Senate debates
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—I present the seventh 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...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Higher Education Support Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Before I call the parliamentary secretary to move the third reading, does any senator wish to have a committee stage on the bill to ask further...
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall now call the minister to move the third reading, unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in the Committee of the Whole....
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated. I shall call the parliamentary secretary to move the third reading, unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 3) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 3) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Before I call the minister to move the third reading, does any senator wish to have a committee stage on the bill to ask further questions or...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 4) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 4) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Before I call the minister to move the third reading, does any senator wish to have a committee stage on the bill to ask further questions or...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Before I call the minister to move the third reading, does any senator wish to have a committee stage on the bill to ask further questions or...
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Before I call the minister to move the third reading, does any senator wish to have a committee stage on the bill to ask further questions or...
- Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Before I call the minister to move the third reading, does any senator wish to have a committee stage on the bill to ask further questions or...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after the consideration of government business order of the day No. 12, the Product Stewardship Bill 2011. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Interest (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
Following eighteen months in the planning, on Friday, 13 May a delegation from members of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade's Defence Subcommittee left Australia...
- Gillard Government (1 speech)
At the heart of this Gillard Labor government lies the truth that it is an illegitimate government. The government is not only illegitimate but also hopelessly divided. Only today we read how...
- Japanese Natural Disasters (1 speech)
I rise to express my concern, the concern of my colleagues and the concern of people all over the world for the people of Japan, including our friends and colleagues whose lives changed on 11...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise on a matter of public interest and that is the destruction of workers rights in New South Wales by the Liberal-National coalition state government. The O'Farrell government has followed...
- Murray-Darling Basin (3 speeches)
I must say Senator Cameron is far more entertaining when he is elevated than when he is reading the script. I find it incredible that at the forefront of the policy agenda of my good friend and...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
Yesterday the Prime Minister released several glossy documents on climate change. What she was trying to expand on was the rest of the world acting in unison to come up with an overall world view...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Is the minister aware that as a direct result of his decision to suspend the export of cattle to Indonesia,...
- Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator Evans. Can the minister outline to the Senate how the approach to bargaining in the...
- Live Animal Exports (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Is the minister aware of animal rights groups having footage of more animal welfare breaches in Australian...
- Forestry (10 speeches)
My question also goes to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Can the minister tell the chamber if a Tasmanian forest agreement is in the offing and, indeed, may be finalised in...
- Carbon Pricing (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Resources. Is the government unequivocally committed to the continuation of a strong, profitable and job-creating coal...
- Mortgages (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. Can the minister advise the Senate on the importance of the government's ban on mortgage exit fees?
- Carbon Pricing (45 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Energy, Senator Sherry. Minister, knowing that you always prepare well for question time, I refer you to the Minister...
- Solar Energy (9 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
- Carbon Pricing (20 speeches)
My question is also to Senator Wong representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. I refer the minister to Minister Combet's remarks in the House yesterday when he said:...
- Broadband (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Can the minister inform the Senate on recent progress on the rollout of the National...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by the Minister for Small Business (Senator Sherry) and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Senator Wong) to questions without notice...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Polley for 15 and 16 June 2011, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Hanson-Young to move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 20 June is World Refugee Day,...
- 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 Siewert for today, proposing a reference to the Rural Affairs and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Dalai Lama (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Xenophon, move: That the Senate— (a) endorses the meetings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Coalition leaders Messrs Tony Abbott and Warren Truss, and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
At the request of Senators Scullion and Colbeck, I move: That the Senate: (a) deplores the inhumane treatment of cattle at some abattoirs in Indonesia; (b) notes that this is unacceptable to all...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Xenophon, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee on the Food Standards Amendment (Truth in...
- Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of Senator Sterle, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee on the exposure draft and...
- Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of Senator Heffernan, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee on pilot safety, including...
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Coonan, the Chair of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, I present the committee's fifth report. I also lay on the table Scrutiny of Bills Alert Digest No....
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Polley, Chair of the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the exposure drafts of Australian privacy amendment...
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator McGauran, the deputy chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the 117th report of that committee, entitled Treaties tabled on 9 and 10 February, and 1...
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
I seek leave to revisit for one moment the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee. Leave granted. Following the notice that I gave about presenting the final report on 30...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Rural Research and Development (1 speech)
I table a ministerial statement on rural research and development, together with a report of the Productivity Commission and the government's preliminary response to this report.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Responses to Senate Resolutions; Tabling (1 speech)
I present responses to various Senate resolutions as listed at item 14 on today's Order of Business: Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr Rudd)—International Women’s Day (agreed to 3...
