Senate debates
Monday, 15 November 2010
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Weekly Payments) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 28 October, on motion by Senator Sherry: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That:(a)intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 3 (consideration of message no. 37 from the House of Representatives);...
- Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (7 speeches)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (10 speeches)
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— I am pleased to have...
- National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 October, on motion by Senator Sherry: That these bills be now read a second time.
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the gallery of a delegation of members of the Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. How much closer to fruition is the East Timor offshore processing facility as a result of the Prime...
- Economy (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Wong. Can the minister advise the Senate on the OECD report into Australia’s economic performance? How does Australia...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations. Can the minister inform the Senate of the labour force results for October 2010?
- Broadband (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. The CEPU says it is mustering resources to unionise the workforce rolling out the NBN and to get good wages...
- Mining (8 speeches)
My question without notice is to the minister representing the minister for the environment. When is it expected that the government will approve or disapprove of the Wandoan coalmine project in...
- Broadband (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Conroy as the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Is the minister aware of the growing chorus of criticism directed at Labor’s National...
- Housing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, Senator Arbib. Can the minister please advise the Senate about the progress of the government’s Social Housing Initiative...
- Economy (18 speeches)
My question is to Senator Sherry, the Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer. I refer the minister to the comments made by the Assistant Treasurer, Mr Shorten, on foreign investment in...
- Plague Locusts (6 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister inform the Senate of the current state of grain crops in Australia?
- Defence Procurement (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Evans. Can the minister confirm that Defence has entered into a $100 million contract for the provision of air...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Mental Health (1 speech)
On Wednesday, 27 October, Senator Fierravanti-Wells asked me a question without notice on funding for Lifeline. I seek leave to incorporate the answer in Hansard. Leave granted. The answer read...
- Alcohol Abuse (1 speech)
On Thursday, 28 October, Senator Fielding asked me a question without notice relating to restrictions on the hours to which alcohol is available for sale. I seek leave to incorporate the answer...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I would like to update an answer to a question I gave in the last parliamentary session. Senator Barnett asked me about NBN in Tasmania, and I have some further information. I had been advised...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Economy (16 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Senator Wong) to a question without notice asked by Senator Payne today, relating to the...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Bob Brown to move on 17 November 2010:That the Senate—(a)notes:(i)China’s condemnation of Liu Xiaobo as a ‘criminal’,(ii)Mr Liu’s major ‘crime’...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Stephens on 15 November 2010, for personal reasons, and Senator Lundy on 16 November 2010 on account of parliamentary business....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Gambling Reform Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform be authorised to meet during the sitting of the Senate today, from 7 pm to 9 pm, for a private briefing....
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 27 standing in the name of the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) for today, proposing the...
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 74 standing in my name for 23 November.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move:(1)That the Senate:(a)acknowledges the recent apology given by the Western Australian Parliament to those mothers whose children were removed and given up for adoption from the late 1940s...
- Aged Care (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes the implications of the consumer price index figure of 2.8 per cent (for the week beginning 24 October 2010) for the provision of aged care services, in...
- World Volunteer Managers Day (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Stephens, I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)five million Australians volunteer in their communities every year,(ii)effectively realising the full potential...
- United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate congratulates the 2010 international meeting of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly for the adoption of the Declaration of Buenos...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (14 speeches)
The President has received a letter from Senator Fifield proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion, namely: The Gillard Government’s...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 166, I present documents listed on today’s order of business at item 12 which were presented to the President and temporary chairs of committees since the Senate...
- Responses to Senate Resolutions (1 speech)
The Acting Deputy President: I present the following responses to various Senate resolutions:Minister for Health and Ageing (Ms Roxon)—22 and 24 June 2010—Motor Neurone Disease...
- Election Petition (0 speeches)
- Court of Disputed Returns (1 speech)
The Acting Deputy President: For the information of senators, I present an election petition of the Court of Disputed Returns in respect of the matter of Peebles v Rhiannon and Others.
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010; Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the Senate of assent to the bills.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
The Clerk: Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to senators. Details of the documents appear at the end of today’s Hansard.
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (0 speeches)
- Order (3 speeches)
The Clerk: I present correspondence from the Australian Information Commissioner, Professor McMillan, relating to the examination of orders for the production of documents concerning the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motor Neurone Disease (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the response from the Minister for Health and Ageing to the Senate resolution relating to Motor Neurone Disease Global Day. Leave granted. I move:...
- Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010; Australian National Preventive Health Agency Bill 2010; Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010; Social Security Legislation Amendment (Connecting People with Jobs) Bill 2010; Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I table revised explanatory memoranda relating to the Australian National Preventive Health Agency Bill 2010 and the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 and move: That...
- National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- In Committee (71 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 agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bill received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
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 Higher Education...
- Third Reading (0 speeches)
Bill passed through its remaining stages without amendment or debate.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 6, Governor-General’s opening speech.
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (30 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 September, on motion by Senator Pratt: That the following address–in–reply be agreed to: To Her Excellency the Governor–General MAY IT PLEASE YOUR...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Health (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak on two very important health issues that are close to my heart. I am speaking about brain tumours and mental health and, in particular, the link between the two. I know I...
- 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. An explanatory statement is tabled with...
- Return to Order (0 speeches)
The following document was tabled pursuant to the orders of the Senate of 26 October 2010:Taxation—Mining tax—Revenue estimates—Government estimates—Letter from the...
