Senate debates

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

• Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
  • Temporary Chairmen of Committees (1 speech)
    Pursuant to standing order 12, I lay on the table a warrant revoking the warrant nominating Senator Kroger as a temporary chair of committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011; Second Reading (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011; In Committee (14 speeches)
    Bills—by leave—taken as a whole.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
    Mr Deputy President, congratula­tions on your appointment. It is my first opportunity to congratulate you. At the request of Senator Fifield, I present a report of the Senate Standing...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I seek leave to move a motion relating to the order of government business. Leave granted. I move: That: (a) the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Social...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in the Committee of the Whole.
  • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011; In Committee (23 speeches)
    CARBON CREDITS (CARBON FARMING INITIATIVE) BILL 2011 Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
• Matters of Public Interest (0 speeches)
  • Child Pageants (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on a topic that causes me a great deal of concern. Child pageants and the early sexualisation of young girls appears to be an increasing problem gaining regular, even...
  • Israel (1 speech)
    Last June, I spoke in this place about the international furore that followed the alleged flotilla that illegally sought to break the blockade of Hamas controlled Gaza. The news of the last few...
  • Same-Sex Marriage (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak to a matter that is important to many people, particularly those both within and outside this chamber, who believe in fairness and equality: the issue of marriage equality....
  • HIV-AIDS (1 speech)
    Very recently I had the great privilege of joining with many dedicated people as part of the Australian delegation participating at the 2011 UN General Assembly high-level meeting on HIV-AIDS. I...
  • Arthritis (1 speech)
    Today I rise to speak on a matter of public interest: arthritis. Arthritis has a significant impact upon many millions of people in our community—mothers, fathers, grand­mothers,...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Live Animal Exports (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. I refer to the government's business hardship payment of $20,000 supposedly to help cattle producers. Given...
  • Pensions and Benefits (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Arbib. Can the minister please inform the Senate on any new...
  • Carbon Pricing (19 speeches)
    My question is to be Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. Has the government given consideration to the impact of the carbon tax on the value...
  • Forestry (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Minister Ludwig. Is the minister aware that the Tasmanian minister for forestry has confirmed in state parliament today...
  • Budget (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the government's budget papers which said (1) there is no provision in the budget for the carbon...
  • Superannuation (6 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Sherry. Can the minister outline to the Senate the outstanding achievements of the Gillard...
  • Fuel Excise (9 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. Can the minister assure the Senate that there will be no increase in the 38 cents per litre excise on petrol under the...
  • Workplace Relations (11 speeches)
    Senator Xenophon, I lost you for a moment.
  • Carbon Pricing (28 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. Does the minister agree with her South Australian Senate colleague Senator...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Iraq (1 speech)
    I seek leave to incorporate an answer to a question I took on notice during question time yesterday from Senator Bob Brown in my capacity representing the Minister for Defence. Leave granted....
  • James Price Point (1 speech)
    In question time yesterday I offered to provide further advice in detail to Senator Ludlam to answer a specific supplementary question he raised. I can now furnish further information and I seek...
  • Carbon Pricing (16 speeches)
    In question time yesterday Senator Cormann asked me a question in relation to carbon pricing. In the course of answers to the first and second supplementary questions I gave two quotes which I...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Forestry (23 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Ludwig) to a question without notice asked by Senator Milne today relating...
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (4 speeches)
    I seek leave to make a brief personal explanation as I claim to have been misrepresented. Leave granted. Yesterday I was the victim of a great calumny perpetrated by two government dissimulators...
• Petitions (0 speeches)
  • Cluster Munitions (0 speeches)
    To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled: The petition of the undersigned shows that we are concerned that cluster munitions are a large cause of death and...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (10 speeches)
    To move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Standing Committee of Senators' Interests on the development of a draft code of conduct for senators be extended to 28 November 2011.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Economics Legislation Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I table the following three exposure drafts settled with state/territory officials: the Business Names Registration Bill 2011, Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential...
  • 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 22 September 2011: A review of the Professional Services Review (PSR) Scheme...
  • Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 3 standing in my name for today proposing a reference to the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee on the Foreign...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Iraq (7 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate calls on the Government to hold an independent inquiry into any Australian involvement in the conduct of the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad from 2003, including knowledge of...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Joint Standing Committee on Treaties; Reference (3 speeches)
    I move: That the Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010 be referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties for inquiry and report by 7 September 2011. I seek leave...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • James Price Point (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Ludlam, move: That the Senate—   (a)   condemns the heavy handed tactics of the Western Australian Government which has instructed...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Live Animal Exports (12 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: The Gillard Government's...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Report (5 speeches)
    I present the final report of the Community Affairs References Committee, Disability and ageing: lifelong planning for a better future, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and...
  • Agricultural and Related Industries Committee; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I present the government's response to the report of the Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries on its inquiry into the incidence and severity of bushfires across Australia, and...
  • President's Report; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I present the government's response to the President's report of 9 February 2011 on government responses outstanding to parliamentary committee reports and seek leave to have the document...
  • President's Report; Membership (2 speeches)
    Order! The President has received letters from party leaders nominating senators to committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    Bill received from the House of Representatives.
  • Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    I 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 follows— The Telecommunications...
  • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011; In Committee (60 speeches)
    Debate resumed. The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: The committee is considering the Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, as amended, and the question is that the amendments moved by Senator...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • (3 speeches)
    Mr Deputy President, I seek leave to table two documents which have been properly circulated in the chamber.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
    I would like to take this opportunity as the only member of the defence frontbench team in the Senate to say a few words about the changes to the leadership of the Australian Defence Force which...
  • Palliative Care (1 speech)
    Tonight I wish to speak on a subject that many people feel uncomfortable talking about—that is, death or, more to the point, caring for people who we know are going to die sooner rather...
  • Catholic Agricultural College Bindoon, Clontarf Aboriginal College (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to talk about new beginnings. In particular I want to talk about new beginnings in two schools that I have visited recently. Both of those schools have long histories. For...
• 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)
  • Superannuation (Question No. 598) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, upon notice, on 15 April 2011: (1)   How many applications have been received by the...
  • Australian Taxation Office: Reward and Recognition Scheme (Question No. 667) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 24 May 2011: Has the Australian Taxation Office purchased goods from Hoders Pty Ltd for rewards and awards; if so: (a) what: (i)...
  • Muckaty Land Trust (Question No. 694) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, upon notice, on 1 5 June 2011: In regard to the petition dated 14 April 2010 from...