Download Current Hansard 
View/Save XMLPrevious Fragment Next Fragment
-
Hansard
- Start of Business
- MOTIONS
-
BILLS
- Indirect Tax Laws Amendment (Assessment) Bill 2012
- Fair Work Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry) Bill 2011 [2012]
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio) Bill 2011 [2012]
- Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2012
- Excise Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011, Customs Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011
- Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
-
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
-
Defence Exercises
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Carr, Sen Bob) -
Carbon Pricing
(Edwards, Sen Sean, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Infrastructure
(Sterle, Sen Glenn, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Member for Dobell
(Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Murray-Darling Basin
(Xenophon, Sen Nick, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Military Justice
(Johnston, Sen David, Evans, Sen Christopher) -
Harmony Day
(Furner, Sen Mark, Lundy, Sen Kate)
-
Defence Exercises
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL ANSWERS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- PETITIONS
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- BILLS
- MOTIONS
- DOCUMENTS
-
BILLS
-
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2011
- Second Reading
-
In Committee
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Mason, Sen Brett
- Collins, Sen Jacinta
- Third Reading
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2011-2012
-
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2011
- FIRST SPEECH
- BILLS
- BUDGET
- BILLS
- ADJOURNMENT
- DOCUMENTS
Page: 2475
Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS (New South Wales) (15:57): Pursuant to contingent notice and at the request of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Abetz, I move:
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Senator Abetz moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a motion to give precedence to a motion relating to the Government’s failure to provide documents concerning the construction of a new Youth Skills and Employment Centre for the Central Coast.
This is an absolutely disgraceful move in this sad, sorry and sordid saga in relation to this job centre. The minister in his answer said that there had been 'usual communications'. If there are only 'usual communications', why are the Australian Labor Party and their alliance partners, the Greens, going to so much length to stifle debate on this and not produce these documents? That is the issue. What is this government hiding? I will tell you what they are hiding: they are protecting the member for Dobell. What hypocrisy! So much for the Greens. They will sit there day after day and prattle about transparency. You are all hypocrites, because today—
The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Fierravanti-Wells, you will need to withdraw that. That is unparliamentary.
Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS: I withdraw that.
Senator Abetz: They apply double standards.
Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS: Senator Abetz, they absolutely apply double standards. Yesterday, I was asking legitimate questions. Of course, we have copies of documents. There are all the matters that I have referred to in this chamber about this issue since August last year, and there are lots of documents, but all I got produced from this government was 44 folios, most of which were just blank pages. We know that Minister Garrett received correspondence from the member for Dobell, because on one little line that was unredacted it refers to Mr Thomson raising concerns about interaction between '…' and DEEWR. Who is '…'? We know who '…' is: it is CCGT. Of course, because the documents were denied to me because of unsubstantiated allegations, this is only a cover-up.
Debate interrupted.