Senate debates
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Regalia of Former Presidents (1 speech)
On 3 February 2009 I advised that the Black Rod's Office had arranged for some artefacts including the gown, wig and lace used by former Presidents to be loaned to the Museum of Australian...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: (1) That the Senate records its deep sorrow at the death, on 23 May 2011, of Sergeant Brett Wood, MG, while on combat operations in Afghanistan, places on record its...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That paragraph (1) of the order of the Senate agreed to on 11 May 2011 relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business, be amended to read as follows:...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Community Affairs Legislation Committee: (a) be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, 15 June 2011, from 9.30 am till...
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011, Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011, Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011, Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011, Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2011, Customs Tariff Amendment (2012 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2011, Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011, Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011, Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Social Security Amendment (Parenting Payment Transitional Arrangement) Bill 2011, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 3) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 4) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2011, Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
Bills received from the House of Representatives.
- Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011, Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011, Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011, Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011, Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2011, Customs Tariff Amendment (2012 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2011, Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011, Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011, Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Social Security Amendment (Parenting Payment Transitional Arrangement) Bill 2011, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 3) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 4) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2011, Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
South Australia I table revised explanatory memoranda relating to the Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 and the Social Security...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; Second Reading (7 speeches)
Debate resumed on the motion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. When was the minister, his department or his office—
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the chamber of a parliamentary delegation from Tuvalu led by the Speaker of the House, the Right Honourable Sir Kamuta Latasi...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Can the minister advise the Senate on how the recently released National Digital Economy...
- Live Animal Exports (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Prior to announcing the suspension of live cattle trade to Indonesia, what consultation or discussions did...
- Carbon Pricing (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I ask: can the minister outline to the Senate the government's position on...
- Live Animal Exports (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Has the minister ever visited a working Indonesian abattoir?
- Sport (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sport, Senator Arbib. Can the minister please inform the Senate of the outcome of Friday's historic agreement with the states and territories to protect the...
- Live Animal Exports (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Minister, you would be aware that, even in the Four Corners report, some of the abattoirs in Indonesia are...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations. Can the minister outline for the Senate the government's record in terms of job...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Coal Seam Gas Projects (1 speech)
I have further information which I seek leave to incorporate into Hansard in response to a question without notice from Senator Milne on 12 May 2011 to me representing the Minister for...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Ludwig) to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today relating...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Thomas, Mr Andrew Murray (5 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 14 May 2011, of Mr Andrew Murray Thomas, a senator for Western Australia from 1975 to 1983. I call the Leader of the Government in...
- Hunt, the Hon. Ralph James Dunnet, AO (4 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 21 May 2011, of the Hon. Ralph James Dunnet Hunt AO, a former minister and member of the House of Representatives for the division...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (0 speeches)
Senator Crossin to move: That the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee be authorised to hold public meetings during the sitting of the Senate on 16 June 2011, as follows:...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to: (a) Senator Polley for today, for personal reasons; and (b) Senator Collins...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: General business notice of motion no. 199 standing in the name of Senator Cormann for today, relating to a proposed tax summit, postponed till 21...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Sovereign Wealth Fund; Order for the Production of Documents (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate: (a) notes that: (i) the current resources boom is generating enormous wealth from which all Australians should reap the benefits, (ii) a sovereign wealth fund could help...
- Seabed Mining (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises that the Solwara 1 Project in the Bismarck Sea off Papua New Guinea plans to mine copper and gold at a depth of 1 600 metres and is...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises the provision of affordable medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is central to Australia's health system;...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
I table a ministerial statement relating to Afghanistan.
- Montara Commission of Inquiry (2 speeches)
I table a ministerial statement relating to the government’s final response to the report of the Montara Commission of Inquiry and the Productivity Commission review of regulatory burden,...
- National Cyber Security Awareness Week (2 speeches)
I table a ministerial statement relating to National Cyber Security Awareness Week.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166, I present documents listed on today’s Order of Business at item 17 which were presented to the President, the Deputy President and temporary chairs...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Valedictories (0 speeches)
- (24 speeches)
Pursuant to the order of the Senate agreed to on 11 May 2011 as amended today the Senate will now move to valedictory statements.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
In my time in this place I have been concerned with strategies to counter organised criminal networks operating in Australia, among the most insidious forms of which are those that profit from...
- Non-compliance with Senate Orders for Production of Documents (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to talk about the circumstances in which Senate orders are made to statutory agencies like the Productivity Commission and others to produce reports, documents and other...
