Senate debates
Thursday, 12 February 2009
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mr Neil McNeill (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 8 February 2009 of Neil McNeill, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Canning, Western Australia, from 1961...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (4 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion to vary the routine of business for today. What it relates to, as I understand it, is what was agreed to by the whips. There are four parts to the motion. One is to...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Williams to move on 11 March 2009: That a joint select committee, to be known as the Joint Select Committee on Banking and Financial Practices, be established to inquire into and report...
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Following the receipt of a satisfactory response, on behalf of the Standing Committee of Regulations and Ordinances, I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall withdraw business of the...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator McLucas for 12 February and 13 February 2009 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move:That the following matter be referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts for inquiry and report by 14 May 2009: The reporting of sports news and...
- Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities Committee; Extension of Time (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Scullion, I move: That the time for the presentation of the 2009 reports of the Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities be extended to 15 June...
- Treaties Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator McGauran, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Tuesday, 10 March 2009, from 7...
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Sterle, I move:That the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee be authorised to hold public meetings during the sittings of the Senate, from 3.30 pm to 6.30...
- Community Affairs Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move:That—(1)The provisions of the Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 and the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 be referred to the Community...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (0 speeches)
- Order (1 speech)
I move:(1)That the Senate orders that the following information be produced to the Select Committee on Fuel and Energy by noon on Friday 13 February 2009:(a)the information referred to in...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a personal explanation under standing order 190. Leave granted. Yesterday, Senator Polley, in the debate on the Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1)...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (0 speeches)
- Order; Recommittal (2 speeches)
I seek leave, with the Senate’s indulgence, to ask that notice of motion 358 be recommitted to a vote. The Greens did vote no and wanted to call a division but were not heard in the chaos....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Procedure Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the first report of 2009 relating to the restructuring of question time, members of legislative and general purpose standing committees, and temporary orders. Ordered that the report be...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the report of the committee entitled Review of the re-listing of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), Jamiat ul-Ansar...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill 2008; Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (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— TAX LAWS AMENDMENT...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Economics, Senator Hurley, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Tax Agent Services Bill 2008, together with...
- Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (131 speeches)
Consideration resumed from 11 February.
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Victorian Bushfires (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I present messages of condolence from overseas legislatures relating to the bushfires in Victoria. I will not read them in detail, but if anyone wishes to see them they are available.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of Senator O’Brien, I present the second report for 2009 of the Selection of Bills Committee. Ordered that the report be adopted. I seek leave to have the...
- Membership (2 speeches)
I have received letters from party leaders seeking to vary the membership of committees.
- Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- In Committee (37 speeches)
Consideration resumed.
- Third Reading (50 speeches)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time.
- Victorian Bushfires (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present a message of condolence from the Lord Speaker, Westminster, the Rt Hon. Baroness Hayman, relating to the bushfires in Victoria.
- Aviation Legislation Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008; Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Employment and Workplace Relations Amendment Bill 2008; Tax Agent Services Bill 2008 (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— AVIATION...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Order! I have received letters from party leaders seeking to vary the membership of committees.
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee; Extension of Time (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Senator Crossin, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the...
- Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 [No. 2]; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009 [No. 2]; Household Stimulus Package Bill (No. 2) 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill (No. 2) 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill (No. 2) 2009; Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- First Reading (48 speeches)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (34 speeches)
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— APPROPRIATION...
- In Committee (65 speeches)
Bills—by leave—taken together and as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question put.
- 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] AusLink (National Land Transport)...
- Departmental and Agency Grants (0 speeches)
The following document was tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 24 June 2008: Departmental and agency grants—Supplementary budget estimates—Letter of advice—Education,...
