Senate debates
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list reflecting the changes to the ministry announced by the Prime Minister on 2 February 2013. I seek leave to have the document...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Conroy. I refer the leader to the Prime Minister's very first press conference as Prime Minister, at which she said: And...
- Education Funding (8 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Conroy. Can the minister advise the Senate how the government is supporting families with school-aged children?
- Budget (25 speeches)
Mr President, before I ask my question to Senator Conroy, representing the Prime Minister, can I join with Senator Abetz in congratulating him on his election as Leader of the Government in the...
- Clean Energy Finance Corporation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Minister Wong. It relates to the coalition's policy to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which is a $10 billion Greens...
- Economy (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister the Finance and Deregulation and Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. I refer the Minister to the fact that the Reserve Bank of Australia data has the...
- Queensland Floods (6 speeches)
My question is also on behalf of Senator Furner and is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister Assisting on Queensland Floods Recovery, Senator Ludwig. Can the...
- Mining (14 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. With your indulgence, Mr President, before asking the question, may I join in congratulating Senator Wong on her elevation...
- Newstart Allowance (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Minister Carr. The minister is aware of the distress caused by the incorrect letter telling single parents that their pensioner concession cards...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. Congratulations on your appointment as Deputy Leader in the Senate. I refer the minister to legislation that passed the US...
- Education Funding (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Senator Kim Carr. With more than 800,000 students going back to Victorian schools last...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- New South Wales: Grazing Trial (1 speech)
Mr Deputy President, on 29 November 2012 during question time, Senator McKenzie asked me a question as Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and...
- Indigenous Employment (1 speech)
On 29 November 2012, Senator Payne asked me a question in my capacity representing the Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development. I seek leave to incorporate into Hansardsome...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
In respect of Senator McKenzie's question to me on 20 September 2012, I seek leave to incorporate additional information into Hansardon behalf of the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Economy, Budget (18 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation...
- Newstart Allowance (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Human Services (Senator Kim Carr) to a question without notice asked by Senator Siewert today relating to single parent...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the following orders of the day may be taken together for their remaining stages on Thursday, 7 February 2013: General business order of the day no. 105 (Parliamentary...
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Boswell from 5 to 7 February 2013, for personal reasons, and to Senator Williams for today, 5 February 2013, for personal...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of Senator Bishop, I move: That the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit be authorised to meet on Wednesday, 6 February 2013, as follows: (a) to hold a...
- Gambling Reform Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—On behalf of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform, I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Gillard Government (19 speeches)
The President has received the following letter from Senator Fifield: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (3 speeches)
I present documents listed on today's Order of Business at item 10 which were presented to the President, Deputy President and Temporary Chairman of Committees after the Senate adjourned on 29...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 20 of 2012-13 (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997 I present the following report of the Auditor-General. Report No. 20 of 2012-13—Performance audit—administration of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Responses to Senate Resolutions (2 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the response by the Premier of South Australia and the New South Wales Minister for Industrial Relations to the motion on domestic violence. Leave...
- Responses to Senate Resolutions, World Mental Health Day (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to responses by the governments of Western Australia and New South Wales to the motion passed by the Senate on World Mental Health Day. Leave granted. I...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present the 435th report on the review of Attorney-General's reports. Ordered that the report be printed.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Tasmanian Bushfires (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to reflect upon the tragic bushfires that engulfed my home state of Tasmania in recent weeks. It was a summer where we were once again reminded of the brutal...
- Migrants and Small Business (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to talk about the role of new migrants and how they have played a part in the small family business sector in my home state of South Australia. I want to talk about some of the...
- James Price Point (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak again on an issue that I have raised in this chamber on many occasions and that is the beautiful, culturally and environmentally sensitive area of James Price Point in the...
- Bushfires (1 speech)
Earlier this evening in adjournment, a speech was made by Senator Thorp regarding personal aspects of the bushfires in Tasmania. I wish to broaden the perspective more to a national concept and...
- Briggs, Professor Freda (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to a well-respected South Australian who has been a longstanding and passionate advocate for those who do not have a voice: children. Freda Briggs is well known in...
- Indigenous Employment (1 speech)
Many years ago, sometime in the mid to late nineties, I received a briefing from Rio in Melbourne. In attendance, from memory, were both Mr Emerson and Mr Ferguson, currently cabinet ministers in...
- Catherine House (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the wonderful work of a long-serving South Australian service provider: Catherine House. I also wish to take this opportunity to congratulate them because Catherine...
- Hospitals (1 speech)
I want to talk tonight about an issue that is plaguing the state of Victoria, and other states around the nation: the closure of hospital beds and emergency departments right around the country....
- Fires and Floods (1 speech)
(): I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. Never before have those wonderful words of Dorothea Mackellar been more...
- Tasmanian Innovation and Investment Fund (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the Tasmanian Innovation and Investment Fund. Last year I had the opportunity to visit several businesses in the Kingborough and the Huon Valley area in the south of...
