Senate debates
Monday, 4 July 2011
Bills
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011, Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 4) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2011, International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011, Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011, Midwife Professional Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2011, Social Security Amendment (Parenting Payment Transitional Arrangement) Bill 2011, Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 3) Bill 2011, Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011
7:56 pm
Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
by leave—The Greens oppose items 3, 7 and 13 in schedule 1 in the following terms:
(1) Schedule 1, item 3, page 3 (lines 13 to 16), item TO BE OPPOSED.
[definition of foreign intelligence]
(2) Schedule 1, item 7, page 3 (line 24) to page 4 (line 4), item TO BE OPPOSED.
[collection of foreign intelligence]
(3) Schedule 1, item 13, page 4 (lines 17 to 24), item TO BE OPPOSED.
[collection of foreign intelligence]
I think that they do no more or less than what the Law Council proposed. They oppose the definition of 'foreign intelligence' and the language around the collection of foreign intelligence in two clauses. I will subsequently move amendment (4), which makes consequential amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act which then change the definition in that act to provide for that consistency that I think all parties are very keen to see remain on the statute books. So, without further debate, I will commend those first three amendments to the chamber.
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