Senate debates
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Bills
- Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2012; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2012 and indicate that the coalition will not be opposing this bill. This bill amends the Industrial... - Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2012; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. - Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012; Second Reading (2 speeches)
The coalition supports this bill, the Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012, but I do want to remind the Senate that this debate takes place in the wake of the Gillard government's... - Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated so I will now call Senator Feeney to move the third reading. - National Portrait Gallery of Australia Bill 2012, National Portrait Gallery of Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012; Second Reading (6 speeches)
The purpose of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia Bill 2012 and the National Portrait Gallery of Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012 is to establish the... - Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time. - Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum (1 speech)
): I table a replacement explanatory memorandum relating to the Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012. - Migration Legislation Amendment (Student Visas) Bill 2012, Second Reading (12 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Migration Legislation Amendment (Student Visas) Bill 2012. Whilst the coalition will not be opposing the bill, we do have some concerns with it. The purpose of the bill is...