Senate debates
Monday, 14 July 2014
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion to vary the order of government business for today. Leave not granted.
- Suspension of Standing Orders (6 speeches)
Pursuant to contingent notice of motion standing in the name of the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Abetz, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would...
- Consideration of Legislation (5 speeches)
I now call the minister to move a motion varying the routine of business.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
by leave—Senator Ronaldson will be absent from the Senate for question time from today, Monday, 14 July to Thursday, 17 July owing to ministerial business overseas, which includes an...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (32 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Minister Eric Abetz. I refer to the government's agreement to include a so-called price pay-through mechanism in its carbon price...
- Future of Financial Advice (9 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Assistant Treasurer, Senator Cormann. I refer to the financial advice regulations that Labor tabled last Thursday, and I refer to comments by Mr Michael O'Neill, the...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for Finance and the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister advise the Senate of support by prominent Australians for the need...
- Carbon Pricing (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. Given that the Prime Minister has promised that Australian families will be $550 better off with the abolition of...
- Asylum Seekers (11 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Will the minister advise the Senate of the need to ensure appropriate rules apply to people on...
- Manufacturing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. The minister may be aware of a front page report in today's Adelaide Advertiser that Rossi Boots, an Adelaide based bootmaker since 1910, has lost a...
- Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Payne, representing the Minister for Education. I ask: will the minister advise the Senate how the government's higher education reforms...
- Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer the minister to an article by Simon Benson in TheDaily Telegraph last Friday that quotes a coalition minister, describing...
- Aboriginal Hostels Limited (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Will the minister advise the Senate of the work by Aboriginal Hostels Limited and the important contribution it is making...
- Budget (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. I refer to the assessment of the Commission of Audit that Australia's minimum wage is too high and its recommendation that the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (16 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Employment (Senator Abetz) to questions without notice asked by Senators Conroy and Singh today relating to the proposed...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend government business notice of motion No. 1 standing in the name of Senator Ryan as circulated in the chamber. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That consideration...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Address by the Prime Minister of Japan (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Macdonald, I move: That the Senate— (a) expresses its appreciation to the Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Mr Shinzo Abe, for his visit to Australia and to...
- Education Funding (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the motion passed by the NSW Nationals' Annual General Conference calling on the Federal Government to honour the 6 year Gonski funding agreement between...
- Future Fellowships Scheme (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator McKenzie, I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises: (i) that research and development is critical for Australia's prosperity, economic growth and social wellbeing,...
- Asylum Seekers (15 speeches)
I seek leave to move general business notice of motion No. 317 in two parts: (a) and then (b).
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That business of the Senate notice of motion no. 3 standing in her name for today, proposing the disallowance of the Migration Amendment (Offshore Resources Activity)...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the following matter be referred to the Standing Committee of Privileges for inquiry and report: In the context of an inquiry by the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- (10 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Moore: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The Abbott...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Senators' Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
In accordance with the Senate resolution of 17 March 1994 on the declaration of senators' interests, I present declarations of interests and notifications of alterations of interests in the...
- Privileges Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 157th report of the Committee of Privileges, entitled Person referred to in the Senate: Professor Simon Chapman, AO. Ordered that the report be printed. This report is the 68th in a...
- Report (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present reports on provisions of the Australian National Preventive Health Agency (Abolition) Bill 2014, the...
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received a letter from a party leader seeking variations to the membership of a committee.
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (9 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the routine of business for the remainder of the day be as follows: No. 3 Trade Support Loans Bill 2014 Trade Support...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014; Second Reading (8 speeches)
I thank all senators who have participated in the second reading debate on this bill, the Trade Support Loans Bill 2014 and related bill. It gives effect to the government's 2013 election...
- Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014; In Committee (20 speeches)
By leave—I move Greens amendments (1) and (2), and (4) to (7) and request (3) on sheet 7497. (1) Clause 5, page 5 (line 17), omit "$20,000", substitute "$10,000". (2) Clause 5, page 7 (line...
- Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]; Second Reading (8 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2] and indicate again that the opposition will not be supporting this bill. It is the second time that...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Middle East (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to talk about the tragedy that is the Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Israel. I do not think it matters what your position might be on any of these conflicts and who you...
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1 speech)
I believe this afternoon it has emerged that CSIRO has announced to staff that it is axing all the remaining forest scientists in that national research organisation. In case you did not hear...
- Nuclear Disarmament (1 speech)
In the 1980s the call for nuclear disarmament resonated around the planet. In Australia Palm Sunday rallies attracted hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people and prominent people added their...
- Central Coast Greek Community (1 speech)
I rise to speak this evening about one of the treasures that I have uncovered on the Central Coast in recent times. One in particular is a wonderful man whose work is celebrated in this book, a...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I welcome the opportunity to speak tonight on the need for the Senate to repeal the carbon tax as a matter of urgency. Labor's carbon tax has caused $15.4 billion of damage to...
