Senate debates
Wednesday, 8 February 2006
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move:That—(a)on Wednesday, 8 February 2006:(i)the hours of meeting shall be 9.30 am to 11 pm,(ii)the routine of business from not later than 4.30 pm shall be general business order of the...
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 7 December 2005, on motion by Senator Coonan: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Report of Community Affairs Legislation Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005. Ordered that the...
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- In Committee (27 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question put.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
It being only a few minutes short of the time when the Senate would normally go to the matters of public interest discussion, I move: That the matters of public interest discussion be brought on....
- Matters of Public Interest (0 speeches)
- Asia: Economic Growth (1 speech)
Only twice over the last 500 years have there been significant shifts in the locus of global power. The first occurred during the 17th century, as western Europe rose to prominence. The second...
- Migrant Workers (1 speech)
I rise in this place today to raise a matter of public interest relating to the employment of skilled migrant workers who have been forced to work under appalling circumstances and well below the...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I would like to speak today on what I believe is a matter of great public importance, and that is the issue of the need to ensure proper treatment and proper assessment of the asylum claims of...
- Department of Defence: Legal Services Division (1 speech)
Military justice is a matter on which the Senate has a close, continuing and abiding interest. It remains a running sore and, as we know, has become a significant disincentive for young people to...
- Recherche Bay (1 speech)
I am an extremely happy guy today. I have been waiting for this day for a long time. I can tell the chamber that at one o’clock the Premier of Tasmania announced the official go-ahead for...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I would like to share with the Senate this afternoon the fantastic experience that I had last week when I met a group of 43 West Papuans who are currently based in Christmas Island. They are...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Wheat Board (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. Does the minister recall saying yesterday that AUSTRAC is only able to monitor payments made within Australia and payments...
- Law Enforcement: Drugs (3 speeches)
Mr President, before I ask my question today, I acknowledge the presence in your gallery of a former Liberal Leader of the Opposition from the great state of South Australia, Mr Dale Baker. My...
- Australian Wheat Board (13 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Can the minister confirm that the Wheat Export Authority is responsible, under the Wheat...
- Asylum Seekers (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Vanstone. Will the minister advise the Senate of the progress of efforts by her department to meet the targeted...
- Australian Wheat Board (21 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister representing the Minister for Trade. Is the minister aware of comments by Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce where he expressed sympathy for the AWB...
- Snowy Hydro Limited (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. Will the minister inform the Senate of the government’s plans for the sale of its stake in Snowy Hydro?
- Political Party Donations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Special Minister of State. Minister, does the government support the fundamental principle of Australian electoral funding law that the Australian...
- Fisheries and Forestry Policy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Abetz. Will the minister please outline to the Senate how the Howard government is successfully balancing the key...
- Aged Care (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Santoro, the Minister for Ageing. Can the minister confirm that 31 December 2005 was the deadline for aged care providers to meet upgraded fire safety standards...
- Australian Wheat Board (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Abetz. My question relates to the 2004 performance monitoring activities of the Wheat...
- Housing Market (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Treasurer. Is the minister aware that the chair of the coalition’s backbench Treasury committee, Mr Steven Ciobo, is quoted...
- Rural and Regional Health Services (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Santoro, the Minister for Ageing, representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. Will the minister advise the Senate of what the government is doing to provide...
- Richard Niyonsaba (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Is the minister aware of the case of two-year-old Richard Niyonsaba, who arrived in Australia with his family from Africa...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- West Papua (1 speech)
I wanted to add to an answer I gave yesterday to a question from Senator Nettle relating to West Papua. The answer is that the Australian government takes seriously reports of alleged human...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Australian Wheat Board (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by opposition senators today. I particularly want to focus on the answer by the Minister for...
- Political Party Donations (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator Abetz) to a question without notice asked by Senator Murray today relating...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
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The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Stott Despoja to move on the next day of sitting:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Brandis, I move: That the Economics Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during...
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the first report of 2006 of the Selection of Bills Committee. Ordered that the report be adopted. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 298 standing in the name of Senator Stott Despoja for 9 February 2006, proposing the introduction of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Sheep Study (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Science and Training, no later than the conclusion of question time on 7 February 2006, all data...
- Government Appointments to Public Boards (0 speeches)
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I move:That the Senate, having expressed its view on 7 December 2005 that all appointments made by the Government to public boards, authorities and agencies should have regard to specific...
- West Papua (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)that elections for regional government in West Papua have again been delayed by the Indonesian Government,(ii)reports of increasing human rights...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Bill 2005 [2006] (0 speeches)
- Genetically Modified Foods (0 speeches)
- Return to Order (1 speech)
I present documents in relation to the Senate order for production on genetically modified foods. However, due in part to the volume and complexity of the request, the documents relating to FSANZ...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
A message has been received from the House of Representatives notifying the Senate of the appointment of Mr Lindsay to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters in place of Mr Anthony...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—On behalf of Senators Nash, Moore and Troeth, I move:(1)That the time allotted for the remaining stages of the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for...
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (37 speeches)
Debate resumed from 8 December 2005, on motion by Senator Nash: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following government documents were tabled: Australian Law Reform Commission—Report—No. 102—Uniform evidence law, December 2005. High Court of Australia—Report for...
