Senate debates

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Environment and Communications References Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That– (a)   the Environment and Communications References Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010; In Committee (19 speeches)
    Debate resumed.
  • Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010; Third Reading (7 speeches)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third 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. 5, Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 and a related bill. Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That these bills be now read a second time.
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I refer to recent statements from the Prime Minister and the Treasurer pointing...
  • Economy (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation and Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. Can the minister update the Senate on the latest International Monetary Fund...
  • Carbon Pricing (24 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Minister Wong. Can the minister explain why the Gillard government continues to claim that...
  • Steel Industry (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr.
  • Vocational Education and Training (9 speeches)
    I direct my question to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator Evans. In a letter you sent to the New South Wales Labor MP Carmel Tebbutt on 29...
  • Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Wong, representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Is the minister aware of detailed modelling on the carbon tax, released yesterday by respected...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
    On 22 September 2011, Senator Waters asked me a question about coal seam gas regulation. I seek leave to incorporate further information in Hansard. Leave granted. The answer read as follows:...
• Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
  • Question Nos 503, 504, 633, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 712, 759, 779, 780, 789 (3 speeches)
    Pursuant to standing order 74(5), I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Minister Evans, for an explanation as to why answers have not been provided to questions on notice...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Senator Wong) to questions without notice asked today. This week is a very sad week for our...
  • Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (Senator Evans) to a question without notice asked by Senator...
• Petitions (0 speeches)
  • Children (0 speeches)
    To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled: We, the undersigned, care deeply about the children of Australia and their rights. We care about children's rights...
  • Islamic Law (0 speeches)
    To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled: This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws the attention of the Senate to the serious danger faced by...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (15 speeches)
    To move: That the Senate—   (a)   welcomes the Productivity Commission's final report into disability care and support, released on 10 August 2011;...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration of Legislation (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 considered...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—On behalf of the Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Senator Eggleston, I move: That the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Bushby for 12 October 2011, for parliamentary reasons, and that leave of absence be granted to Senator Heffernan for 13 October...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Gambling Reform Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—On behalf of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform, I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in...
  • Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—On behalf of Senator Bishop and the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I move: That the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit be authorised to:...
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—On behalf of the Community Affairs References Committee, I move: That the Community Affairs References Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Postponement (0 speeches)
    The following items of business were 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...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Electoral Matters Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Carol Brown, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, 12...
  • Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Moore, I move: That the Community Affairs Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Senate Temporary Orders (1 speech)
    I move: That the following operate as a temporary order with immediate effect until the conclusion of the 43rd Parliament: Standing order 18 establishing the Committee of Privileges be amended as...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    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 Senate on...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Mental Health (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Moore and Senator Humphries, move: That the Senate— (a)   notes that:   (i)   10 October was World Mental Health Day...
  • Container Deposit Scheme (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a)   notes:   (i)   that the Northern Territory Government adopted legislation to launch a territory-wide container deposit...
  • Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a)   notes the current dismal state of debate on asylum seeker policy in Australia with:   (i)   the Prime Minister (Ms...
  • Palestine (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a)   notes the asseveration of the Prime Minister (Ms Gillard) that, in the issue of relations between Palestine and Israel, 'direct negotiation is...
  • Private Senators' Bills (1 speech)
    I move: That the first bill listed for private senators' time each week shall be brought to a third reading vote, unless the Senate, on that day, decides otherwise. Question put. The Senate...
  • Same-Sex Relationships (7 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a)   notes the recent motion passed by the Tasmanian Parliament regarding same-sex marriage that stated that the House:...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Carbon Pricing (17 speeches)
    A letter has been received from Senator Fifield: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The harmful and...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Tabling (1 speech)
    On behalf of the President, pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166 I present documents listed on today's Order of Business at item 13, which have been presented to the Deputy President and...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Australia's Immigration Detention Network Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the final report of the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Immigration Detention Network be presented by 30 March 2012. Question agreed to.
  • Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Australia's Immigration Detention Network Committee, Scrutiny of New Taxes Committee; Report (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That consideration of each of the committee reports just tabled be listed on the Notice Paper as orders of the day. Question agreed to.
  • Scrutiny of New Taxes Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the Select Committee on Scrutiny of New Taxes report The carbon tax: economic pain for no environmental gain. I thank the Senate. Madam Acting...
