Senate debates

Thursday, 23 June 2011

• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That the order of consideration of general business orders of the day for the remainder of today be as follows: No.  20–Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling — Palm Oil) Bill 2010; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling — Palm Oil) Bill 2010; In Committee (37 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
  • Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling — Palm Oil) Bill 2010; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the bill be read a third time. Question agreed to.
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Valedictories (0 speeches)
  • (2 speeches)
    On behalf of Senator Collins, I seek leave to incorporate her valedictory statement. Leave granted.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011; Second Reading (35 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Petitions (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (0 speeches)
    To the Honourable President and Members of the Senate in Parliament assembled: The petition of the undersigned shows: Their concern about increases in the cost of living that would result from...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (5 speeches)
    To move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes:   (i)   the opening statement made by the President of Fair Work Australia on 1 June 2010 during...
  • Postponement (0 speeches)
    The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 298 standing in the name of Senator Xenophon for today, proposing the introduction of the Bankruptcy...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present report No.8 of 2011 of the Selection of Bills Committee and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF BILLS...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move the motion in the terms circulated in the chamber relating to the consideration of private senators’ bills: That the following list of general business orders of the day be...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (2 speeches)
    I withdraw business of the Senate notices of motion Nos 7 and 8.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Gambling Reform Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the sitting of the Senate on...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character...
  • Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee on biosecurity and quarantine arrangements be extended to 29 November 2011....
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Siewert, move the motion as amended: That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 16 August 2011:...
• Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
  • Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment Determination 2011, Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment Determination 2011 (No. 2) (1 speech)
    I move: That, in accordance with section 10B(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Senate approves the Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment Determination 2011 and the...
  • Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net — Telehealth) Amendment Determination 2011 (1 speech)
    I move: That, in accordance with section 10B(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Senate approves the Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net—Telehealth) Amendment Determination...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security and family assistance , and for other purposes. Question agreed to. I present the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senators Fifield, Forshaw, Kroger, Moore, Polley, Siewert and Stephens, move: That the following matter be referred to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Trade: Apples; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate—   (a)   orders that all documents associated with the development of the import protocol for apples from New Zealand be laid on the table...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 18 August 2011: The Government's administration of the...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference (24 speeches)
    Mr President, I seek leave to make a short statement.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Nuclear Energy (8 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes:      (i)   the ongoing crisis and radiation leaks from the severely damaged...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I move: That the following matters be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 19 September 2011:   (a)   the...
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
    On behalf of the respective chairs, I present additional information received by the Senate Environ­ment and Communications Legislation Committee and the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security I present the committee's report entitled Annual report of committee activities 2009-10 and I move: That the Senate...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    I present the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade entitled Inquiry intoAustralia's relationship with the countries of Africa. I move: That the Senate take...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    I present the report by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on the Australian film and literature classification schemetogether with the Hansard record of proceedings and...
  • Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee, I present the report of the committee on the science underpinning the inability to eradicate the Asian honey bee,...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2011, Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Bill 2011, Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    Bills received from the House of Representatives.
  • Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2011, Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Bill 2011, Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— The purpose of the...
  • National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    Bill received from the House of Representatives.
  • National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
  • Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011, Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011; Returned from the House of Representatives (0 speeches)
    Message received from the House of Representatives agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate to the bills.
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2011, Product Stewardship Bill 2011; Returned from the House of Representatives (0 speeches)
    Message received from the House of Representatives returning the bills without amendment.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network; Membership (0 speeches)
    Message received from the House of Representatives notifying the Senate of the appointment of Mr Bandt to the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Immigration Detention Network.
  • Economics Legislation Committee, Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees I present reports from the legislation committees, except for the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, in...
  • Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, I present the final report on the exposure draft and explanatory memorandum of the Illegal Logging Prohibition...
  • Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee, I present the final report on pilot safety, including consideration of the Transport Safety Investigation Amendment...
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs References Committee, I present the final report on the social and economic impact of rural wind farms, together with the Hansard record of...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Gillard Government (6 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister confirm that at the current Prime Minister's first press conference 12 months ago, having stabbed...
  • National Broadband Network (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Can the minister advise the Senate on any recent announcements regarding the future of the...
  • Government Policy (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Why, 12 months after the Prime Minister stabbed her predecessor, Mr Rudd, in the back, has the government broken its...
  • Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations. I refer to the fact that Fair Work Australia has recently accepted that community...
  • Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. It is, indeed, a matter of contemporary importance to most Australians. I refer the minister to the Prime Minister's...
  • Square Kilometre Array (165 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science, and Research, Senator Carr. Mr President, can the minister inform the Senate on the progress of Australia's bid to host the...
  • Australian Defence Force (6 speeches)
    Thank you, Mr President. My question is to Senator Evans, representing the Minister for Defence. The Department of Defence has announced eight reviews into allegations of abuse and misconduct in...
  • Live Animal Exports (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister confirm the report in today's West Australian newspaper that he was scolded by the...
  • Broadband (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Senator Sherry. Can the minister outline to the Senate how the internet is reshaping the way business is being carried out around the world?...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Gillard Government, Live Animal Exports (11 speeches)
    Mr Deputy President, might I congratulate you on what will be your last take note debate. I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills,...
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    I seek leave to make a personal explanation. Leave granted. I thought I had already made my last speech, but I have to rise today because I believe I have been very grievously misrepresented in...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Superannuation (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Mr Shorten, I table a ministerial statement on superannuation.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Economics References Committee, Migration Committee; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I present government responses to committee reports as listed on today’s Order of Business. In accordance with the usual practice, I seek leave to incorporate the documents in Hansard....
• Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
  • Report Nos 54, 55 and 56 of 2010-11 (1 speech)
    In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following reports of the three reports of the Auditor-General: No. 54––Financial statement...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Assent (0 speeches)
    Message from the Governor-General reported informing the Senate of assent to the bill.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • National Library of Australia (2 speeches)
    The President has received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz) nominating a senator to be a member of the Council of the National Library of Australia,...
  • Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust (2 speeches)
    The President has received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz) nominating Senator Macdonald to serve as a trustee on the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Matters of Public Importance; Consideration of Legislation (12 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion so that a private senator's bill can be considered under a limitation of debate. As I seek leave, Mr Deputy President, I cannot help but pass comment that this might...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (3 speeches)
    by leave—I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes that after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 the...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• 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 do not suspect we will need this amount of time, but this allows sufficient time for...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • In Committee (11 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
  • Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
    I seek leave to move a motion relating to the hours of meeting today. Leave granted. I move: That the Senate continue to sit between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm. Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    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 clarify further issues? If not, I call the minister.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 5 (Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012, and...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2011-2012; Second Reading (7 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2011-2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
  • Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; In Committee (35 speeches)
    Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
  • Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Third Reading (3 speeches)
    (): I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Membership (2 speeches)
    Order! I have received letters from party leaders seeking variations to the membership of various committees.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
    The Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee has been charged with the responsibility of inquiring into certain matters relating to live exports and the situation with live exports into...
• 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)
  • Finance and Deregulation: Travel (Question No. 565) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 4 April 2011: With reference to travel undertaken by departmental staff: can a list be provided by the department itemising all...
  • Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (Question No. 653) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, upon notice, on 5 May 2011: With reference to the Audit and Fraud Control Branch and the department's current review of the...
  • Attorney-General: Accommodation (Question No. 668) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 24 May 2011: Has the department undertaken any building works at its offices on National Circuit, Canberra, in the past year;...