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Hansard
- Start of Business
- CONDOLENCES
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2000
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In Committee
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
- O'Brien, Sen Kerry
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
- Mackay, Sen Sue
- Macdonald, Sen Ian
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In Committee
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Goods and Services Tax: Caravan Parks
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Rural and Regional Australia: Government Support
(Tierney, Sen John, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Goods and Services Tax: Rent
(Sherry, Sen Nick, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Economy: Families
(Watson, Sen John, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Environment: Greenhouse Gases
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Gene Technology: Environment
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Herron, Sen John) -
Goods and Services Tax: Black Economy
(Cook, Sen Peter, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Rural and Regional Australia: Tax Re-form
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Goods and Services Tax: Food
(Crowley, Sen Rosemary, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Economy: Wealth Distribution
(Harradine, Sen Brian, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Goods and Services Tax: Food
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Gene Technology: Environment
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Goods and Services Tax: Food
(Hutchins, Sen Steve, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Private Health Insurance: Reform
(Knowles, Sen Susan, Herron, Sen John)
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Goods and Services Tax: Caravan Parks
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- PETITIONS
- NOTICES
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- DOCUMENTS
- COMMITTEES
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- HEALTH LEGISLATION AMEND-MENT (GAP COVER SCHEMES) BILL 2000
- DATACASTING CHARGE (IMPOSITION) AMENDMENT BILL 2000
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CON-SUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2000
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2000
- FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2000
- SYDNEY HARBOUR FEDERATION TRUST BILL 1999 [2000]
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
- PROCLAMATIONS
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Saw and Veneer Logs: Export
(Senator BROWN,, Senator HILL,) -
Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Major Defect Notices
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Qantas and Ansett Australia: Air Operating Certificates
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Airline Operators: Air Operating Certificates
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Minutes of Meetings
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Goods and Services Tax: Department of Family and Community Services Research
(Faulkner, Sen John, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Veterans' Affairs: Contracts with Ernst and Young
(Ray, Sen Robert, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Register of Environmental Organisations: Taxation
(Brown, Sen Bob, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Federation Fund: Applications
(Faulkner, Sen John, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Perth Community Newspaper Group: Survey Results
(Murray, Sen Andrew, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Telstra: Australia Post Office Telephone Number Listings
(Bourne, Sen Vicki, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Health and Aged Care Portfolio: Agency Boards
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Herron, Sen John)
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Saw and Veneer Logs: Export
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Senator HOGG (2:00 PM)
—My question is to Senator Hill, representing the Prime Minister. Isn't Garry Nehl, the member for Cowper, correct in claiming—
The PRESIDENT
—`Mr Nehl', Senator.
Senator HOGG
—Isn't Mr Garry Nehl, the member for Cowper, correct in claiming that his integrity and that of the coalition parties have been impugned by the government's decision to apply a 5.5 per cent GST to mobile home and long-term caravan park rentals? Given that the government had promised prior to the election that there would be no GST on residential rent, why is the government persisting in discriminating against the approximately 160,000 long-term residents of caravan and mobile home parks?
Senator HILL (Minister for the Environment and Heritage)
—Obviously the honourable senator on the other side is mistaken. The position of long-term renters, whether they be in mobile homes or whether they be in flats or houses, is approximately the same. In relation to caravan parks, certainly be-cause such parks include a mixture of short-term and long-term renters, a different formula has been applied. But equity has remained. So the position of long-term renters in caravan parks is not, in terms of cost to the renters, different from that of those living in long-term housing accommodation. That is a fair situation that has been developed to meet the requirement of caravan parks which are a mixture of long-term and short-term. It is fair to the residents. I am sorry that the honour-able senator on the other side does not understand.
Senator HOGG
—I have a supplementary question, Madam President. The minister, in answering my question, failed to address part of the question. Maybe he can have a shot at it this time. Is it true that the government promised prior to the election that there would be no GST on residential rent? That was the first part of the question that he did not answer. Is it also true that the government is applying a 5.5 per cent GST to residential rent which is paid for mobile homes and caravans? Isn't this a cut and dried broken promise?