Senate debates
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Interest (0 speeches)
- Defence (2 speeches)
Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest.
- South, Mr William 'Bill' (1 speech)
I rise to speak today of the passing of Bill South, an unsung hero who changed the lives of Aboriginal people in some of Australia's most remote Indigenous communities. Bill South passed away...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Before I launch into the speech that I have prepared, I would like to associate myself with Senator Scullion's remarks. I agree wholeheartedly that Bill South made an enormous contribution to the...
- Manufacturing (1 speech)
I want to talk today about the importance of a strong, diverse and resilient economy—an economy that capitalises on our national strengths with an unerring focus on protecting and creating...
- Agriculture (1 speech)
I rise today to share with the chamber and with the community the parlous situation in which agriculture and horticulture find themselves in this country. I refer to horticulture, to livestock...
- Palliative Care (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss a matter of great public interest. It concerns Australia's palliative care system and the importance of advanced care planning as an essential element within this system....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget, Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer. I refer to last night's budget and the $5 billion blow-out it revealed in the cost of protecting our borders over the next four years....
- Budget (26 speeches)
My question is to Senator Conroy, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister advise the Senate on what issues the government faced in framing the 2013-14 budget?
- Carbon Pricing (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation. I believe that is still Senator Wong. Is that correct?
- Budget (33 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Treasurer. Given that the Prime Minister and the Treasurer promised a 'come hell or high water' surplus in 2012-13 on more than 500...
- Malaysia (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Bob Carr. On 8 November 2012, the minister made the following statement: Promoting democracy helps to secure peace, prosperity and...
- Budget (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. The minister would be aware that market reaction to the budget was negative with the Aussie dollar quickly falling half a...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget (16 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 the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate...
- Malaysia (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Bob Carr) to a question without notice asked by Senator Xenophon today relating to the recent...
- 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 Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Boyce for 15 May 2013 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend government business notice of motion No.2 before seeking to have that motion taken as a formal motion. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That— (1) To ensure...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 16 May 2013, from 1 pm,...
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation...
- Community Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Community Affairs References Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, 15 May 2013, from 5 pm, to take...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the time for the presentation of reports of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee be extended as follows: (a) Australia and the countries of the...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—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 Thursday, 16 May 2013,...
- Gambling Reform Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform on its inquiry into the advertising and promotion of gambling services in...
- Environment and Communications References Committee, Reporting Date (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Birmingham, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Environment and Communications References Committee on the protection of Australia's...
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Reporting Date (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Heffernan, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee on the Australian citrus...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I move: That general business notices of motions Nos 1129, 1230 and 1231 be discharged from the Notice Paper . Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Advertising for Sports Betting) Bill 2013; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I present the bill and move: That this...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table the explanatory memorandum and to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Nurses (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Hanson-Young, I seek leave to amend general business notice of No. 1238. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the long-term...
- World Heritage Areas (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the April 2013 letter from the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Mr Burke) to the signatories in the Tasmanian...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) in November 2011, the Federal Labor Conference voted against phasing out the live export trade but agreed to establish an independent Office of...
- World Heritage Areas (6 speeches)
Mr President, I seek leave to make a short statement on Greens motion No. 1227.
- Uranium Mining: Jabiluka (3 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 19 May 2013 marks 15 years since Mirarr Senior Traditional Owner, Yvonne Margarula, was arrested for trespass on her own country at Jabiluka,...
- Leaders' Debate Commission (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the Australian Greens are committed to working with all parliamentarians to establish a Leader's Debate Commission in time for the 2013 federal election;...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (10 speeches)
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 Gillard...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Macdonald, I present the fifth report of 2013 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. I also lay on the table Scrutiny of Bills Alert Digest No. 5 of 2013, dated...
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I table a statement on the draft estimates for the Australian National Audit Office and the Parliamentary Budget Office for 2013-14...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present report No. 2 of 2013, Referrals made February to April 2013.
- Environment and Communications References Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Environment and Communications References Committee on the feasibility of a prohibition on charging fees for an unlisted number service, together with the submissions....
- Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, I present the report on the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures)...
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the sixth report of 2013 of the committee on the examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Statement and Documents (1 speech)
I present a corrigendum to the 2013-14 portfolio budget statement for the Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio.
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Building Code 2013; Disallowance (3 speeches)
I move: That the Building Code 2013 be disallowed. The Building Code the government has sought to implement needs to be rejected. Firstly, the code was signed off by the minister without any...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That consideration of government documents be postponed and that government business continue until 7.10pm. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- T-QUAL Grants, Tasmanian Whisky Industry (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the recent T-QUAL grants for quality tourism projects in Australia, and I want to talk specifically about the benefits of one Tasmanian grant in particular which has helped...
- Budget (1 speech)
I happened to be in Tasmania last week and I saw the footage of the distillery about which Senator Singh speaks, but I am disappointed, Senator Singh, to have to observe that I did not see you in...
- New South Wales Labor Government (1 speech)
Tonight's adjournment speech continues the comments I made last night in the Senate about recent activities in New South Wales. When a New South Wales upper house inquiry into allegations of...
- Grey Electorate: Trade-Training Centres (1 speech)
I rise to make a contribution to the adjournment debate on my normal subject: activity in my duty electorate of Grey. During the parliamentary recess, as seems to be usual, I officiated at a...
