

- Title
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BILL 2010
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2010
In Committee
- Database
Senate Hansard
- Date
17-06-2010
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
42
- Electorate
Western Australia
- Interjector
Marshall, Sen Gavin (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
- Page
3616
- Party
ALP
- Presenter
- Status
Final
- Question No.
- Questioner
- Responder
- Speaker
Evans, Sen Chris
- Stage
In Committee
- Type
- Context
Bills
- System Id
chamber/hansards/2010-06-17/0081
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Hansard
- Start of Business
- NOTICES
- BUSINESS
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- COMMITTEES
- IMPACT OF GAZA BLOCKADE
- WORLD REFUGEE DAY
- PRIME MINISTER: STATEMENTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
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EXCISE TARIFF AMENDMENT (AVIATION FUEL) BILL 2010
CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (AVIATION FUEL) BILL 2010 - COMMITTEES
- NATIONAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (HOW-TO-VOTE CARDS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
- ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (MODERNISATION AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
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PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BILL 2010
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2010-
In Committee
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- O’Brien, Sen Kerry
- Boswell, Sen Ron
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Boswell, Sen Ron
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Boyce, Sen Sue (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Evans, Sen Chris
- Division
- Procedural Text
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Fifield, Sen Mitchell
- Division
- Procedural Text
- Third Reading
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In Committee
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (MEDICARE LEVY AND MEDICARE LEVY SURCHARGE) BILL 2010
- CHILD SUPPORT AND FAMILY ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2010 GST ADMINISTRATION MEASURES NO. 2) BILL 2010
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2010 MEASURES NO. 2) BILL 2010
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (TRANSFER OF PROVISIONS) BILL 2010
- MINISTERS OF STATE AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (PRE-POLL VOTING AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2010
- HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY PHARMACY AUTHORITY AND PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE) BILL 2010
- AUSTRALIAN WINE AND BRANDY CORPORATION AMENDMENT BILL 2009
- TRANSPORT SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2010 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2010
- SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT (FLEXIBLE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINCIPAL CARERS) BILL 2010
- INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- DEFENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2010
- PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES (CORPORATIONS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS) BILL 2010
- INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- AIRPORTS (ON-AIRPORT ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION) VALIDATION BILL 2010
- EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AMENDMENT BILL 2010
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Asylum Seekers
(Brandis, Sen George, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Budget
(Hurley, Sen Annette, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Hospitals
(Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Climate Change
(Milne, Sen Christine, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Budget
(Macdonald, Sen Ian, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Employment
(Furner, Sen Mark, Furner, Senator Mark, Arbib, Sen Mark, Arbib, Senator Mark) -
Building the Education Revolution Program
(Mason, Sen Brett, Arbib, Sen Mark) -
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Home Insulation Program
(Fisher, Sen Mary Jo, Arbib, Sen Mark)
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Asylum Seekers
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
- PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BILL 2010
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- COMMITTEES
- AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORTS
- DOCUMENTS
- PRIME MINISTER: STATEMENTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
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PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BILL 2010
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2010 - PRIME MINISTER: STATEMENTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
- DOCUMENTS
- COMMITTEES
- AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORTS
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Senator CHRIS EVANS (Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) (11:20 AM)
—I understand the point you are trying to make. We argue that the legal meaning is that contained in the clause. You raise concerns about whether or not the heading accurately reflects the full policy intent. I guess I regard that as a bit of an argument on semantics. We do not think anything turns on it. The legal meaning is reflected in the clause. I think it is fair to say that most people will get information about their obligations through publications from the department, information sheets and advice from both government and industry bodies where the language will probably be more user-friendly and designed to make clear what the implication of the policy is. You, Senator, and a few others interested in industrial law will be a small group who will come to terms with the detail of the legislation. I must admit that it is more than 20 years since I have grappled with industrial law, so I do not pretend any great expertise any longer. But we think the legal effect is in the clause. We think it properly reflects the government’s policy intention. We think this amendment achieves what we intend for it to achieve.