- Tabling (1 speech)
I present correspondence between the President of the Senate and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Wong, relating to ordinary annual services of the government. I also present a...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Department of the Senate; Tabling (1 speech)
For the information of the Senate, I present a report prepared by Ipsos-Eureka Project for the Department of the Senate on senators' satisfaction with departmental services, dated 2011. The...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Valedictories (0 speeches)
- (26 speeches)
Thirty-four years ago, in 1977, I decided to join the Liberal Party. I did so because of the party's strong commitment to free enterprise, the family, individual liberty and community...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Address by the Prime Minister of New Zealand (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
A message has been received from the House of Representatives inviting senators to attend an address to the House by the Right Honourable John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand. Copies of the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mental Health (1 speech)
Before I proceed to talk to you about the issue I have on adjournment tonight I want to put forward my best wishes to the retiring senators who spoke tonight, Senators Troeth, Barnett and Trood....
- Francis, Mr Charlie (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about a remarkable Australian, Charlie Francis from Forbes. Sadly, Charlie died last month and he is going to be terribly missed by his wonderful sister, Danie, her...
- Hopak in the Park (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak on an event called Hopak in the Park, which I attended at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl in April. The event was organised by the Australian Federation of Ukrainian...
- Victorian Bushfires (1 speech)
I stand here tonight to raise a matter of public importance about the events that led to a very dark day known as Black Saturday. It is still not easy to talk about the 2009 Black Saturday...
- 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...
- Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (Question No. 423) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Determination 2010/D9 (division 7A – unpaid present entitlements): (1) What is the...
- Taxation (Question No. 424) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Determination 2010/D4 (income tax consolidation): (1) What is the policy intention of the...
- Taxation (Question No. 425) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Determination 2010/D6: (1) What is the policy intention of the proposed measure. (2) How...
- Taxation (Question No. 426) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Determination 2010/D10 (Division 7A – payments and loans through interposed...
- Taxation (Question No. 427) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Determination 2010/20 (income tax treaty shopping): (1) What is the policy intention of...
- Taxation (Question No. 428) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Practice Statement Law Administration 2010/4 (Division 7A: trust entitlements): (1) What is the...
- Taxation (Question No. 429) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Determination 2010/21 (profit on the sale of shares in a company group acquired in a...
- Finance and Deregulation (Question No. 430) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 11 March 2011: With reference to the Monthly Financial Statements of December 2010: (1) Is the Government still borrowing an...
- Taxation (Question No. 438) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 11 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Ruling 2011/1: (1) What is the policy intention of the proposed measure. (2) How does the...
- Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (Question No. 445) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: With reference to residential building codes being changed from five to six...
- Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Question No. 447) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: Most recent National Rental Affordability Scheme...
- Olympic Dam (Question No. 448) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: With reference to the Olympic Dam's Environmental...
- Superannuation (Question No. 450) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer, upon notice, on 17 March 2011: With reference to the changes to concessional superannuation caps and the answer to question on notice no....
- Soccer World Cup (Question No. 451) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Sport, upon notice, on 17 March 2011: (1) As part of Australia's bid to host the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, was a...
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (Question No. 453) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the ongoing removal and salvage...
- Defence: Staffing (Question No. 454) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: As at 31 December 2010, how many: (a) full-time, permanent uniformed staff; and (b) civilian staff, both...
- Defence: Staffing (Question No. 455) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, how many uniformed full-time, permanent personnel were...
- Defence: Staffing (Question No. 457) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, how many temporary civilian positions, both full-time and...
- Defence: Staffing (Question No. 458) (2 speeches)
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- Defence: Staffing (Question No. 459) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, how many civilian employees, including full-time and part-time,...
- Defence: Staffing (Question No. 460) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, what was the average cost in recruiting each new uniformed...
- Defence: Staffing (Question No. 461) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: What was the total expenditure on recruiting for the periods: (a) 1 July to 31 December; and (b) 1 January...
- Defence: Staffing (Question No. 462) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, how much was paid to the Australian Defence Force prime...
- Defence: Strategic Reform Program (Question No. 470) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program 'Indicative Workforce Implications...
- Defence: Strategic Reform Program (Question No. 474) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program 'Indicative Workforce Implications...
