Senate debates
Thursday, 13 August 2009
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Milne to move on the next day of sitting:(1)That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect.(2)That immediately upon receipt of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the government business orders of the day listed on page 3 of today’s Order of Business, under the heading “At 12.45 pm” be considered from 12.45 pm till not later...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: Government business notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of the Special Minister of State (Senator Ludwig) for today, proposing the...
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Works (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Carr, I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the Senate approves the proposal by the Department of Parliamentary Services relating to the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move:(1)That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect.(2)That from 12.30 pm on 17 August 2009, the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Enhanced...
- Labour Concentration Camps in North Korea (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend notice of motion No. 509 standing in my name, relating to concentration camps in North Korea. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate be aware:(a)of...
- United Nations Commission of Inquiry (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further 18 months of house arrest in Burma on 11 August 2009,(ii)this sentence will prevent her from...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
Order! The President has received a letter from a party leader seeking a variation to the membership of a committee.
- National Anti-Corruption and Integrity Commission (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
I missed one of my notices of motion and I seek leave to now move motion No. 503. Leave granted. I move: That the Senate calls on the Rudd Government to consider the establishment of a National...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 [No. 2]; Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2009 (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— Safe Work...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Customs) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Excise) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-General) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (29 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 August, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That these bills be now read a second time. upon which Senator Milne moved by way of amendment: At the end of the motion, add:...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the order of general business for consideration today be as follows:(1)consideration of a motion standing in the name of Senator Scullion on the Strategic Indigenous Housing and...
- Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 26 November 2008, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- In Committee (18 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.
- Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 June, on motion by Senator Wong: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 15 June, on motion by Senator Faulkner: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (3 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tarriff Amendment (2009 Measures Bill No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (13 speeches)
Debate resumed from 23 June, on motion by Senator Wong: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 20 March, on motion by Senator Stephens: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (23 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Now that the minister’s flawed and rushed emissions trading scheme has been defeated, will the government give a...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the President’s Gallery of members of Committee B for Defence, Security and Foreign Affairs from East Timor. On behalf...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Airlines PNG (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence and the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Faulkner. Can the minister advise the Senate of the assistance Australia is...
- Indigenous Affairs (21 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Evans. In April of 2008 the government announced a new $672...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (6 speeches)
My question without notice is to Senator Evans representing the Prime Minister. After the emissions trading scheme legislation failed to pass the Senate earlier today, I immediately wrote to the...
- Indigenous Communities (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Evans. Will the minister explain how it is that the Rudd Labor...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the chamber of a parliamentary delegation from Nigeria led by Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy President of the Senate of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer, Senator Sherry. Is Australia’s world-leading economic performance during this global recession being reflected in a growing sense of confidence...
- Telecommunications (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy.
- Swine Influenza (6 speeches)
My question, of which I gave informal notice earlier today, is to Senator Ludwig, Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. My question relates to the lack of Commonwealth funding...
- Broadband (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I refer to the minister’s recent claims that the National Broadband Network rollout has...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Automotive Industry (1 speech)
Yesterday, Wednesday, 12 August, Senator Abetz asked me a question in regard to how much of EFIC’s current $1.1 billion national interest account has been made available to commercial...
- Emissions Trading Scheme (1 speech)
Yesterday Senator Fielding asked me a question in relation to the attendance—or non-attendance—of Professor Will Steffen in response to the senator’s invitation to brief...
- Securency Pty Ltd and Note Printing Australia (4 speeches)
On 15 June 2009 I took on notice an undertaking to provide Senator Bob Brown information on the board structure—
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Climate Change; Emissions Trading Scheme (31 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator Wong) and the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Senator Chris Evans) to...
- Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices — Blacktown Amendment) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
I seek leave to make a statement about the incorporation of my second reading speech on the Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices—Blacktown Amendment) Bill 2009.
- American Petition (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Deputy President, I seek leave to table a document that I have asked each of the whips about. It is an American petition, not an Australian petition, with some signatures of some scientists....
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Approval of Works (6 speeches)
In accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Act 1974, I present a proposal by the Department of Parliamentary Services for works within the parliamentary zone relating to the installation...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Order! The President has received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
- Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (0 speeches)
- (58 speeches)
I move: That the Senate notes the failure of the Rudd Labor Government to construct a single new house in remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities due to their mismanagement of the $672...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 25 June 2009, on motion by Senator Williams: That the Senate take note of the document.
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day were considered: Broadcasting Services Act 1992Digital television transmission and reception—Report, August 2009. Motion of Senator Adams to take note of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Consideration (0 speeches)
The following orders of the day relating to committee reports and government responses were considered: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee—Report—DEEWR...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 47 2009 (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. 47 of 2008-09: Performance audit: Management of domestic...
- Consideration (0 speeches)
Orders of the day nos 1, 3 and 4 relating to reports of the Auditor-General were called on but no motion was moved.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! There being no further consideration of committee reports, government responses and Auditor-General’s reports, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Riding for the Disabled Association South Australia (1 speech)
I ask those listening tonight to imagine that you are dropping your eight-year-old child off to horse-riding practice one afternoon. As you park the car, your child sees their pony in the yard...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: Defence Act—Determination under section 58B—Defence Determinations— 2009/46—District allowance – amendment....
- Departmental and Agency Contracts (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled pursuant to the order of the Senate of 24 June 2008: A letter of advice with the continuing order of the Senate relating to departmental and agency contracts...
