Senate debates
Monday, 10 September 2012
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- South Australia (1 speech)
I have received, through the Governor-General, from the Governor of South Australia, a copy of the certificate of the choice by the Parliament of South Australia of Anne Sowerby Ruston to fill...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Milosevic, Lance Corporal Stjepan, Martin, Sapper James Thomas, Poate, Private Robert Hugh Frederick, McDonald, Lance Corporal Mervyn John, Galagher, Private Nathanael John Aubrey (2 speeches)
by leave—I move five motions relating to the deaths of Australian defence personnel in Afghanistan together: (1) That the Senate records its deep sorrow at the death, on 29...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Superannuation (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation and the Minister representing the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Will the minister rule out making any changes to...
- James Price Point (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Senator Conroy, and relates to the James Price Point gas hub. In the...
- Health (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister advise the Senate on how the Gillard government is ensuring that children and low-income...
- Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. How much less revenue will the government collect from its carbon tax over the current forward estimates as a result of...
- FV Magiris (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. In 2005, the then Liberal fisheries minister, the Hon. Ian Campbell, and AFMA refused to allocate a...
- Broadband (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Can the minister advise the Senate on countries other than Australia who are building fibre...
- Education (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the Prime Minister's speech to the National Press Club last Monday, in which she was expected to...
- Paralympic Games (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sport, Senator Lundy. With the London Paralympic Games now officially ended, can the minister update the Senate on Australia's performance at the games and our...
- Carbon Pricing: King Island (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. I note the announcement this afternoon that JBS Swift will close its abattoir on King Island with a loss of...
- APEC Leaders Meeting (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Bob Carr. Can the minister please update the Senate on the main outcomes from the APEC leaders meeting that concluded in Vladivostok...
- Olympic Dam (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to information obtained under freedom of information from the South Australian...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list of 7 September and seek leave to have the document incorporated in Hansard. I failed to do it at the start of question time....
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (11 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 by Senators Brandis, Cormann and Edwards...
- James Price Point (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to a question without notice asked by Senator Milne...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs 5 to 8 of standing order 111 not apply to the International Monetary Agreements Amendment Loans...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the following general business orders of the day be considered on Thursday, 13 September 2012 under the temporary order relating to the consideration of private senators’...
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators 2012: (a) Senator McEwen from 10 September to 13 September 2012, for personal reasons;...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Tripa Forest (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the Tripa forest in Sumatra, an area covered by a 2-year moratorium on...
- World Suicide Prevention Day (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 886 standing in my name relating to World Suicide Prevention Day. Leave granted. I, and also on behalf of Senator Fierravanti-Wells,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (18 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today, Senator Fifield and Senator Siewert each submitted a letter in accordance with standing order 75 proposing a matter of public importance for discussion....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (6 speeches)
I present documents listed on today’s Order of Business at item 14 which were presented to the President and temporary chairs of committees after the Senate adjourned on 23 August 2012. In...
- Responses to Senate Resolutions; Tabling (1 speech)
I present the following responses to resolutions of the Senate: • from the Acting Director, Museum of Australian Democracy (Mr Fox) to a resolution of the Senate of 25 June...
- Women's Suffrage in Australia; Consideration (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the document tabled by the President, being a response to a resolution of the Senate in relation to women’s suffrage in Australia. Leave...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- FV Margiris (1 speech)
(—) (): by leave—I present to the Senate a petitioning document relating to the FV Margiris. Petitioning letter received.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Vietnam War (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the statement by the National President of the RSL that has just been tabled. Leave granted. I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Bill 2012, Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Registration Fees) Bill 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.
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Bill 2012, Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Registration Fees) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
I table revised explanatory memoranda relating to the bills and I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, Superannuation Legislation Amendment (MySuper Core Provisions) 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...
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, Superannuation Legislation Amendment (MySuper Core Provisions) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
I table revised explanatory memoranda relating to the bills and I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in...
- Aviation Legislation Amendment (Liability and Insurance) Bill 2012; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.
- Aviation Legislation Amendment (Liability and Insurance) Bill 2012; Second Reading (2 speeches)
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— This bill will...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012; In Committee (192 speeches)
by leave—I move Greens amendments (4) and (6) on sheet 7233 together: (4) Schedule 1, item 4, page 5 (line 17), at the end of paragraph 505D(1)(a), add ", and any...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Building the Education Revolution (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight on the pleasure of visiting many Building the Education Revolution projects throughout the state of New South Wales—in particular, those in rural and regional New...
- Sando, Dr Brian, OAM (1 speech)
I rise tonight to honour the life and memory of Dr Brian Sando, one of our country's most respected sports doctors and a great South Australian. Dr Sando passed away last month at the age of 76...
- National Year of Reading 2012 (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak on the importance of the National Year of Reading 2012. The National Year of Reading 2012 is a collaborative project which has seen libraries, governments, community...
- Sandon Point (1 speech)
The community campaign to stop the unacceptable destruction of Indigenous heritage at Sandon Point on the New South Wales South Coast is outstanding. Sandon Point is a site of enormous cultural...
- Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1634) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Tactical Information Exchange Domain JP 2089, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1635) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Tactical Information Exchange Domain JP 2089, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1636) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Anzac Ships SEA 1348 Phase 2, can the following details be...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1637) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Anzac Ship Project – Underwater and Surface War Fighting...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1638) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Guided Missile Frigate Upgrade Implementation SEA 1390 Phase...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1639) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Standard Missile Replacement SEA 1390 Phase 4, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1640) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project NULKA SEA 1397, can the following details be provided: (a) the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1641) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project FLIR and ESM for S-70B-2 Helicopters SEA 1405, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1642) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Evolved SEASPARROW SEA 1428, can the following details be...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1643) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Replacement Heavyweight TorpedoSEA 1429, can the following...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1644) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project COLLINS Class Replacement Combat System SEA 1439 Phase 4A, can...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1645) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Maritime Communications Modernisation SEA 1442, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1646) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project Armidale Class Patrol Boat Project SEA 1444, can the following...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1647) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: With reference to the major project ANZAC Anti-Ship Missile Defence SEA 1448, can the following...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1648) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Replacement of Afloat Support Capability SEA 1654, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1649) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Air Warfare Destroyer SEA 4000, can the following details be...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1650) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft AIR 5077, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1651) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project New Air Defence Command and Control Systems for Control Units...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1652) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Bridging Air Combat Capability AIR 5349 Phase 2, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1653) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Bridging Air Combat Capability AIR 5349 Phase 1, can the...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1654) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project F/A-18 Hornet Upgrade AIR 5376, can the following details be...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1655) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Air to Air Refuelling Capability AIR 5402, can the following...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1656) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Project Echidna Electronic Warfare Self Protection for ADF...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1657) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Follow-on Standoff Weapon AIR 5418, can the following details...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1658) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft AIR 6000, can the following...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1659) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project AIR 7000: Phase 1B and 2B AIR 7000, can the following details...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1660) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project C-17 Globemaster III AIR 8000, can the following details be...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1661) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter AIR 87, can the following...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1662) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project MH-60R Seahawk Romeo AIR 9000 Phase 8, can the following...
- Defence Materiel (Question No. 1663) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon notice, on 5 march 2012: With reference to the major project MH-60R Seahawk Romeo AIR 9000 Phase 8, can the following...
- Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research (Question No. 1875) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, upon notice, on 7 June 2012: (1) Did the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) cease...
- Australian Nuclear and Technology Organisation (Question No. 1876) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, upon notice, on 7 June 2012: In regard to exploratory partnership discussions between the Australian Nuclear Science and...
- Finance and Deregulation: Enterprise Agreement (Question No. 1884) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 14 June 2012: With reference to the staff ballot for the Department of Finance and Deregulation Enterprise Agreement 2011 2014 and...
- Fair Work Act (Question No. 1906) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 25 June 2012: With reference to the Government’s Key Performance Indicator regarding the...
- Fair Work Australia (Question No. 1919) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, in writing, on 25 June 2012: With reference to the Fair Work Australia case involving JJ Richards & Sons:...
- People Trafficking (Question No. 1956) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 9 July 2012. (1) Do people smugglers offering conveyance to Australia market their services in source...
- Aged Care (Question No. 1968) (2 speeches)
asked the minister representing the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, upon notice, on 25 July 2012: (1) What is the current number of supported residents, broken down on a regional basis for...
- Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Question No. 1974) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 31 July 2012: For each of the metropolitan broadcasting licence areas: (a) can a breakdown be provided on...
- Business Activity Statement Forms (Question No. 1976) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 1 August 2012: (1) How many individual taxpayers were affected by the incorrect printing of barcodes on business activity statement...
- Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Question No. 1981) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 2 August 2012: With reference to question no. 194 taken on notice during the Budget estimates hearings of...
- Fair Work Act (Question No. 1987) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 August 2012: With reference to the Australian Financial Review article, ‘Push to free...
- Fair Work Act (Question No. 1988) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 August 2012: With reference to the review of the Fair Work Act 2009: (1) Was the report that...
- Human Services (Question No. 1996) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 6 August 2012: (1) How many payments, involving reparation of any kind for child sexual abuse, have been made since 1996 involving Medicare...
- Pontville Immigration Detention Centre (Question No. 2001) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 7 August 2012: (1) How many extraordinary incidents at the Pontville Immigration Detention Centre...
- Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Question No. 2004) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 10 August 2012: With reference to the answer to question no. 176 taken on notice during the Budget...
- Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (Question No. 2008) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 10 August 2012: (1) What is the status of monies owed to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) by a...
- Visas (Question Nos 2013 and 2014) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 14 August 2012: With reference to the 'China in 2012, On the Eve of Great Changes' forum...
- TrapWire Surveillance System (Question No. 2023) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 16 August 2012: Can the Minister confirm whether the Australian Federal Police or the Australian Security Intelligence...
