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- COMMITTEES
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PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BILL 2010
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2010- Second Reading
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In Committee
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Bernardi, Sen Cory
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Bernardi, Sen Cory
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Bernardi, Sen Cory
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Williams, Sen John
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Williams, Sen John
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Boswell, Sen Ron
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Joyce, Sen Barnaby
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Boswell, Sen Ron
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Joyce, Sen Barnaby
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Division
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Evans, Sen Chris (Leader of the Government in the Senate)
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Division
- Procedural Text
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Asylum Seekers
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Economy
(McLucas, Sen Jan, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Budget
(Birmingham, Sen Simon, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Budget
(Brown, Sen Bob, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Budget
(Bernardi, Sen Cory, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Superannuation
(Feeney, Sen David, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Budget
(Cormann, Sen Mathias, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Aged Care
(Fielding, Sen Steve, Ludwig, Sen Joe)
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Asylum Seekers
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- PETITIONS
- COMMITTEES
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- NOTICES
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COMMITTEES
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References Committee
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee
- PREVENTING THE MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING BILL 2010
- FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES
- COMMITTEES
- IMPORTATION OF APPLES FROM NEW ZEALAND
- COMMITTEES
- BUSINESS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- COMMITTEES
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORTS
- DOCUMENTS
- BUDGET
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PROJECT
- DELEGATION REPORTS
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ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (PRE-POLL VOTING AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (CLOSE OF ROLLS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL (NO. 2) 2010
ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (MODERNISATION AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (HOW-TO-VOTE CARDS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010 - BUSINESS
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PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BILL 2010
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2010-
In Committee
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Fielding, Sen Steve
- Crossin, Sen Trish (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Division
- Procedural Text
- Division
- Procedural Text
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
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In Committee
- DOCUMENTS
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Staffing
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Attorney-General’s: Staffing
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Staffing
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Attorney-General’s: Staffing
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Home Affairs: Staffing
(Humphries, Sen Gary, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Northern Territory National Emergency Response
(Brown, Sen Bob, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Muckaty Land Trust
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Evans, Sen Chris) -
International Labour Organisation Occupational Health and Safety Convention
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Arbib, Sen Mark) -
Zimbabwe
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Health and Ageing
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government: Motor Vehicles
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Aviation Fuel Excise
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
National Gallery of Australia
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Black Spot Program
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
International Maritime Organisation
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Coastal Trade Permits
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Transport: Air Passenger Ticket Levy
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Civil Marriage Celebrants
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Family Court of Australia
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Wong, Sen Penny) -
National Competition Council
(Cash, Sen Michaelia, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Roads: Kingston Bypass and Brighton Bypass
(Brown, Sen Bob, Conroy, Sen Stephen)
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Staffing
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Senator FIELDING (Leader of the Family First Party) (11:17 AM)
—by leave—I move:
That the House of Representatives be requested to make the following amendments:
(1) Clause 4, page 3 (line 27), omit “the work test,”.
(4) Clause 6, page 18 (line 7), definition of work test, omit the definition.
(5) Clause 12, page 23 (lines 26 and 27), omit “the work test,”.
(6) Clause 26, page 36 (line 9), omit paragraph (1)(a).
(7) Clause 26, page 36 (line 19), omit paragraph (2)(a).
(8) Clause 30, page 38 (line 11), omit “the work test,”.
(9) Clause 30, page 38 (lines 20 to 24), omit the paragraph relating to Division 3.
(10) Clause 31, page 40 (line 8), omit paragraph (2)(a).
(11) Clause 31, page 40 (line 32), omit subparagraph (4)(a)(i).
(13) Part 2-3, page 42 (line 1) to page 45 (line 12), Division 3, omit the Part.
Statement pursuant to the order of the Senate of 26 June 2000
Amendments (1) and (4) to (11) and (13)
Amendment (13) removes a work test which otherwise must be met before a person qualifies for payments under this Act. The effect of the amendment would be to expand the class of people entitled to payments, resulting in additional amounts being paid. The increased expenditure would be met from the standing appropriation in clause 307 of the bill.
Amendment (13) is therefore circulated as a request.
Amendments (1) and (4) to (11) are consequential amendments, and are therefore also circulated as requests.
Statement by the Clerk of the Senate pursuant to the order of the Senate of 26 June 2000
The Senate has long accepted that an amendment should take the form of a request if it would have the effect of increasing expenditure under an appropriation clause in a bill.
On the basis that amendment (13) would result in increased expenditure under the appropriation in the bill, it is in accordance with the precedents of the Senate that those amendments be moved as requests.
It is also in accordance with precedents for the consequential amendments to be moved as requests.
Senator FIELDING
—The requested amendments basically get rid of the work test, which would mean that stay-at-home mums would not miss out on the paid parental leave payments. Therefore they would not be discriminated against through this bill. As I said before, mums who stay at home to look after their kids and who are not in the paid workforce would be $2,000 worse off if they decided to stay at home after having their first child then continued to stay at home after the second or even third child. All of a sudden they are worse off under this bill, and I think that is crazy.
I was making this point before. People may say it is emotive, but I will say it again: prisoners and prostitutes get payments under this paid parental leave arrangement but stay-at-home mums do not. Is that fair? Is it fair that someone who decides to stay at home to look after their first child then has a second child and chooses not to go back into the paid workforce ends up being financially not as well off as those in the paid workforce? I think that is wrong. You are giving a greater incentive to those in the paid workforce than to stay-at-home mums, who I think also should be valued.
Each senator has to look at this and think about how they have been saying to communities outside this place that they are for stay-at-home mums. There are concerns that, through this legislation, those parents in the paid workforce will be $2,000 better off than those who are staying at home. This is a real concern. In relation to items (4) and (13), if the government does not get 39 votes—in other words, if there were 38 votes against this—those clauses would be deleted from the bill. I make it very clear that senators cannot go out to the community and say that they are for stay-at-home mums and then, in considering this bill, not vote for these requests for amendments. Basically, these requested amendments remove the work test from this bill to make sure that stay-at-home mums are not discriminated against.