

- Title
SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS’ AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ENHANCED ALLOWANCES) BILL 2008
In Committee
- Database
Senate Hansard
- Date
12-03-2008
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
42
- Electorate
South Australia
- Interjector
- Page
628
- Party
LP
- Presenter
- Status
Final
- Question No.
- Questioner
- Responder
- Speaker
Bernardi, Sen Cory
- Stage
In Committee
- Type
- Context
Bills
- System Id
chamber/hansards/2008-03-12/0017
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Hansard
- Start of Business
- COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES) BILL 2008
- SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS’ AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ENHANCED ALLOWANCES) BILL 2008
- INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT (2008 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2008
- SKILLS AUSTRALIA BILL 2008
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL ANSWERS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- PETITIONS
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
- COMMITTEES
- ALCOHOL ABUSE
- COMMITTEES
- KPMG ABC FUNDING REVIEW REPORT
- CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
- SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE AMENDMENT (PROHIBITION OF DISRUPTIVE ADVERTISING) BILL 2008
- COMMITTEES
- BUSINESS
- COMMITTEES
- BUDGET
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- DELEGATION REPORTS
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- COMMITTEES
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AUSTRALIAN ARCHIVES
PARLIAMENTARY RETIRING ALLOWANCES TRUST - COMMITTEES
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THERAPEUTIC GOODS AMENDMENT (POISONS STANDARD) BILL 2008
TRADE PRACTICES AMENDMENT (ACCESS DECLARATIONS) BILL 2008 - SKILLS AUSTRALIA BILL 2008
- GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- DOCUMENTS
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
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Senator BERNARDI (10:37 AM)
—In acknowledging the concerns raised by Senator Nettle and supported by Senator Bartlett on this issue, the coalition will not be supporting this request for amendment. As the chamber would be aware, when the coalition were in government this issue was discussed quite regularly in this chamber and we indicated that these issues were under consideration as part of a whole-of-government approach. Nothing has changed from that perspective for the coalition. We are considering this matter and others in a holistic manner for a whole-of-government approach. We do not believe it is wise to consider this on an individual, piecemeal or case-by-case legislative basis. That is the reason we will be opposing this request.