Senate debates
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
I move: That, in relation to the matter designating the Republic of Nauru as a regional processing country: (a) business of the Senate notice of motion no. 7 be considered as...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Given yesterday marked 10,000 people having arrived on illegal boats this year alone in Australia, does the minister...
- Fisheries (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister please inform the Senate on the government's role in maintaining long-term, sustainable...
- Carbon Pricing (46 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. I refer to the 900 job losses in Australia's second largest export sector announced by Australia's two largest coal...
- Pensions and Benefits (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Evans, representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has just...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (16 speeches)
My question is to Senator Ludwig, the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. As a result of Labor's decision to link its carbon tax to the European Union...
- Broadband (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Can the minister advise the Senate why the government is building the National Broadband...
- Economy (14 speeches)
Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the recent Global competitiveness report 2012-2013 by the World Economic Forum....
- Asylum Seekers (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Lundy. Minister, noting that the numbers of people waiting for deportation to Nauru now exceed...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Resources and Energy (1 speech)
This is further to an answer to a question Senator McKenzie asked me in my capacity representing Mr Ferguson regarding power station closures. It was a question on 21 June. Minister Ferguson has...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
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 Cash today...
- Pensions and Benefits (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 Siewert...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered during this period of sittings: International Monetary...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That, on Tuesday, 18 September 2012: (a) the hours of meeting shall be from 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm to adjournment; (b) the routine of business from not later than 7.30 pm shall...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Cash, I move: That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity be authorised to hold private meetings otherwise than in...
- Treaties Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Fawcett, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties be authorised to hold public meetings during the sittings of the Senate to take evidence for the...
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Moore, I move: That the Community Affairs Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Moore, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on...
- Law Enforcement Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Nash, I move: That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement be authorised to hold private meetings otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1)...
- Community Affairs References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Siewert, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Community Affairs References Committee on palliative care in Australia be extended to 10 October...
- Community Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Siewert, I move: That the Community Affairs References Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during...
- Gambling Reform Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Xenophon, I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform be authorised to hold private meetings otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
by leave—I withdraw general business notice of motion 901 standing in the name of Senator Abetz.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (6 speeches)
I seek leave to amend notice of motion 906 standing in my name for today ordering the production of documents on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax before asking that it be taken as formal.
- Paralympic Games (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Fifield and Lundy, move: That the Senate— (a) congratulates: (i) the Australian...
- Cubbie Station (3 speeches)
At the request of Senators Abetz and Joyce, I move: That the Senate: (a) notes that: (i) there is bipartisan support...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax; Order for the Production of Documents (7 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 906 standing in my name, ordering the production of documents on the minerals resource rent tax, by omitting paragraph 1(a). Leave...
- Defence White Paper (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes evidence provided at Senate Estimates on 28 May 2012 by the Secretary of the Department of Defence (Mr Lewis), regarding the...
- Great Barrier Reef (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the intention of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water,...
- Super Trawlers (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate calls on the Government to ban all super trawlers from Australian waters.
- Cubbie Station (2 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 908 to add the name of Senator Waters to it as a second mover. Leave granted. I, and also on behalf of Senator Waters, move: That the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012; First Reading (1 speech)
I, and on behalf of Senator Di Natale, move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958, and for related purposes. Migration Amendment (Health Care...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted. I table an explanatory memorandum and seek leave to have the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (12 speeches, 1 comment)
A letter has been received from Senator Fifield: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The unravelling...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Chair of the Treaties Committee, Senator Fawcett, I present the 129th report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties tabled on 19 and 26 June 2012 and I seek leave to have...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Delegation to the People's Republic of China (1 speech)
by leave—On behalf of Senator Marshall, I present the delegation report of the Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to the People’s Republic of China...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Boyce for 11 September 2012 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This report is into livestock mortalities during the export by sea of livestock, an arrangement that has been in place since the Howard...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Grandparents (1 speech)
I stand today to commend the work of so many Australian grandparents who are caring for their grandchildren. It is nearly 10 years since a Tasmanian joint standing committee handed down a report...
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
Three simple words and one short phrase: 'I love you'. We all know they mean so much. For a woman who has lost a breast to breast cancer, hearing those three words from her partner is one of the...
- Kovacs, Mr Akos (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to honour the memory of Akos Kovacs, who was the gym master at Christ Church Grammar School for over 50 years from the mid-1950s. He became a living legend of the school and around...
- Burma (1 speech)
I rise to make some observations about a recent trip to Burma I undertook during the winter break before I travelled to Japan, which is a place I have wanted to visit for a very long period of...
- Environment (1 speech)
With the collapse of contract for closure negotiations last week in the Latrobe Valley, the raging controversy over the super trawler, the failure to assess properly the local environmental...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
I rise tonight to address the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee report into defence procurement, which I had the pleasure and privilege of being involved with. The...
- Education (1 speech)
Again, I rise to speak to the topic of education and why I believe it is crucial that we implement the needs based funding model recommended in the Gonski review to ensure that every child in...
- Living in Between: Diversity Education through Storytelling Project (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about the Living in Between: Diversity Education through Storytelling project. This is a project of the Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning in partnership with Hobart...
- R U OK? Day (1 speech)
I rise to talk about a particular illness that afflicts many Australians. I am aware that senators and members are frequently asked to be advocates for particular illnesses and conditions; barely...
- London Paralympic Games (1 speech)
The ninth of September marked the end of the 2012 London Paralympics. For the record, Australia finished fifth on the medal tally with 32 gold, 23 silver and 30 bronze. It was a memorable result....
- Perks, Ms Carol (1 speech)
Thank you, Senator Faulkner. I really enjoyed that, and I think it is one of those things that are the kind of expression we all feel at the moment, at the end of the games. It was great to hear...
- World Suicide Prevention Day (1 speech)
I seek leave to speak for 20 minutes. Leave granted. I rise to speak on World Suicide Prevention Day, which was yesterday. World Suicide Prevention Day has become a very important day in our...
- Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
