Senate debates

Thursday, 24 November 2011

• Statement by the President (0 speeches)
  • Speaker of the House of Representatives (1 speech)
    I inform the chamber that this morning the Speaker of the House of Representatives indicated to the other place that he would be tendering his resignation as the Speaker of the House of...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011; Second Reading (21 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
• Petitions (0 speeches)
  • South East Equestrian Club (0 speeches)
    To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled: The petition of the undersigned shows: The South East Equestrian Club (SEEC), which represents a large community of...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (4 speeches, 2 comments)
    To move: That the Senate—   (a)   congratulates the Parliament of Papua New Guinea for passing, by an overwhelming majority, the constitutional amendment to create...
  • Postponement (0 speeches)
    The following items of business were postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 4 standing in the name of Senator Wright for today, proposing the disallowance of the Health Insurance...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio) Bill 2011, Fair Work Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry) Bill 2011, Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP and Other Measures) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    I present the bills and move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time Question agreed to. I table the explanatory memorandums relating...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Eggleston, I move: That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 November 2012: The...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 600 standing in my name.
• Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
  • Approval of Works (5 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Feeney, I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the Senate approves the proposal by the National Capital Authority for capital works...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Senate Temporary Orders (1 speech)
    I move: That the temporary orders of the Senate relating to the consideration of private senators’ bills and modified rules for question time, continue to operate as temporary orders until...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Sterle, I move: That the Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 24...
  • Electoral Matters Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Carol Brown, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters on the funding of political parties and...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Government Investment Funds Amendment (Ethical Investments) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Ludlam, move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Future Funds Act 2006 and the Nation building Funds Act 2008, and for related...
  • Government Investment Funds Amendment (Ethical Investments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    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 Government...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Cummins, Mr Patrick (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes the outstanding achievement of young Australian cricketer and Penrith junior, Mr Patrick Cummins, who in his test debut took...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference (4 speeches)
    I move: That—   (1)   The Senate notes that:   (a)   the Lobbying Code of Conduct (the Code) has been in operation since 1 July 2008; and...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Cash, move: That the following matters be referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 3 May 2012:...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Audit of Medicare Chronic Disease Dental Scheme (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Di Natale, move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes that:   (i)   Medicare Australia has completed only 62...
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Pratt, move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes that:   (i)   20 November was Transgender Day of Remembrance,...
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate—   (a)   recalls that at the United Nations Climate Change Conferences in Copenhagen (2009) and Cancun (2010), more than 100 countries,...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Days and Hours of Meeting (4 speeches)
    I ask that government business notice of motion No. 1, to vary the days of meeting of the Senate for 2011, be taken as formal.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • West Papua (11 speeches, 1 comment)
    I move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes that:   (i)   1 December 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the raising of the Morning Star flag by...
  • Iraq (7 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes that:   (i)   more than 3 000 Iranian exiles and asylum seekers reside at Camp Ashraf in Iraq, and...
  • Same-Sex Relationships (1 speech, 1 comment)
    I move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes:   (i)   the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg in Russia has proposed a new law which will...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Australia Network; Appointment (6 speeches)
    I move:   (1)   That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the Australia Network service, be established to inquire into and report by 31 January...
  • Privileges Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Committee of Privileges for inquiry and report: Having regard to matters raised by Senator Kroger relating to political donations made by Mr...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Forestry (12 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate—   (a)   notes that:   (i)   at a recent public rally in Hobart, Tasmanian members of the Timber Communities...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
    Bill received from the House of Representatives.
  • Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
    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— Broadcasting Services...
  • Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair Protection for Firefighters) Bill 2011; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Third Reading (9 speeches)
    I call the minister to move the third reading, unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in the Committee of the Whole. That not being the case I call the minister.
  • Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011 (6 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That these bills be now read a second time.
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Economy (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Given that today marks four years since this glorious Labor Party took power—the Labor Party noted today by...
  • Mining (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business and Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer, Senator Sherry. How is the Gillard government helping small businesses grow, increase...
  • Economy (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Is the minister aware that, since the Labor government was elected four years ago today, electricity prices have...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Gillard Government; Censure (72 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That the Senate censure the Government for four years of broken promises, economic mismanagement, wasteful spending, lies, hypocrisy and policy back flips, secret deals,...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That these bills be now read a second time.
  • Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011; In Committee (174 speeches)
    Bills—by leave—taken together and as a whole.
  • Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
  • Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (3 speeches, 1 comment)
    Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
  • Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2011; Third Reading (10 speeches)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
  • Auditor-General Amendment Bill 2011; In Committee (18 speeches)
    Debate resumed.
  • Personal Property Securities Amendment (Registration Commencement) Bill 2011, Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011 (9 speeches)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the Personal Property Securities Amendment (Registration Commencement) Bill 2011—
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Sydney Cricket Ground (1 speech)
    Speaking on ABC radio in the early 1930s, a famous Sydney Cricket Ground member declared: 'Breathes there a man with a soul so dead that he never heard of the Sydney Cricket Ground.' That SCG...
  • Polio (1 speech)
    They were very fine words from Senator Faulkner about the SCG. It was nice to reminisce with him. The organisation I rise to speak about tonight is pertinent in light of Australia's recent pledge...
  • West Papua, Forestry (1 speech)
    Today I moved a motion calling on the government to do three things: engage in dialogue with the Indonesian government and work with the West Papuan people towards the establishment of a free...
  • Scanlon, Ms Kate (1 speech)
    I rise with sadness this evening to offer my condolences to the Scanlon family of the north-west coast of Tasmania for the loss of their daughter, Kate, who on Tuesday was the victim of a tragic...
• Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
  • Defence (Question No. 712 amended) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 23 June 2011: In regard to the DLA Piper Review of Allegations of Sexual and Other Abuse (and related matters) in...