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Senate Journal No. 81 - 14 March 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 DAYS AND HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 4 FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES BILL 2012E FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES (MEDICARE LEVY SURCHARGE) BILL 2012E FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES (MEDICARE LEVY SURCHARGE—FRINGE BENEFITS) BILL 2012
- 5 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 6 MINISTRY AND MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 7 QUESTIONS
- 8 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 9 NOTICES
- 10 POSTPONEMENT
- 11 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 12 ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 13 CYBER SAFETY—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 14 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 15 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 16 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 17 LAW ENFORCEMENT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 18 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 19 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 20 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 21 SOLAR HOT WATER REBATE BILL 2012
- 22 ADMINISTRATION—PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY—EFFICIENCY DIVIDEND
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—THIRD OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
- 24 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—WITHDRAWAL OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS
- 25 DEFENCE—NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
- 26 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SYRIA
- 27 REGIONAL AUSTRALIA—AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY
- 28 EDUCATION—NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—FUNDING
- 29 FINANCE—FUTURE FUND—APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 30 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—LIBYA—AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES
- 31 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—3RD REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 3 OF 2012
- 32 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—123RD REPORT
- 33 DOCUMENTS
- 34 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 35 NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT BILL 2010
- 36 INDIRECT TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (ASSESSMENT) BILL 2012
- 37 CORPORATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (AUDIT ENHANCEMENT) BILL 2012
- 38 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 39 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (FUTURE OF FINANCIAL ADVICE) BILL 2011 AND CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (FURTHER FUTURE OF FINANCIAL ADVICE MEASURES) BILL 2011
- 40 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX BILL 2011 AND RELATED BILLS
- 41 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011 AND RELATED BILLS
- 42 FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES BILL 2012E FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES (MEDICARE LEVY SURCHARGE) BILL 2012E FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES (MEDICARE LEVY SURCHARGE—FRINGE BENEFITS) BILL 2012
- 43 ADJOURNMENT
- 44 ATTENDANCE
ADMINISTRATION—PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY—EFFICIENCY DIVIDENDThe Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown), pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 677—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the impact of the Government's efficiency dividend and reduction in all capital budgets on the Parliamentary Library and its ability to continue to provide quality services to senators and members, and (ii) that, whilst a number of cultural agencies are exempt from the additional 2.5 per cent efficiency dividend announced in December 2011 in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook, the existing efficiency dividend of 1.5 per cent is continuing to have a disproportionate and unfair impact on many cultural agencies which are being forced to make savings by cutting staffing numbers, curtailing operations and limiting and delaying exhibitions; and (b) calls on the Government to restore the Parliamentary Library's budget in full. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 11 Senators— Brown, Bob Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Madigan Milne Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Wright Xenophon NOES, 37 Senators— Back Bilyk Boyce Brown, Carol Cameron Carr, Bob Cash Colbeck Collins Cormann Crossin Edwards Faulkner Fawcett Feeney Fifield Fisher Furner Gallacher Humphries Kroger (Teller) Ludwig Lundy Marshall McEwen McKenzie McLucas Moore Nash Parry Polley Pratt Ronaldson Stephens Thistlethwaite Urquhart Williams Question negatived. | |