Senate debates
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend government business notice of motion No.1. Leave granted. I amend the notice by omitting Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No.6) Bill 2012 and move the motion as amended:...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of the government business order of the day relating to the Royal Commissions Amendment Bill 2013. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (17 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate representing the Prime Minister. I refer the minister to an interview by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Bob Carr, with Leon...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Order! I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the chamber of a parliamentary delegation of representatives from the ASEAN member states. On behalf of all senators, I wish...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Migration (8 speeches)
My question today is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Lundy, but before I ask my question, Mr President, I think I need to draw to the attention...
- Media (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I remind the minister that yesterday the Joint Select Committee on Broadcasting Legislation...
- Child Care (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Early Childhood and Youth, Senator Kim Carr. With the government's announcement today of $300 million capped over two years for child...
- Media Reforms (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I ask the minister whether he will concede that News Ltd Chief Executive, Kim Williams, is...
- Freedom of Speech (10 speeches)
I would say happy birthday, Mr President, but it would be inappropriate.
- National Broadband Network (14 speeches)
My question is to Senator Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Does the minister stand by his commitment that the National Broadband Network will pass 286,000...
- Iraq (12 speeches)
Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Conroy. As this week is the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, resulting in the deaths of...
- Western Sydney: Regional Development Australia Fund (14 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the minister for regional Australia, regional development and local government, Senator Conroy. I refer the minister to Regional Development Australia...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network, Media (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to questions without notice asked by Senators...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Boyce, I seek leave to move a motion relating to leave of absence for Senator Boyce. Leave granted. I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Boyce for 19...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Pope Francis (3 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Abetz, and Senators Brandis, Fierravanti-Wells, Stephens, Madigan, Back, Williams, Heffernan, Ryan, Cormann, Mason,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Iraq (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) it is 10 years since the United States of America (US) led the invasion of Iraq, (ii) the British non-government organisation, Iraq Body Count,...
- Public Interest Disclosure (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the resolution of the Senate of 22 November 2012, That the Government was to fulfil its 2007 election commitment and introduce a public interest...
- Quinkan Rock Art Galleries (11 speeches, 2 comments)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Cape York's Quinkan region is home to rock art galleries and cultural sites of great cultural significance, with some sites dated to 30 000...
- Whales: James Price Point (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) a recently released community survey of humpback whales recorded a minimum of 2 669 individual whales, including cow-calf pairs, passed within 8...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Northern Australia (37 speeches)
Northern Australia constitutes something like three million square kilometres. It has approximately one million people, of which I am very proud to say that I am one. Two other people from our...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the chairs of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee (Senator Moore) and the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee (Senator Marshall), I present...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Corrigenda to Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee (Senator Crossin), I present a correction to the report of the committee on the provisions of the Native Title...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present two reports of the committee, as listed on today's Order of Business.
- Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, I present two reports of the committee, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents...
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity on the examination of the annual report for 2011-12 of the Integrity...
- Migration Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Migration, I present the report of the committee on migration and multiculturalism in Australia. Ordered that the report be printed. by leave—I...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Legislation Committees; Report (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present reports from legislation committees on the 2012-13 additional estimates, together with the Hansard...
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Moore, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Family Assistance and Other Legislation...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Today is a monumental day for South Australians and for the future of the Murray-Darling Basin. After years of disagreement and decades of overallocation and constant bickering amongst states...
- Medal of the Order of Australia: Brian Laurence Baldwin and Margaret Ann Hodgens (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about two outstanding Inverell citizens who were awarded Medal of the Order of Australia medals on Australia Day. The Inverell district owes a debt of gratitude to Brian...
- Abortion (1 speech)
Today I stand in unity with over 80 per cent of Australians who believe a woman is the only person who can make the final decision about whether or not she has an abortion. I believe that women...
- Goulburn Sesquicentenary (1 speech)
Last Thursday, 14 March, Goulburn held a huge community celebration of its sesquicentenary. I was delighted that the Senate unanimously supported a motion of recognition of this event and that...
- National Close the Gap Day (1 speech)
Thursday, 21 March—in other words, the day after tomorrow—is National Close the Gap Day. I would like to acknowledge all of those who have supported and participated in this event,...
- National Broadband Network (6 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak about the coalition's technophobia and how the Leader of the Opposition refuses to grasp the many benefits that will flow from the National Broadband Network. Recently the...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
I rise this evening to draw the attention of the Senate to the ongoing negative impact the current method of GST distribution is having on my home state of Western Australia. As senators will be...
- Creative Industries Plan for Tasmania (1 speech)
It would be nice if I got an extra couple of minutes—I would certainly love to debate that subject with Senator Smith, being part Western Australian and part Tasmanian myself. From my...
- Commonwealth Grants Commission: Report on State Revenue Sharing Relativities (2 speeches)
I rise to address the Commonwealth Grants Commission's CGC report on state revenue sharing relativities,2013 update, published last week. Senators will be aware that the Treasurer, pursuant to...
- Therapeutic Goods Administration (1 speech)
When it comes to health care, as consumers and laypeople, we trust in our doctors, our nurses and our hospitals. But in the last few years, a question mark has been raised over just how much...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Education (1 speech)
I also acknowledge this, and I wish to assure our former, distinguished Senator Barnett that I am still carrying the pedometer which he gave me, and as of this moment I have done 1.582 km around...
- Mining: Kangaroo Island (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to take the opportunity to draw attention to a place that is too precious to lose. It is a place that is seriously threatened by attempts to expand an industry which, in the...
- Serbia (1 speech)
A couple of days before Christmas I got a phone call from a very distinguished and senior member of the Bosnian community in Victoria, a gentleman by the name of John Bosnich, who was trying to...
- Diabetes Research: Jump for a Cure (1 speech)
Last Saturday afternoon I jumped out of the plane—and I can assure you, Madam Acting Deputy President, I was very securely attached to Gus from Argentina, who managed to tell me at the time...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Australians love cricket—playing it, watching it and talking about it. We also love the sound of cricket on ABC radio. For generations Australians have grown up listening to test match...
- Media Reform (1 speech)
I rise tonight with a heavy heart after spending most of the last two days in the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee hearings around the media laws legislation that is being...
