Senate debates
Monday, 21 June 2010
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-Scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (15 speeches, 1 comment)
Debate resumed from 15 June, on motion by Senator Stephens: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. Can the minister confirm reports that a vessel containing up to 200 suspected asylum seekers is heading for...
- Broadband (44 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Given the announcement yesterday regarding a heads of agreement being reached between Telstra...
- Paid Parental Leave (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Can the minister outline to the Senate how the government...
- Broadband (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Sherry, on the asset ownership and funding of the NBN—that is, the federal budgetary consequences. Given that the...
- Internet Content (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General, Senator Wong. Is the government considering a scheme to force internet service providers to record the web browsing histories of...
- Budget (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Resources, Senator Carr. I refer the minister to the verification by PriceWaterhouseCoopers that Rio Tinto has invested...
- Murray-Darling River System (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Wong. Can the minister advise the Senate on the Rudd government’s progress in restoring the...
- Mental Health (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Ludwig. Is the minister aware that Professor John Mendoza, in his letter of resignation as the Rudd...
- Broadband (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. In light of yesterday’s announcement of a head of agreement being reached between...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Broadband (19 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) and the Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sherry) to...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: A petition has been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Payne for Monday, 21 June 2010, on account of personal reasons. Question agreed to. by leave—I move: That leave of absence...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Polley for today, on account of personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Birmingham 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 noon on 23 June 2010, a copy of the report...
- 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...
- World War Ii: Papua New Guinea Campaign (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Trood, move: That the Senate:(a)expresses:(i)the gratitude of the Australian nation to the military personnel and civilians in Rabaul and the New Guinea islands...
- Energy Use (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Milne, I move: That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)Australia needs to reverse its current trend of increasing carbon emissions if it is to contribute to efforts to...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (18 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 Government’s failure...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move:That—(1)The Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No. 2] be considered under a limitation of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
At the request of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Hurley, I present additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into provisions of the Tax Laws...
- National Capital and External Territories Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present a report of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories on the 2009 New Zealand Parliamentary Committee Exchange which took place from 24 to 27 August...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 2 of 2010 of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, Referrals made February to March 2010, and seek leave to move a motion in relation to the report. Leave...
- 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)
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010; Income Tax Rates Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table a replacement explanatory memorandum relating to the bills and move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-Scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Recreational Fishing for Mako and Porbeagle Sharks) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 16 March, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (4 speeches)
by leave—It is with great sadness that I rise to inform the Senate that an ISAF helicopter carrying 15 ISAF members, 10 of them Australian, went down in northern Kandahar earlier today....
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Recreational Fishing for Mako and Porbeagle Sharks) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (18 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- In Committee (5 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.
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 February, on motion by Senator Ludwig: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 June, on motion by Senator Stephens: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- World War II: Papua New Guinea Campaign (1 speech)
I begin by acknowledging today’s tragedy in Afghanistan where three Australian defence personnel have died and a further seven have been wounded. I offer my sympathy to their families and...
- Hospitals (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about the latest crisis that has hit health and this government, and it was very much reflected in an article in today’s Australian by Adam Cresswell, its...
- Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
I rise tonight to touch on what was a historic week in public policy. As an advocate for paid parental leave I have spoken a number of times in the Senate, at rallies and at public consultations...
- Prime Minister: Statements Relating to the Senate (1 speech)
In my speech in the adjournment debate this evening I wish to raise the issue of the role of the Senate and the recent derogatory comments of the Prime Minister in which he attempted to direct...
- 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] A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax)...
