Senate debates
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
- Customs Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (11 speeches)
This bill which, you would be pleased to hear, Mr President, the Labor Party is supporting seeks to make some minor amendments to the Customs Act. These amendments remove anomalies arising from... - Customs Amendment Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole. - Amending Acts 1970 to 1979 Repeal Bill 2014, Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2014; Second Reading (11 speeches)
Listening to my colleagues in the earlier bill debate, and in terms of dealing with these two bills cognately, I am left to wonder why we are occupying government business time with bills of such... - Amending Acts 1970 to 1979 Repeal Bill 2014, Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2014; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time. - Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (27 speeches)
Labor opposes this bill. We do so on the basis of what we have just heard from Senator Brandis . The pomposity and hypocrisy of Senator Brandis talking about red tape, green tape and beige tape,...
