludlam today...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senators Barnett and Fisher to move on the next day of sitting:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)major flaws in the design of the Federal Government’s renewable energy target...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators:(a) Senator Crossin for today on account of parliamentary business;(b) Senator Lundy for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were 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...
- Map of Australian Forest Cover (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate:(a)recalls that:(i)the return to order motion that Senator Milne moved on 16 September 2009 seeking a map of Australian forest cover (using the Kyoto definition of...
- Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 11 March, on motion by Senators Colbeck and Joyce: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (7 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time In acknowledging the issues surrounding bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the concerns held by Australian consumers in regard to their health...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Senator Scullion has attended the chamber today and does not require leave. There was confusion. He was required to give evidence in a court case for the Crown and he was no longer required. He...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Border Protection (14 speeches)
The President has received a letter from Senator Parry proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion, namely: The Rudd Labor Government’s...
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Proposal for Works (2 speeches)
In accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Act 1974, I present a proposal by the Department of Parliamentary Services for works within the Parliamentary Zone, to improve exterior...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010; Healthcare Identifiers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010; Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010; Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I indicate to the Senate that these bills are being introduced together. After debate on the motion for the second reading has been adjourned, I shall move a motion relating to the listing of the...
- 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— Healthcare...
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill 2010; Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Weekly Payments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I indicate to the Senate that these bills are being introduced together. After debate on the motion for the second reading has been adjourned, I shall move a motion to have the bills listed...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill 2010. I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I...
- Australian Astronomical Observatory Bill 2010; Australian Astronomical Observatory (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010; International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010; Aviation Transport Security Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2010; National Health Security Amendment (Background Checking) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the Senate of assent to the bills.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Governance of Australian Government...
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 and the Healthcare...
- Economics Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010, together...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day No. 2 Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other...
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2009 Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 February, on motion by Senator Wong: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (3 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. Sitting suspended from 6.31 pm to 7.30 pm (Quorum formed)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business order of the day No. 1, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, be postponed to the next day of sitting....
- Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009; Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Bill 2009; Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-Off Cover Support Payment) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (23 speeches)
Debate resumed from 9 September 2009, on motion by Senator Ludwig: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Greater Western Sydney (1 speech)
Greater Western Sydney is a broad community of about 1.85 million people and growing in a society that has been described as the most multicultural on earth, with one in two residents being...
- Work-Life Balance (3 speeches)
Last week we celebrated International Women’s Day and today, as the Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister on Work and Family Balance and Pay Equity, I had the honour of awarding the...
- Coral Sea Conservation Zone Declaration (1 speech)
I want to speak tonight about the Coral Sea Conservation Zone declaration that was made in May 2009 by the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. As the Senate would know, in...
- 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] Christmas Island Act—Select...
- Indexed Lists of Files (0 speeches)
The following document was tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 30 May 1996, as amended: Indexed lists of departmental and agency files for the period 1 July to 31 December...
- 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 2009—Letter of advice—Health and Ageing...
- Departmental and Agency Appointments and Vacancies (0 speeches)
The following document was tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 24 June 2008, as amended: Departmental and agency appointments and vacancies—Additional estimates—Letter of...