- Defence (Question No. 484) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Defence upon notice, on 21 March 2011: Given that video communications are integrated into robots, soldiers and unmanned aerial vehicles, network centric warfare is...
- Defence (Question Nos 485 to 487) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: (1) For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, for each agency within the responsibility of the Minister,...
- Defence (Question Nos 488 to 490) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, for each agency within the responsibility of the...
- Defence: Overseas Travel (Question Nos 494, 495 and 496) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010: (1) (a) Did the Minister/Parliamentary Secretary travel...
- Defence: Helicopters (Question No. 505) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: (1) When will the final decision be made to 'introduce 46 new MRH-90 helicopters as a pooled fleet shared...
- Defence: Reserves (Question No. 518) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010: (1) (a) How many training days have been allocated to Reserves...
- Defence: Hospitality (Question No. 523) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the answer provided to Question on Notice No's. 117-119: (1) Who attended the Chief of...
- Defence: Hospitality (Question No. 524) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the answer provided to Question on Notice No's. 117-119: (1) Who attended the Chief of...
- Defence: Hospitality (Question No. 525) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to the answer provided to Question on Notice No's. 117-119: (1) Who attended the Australian...
- Defence: Hospitality (Question No. 526) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to the answer provided to question on notice No's. 117-119: (1) Who attended the meeting...
- Defence: Hospitality (Question No. 527) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to the answer provided to Question on Notice No's. 117-119: (1) Who attended the US Army...
- Defence (Question No. 528) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to the answer provided to question on notice numbers 117-119: (1) How many attended the VIP...
- Defence (Question No. 529) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to the answer provided to Question on Notice No's. 117-119: (1) Can details be provided of...
- Australian Taxation Office (Question No. 533) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: (1) How many prosecutions for 'sham' contracting has the Australian Taxation Office undertaken in the past 2 years....
- National E-Health Transition Authority (Question No. 535) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to statements made in the department's annual report for 2009-10 which claimed...
- National Heritage List (Question No. 538) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: With reference to the answer provided to Question...
- Defence: Special Purpose Aircraft (Question No. 548) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: For each calendar year, from 2005 to 2010: (1) How many delegations used the Government's Special Purpose...
- AusAID (Question No. 555) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: (1) How many cases of alleged corruption in the Government's aid program: (a) are currently being...
- Foreign Affairs (Question No. 560) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: Has the department and/or AusAID provided any briefings to members of the Australian Greens and/or...
- Australian Taxation Office (Question No. 561) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: (1) What is the target timeframe for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to reimburse business proprietors with owed...
- Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (Question No. 562) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 4 April 2011: With reference to the Browse Basin liquefied natural gas precinct proposed by...
- Nuclear Fuel Australia (Question No. 566) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Energy, upon notice , on 4 April 2011: With reference to Australia's involvement in nuclear activities and its nuclear ambition, and...
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Question No. 567) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice , on 4 April 2011: With reference to the development of alternative sources of medical isotopes: what work is...
- Sustainable Population Strategy (Question No. 570) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 4 April 2011: (1) Can an update be provided of the department's...
- Housing (Question No. 572) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 4 April 2011: (1) What mechanisms are currently in place to facilitate communication in relation to housing policy and housing...
- Housing (Question No. 573) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, upon notice , on 4 April 2011: With reference to an agreement made in March 2008 by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to move...
- Homelessness (Question No. 576) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, upon notice, on 4 April 2011: Further to recent questions asked during the 2010-11 additional estimates for the Community Affairs...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 579) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: Given that: (a) in an article headed 'Strength in diverse views', the former Australian...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 580) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: Given that: (a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has previously advised that...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 581) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: Given that: (a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has previously advised that...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 582) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: Given that: (a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has previously advised that...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 583) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: Given that: (a) an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) report on a European Union...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 584) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: Given that: (a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has previously advised that...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 585) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: Given that: (a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has previously agreed that...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 586) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: Given that: (a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has described an Israeli...
- ATM and EFTPOS Fees (Question No. 587) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: With reference to the answer to question on notice no....
- Jandakot Airport (Question No. 588) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 8 April 2011: (1) When will the next stage of clearing occur at...
- Uranium Mining (Question No. 594) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 12 April 2011: (1) Has the Office of the Supervising Scientist...
- Human Services (Question No. 596) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 12 April 2011: With reference to the answer provided to question no. HS 11 taken on notice during the 2010-11...
- Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (Question No. 599) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, upon notice, on 15 April 2011: (1) How many complaints did the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal receive...
