Senate debates
Friday, 16 March 2012
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senator Bushby for today, for personal reasons; and (b) Senators Birmingham,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 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; Second Reading (50 speeches)
The coalition opposes the government's minerals resource rent tax, not least of all because the tax is divisive, it is complex and it is actually fiscally irresponsible. It is clearly not...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Sydney Coastrek (4 speeches)
On a very wet Friday 2 March, a fortnight ago today, on the northern beaches of Sydney, I was one of more than 1,300 competitors in the Wild Women on Top—
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge that the world has just marked the first anniversary of the triple tragedy of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that took place at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
