Senate debates
Thursday, 13 May 2010
- Temporary Chairmen of Committees (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 12, I lay on the table a warrant nominating Senator Ludlam as an additional Temporary Chair of Committees when the Deputy President and Chair of Committees is absent.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Reference (16 speeches)
by leave—I move:(1)That the following matters be referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters for inquiry and report:(a)the circumstances surrounding the impersonation of...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That government business be interrupted at 12 noon to allow consideration of the bills listed below at 12.45 pm till not later than 2 pm today.Health Practitioner Regulation...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order of general business for consideration today be the consideration of a motion relating to the government’s waste and mismanagement of taxpayer money....
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator McEwen to move on 21 June 2010:(a)expresses:(i)the gratitude of the Australian nation to the military personnel and civilians in Rabaul and the New Guinea islands for their services in...
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 527 standing in the name of Senator Xenophon for today, proposing the introduction of the Water Licence...
- References to Committees (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That—(1)To ensure appropriate consideration of time-critical bills by Senate committees, the provisions of all bills introduced into the House of Representatives after 13 May 2010...
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Works (7 speeches)
I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the Senate approves the proposal by the Department of Parliamentary Services to improve exterior lighting within the...
- Responsible Takeaway Alcohol Hours Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to restrict the hours during which takeaway alcoholic beverages can be sold, 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 have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— Australia has a binge...
- Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator Scullion, I move:(1)That the Senate requests the Auditor-General to undertake an urgent investigation of waste and mismanagement of the Strategic Indigenous Housing and...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Public Benefit Test) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to require that religious and charitable institutions meet a public benefit test to...
- 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 an explanatory memorandum and I seek leave to have...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Enrol to Vote Week (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)Enrol to Vote Week 2010 will run from 17 May to 23 May 2010 with the theme ‘You never know when an election might be called!’, and(ii)in...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Independent National Inquiry on Population (0 speeches)
- (18 speeches)
I move:(1)That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)global population is expected to grow from 6.8 billion people now to 9.2 billion in 2050,(ii)Australia’s population size and capacity to...
- Petroleum Exploration (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)the Government has included in the annual release of offshore petroleum exploration areas for 2010 an area 83 km off the coast of Margaret River...
- Australia’S Future Tax System (0 speeches)
- Order (7 speeches)
At the request of Senator Abetz, I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer, no later than noon on Thursday, 13 May 2010, all modelling, costings,...
- Australian Tax Office (0 speeches)
- (16 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a)calls on:(i)the Government and the Inspector-General of Taxation to give assurances that any and all employees of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will be...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Cyber-Safety Committee; Reference (8 speeches)
I move:That the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety include in its terms of reference:(a)the merit of establishing an Online Ombudsman to investigate, advocate and act on cyber-safety issues;...
- Budget Estimates Hearings (0 speeches)
- (21 speeches)
I move: That, when the Economics Legislation Committee meets to consider budget estimates in relation to the Department of the Treasury in the week beginning 31 May 2010, the Secretary of the...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee on Publications, I present the 18th report of the committee. Ordered that the report be adopted.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Australian Information Commissioner Bill 2010; Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2010; Health Practitioner Regulation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table three revised explanatory memoranda relating to the bills and I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard....
- Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010; Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010; Transport Security Legislation Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 (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— Customs Tariff...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities Committee; Report (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator Scullion, I present the fourth report of the Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and...
- Community Affairs References Committee; Report (3 speeches)
I present the report of the Community Affairs References Committee Hear Us: Inquiry into Hearing Health in Australia, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to...
- Economics Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Economics Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the Trade Practices Amendment (Material Lessening of Competition—Richmond Amendment) Bill 2009,...
- Economics References Committee; Report (4 speeches)
I present the report of the Senate Economics References Committee, Milking it for all it’s worth—competition and pricing in the Australian dairy industry, together with the Hansard...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That government business order of the day no. 18 Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 be considered after consideration of government business order of the day no. 6 Higher Education...
- Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (8 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 May, on motion by Senator Chris Evans: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Health Practitioner Regulation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 March, on motion by Senator Chris Evans: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 3) Bill 2009; Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 18 March, on motion by Senator Chris Evans: 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 (University College London) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 24 February, on motion by Senator Wong: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 5 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.
- Australian Information Commissioner Bill 2010; Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- In Committee (7 speeches)
Australian Information Commissioner Bill 2010 Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009 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.
- Do Not Call Register Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (63 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Energy, Senator Carr. Is the government aware of comments made by the chief executive of Incitec Pivot on Mr...
- Building the Education Revolution (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Carr. Is the minister aware that according to Australia’s leading construction cost survey, Rawlinsons...
- Budget (22 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Faulkner. I refer the minister to the government’s announcement, in the context of the budget, that the Australian government will invest...
- Child Care (29 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth, Senator Arbib. Is the government aware that, as a result of its decision to rush ahead...
- Parliament House: Security (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Yesterday Senator Bob Brown asked a question of me with respect to security arrangements at Parliament House. I responded in writing to Senator Brown yesterday. I table a copy of that response...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget (11 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Senator Carr) to questions without notice asked by Senators Colbeck and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reports: Government Responses (1 speech)
I present 10 government responses to 13 committee reports as listed at item 14 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 49th report of the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Staffing, Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2010-11. Ordered that the report be printed.
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Green Loans Program (0 speeches)
- Return to Order (1 speech)
I table a statement relating to the order for the production of documents concerning the Green Loans Program.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 7th report of 2010 of the Selection of Bills Committee. Ordered that the report be adopted. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
The Clerk: Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to senators and letters of advice in response to the continuing order relating to departmental and agency appointments,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (5 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion to amend the order of the Senate of 11 May 2010, as amended, relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business for today. Leave granted. I move: That, on...
- Rudd Government (0 speeches)
- (33 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate notes the Rudd Labor Government’s waste and mismanagement of taxpayer money.
- Do Not Call Register Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Order! The President has received letter from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees.
- Parliamentary Library Committee; Membership (1 speech)
A message has been received from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that Mrs Mirabella has been discharged from the Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library.
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2010; Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) Bill 2010; 1998 Budget Measures Legislation Amendment (Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements) Bill 1998 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
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 separately on the Notice Paper. I...
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
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— Indigenous...
- Primary Schools (0 speeches)
- Return to Order (1 speech)
I table a statement relating to the order for the production of documents concerning quarterly spending reports from the states and territories relating to primary schools. Sitting suspended from...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Statement and Documents (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 11 May, on motion by Senator Sherry: That the Senate take note of the Budget Statement and documents.
- Mako/Porbeagle Shark Fishing (0 speeches)
- Return to order (1 speech)
I table a statement relating to the order for the production of documents concerning the mako shark and porbeagle shark.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- St Vincent de Paul Society (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to the work of St Vincent de Paul, especially in my home state of South Australia. More particularly, I want to draw the attention of all Australians to its national...
- Sir Laurence Macdonald Muir VRD, FSIA, FAIM (1 speech)
I rise tonight to acknowledge the passing of an Australian who may not exactly be a household name but whose mark on many Australians has been very significant. In particular, his mark on the...
- National Volunteer Week (2 speeches)
I rise to speak tonight on the terrific efforts of volunteers around Australia and, in particular, those in Tasmania. As senators are aware, this week is National Volunteer Week, a time to...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: Commissioner of Taxation—Public Rulings—Class Rulings CR 2010/12-CR 2010/13.
- Departmental and Agency Contracts (0 speeches)
Letters of advice in response to the continuing order relating to departmental and agency appointments, vacancies and grants, are tabled. The following document was tabled pursuant to the order...
