Senate debates
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Global Greens (0 speeches)
To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled: The petition of the undersigned Australian people shows and acknowledges:there would be no Carbon Tax under the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Abetz To move: That when the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee meets in February 2012 to consider additional estimates in relation to Fair Work...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The Clerk: Documents are tabled pursuant to statute. Details will be reported in the Journals of the Senate and on the Dynamic Red. Details of the documents also appear at the end of today's...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011, Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011, Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, Personal Property Securities Amendment (Registration Commencement) Bill 2011, National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) Bill 2011, Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011, Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2011, Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 7) Bill 2011, Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Territories Self-Government Legislation Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment of Laws) Bill 2011, Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Navigation Amendment Bill 2011, Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Bill 2011, Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2011, National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment Bill 2011, Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011, Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011, National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment (Deer) Bill 2011, Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oils in the Antarctic Area) Bill 2011, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011, Higher Education Support Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011, Social Security Amendment (Student Income Support Reforms) Bill 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair Protection for Firefighters) Bill 2011, Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Competition and Consumer Amendment Act (No. 1) 2011, Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2011, Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011, Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011, Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Auditor-General Amendment Bill 2011; Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the Senate of assent to the bills.
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011; Returned from the House of Representatives (0 speeches)
Messages received from the House of Representatives agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate to the bills.
- Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011; Returned from the House of Representatives (0 speeches)
Messages received from the House of Representatives returning the bills without amendment.
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Significant Incident Directions) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Cyber-Safety Committee; Membership (0 speeches)
Message received from the House of Representatives agreeing to vary the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Dissent from Ruling (0 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That the ruling of the President on 25 November 2011 (that the motion to refer a matter to the Standing Committee of Privileges not be given precedence) be dissented...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day relating to government documents were considered: 1. Aged Care Act 1997––Report for 2010-11 on the operation of the Act (received 25 November 2011) 2....
- 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...
- 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—Additional estimates— Letters...
- Departmental and Agency Grants; Order for the Production of Documents (0 speeches)
The following document was tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 24 November 2011: Health—Medicare Chronic Disease Dental Scheme—Audits—Document responding to the order...
