Senate debates
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Evans for today on account of personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The ClerkDocuments are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to senators. Details of the documents appear at the end of today’s Hansard.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That, on Tuesday, 8 February 2011:(a)the hours of meeting be from 12.30 pm to adjournment;(b)the routine of business for the remainder of the day shall be as...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mr Charles Ronald Maunsell (8 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 17 December 2010, of Charles Ronald Maunsell, a senator for the state of Queensland from 1968 to 1981 and during this time a...
- Corporal Richard Edward Atkinson (9 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate record its deep sorrow at the death of Corporal Richard Atkinson on 2 February 2011 while on combat operations in Afghanistan, places on record its...
- Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate records the occasion of national significance in the awarding of the Victoria Cross to Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, on 23 January 2011. The...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (4 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate:(a)acknowledges with great sadness the devastation occasioned by this summer’s natural disasters including unprecedented floods, Cyclone Yasi and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I acknowledge the presence in the President’s gallery of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the parliament of Tonga. I welcome you to the Australian parliament and wish you all...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (31 speeches)
On behalf of Family First, I join with this motion and express my profound sadness about the devastation caused by the natural disasters which have lashed our country—the floods, the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Boyce to move on the next day of sitting:That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That, as a mark of respect to the memory of those who have lost their lives as a result of the recent natural disasters, the Senate do now adjourn. Question agreed to.
- 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. An explanatory statement is tabled with...
