Senate debates
Thursday, 24 March 2011
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Order! I have received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
- Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (17 speeches)
Debate resumed from 10 February, on motion by Senator Scullion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of the following government business orders of the day relating to the:Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits...
- Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (37 speeches, 5 comments)
Debate resumed from 18 November, on motion by Senator Ronaldson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (35 speeches)
by leave—I move: That––(1)On Thursday, 24 March 2011:(a)the hours of meeting shall be 9.30 am to 6.30 pm, and 7.30 pm to adjournment;(b)consideration of general business and...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: A petition has been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Brandis to move on the next day of sitting:That general business order of the day no. 54, relating to the Assisting Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2010, be discharged from the Notice...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—I present the 3rd report of 2011 of the Selection of Bills Committee. Ordered that the report be adopted. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted....
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the following list of general business orders of the day be considered under the temporary order relating to the consideration of private senators’ bills on Thursday, 12 May...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 27 standing in the name of the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) for today, proposing the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate today, from 4.30 pm till 6 pm,...
- Economics References Committee; Report (1 speech)
I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Economics References Committee on the competition within the Australian banking sector be extended to 27 April 2011. Question agreed to.
- Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move:That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 18 August 2011: The effectiveness of the special arrangements...
- Procedure Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move:That the following matter be referred to the Procedure Committee for inquiry and report: The operation of standing order 55(2) to (5) relating to the meeting of the Senate. Question agreed to.
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Works (9 speeches)
I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the Senate approves the proposal by the National Capital Authority for capital works within the Parliamentary Zone relating...
- Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 221 standing in my name relating to the 20th anniversary of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in...
- Tasmanian Forestry Negotiations (0 speeches)
- Order (7 speeches)
I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Senator Conroy) by 6 pm on Thursday, 24 March...
- World Tuberculosis Day (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Carol Brown, move:That the Senate—(a)recognises that 24 March 2011 is World Tuberculosis Day, in observance of a disease that still claims the lives of 1.7...
- Taxation (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate notes the Gillard Government’s reliance on new ad hoc taxes such as the flood tax, student tax, mining tax and carbon tax instead of undertaking genuine tax reform in...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Establishment (10 speeches)
I move:(1)That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Australia’s Food Processing Sector be established to inquire into, and report by 30 June 2012 on the following...
- Australian Learning and Teaching Council (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a)deplores the waste and mismanagement by the Gillard Government which has led to the decision to abolish the Australian Learning and Teaching Council...
- Tobacco (0 speeches)
- (1 speech, 1 comment)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease in Australia and places our health system under severe financial strain;(b)recognises that...
- Alpine National Park (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes, with concern, the decision of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Mr Burke) to assess under the Environment...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. I refer the minister to the Prime Minister’s statement last weekend reported in the Sunday Telegraph under the...
- Mining (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Can the minister inform the Senate of the progress of the government’s consultations with industry over the...
- Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation and the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change, Senator Wong. I refer to research by JP Morgan stating that the carbon...
- Japan Disasters (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. My question relates to the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power complex in Japan, including...
- Home Insulation Scheme (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation and the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the case of...
- Mineral Resource Rent Tax (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Senator Sherry. Can the minister outline to the Senate how the government’s tax package will build a stronger economy and a fairer,...
- Health (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Ludwig. In relation to the rural health facilities, I draw your attention to the failed New South Wales...
- Family Relationship Services (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General, Minister Ludwig. Given the government’s decision to cut $48 million from the Family Relationship Services Program for...
- Tasmanian Forestry (27 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. With the government appointed mediator in Tasmania’s forest industry talks suggesting that 572,000...
- Mining (36 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. Can the minister outline to the Senate the benefits to the Australian economy of ensuring a fairer return on profits from...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Disabilities Ambassador (1 speech)
On 3 March Senator Fifield asked me a question in my then capacity as Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The question concerned...
- Tasmanian Forestry (1 speech)
In answer to a question by Senator Colbeck today I may have said—and I will check the transcript—that Mr Kelty handed down a report on a particular date. Mr Kelty announced on 22...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (Senator Evans) and the Minister representing the Minister for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Senate Temporary Orders (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—In relation to the Procedure Committee’s first report of 2011, I move: That the order of the Senate providing modified rules for question time continue to operate as...
- Roads (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)Main Roads Western Australia have submitted a proposal to build a road to James Price Point through pristine Kimberley bushland which is...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Selection of Bills Committee be postponed to a later hour of the day. Question agreed to.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
The Clerk: Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to senators, and a statement of compliance with a continuing order of the Senate relating to departmental and agency files...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010; Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Access Arrangements) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 March, on motion by Senator Jacinta Collins: That these bills be now read a second time. Question put.
- In Committee (350 speeches)
Is it the wish of the committee that the bills be taken as a whole?