  • Clean Energy Future Legislation Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the report of the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Clean Energy Future Legislation—Advisory report on the Clean Energy bills...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Responses to Senate Resolutions; Tabling (2 speeches)
    I present the following responses to various Senate resolutions: (a)   from the Minister for Trade (Mr Emerson) to a resolution of the Senate of 7 July concerning Burma and Daw...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Scrutiny of New Taxes Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Select Committee on the Scrutiny of New Taxes, Senator Cormann, I present additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into the mining tax.
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Community Affairs References Committee, I present additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into the social and economic impact of rural wind farms.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Tabling (0 speeches)
    The Clerk: Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to senators. Details of the documents appear at the end of today’s Hansard.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
    by leave—I would like to say how disappointed I was as a member of the committee that these documents, that were written on 28 January 2011 and received by the committee secretariat on 4...
  • Corporations and Financial Services Committee, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Membership (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows: Corporations and Financial Services—Joint Statutory Committee— Appointed—Senator...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Inventory) Bill 2011, Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2011, Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Registration Charges Consequentials) Bill 2011, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2011; Assent (0 speeches)
    Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the Senate of assent to the bills
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    On behalf of the Community Affairs References Committee, I present the report on the effectiveness of special arrangements for the supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to remote area...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    On behalf of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, I present the report on Australia's arrangement with Malaysia in relation to asylum seekers, together with the Hansard...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Consideration (0 speeches)
    The following orders of the day relating to government documents were considered: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry—Report for 2010-11, including financial statements for...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Shipp, Mr Ray (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about a man who has spent the best part of his life representing the people of Launceston and surrounding areas in my home state of Tasmania. I feel honoured to call Ray...
  • Breast Cancer (1 speech)
    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and tonight I rise to speak on the issue of breast cancer. It is an issue that is very close to me because my fraternal grandmother passed away from it,...
  • Uranium Mining (7 speeches, 1 comment)
    I rise to speak on a different matter but one which perhaps has some relation to the contribution just made by Senator Cash. To begin with, I acknowledge the Arabunna and the Kokotha people of...
  • Micah Challenge (1 speech)
    I would like firstly to take the opportunity to associate myself with the speech by Senator Cash about ovarian cancer. It is an area that I have spoken on myself previously in this place, and it...
  • Local Sports Clubs (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to talk about football and netball. In Victoria and across the country, the lifeblood of many regional communities is their local football or netball club. As generations of...
  • Armenian Genocide: World War I, Royal National Park (1 speech)
    Tonight I would like to share with my fellow senators the memories of Australian soldiers who witnessed terrible atrocities during World War I. A few elderly New South Wales constituents have...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    I have been a representative of working Australians for over 20 years. Through those years my union, the AMWU, I have campaigned for improvements to Australia's workplace relations system in...
  • Polio Eradication (2 speeches)
    This evening I rise to speak on an important topic for Australia and the world, and that is the eradication of poliomyelitis, or polio. Over 10 years ago, the World Health Organisation recognised...
  • Member for Dobell (1 speech)
    Mr Acting Deputy President, I seek leave to speak for up to 20 minutes. Leave granted. I have previously raised matters regarding the member for Dobell. Tonight I would like to disclose further...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Departmental and Agency Appointments (0 speeches)
    The following documents were tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 24 June 2008, as amended: Departmental and agency appointments and vacancies—Budget (Supplementary)...
  • Departmental and Agency Grants (0 speeches)
    The following documents were tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 24 June 2008: Departmental and agency grants—Budget (Supplementary) estimates—Letters of advice—...
  • 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)
  • Defence (Question Nos 500 to 502) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: For each portfolio/agency within the responsibility of the Minister/Parliamentary Secretary: (1) How many...
  • Health (Question No. 541) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 25 March 2011:   (1)   What was the involvement of the Treasurer or department in the new health proposal,...
  • Foreign Affairs (Question No. 545) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: (1)   How many ambassadors/high commissioners are fluent in the official language...
  • Foreign Affairs: Overseas Delegations (Question No. 547) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: For each calendar year, from 2005 to 2010, how many overseas delegations were sponsored by the...
  • Papua New Guinea (Question No. 556) (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 Papua New Guinea: (a) are currently...
  • Foreign Affairs: Staffing (Question No. 616) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 27 April 2011: With reference to the department and the agencies within the Minister's portfolio:...
  • Immigration Detention Centres (Question No. 674) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 30 May 2011: (1) Since 1 January 2008, for each centre: (a) what incidents of violence have there...
  • Defence (Question Nos 695 to 696) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 15 June 2011: (1) Why was the decision made to purchase both a multi-cam design from Crye and a licence to manufacture...
