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Senate Journal No. 121 - 1 November 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (MAKING MARINE PARKS ACCOUNTABLE) BILL 2012
- 3 PETITION
- 4 NOTICES
- 5 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 14 OF 2012
- 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 7 DAYS OF MEETING
- 8 LEGISLATION COMMITTEES—ESTIMATES HEARINGS
- 9 ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 10 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 12 POSTPONEMENT
- 13 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 14 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 15 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 16 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 17 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 18 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 19 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 20 HEALTH—INTERNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOUR AWARENESS WEEK
- 21 HEALTH—ASIA PACIFIC REGION—MALARIA
- 22 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—GLOBAL HYDRO FLUOROCARBONS PHASE-OUT
- 24 FINANCE—CLEAN ENERGY COSTINGS—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 25 FINANCE—MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX COSTINGS—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 26 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—INDIA—KOODANKULAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT—PROTESTERS
- 27 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—NEWSTART
- 28 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELLBEING RESEARCH STUDY—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 29 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—NORTHERN TERRITORY EMERGENCY RESPONSE—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 30 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—HEALING FOUNDATION
- 31 GAMBLING REFORM—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 32 ADMINISTRATION—BUSHFIRES
- 33 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 34 PUBLICATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—21ST REPORT
- 35 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—REPORT
- 36 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (MAXIMUM PAYMENT AMOUNTS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012
- 37 SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER 2012 BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012
- 38 COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT SECURITIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (RETAIL TRADING) BILL 2012
- 39 MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (STUDENT VISAS) BILL 2012
- 40 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—REPORT—CONSIDERATION
- 41 QUESTIONS
- 42 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 43 ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—WOMEN IN SPORT AND RECREATION IN AUSTRALIA
- 44 LAW ENFORCEMENT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—EXAMINATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION AND THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 2010-11
- 45 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—MIGRATION TREATMENT OF DISABILITY
- 46 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—125TH REPORT
- 47 WOMEN—AFFORDABLE HOUSING—DOCUMENT
- 48 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 9 OF 2012-13—DOCUMENT
- 49 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (IMPROVING ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) BILL 2012—EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
- 50 DOCUMENTS
- 51 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 52 AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION BILL 2012E AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL) BILL 2012
- 53 FAIR WORK AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 54 PRIMARY INDUSTRIES—AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE—BIOSECURITY AND QUARANTINE MATTERS
- 55 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 56 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 57 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 58 FAIR WORK AMENDMENT (TRANSFER OF BUSINESS) BILL 2012E PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR CORPORATE FAULT REFORM BILL 2012
- 59 CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—APPOINTMENT
- 60 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 61 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—REPORT—CONSIDERATION
- 62 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 63 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 64 ADJOURNMENT
- 65 ATTENDANCE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS—GLOBAL HYDRO FLUOROCARBONS PHASE-OUTThe Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Milne) amended general business notice of motion no. 987 by leave and, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved—That the Senate— (a) acknowledges proposals submitted by the Federated States of Micronesia, and by Canada, Mexico and the United States of America, to amend the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to regulate and phase-down production and consumption of hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) with a high global warming potential, that have support of at least 108 Parties and are on the agenda for consideration for the 4th year in a row at the Meeting of the Parties in Geneva from 12 November to 16 November 2012 [25th anniversary meeting]; (b) recognises that: (i) at the Rio+20 Conference earlier in 2012, the nations of the world agreed on a final document that recognised that the phase-out of ozone depleting substances was resulting in a rapid increase in the use and release of high global warming potential HFCs to the environment, and supported a gradual phase-down in the consumption and production of HFCs,
(iii) any action taken under the Montreal Protocol on HFCs recognise the primacy of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and (iv) that the equivalent carbon price levied on HFCs through the Clean Energy Future Plan is already working to reduce these emissions in Australia; and (c) calls on the Government to play an active role in negotiations to encourage all countries to reach an effective agreement to drive a global phase-down of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES,34
NOES, 28
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