Senate debates
Monday, 6 November 2006
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (18 speeches)
Debate resumed from 19 October, on motion by Senator Patterson: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—Senator Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, will be absent from question time today until Thursday inclusive. Senator Coonan is on an official...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Treasurer. I refer the minister to the latest inflation figures, which show that the headline rate has increased to 3.9 per cent...
- Drought (2 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The drought is having a terrible impact on the Murray-Darling Basin in particular. What role can the Commonwealth...
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Treasurer. I again refer to the recent inflation figures, which rose to 3.9 per cent for the year ending September. Is the...
- Skilled Migration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Vanstone. Will the minister advise of the details of any labour market agreements signed recently affecting the...
- Interest Rates (9 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Treasurer. I refer the minister again to the view of the Prime Minister that the best thing that the Reserve Bank can do to curb...
- Workplace Relations (11 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister inform the Senate how the Howard government’s workplace...
- Australian Water Summit (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, and it relates to the water summit being held tomorrow. I note that the Queensland government has now, also, belatedly, been...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the President’s gallery of a parliamentary delegation from the National People’s Congress of the People’s...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Airport Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. Will the minister inform the Senate of recent measures taken to improve the security of Australian airports?
- Nuclear Energy (17 speeches)
My question without notice is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Does the minister recall claiming in question time on 17 October: I am the only one in the history...
- Nuclear Energy and Climate Change (4 speeches)
I follow those questions to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources by asking: has the government legislated to prohibit nuclear power stations in Australia...
- Aviation Safety (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. I refer the minister to the decision by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority on 24...
- Illegal Logging (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Abetz. How is the Howard government acting to protect the world’s tropical rainforests from illegal and...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Energy and Climate Change (1 speech)
I would like to add to an answer that I gave to Senator Bob Brown’s question earlier today on nuclear power. I advise the Senate that the Environment Protection and Biodiversity...
- Carer Payments (1 speech)
On 19 October, Senator Claire Moore asked me a question in my capacity as Minister representing the Minister for Human Services about the support of parents who are caring for ill children and...
- Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Question No. 2490 (2 speeches)
Pursuant to standing order 74(5), I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing for an explanation as to why an answer has not been provided to question on notice No. 2490,...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Inflation; Interest Rates (17 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator Minchin) to questions without notice asked by Senators Sherry, Wong and Stephens...
- Australian Water Summit (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator Minchin) to a question without notice asked by Senator Bartlett today relating to a...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mr Richard Cleaver, CBE, AM (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 25 October 2006, of Richard Cleaver, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Swan, Western Australia, from...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Senator Payne to move on the next day of sitting:That the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Friday, 10 November...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Conroy from 6 to 10 November 2006, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the names of Senator Siewert and Milne for today, proposing the reference of matters to...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166, I present documents listed on today’s Order of Business at item 12 which were presented to the President, the Deputy President and temporary chairs...
- Department of the Environment and Heritage (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the document. It is not overly common to take note of a report at this stage but, given that we will not have an opportunity to comment on any...
- Responses to Senate Resolutions (2 speeches)
I present a response from the Attorney-General to a resolution of the Senate of 7 September 2006 concerning Child Protection Week.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 10 of 2005-06 (2 speeches)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following report of the Auditor-General: Audit report No. 10 of 2005-06: Performance audit: Management of the...
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Proposal for Works (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Act 1974, I present a proposal for works within the Parliamentary Zone, together with supporting documentation, relating to the design of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present the 408th report of the committee, Annual report 2005-06, together with executive minutes to various reports of the...
- Community Affairs Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs Committee, Senator Humphries, I present additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into legislative responses to...
- Copyright Amendment Bill 2006; Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006; Inspector of Transport Security Bill 2006; Inspector of Transport Security (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2006; Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Bill 2006; Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- 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— COPYRIGHT...
- Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2006; Financial Transaction Reports Amendment Bill 2006; Public Works Committee Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 (0 speeches)
- Returned from the House of Representatives (0 speeches)
Message received from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that the House has agreed to the further amendments made by the Senate in the Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 5) Bill 2006; Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Bill 2006; Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2006; Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006; Trade Marks Amendment Bill 2006; Parliamentary Superannuation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from His Excellency the Governor-General were reported informing the Senate that he had assented to the bills.
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Muslim Community (1 speech)
I want to speak about a couple of matters this evening. The Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Mr Keelty, made a speech a week or so ago at the South Australian Press Club in Adelaide which...
- Gynaecological Cancer (1 speech)
I rise tonight to make a few brief remarks about an entirely different aspect of medical research and the need to support it. Members of this place would be aware that the Senate Community...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: [Legislative instruments are identified by a Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) number] A New Tax System (Family Assistance)...