- Violence against Women (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak to an issue that, over the summer parliamentary break, has echoed around the world, with the shouts of protest from the Subcontinent resonating with good women and men in...
- Gallipoli (1 speech)
The Christmas and New Year period is traditionally a time to share with family, friends and loved ones. It is a time to pause and reflect on a hectic year, to take stock, to recharge the...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
We know that in this nation, sadly, too many Australians have been victims of domestic and family violence. Whether or not you have experienced it or whether you have loved someone who has,...
- Chan, Ms Vicki (1 speech)
Last month while driving to a meeting, which we all do, I was listening to the ABC—another plug for the ABC—and I heard a wonderful interview. I recognised the voice, and I was...
- Women in Prison Advocacy Network, International Development Assistance (1 speech)
Women in the criminal justice system have a tough time in prison and when they are released. Fortunately there is now an organisation dedicated to making a difference to the lives of these women....
- Superannuation (1 speech)
Mr President, I seek leave to speak for up to 20 minutes. Leave granted. People across Australia saving for their retirement will have a clear choice at the next election: on the one hand the...
- Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence: Hospitality (Question Nos 1609 to 1611) (2 speeches)
asked Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 5 March 2012: (1) For the period 1 July to 31 December 2011: (a) what was the hospitality spend for each agency within the...
- Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research (Question No. 1738 supplementary) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, upon notice, on 22 March 2012: (1) Can a list be provided of all office locations for each department or agency within the...
- 2011-12 Budget (Question No. 1890) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 19 June 2012: With reference to the answer to Senate question on notice no. 1791, does the Treasury modelling rely on the same...
- Anzac Centenary Advisory Board (Question No. 1893) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs upon notice on 19 June 2012. (1) Will the Minister confirm that the Government has established a sub-committee of the Anzac...
- CrimTrac (Question No. 1937) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, upon notice, on 28 June 2012: 1) Is the CrimTrac Board of Management aware of Mr Murray Rankin's appointment as Chairman of...
- Immigration and Citizenship: Visas (Question No. 1960) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 11 July 2012: (1) For each month since January 2008, how many individuals have entered Australia on a...
- Foreign Affairs (Question No. 2024) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 17 August 2012: (1) What processes were followed and/or what criteria were used in determining which regions or program...
- Superannuation (Question No. 2119) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, upon notice, on 24 August 2012: (1) With reference to the Australian Bureau of Statistics superannuation...
- Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Question No. 2122) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 24 August 2012. With reference to projections of dredging, spoil...
- Electricity Pricing (Question No, 2142) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 7 September 2012: With reference to the Australian Government flyer titled Where every $100...
- Attorney-General: Accommodation (Question No. 2148 (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 10 September 2012: In regard to each department and agency within the Minister's responsibility: (1) Has there been a...
- 2011-12 Budget (Question Nos 2180, 2181, 2199, 2211 and 2212) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Minister for Disability Reform; Minister for Housing and Homelessness; and Minister...
- Budget: Efficiency Dividend (Question Nos 2185, 2194, 2201, 2202 and 2213) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for School, Education, Early Childhood and Youth, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Minister...
- Budget: Efficiency Dividend (Question No. 2203) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs upon notice on 18 September 2012. (1) What is the net financial effect on the department's budget of: (a) the original 1.5 per...
- The Christian Brothers (Question No. 2223) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 September 2012: (1) Is the Minister aware that the former Maltese Minister for Immigration, Mr Alexander Cachia Zammit, in an article in...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2234) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, upon notice, on 9 October 2012: In regard to each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability...
- Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Question No. 2235) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 4 October 2012: Senator Bernardi: In regard to each department and agency under the Financial Management...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question Nos 2238, 2267 and 2271) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Minister representing the Minister for Defence Personnel and Science and Minister representing the Minister for Defence Materiel, upon...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2240) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, upon notice, on 3 October 2012: In regard to each department and agency under the Financial Management and...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question Nos 2241, 2242, 2272 and 2273) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Attorney-General, Minister for Emergency Management, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice upon notice, on 3 October 2012: In regard to each...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question Nos 2243, 2244, 2261, 2262, 2274 and 2275) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Minister for Disability Reform; the Minister for Housing and the Minister for...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2345) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, upon notice, on 10 October 2012: For each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and each...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question Nos 2346, 2355, 2362 and 2374) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Minister...
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Question No. 2347) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 9 October 2012: For each of the following items: (a) licences; (b) registrations; (c) fee for services; and (d) permits...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question Nos 2348 and 2349) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Resources & Energy and the Minister for Tourism, upon notice, on 9 October 2012: For each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2361) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 9 October 2012: For each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and each Commonwealth authority...
- Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2368) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Special Minister of State, upon notice, on 10 October 2012: For each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and each...
- Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2012 (Question No. 2379) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 10 October 2012: In regard to amendments to the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 that improve...
- Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Question No. 2383) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 18 October 2012: To ask the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy—With...
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Question No. 2385) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 19 October 2012 - With reference to the mandatory disclosure of payments for listed extractive companies and the Publish What You...
