Senate debates
Monday, 20 August 2012
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012, Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2012; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time. - Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012, Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— FISHERIES... - Maritime Powers Bill 2012, Maritime Powers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time. - Maritime Powers Bill 2012, Maritime Powers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— MARITIME POWERS BILL... - Tax Laws Amendment (Cross-Border Transfer Pricing) Bill (No. 1) 2012; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Since 1989 the ATO has obtained many billions of dollars of additional revenue for Australia as a consequence of legislation designed to make multinational companies pay their fair share of tax... - Tax Laws Amendment (Cross-Border Transfer Pricing) Bill (No. 1) 2012; In Committee (8 speeches)
I move: (1) Schedule 1, page 13 (line 15), omit the heading. (2) Schedule 1, item 12, page 13 (line 16) to page 14 (line 29), TO BE OPPOSED. (3) Schedule 1, item 14, page 15 (lines 6 to 8), omit... - Tax Laws Amendment (Cross-Border Transfer Pricing) Bill (No. 1) 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. - Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010; Second Reading (6 speeches)
(Quorum formed) The coalition supports the Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010 as another positive step in encouraging the action initiated by the Howard government.... - In Committee (126 speeches)
I would like to note the fact that I did not seek to call a division or a vote on the second reading, as is customary in this place, because I support the objectives of the bill, I support the...