- Barnardos Australia's Mother of the Year Awards (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about an issue which many people in this chamber know is very close to my heart, and that is the issue concerning the care of children and parenting. Recently, at an...
- Ugandan Anti-Homosexual Legislation (1 speech)
In late 2009, the Ugandan government introduced repressive anti-homosexual legislation into their parliament. This legislation imposed the death penalty for certain homosexual acts defined as...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following government documents were tabled: AAF Company— Financial statements for 2008-09. Report for 2009-10. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)—National relay...
- Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Treasurer: Accommodation (Question Nos 20, 49 and 50) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 28 September 2010: Do any of the departments or agencies within the Minister's portfolio consider that new or additional office...
- Mortgages (Question No. 76) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, upon notice, on 28 September 2010: When receiving funds from a prime borrowing, how is the decision to...
- Banking (Question No. 78) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, upon notice, on 28 September 2010: How much was lost by banks on defaulting loans in the 2008-09 financial year.
- Banking (Question No. 79) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, upon notice, on 28 September 2010: What percentage of total loans by banks were defaulted in each of the...
- Asylum Seekers (Question No. 216) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 23 November 2010: (1) (a) How many asylum seekers, who have been found to be in genuine need of...
- Burrup Peninsula (Question No. 219) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 24 November 2010: With reference to the Burrup (Murujuga)...
- Health and Ageing (Question Nos 278, 303 and 306) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, upon notice, on 29 November 2010: Since 14 September 2010, for each Minister and any Parliamentary Secretaries within their...
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Question No. 279) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, upon notice, on 29 November 2010: Since 14 September 2010, for each Minister and any...
- Status of Women (Question No. 296) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for the Status of Women , upon notice, on 29 November 2010: Since 14 September 2010, for each Minister and any Parliamentary Secretaries within their...
- Social Housing and Homelessness (Question No. 299) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, upon notice, on 29 November 2010: Since 14 September 2010, for each Minister and any Parliamentary Secretaries within their portfolio: (1)...
- Israel (Question No. 342) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 13 December 2010: (1) Given that the Minister was reported to be leading a delegation of Members of Parliament...
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Question No. 347) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, upon notice, on 13 December 2010: With regard to the Australian Government's loan of AU$548.55 million to support the development of the...
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Question No. 348) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, upon notice, on 13 December 2010: With reference to the Export Finance Insurance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), AusAID and the liquefied...
- Special Broadcasting Service (Question No. 356) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 13 December 2010: With reference to the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and, in particular, p. 13 of...
- Australian Electoral Commission (Question No. 357) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Special Minister of State, upon notice, on 13 December 2010: With reference to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC): (1) Who makes the decision on what...
- Cambodia (Question No. 369) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 12 January 2011: (1) How much Australian aid funding has gone to Toll Holdings Limited, Toll...
- Australian Taxation Office (Question No. 378) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 31 January 2011: (1) How many agreements does the Australian Taxation Office have with businesses based in Tasmania for tax payment...
- Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (Question No. 396) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 10 February 2011: Can a list be provided detailing the electronic or digital publications to which...
- Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations: Promotional Items (Question No. 401) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 10 February 2011: With reference to promotional items that include the logo, crest or other...
- Northam Detention Centre (Question No. 407) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 25 February 2011: (1) Can breakdowns be provided detailing: (a) the current anticipated capital costs...
- Northam Detention Centre (Question No. 408) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 28 February 2011: (1) How much land is proposed to be cleared to house the planned Northam Detention...
- Asylum Seekers (Question No. 411) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 1 March 2011: (1) Which detention centres provide telephones for the personal and business use of...
- Australian Taxation Office (Question No. 415) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to changes to the GST treatment of residential premises: (1) What is the policy intention of the...
- Medical Expenses Tax Offset (Question No. 416) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to an increase in the medical expenses tax offset claim threshold: (1) What is the policy intention of...
- Taxation (Question No. 417) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Ruling 2010/D9 (deductibility under subsection 295-465(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act...
- Taxation (Question No. 418) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Ruling 2010/D8 (retail premiums): (1) What is the policy intention of the proposed...
- Taxation (Question No. 419) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Ruling 2010/7 (the interaction of Division 820 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and...
- Taxation (Question No. 420) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Ruling 2010/D7 (business related capital expenditure): (1) What is the policy intention of...
- Taxation (Question No. 421) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Determination 2010/D7 (Australian source income): (1) What is the policy intention of the...
- Taxation (Question No. 422) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 March 2011: With reference to Taxation Determination 2010/D8 (income tax): (1) What is the policy intention of the proposed...
