Senate debates

Monday, 20 June 2011

• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That—   (a)   government business order of the day no. 3 (Remuneration and Other Legislation Amend­ment Bill 2011) be postponed till the next day...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011; In Committee (20 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
    I seek leave to move a motion to vary the hours of meeting and routine of business for today. Leave granted. I move: That the order of the Senate agreed to on 16 June 2011 relating to the hours...
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 4 (Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010). Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010; Second Reading (6 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Address by the Prime Minister of New Zealand (0 speeches)
  • (6 speeches)
    The Speaker: On behalf of the House, I welcome as guests the President of the Senate and honourable senators to this sitting of the House of Representatives to hear an address by the Rt Hon....
• Petitions (0 speeches)
  • Community Development Employment Program (0 speeches)
    To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled: We the undersigned are citizens concerned with the exploitation of Aboriginal workers taking place under the...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (10 speeches)
    To move: That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order...
  • Postponement (0 speeches)
    The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 227 standing in the name of the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) for today, proposing the...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Ludwig for 20 and 21 June 2011, on account of parliamentary business overseas. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    by leave—On behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Moore, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Community Affairs Legislation...
  • Reform of the Australian Federation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Select Committee on the Reform of the Australian Federation be extended to 30 June 2011. Question agreed to.
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Community Affairs References Committee on planning options and services for people ageing with a disability be extended to 6 July 2011.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Live Animal Export Restriction and Prohibition Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to restrict the export of live animals for slaughter pending its prohibition, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I...
  • Live Animal Export Restriction and Prohibition Bill 2011; 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 the explanatory memorandum and seek leave to have...
  • Interactive Gambling and Broadcasting Amendment (Online Transactions and Other Measures) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 282 standing in my name by adding to the long title of the bill the following words: 'including sports betting'. Leave granted. I move...
  • Interactive Gambling and Broadcasting Amendment (Online Transactions and Other Measures) Bill 2011; 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 the explanatory memorandum and I seek leave to have...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • World Refugee Day (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a)   notes that: 20 June is World Refugee Day, (ii)   the theme for 2011 is '1 refugee without hope is too many', and...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (17 speeches)
    The President has received a letter from Senator Fifield proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion, namely: Prime Minister Gillard's broken...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
    Pursuant to standing order 38(7), I present the report of the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee on the Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, together with...
  • Cyber-Safety Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    I present an interim report of the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety, High-wire act, cyber-safety and the young. I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the report. Leave granted. I...
• Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
  • Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly; Report (2 speeches)
    by leave—I present a report that is not quite a delegation report, but it is the report of the delegates who attended the United Nations General Assembly between September and December 2010...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    Bills received from the House of Representatives.
  • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011; 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 second reading speeches read as follows—...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Crossin, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Australian Transaction...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010; Second Reading (1 speech)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010; In Committee (3 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011; In Committee (54 speeches)
    Consideration resumed.
  • Taxation of Alternative Fuels Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011, Customs Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011, Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That these bills be now read a second time.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 6 (Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011 and two...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011, ComSuper Bill 2011, Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (6 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That these bills be now read a second time.
  • Taxation of Alternative Fuels Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011, Customs Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011, Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (0 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That these bills be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bills read a second time.
  • Taxation of Alternative Fuels Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011, Customs Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011, Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Bill 2011; In Committee (38 speeches)
    Bills—by leave—taken together and as a whole.
  • Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011, ComSuper Bill 2011, Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That these bills be now read a second time.
  • Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011, ComSuper Bill 2011, Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; In Committee (7 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Tigers Oxfam Trailwalker Team (1 speech)
    In March I spoke in the Senate about the achievements of the Australian blind cricket team. In that speech I mentioned that Ben Phillips, a totally blind cricketer, would be joining the Tigers...
  • CEO Sleep-out, Penrith Valley Fund Business Sleepers (3 speeches)
    It is not very often, as Senator Faulkner would know, that I would stand in the chamber and say, 'Go Tigers' but on this occasion I can certainly acknowledge the value of the walk team for the...
  • Australian Capital Territory Centenary (1 speech)
    The centenary of the founding of Australia's national capital is now less than two years away. While the historic month of March 2013 will no doubt be crammed full of community celebrations and...
  • Australian Greens (1 speech)
    With only three parliamentary sitting days left before the composition of the Senate changes on 1 July, I am filled with trepida­tion at the implication of a strengthened Labor-Green...
• 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)
  • Mining (Question No. 10) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 28 September 2010: (1)   For the 3 year period up to 2020, using the price forecast used in standard treasury...
  • Internet (Question No. 442) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: With reference to public Internet access in Pukatja (also known as Ernabella), the largest...
  • Defence: Staffing (Question No. 456) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: (1) For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, how many: (a) uniformed staff; and (b) civilian staff,...
  • Treasury: Staffing (Question No. 612) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 19 April 2011: With reference to the department and the agencies within the Minister’s portfolio: (1) What is the total number...
  • Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation: Hospitality (Question No. 666) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 21 May 2011: Did the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation hold a CEO retirement function in Sydney on 22 November 2010; if so:...