Senate debates
Monday, 28 February 2011
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate today, from 10 am till noon. Question agreed to.
- Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 25 October 2010, on motion by Senator Sherry: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011; Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Second Reading (55 speeches)
I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bills and I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard....
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list reflecting changes to the ministry made on 21 February 2011. The changes reflect the appointment of Senator the Hon Kate Lundy...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (47 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Can the minister confirm that, in the days before the last federal election, Prime Minister Gillard said: There will...
- Gillard Government (0 speeches)
- Censure Motion (154 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate censures the government for its gross deception of the Australian people by introducing a carbon tax after specifically ruling out such a measure during the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing Orders (6 speeches)
I seek leave to move that question time be extended to the full allocated time. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice, I move: That so much of standing orders be suspended as would...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a very short statement on the condolence motion. Leave granted. I have spoken to most of the representatives in the chamber about the government’s intention, given the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (21 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (Senator Evans) to questions without notice asked by Senator...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Klugman, Dr Richard (Dick) (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 21 February 2011, of Dr Richard (Dick) Klugman, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Prospect, New South...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: Petitions have been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Carol Brown to move on the next day of sitting:That the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be authorised to hold a public meeting during...
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the names of Senators Fisher and Ludlam for today, proposing a reference to the...
- Withdrawal (2 speeches)
On behalf of Senator Stephens, pursuant to notice given at the last day of sitting, I now withdraw business of the Senate notices of motion nos. 1 to 4 standing in her name for 11 sitting days...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to:(a)Senator Arbib from 28 February to 3 March 2011, on account of parliamentary business;(b)Senator Bilyk on 28 February 2011, for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Budget Office Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of Senator Faulkner, I move: That the Joint Select Committee on the Parliamentary Budget Office be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the...
- Governor-General’S Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That:(a)the address-in-reply be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General by the President and such senators as may desire to accompany him; and(b)on Tuesday, 1...
- Infrastructure (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I move:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)while Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory all insure public assets with a...
- Energy (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I move general notice of business No. 173 standing in my name:That the Senate—(a)notes that:(i)in 2006 the Australian Greens instigated an inquiry by the Standing Committee on Rural and...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (15 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...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Egypt and Libya (1 speech)
I present two ministerial statements, relating to the Australian government’s response to the Egypt crisis and Libya.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (2 speeches)
Pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166, I present documents as listed below which were presented to the President, the Deputy President and Temporary Chairmen of Committees since the Senate last...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That consideration of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works report tabled today be listed on the Notice Paper as an order of the day. Question agreed to.
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 31 of 2010-11 (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following report of the Auditor-General: Report No. 31 of 2010-11: Performance audit—Administration of the...
- Queensland Floods (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present a message of condolence relating to the Queensland floods from the President of the Senate of the Philippines, the Hon. Juan Ponce Enrile.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010; Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Bill 2010 [2011] (0 speeches)
- National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; Screen Australia (Transfer of Assets) Bill 2010; Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2010 (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— National...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Public Health and Safety) Amendment Bill 2010 (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— This is a bill that...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics References Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Economics References Committee, Senator Bushby, I present the final report of the Economics References Committee on the decision of the Australian Competition...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011; Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Migration (1 speech)
Australia is a nation built on migration. Each sitting day of parliament we are reminded of this in our acknowledgement of the First Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders....
- Israel (1 speech, 1 comment)
Tonight I acknowledge Australia’s important relationship with the nation of Israel. In particular, I would like to speak about Australia’s involvement at the Evian Conference in 1938...
- International Women’s Day (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to address some comments to the fact that on 8 March 2011 Australia will acknowledge 100 years of International Women’s Day. In 1910, influential German socialist,...
- Simpson Prize (1 speech)
I am very pleased this evening to congratulate the winners and runners-up of the Australian government’s Simpson Prize for 2011. The Simpson Prize is a popular national history competition...
- 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...
