Senate debates
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the order of consideration of government business orders of the day for the remainder of today be as follows: No. 4––Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 3 (Trans-Tasman Proceedings Amendment and Other Measures Bill 2011). Question...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the Senate that Senator Ludwig is absent on ministerial business. For question time today, and perhaps tomorrow, Senator Sherry will be taking questions on behalf of Senator Ludwig on...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (13 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Evans. I refer to the Prime Minister's statement six days before the last election that 'there will be no carbon tax under...
- Science (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. I am sure the minister is aware of the Respect the Science campaign, launched last night by the...
- Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Does the Prime Minister still believe in the words she said in March 2009: I think when you go to an election and...
- Fiscal Policy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Wong. Can the minister outline to the Senate the importance of maintaining a sound fiscal strategy, and how does this compare...
- Carbon Pricing (29 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. Does the minister accept the finding of the Productivity Commission that an ETS or...
- Economy (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Wong. Is it true that the government has presided over one of the fastest fiscal expansions in our history? Has the minister...
- Higher Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator Evans. Can the minister inform the Senate on the latest university enrolment figures and...
- Asylum Seekers (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Carr. I refer to the current Prime Minister's statement on radio 6PR on 8 July 2010 in which,...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by Senators Evans, Wong and Carr to questions asked by all coalition senators today. Mr Deputy President, one of the great joys of being in this...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Palliative Care (0 speeches)
To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled. Your petitioners ask/request that the Senate: (1) Calls upon the Government to acknowledge that well funded quality...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (9 speeches)
To move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Migration be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, 6 July 2011, from 10.30 am to noon.
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following item of business was postponed: General business notice of motion no. 199 standing in the name of Senator Cormann for today, relating to a proposed tax summit, postponed till 5 July...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Community Affairs References Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the sitting of the...
- Treaties Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Pratt, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Monday, 4 July 2011, from 10.30...
- National Broadband Network Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Stephens, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing...
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
At that request of the Chair of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Senator Cameron, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Environment and...
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Macdonald, I move: That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes there is multi-party agreement that the need for action on climate change is urgent; (b) calls...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (6 speeches)
I move: That— (1) The Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2010 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Carbon Tax Plebiscite Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to require a plebiscite before Australia introduces a carbon tax, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I...
- Carbon Tax Plebiscite Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I present the explanatory memoranda and move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day relating to reports of the Auditor-General were considered: Audit report no. 49 of 2010-11––Fuel Tax Credits Scheme Audit report no. 50 of...
- Valedictories (0 speeches)
- (47 speeches)
Pursuant to the order of the Senate agreed to on 11 May 2011, the Senate will now move to valedictory statements.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Vietnam: Orphanages (1 speech)
I say a special hello to all those people I know that are listening tonight—one special friend, Joe, under a bit of sufferance. I rise to speak on a fundraising event that my husband and I...
- War Graves (1 speech)
Tonight I want to pay tribute to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Office of Australian War Graves. I want to pay tribute because of their fine work, their fantastic contribution for...
- Cuffay, Mr William (1 speech)
For those of you who may not be as acquainted with the early history of the labour movement in Australia and the United Kingdom, I want to share with you tonight a few words about a Chartist hero...
- Middle East (1 speech)
When I came to the Senate 17 years ago, in May 1994, only a few months before the Oslo peace accords had been negotiated and signed on the lawns of the White House in Washington. Some years...
- 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)
- Foreign Affairs (Question No. 550) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: (1) How many departmental officials were reassigned to other duties to assist...
