Senate debates
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 3 (Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011 and related...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business order of the day No. 2 National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 be postponed to the next day of sitting. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Interest (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Over the last six months Tasmanians have opened their hearts to men seeking asylum at the temporary immigration detention facility at Pontville in southern Tasmania. Despite attempts at...
- Government Schools (1 speech)
I rise to express concern over what I see as an increasing disconnect in Australia's education system, a circumstance in which children have become incidental to the whole process and in which...
- WikiLeaks (1 speech)
I rise to make a few comments on the WikiLeaks publishing organisation and its editor-in-chief, Julian Assange. Although most people probably had not come across WikiLeaks until its stunning...
- Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on an issue of great importance to all South Australians, and that is the health of the River Murray. Indeed, we are within the 20-week consultation period, which I believe is an...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Arbib, Senator Mark (20 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Small Business and Minister for Sport, Senator Arbib. On what date did he first inform the Prime Minister that he would be resigning?
- Paid Parental Leave (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister representing the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Government in the Senate. Can the minister outline to the Senate how the federal government is...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the chamber of a parliamentary delegation from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia led by the President of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (14 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. Is the minister aware of comments by the Chief Executive of Australia's largest...
- WikiLeaks (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. I refer to reports in the Fairfax press this morning that Stratfor, a Texas based private intelligence firm, has...
- Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister for Finance and Deregulation and Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Will the minister guarantee that full...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call Senator Thistlethwaite, I acknowledge the presence in the President's gallery of former senator John Herron. Welcome back to see us, Senator Herron. Honourable senators: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fiscal Policy (8 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Wong. Can the minister outline why it is important for governments to have properly costed and fully funded policies? How...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (17 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Minister Wong. Is the minister aware that Adelaide Brighton, a leading concrete manufacturer in...
- Food Additives (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Ludwig, who also represents the Minister for Health and Ageing. Food Standards Australia New Zealand gave evidence during a recent Senate...
- National Security (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Ludwig. I refer the minister to the revelation made by the former Prime Minister and now former...
- Defence Procurement (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Defence Materiel, Senator Carr. Can the minister inform the Senate of what the government is doing to help the local industry...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I seek leave to have additional information incorporated in Hansard in response to a question asked by Senator Back yesterday, 28 February. Leave granted. The answer read as follows—
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (13 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. Today's Australian tells us that Senator Carr was offered Senator...
- WikiLeaks (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research (Senator Evans) to a question without notice asked by Senator Ludlam...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Milne on 1 March 2012 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Boyce and Cash, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that 8 March is International Women's Day (IWD) and that the theme for IWD 2012 is 'Empower...
- Assange, Mr Julian (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate notes that Australian citizen Julian Assange has been recognised as a journalist by the: (a) Queen's Bench Division of the British High Court ruling of 2...
- Malaysia: Rare Earth Processing (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the public protests in Malaysia against the establishment of a rare earth processing plant by the Australian company Lynas...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 665 standing in my name by amending (vii) and omitting (d), as circulated in the chamber, and I ask that it be taken as formal. Leave...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present a report and Alert Digest of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. Ordered that the report be printed.
- Community Affairs References Committee; Report (10 speeches)
I present the report of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee on former forced adoption policies and practices. Ordered that the report be printed. I move: That the Senate take note...
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Standing Orders (11 speeches)
During the adjournment debate on Monday 27 February, Senator Brown raised a point of order in relation to remarks made by Senator Macdonald. I undertook to review the Hansard and consider the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill 2011, Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill (No. 2) 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
I indicate to the Senate that these bills are being introduced together. After debate on the motion for the second reading has been adjourned, I will be moving a motion to have the bills listed...
- Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill 2011, Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill (No. 2) 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills 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— ANTARCTIC TREATY...
- Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011, Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
- Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011, Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills 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— PERSONALLY...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2012, Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
) ( ): I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2012, Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
) ( ): I table an explanatory memorandum relating to the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2012. I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second...
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Disability Support Pension Participation Reforms) Bill 2012, Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support and Other Measures) Bill 2012; First Reading (1 speech)
I indicate to the Senate that these bills are being introduced together. After debate on the motion for the second reading has been adjourned, I will be moving a motion to have the bills listed...
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Disability Support Pension Participation Reforms) Bill 2012, Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support and Other Measures) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills 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— SOCIAL SECURITY...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2011-2012; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2011-2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills 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— APPROPRIATION...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the committee have leave to sit again at a later hour. Question agreed to. by leave—I move: That consideration of government business continue from 6.50 pm to 7.20 pm today. I...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
During the debate on motions to take note of answers, in the course of an exchange between Senator Arbib and me, reference was made to a photograph which Minister Arbib invited me to table. I was...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Denison Electorate, Reynolds, Hon. Margaret (2 speeches)
I rise this evening on adjournment to speak about some of the fantastic activities happening in the electorate of Denison supported by the Gillard Labor government. King George V Oval—or...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
One of the first issues I addressed in the parliament was the future of the River Murray. It was partly out of my own personal concerns for better management of the Murray, it was partly as a...
- Abortion, International Women's Day (1 speech)
All women should have the right to access abortion services with privacy and dignity and without harassment and intimidation. As we approach International Women's Day, this issue remains very...
- Regional Australia (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Building the Education Revolution program openings in the electorate of Grey. In that period I was also able to visit various people and organisations in...
- Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Medicare (Question No. 1539) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 8 February 2012: With reference to the department's review into the situation of holders of the Retirement Visa (subclass...
