Senate debates
Thursday, 22 March 2007
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Nettle to move on the next day of sitting:That the Senate:(a)notes the ‘Bring David Hicks Home’ campaign launched in Bennelong, Sydney, in the week beginning 18 March 2007 by...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business orders of the day nos 4 to 6, and the orders of the day relating to the Tourism Australia Amendment Bill 2007 and the Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Vanstone from 20 March to 23 March 2007 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 680 standing in the name of Senator Nettle for today, proposing the introduction of the Food Safety (Trans...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the order of general business for consideration today be as follows:(a)general business order of the day no. 78 (Climate Change Action Bill 2006); and(b)orders of the day relating to...
- MR Gough Whitlam Ac, QC (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
I move:That the Senate:(a)notes that on 22 March 2007 Gough Whitlam becomes Australia’s longest-lived elected Prime Minister;(b)congratulates Mr Whitlam on achieving this milestone;...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Ferguson I move: That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security be authorised to hold two classified hearings during the sitting of the Senate on...
- National Capital and External Territories Committee; Report (4 speeches)
I present the report of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories, Review of the Griffin Legacy amendments. I move: That the Senate take note of the report....
- Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 [2007] (0 speeches)
- Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Bill 2006; Tourism Australia Amendment Bill 2007; Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007 (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— AUSTRALIAN ENERGY...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Standing Committees; Reports (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present reports from committees in respect of the examination of annual reports tabled by 31 October 2006....
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Economics Committee, Senator Ronaldson, I present the report of the committee on the 2006-07 additional estimates, together with the Hansard record of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business notice of motion No. 1 standing in the name of Senator Abetz for today, relating to committee groupings for estimates hearings, be postponed till 26 March 2007....
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (77 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 21 March.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 February, on motion by Senator Scullion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Debt Agreements) Bill 2007; Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 20 March, on motion by Senator Scullion: That these bills be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bills read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bills passed through their remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Additional Screening Measures) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 1 March, on motion by Senator Coonan: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007; Customs Tariff Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 1 March, on motion by Senator Coonan: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bills passed through their remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Tourism Australia Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate. Sitting suspended from 1.27 pm to 2.00 pm
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (30 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer the minister to the Treasurer’s comments this morning that Telstra and the G9...
- Ageing (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin. Minister, one of the biggest economic challenges facing our nation is the ageing of the population. What plans does...
- Telecommunications (11 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Does the minister recall the Prime Minister’s promise during the 2004 election...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is directed to Senator Abetz, the minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware of a report released today by the Australian Mines...
- Privatisation (4 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the minister representing the Treasurer. Minister, I draw your attention to the UK government’s recent announcement of an inquiry into the loss of tax...
- Housing Affordability (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Community Services, Senator Scullion. Will the minister inform the Senate of Australian government programs and initiatives which are assisting Australians to...
- Australian Federal Police: Electoral Allowances (11 speeches)
My question is to Senator Johnston, the Minister for Justice and Customs. I refer to the raids conducted by the Australian Federal Police on the offices of the members for Bowman, Bonner—
- Anti-Corruption Commission (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs. Does the government accept that without Western Australia’s Corruption and Crime Commission, Queensland’s Crime and Misconduct...
- Ministerial Responsibility (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister for Finance and Administration. Can the minister confirm that the former Minister for the Environment and Heritage agreed in August last to pay...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (16 speeches)
I seek leave to make a brief personal explanation as I claim to have been misrepresented. Leave granted. In today’s Age newspaper, Senator Stott Despoja is quoted in relation to her David...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Broadband (10 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Senator Coonan) to questions without notice asked today relating to...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a personal explanation as I claim to have been misrepresented. Leave granted. The ABC news today had a presenter saying: Coalition senator Ron Boswell says there is no need...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report: Government Response (1 speech)
I present the government’s response to the 80th report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and seek leave to have the document incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The document...
- Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- 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— The Australian...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Friday, 23 March 2007, from...
- Climate Change Action Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (43 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 November 2006, on motion by Senator Milne: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 6.00 pm, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of government documents.
- Sugar Research and Development Corporation (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 1 March, on motion by Senator Ian Macdonald: That the Senate take note of the document.
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day relating to government documents were considered: Tourism Australia—Report for 2005-06. Motion of Senator Ian Macdonald to take note of document agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- In Committee (53 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 11.00 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Economy (1 speech)
Tonight I want to expose the great sham of the Labor Party over federal-state finances, especially in my home state, where the state Labor government continues to cry poor when it comes to...
- Private Jacob (Jake) Kovco (5 speeches)
It is almost a year since the death of Private Jake Kovco in Iraq. That death was covered in controversy of the government’s making. Two themes have since emerged with respect to the...
- Macquarie Island (1 speech)
Tasmania’s mismanagement of Macquarie Island has become an international embarrassment in the scientific community, in ecotourism circles and across networks of people who care about the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Indexed List of Files (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 30 May 1996, as amended: Indexed lists of departmental and agency files for the period 1 July to 31 December...
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: [Legislative instruments are identified by a Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) number] Australian Research Council...