  • Foreign Affairs: Websites (Question No. 725) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 4 July 2011: (1)   What language is used for local websites in the various posts that Australia...
  • Defence (Question Nos 776 to 778) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Minister representing the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel and the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel,...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 962) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, ‘Strong Growth, Low Pollution: Modelling a carbon...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 963) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling report, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price:...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 964) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling Strong growth, low pollution: modelling a carbon price: Given...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 965) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: Given...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 966) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury 2008 Carbon Tax modelling Australia's low pollution Future, is it correct that in the...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 967) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: In...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 968) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: Given...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 969) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: Given...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 970) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price, under...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 971) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: modelling a carbon price, and...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 972) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price, and...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 973) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: (1) Why...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 974) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury carbon tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: (1)...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 975) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: Given...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 976) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: In...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 977) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: Given...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 978) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: (1) Is...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 979) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: (1) Is...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 980) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: (1) Is...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 981) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price, does...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 982) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: With reference to the Treasury Carbon Tax modelling, Strong growth, low pollution: Modelling a carbon price: Given...
  • Australian Taxation Office (Question No. 987) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: (1) What was the total expenditure of the Australian Taxation Office for the 2010-11 financial year in relation to:...
  • Asylum Seekers (Question No. 1011) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 18 August 2011: Have any detainees or former detainees at immigration detention facilities initiated...
  • Special Minister of State: Staffing (Question No. 1014) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Special Minister of State, upon notice, on 22 August 2011: In relation to the costs of travel and travel allowances paid to private staff of ministers and...
  • Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (Question No. 1031) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister forTertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: Has the department engaged the services of a call centre from Excelion P/L; if so:...
  • Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (Question No. 1033) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: (1) Has the department contracted a firm to provide a media plan for the Young...
  • Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (Question No. 1035) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice on 29 August 2011: Has the Department conducted or commissioned an assessment of fugitive...
  • Attorney-General (Question No. 1037) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: Has the department contracted the services of Incept Labs for the development of a list of research projects;...
  • Attorney-General (Question No. 1038) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: Has the department contracted the services of Gfk Blue Moon Research for market research; if so: (a) what is...
  • Fair Work Australia (Question No. 1042) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: Do any staff at Fair Work Australia receive myki cards for railway transportation;...
  • Prime Minister and Cabinet: Code of Conduct Investigations (Question Nos 1043, 1048, 1065, 1067, 1072 and 1082) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Prime Minister, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: (1) How many Code of Conduct investigations have there been within the Ministers portfolio for the financial...
  • Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Employment Participation and Childcare, and Indigenous Employment and Economic Development: Code of Conduct Investigations (Question Nos 1045, 1057, 1070 and 1073) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Minister representing the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Minister representing the...
  • Innovation, Industry, Science and Research: Code of Conduct Investigations (Question No. 1058) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: (1) How many Code of Conduct investigations have there been within the Minister's portfolio for...
  • Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Question No. 1060) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: (1) How many Code of Conduct investigations have there been within the Minister's portfolio for the...
  • Human Services (Question No. 1066) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: (1) How many Code of Conduct investigations have there been within the Minister's portfolio for...
  • Small Business: Code of Conduct Investigations (Question No. 1075) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Small Business, upon notice, on 29 August 2011: (1) How many Code of Conduct investigations have there been within the Minister's portfolio for the financial years (a)...
  • Special Minister of State: Staffing (Question No. 1089) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Special Minister of State, upon notice, on 6 September 2011: With reference to the answer to question on notice no. 846 which refers to the 'structure of staff...
  • Treasury: Accommodation (Question No. 1091) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 6 September 2011: (1)   What is the actual location, including the full street address, of each premises occupied by...
  • Treasury (Question No. 1092) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 6 September 2011: (1)   What was the total expenditure of the department for the 2010-11 financial year in relation...
  • National Plan for Clean Air (Question No. 1094) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 7 September 2011: (1) When will a decision be made to bring...
  • Treasury (Question Nos 1159, 1194 and 1195) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer and the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, upon notice, on 13 September 2011: With reference to the...
  • Infrastructure and Transport (Question No. 1167) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, upon notice, on 13 September 2011: With reference to the department and all agencies within the Minister's...
  • Human Services: Staffing (Question No. 1181) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 13 September 2011: With reference to the department and all agencies within the Minister's portfolio: (1) What was...
  • Treasury (Question No. 1205) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 15 September 2011: Can Fiscal Table 1 on page 41 of the explanatory memorandum for the Clean Energy Bill 2011 be provided on an...