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Senate Journal No. 3 - 30 September 2010
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 PETITIONS
- 3 NOTICE
- 4 NOTICE OF MOTION WITHDRAWN
- 5 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 6 POSTPONEMENTS
- 7 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 8 NATIVE TITLE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2010
- 9 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 10 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 11 TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION AMENDMENT (INCIDENT REPORTS) E BILL 2010E WATER (CRISIS POWERS AND FLOODWATER DIVERSION) BILL 2010E FOOD STANDARDS AMENDMENT (TRUTH IN LABELLING—PALM OIL) BILL 2010
- 12 FAIR WORK AMENDMENT (PAID PARENTAL LEAVE) BILL 2010
- 13 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSIT AND RECOVERY SCHEME) BILL 2010E DEFENCE AMENDMENT (PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL OF OVERSEAS SERVICE) E BILL 2010E SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE AMENDMENT (PROHIBITION OF DISRUPTIVE ADVERTISING) BILL 2010
- 14 STOLEN GENERATIONS REPARATIONS TRIBUNAL BILL 2010E FOOD SAFETY (TRANS FATS) BILL 2010
- 15 COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL (ABOVE-THE-LINE VOTING) AMENDMENT E BILL 2010E NATIONAL INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER BILL 2010E PLEBISCITE FOR AN AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC BILL 2010E BANKING AMENDMENT (DELIVERING ESSENTIAL FINANCIAL SERVICES) BILL 2010E PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM JUNK FOOD ADVERTISING (BROADCASTING AMENDMENT) BILL 2010
- 16 ALCOHOL TOLL REDUCTION BILL 2010E DRINK CONTAINER RECYCLING BILL 2010E RESPONSIBLE TAKEAWAY ALCOHOL HOURS BILL 2010
- 17 BILLS—RESTORATION TO NOTICE PAPER
- 18 TAXATION—MINING TAX—REVENUE ESTIMATES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 19 TAXATION—MINING TAX—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 20 TAXATION—MINING TAX—GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 21 NEW TAXES—SELECT COMMITTEE—APPOINTMENT
- 22 IMMIGRATION—AFGHAN NATIONALS—ASYLUM CLAIMS
- 23 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS—AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION—MR JOHN LLOYD
- 24 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—ABORIGINAL LAND—JAMES PRICE POINT
- 25 ENVIRONMENT—NORTHERN TERRITORY—ANGELA PAMELA URANIUM MINE
- 26 PARLIAMENT—CAMPAIGN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNITED NATIONS PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
- 27 ENVIRONMENT—MONTARA COMMISSION OF INQUIRY—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 28 HEALTH—FOOD LABELLING STANDARDS
- 29 SHADOW MINISTRY AND OTHER OFFICE HOLDERS—DOCUMENT
- 30 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 31 JOINT COMMITTEES—APPOINTMENT
- 32 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S OPENING SPEECH—ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
- 33 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 34 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S OPENING SPEECH—ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
- 35 QUESTIONS
- 36 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 37 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORTS NOS 10 AND 11 OF 2010-11—DOCUMENTS
- 38 EMPLOYMENT—JOB SEEKER COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK—DOCUMENT
- 39 TAXATION—HENRY TAX REVIEW—SUPERANNUATION—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 40 DOCUMENTS
- 41 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY GRANTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 42 UNPROCLAIMED LEGISLATION—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT—DOCUMENT
- 43 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 44 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AUSTRALIAN ARCHIVES—SENATE MEMBER OF COUNCIL
- 45 TAXATION—CARBON TAX
- 46 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 47 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 11 OF 2010
- 48 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 49 NEW TAXES—SELECT COMMITTEE—VARIATION OF APPOINTMENT
- 50 TAXATION—MINING TAX—REVENUE ESTIMATES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 51 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 52 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 53 COMMITTEES—MATTERS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES IN PREVIOUS PARLIAMENT
- 54 ADJOURNMENT
- 55 ATTENDANCE
TAXATION—MINING TAX—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTSSenator Cormann, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 5—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Government conducted negotiations about its revised mining tax with BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata in secret before entering into an agreement about this new mining tax proposal with those three companies only, (ii) approximately 99 per cent of the mining industry was excluded from those secret mining tax negotiations, and (iii) in its haste to reach a new deal quickly, the Government gave those three companies an unfair competitive advantage, including by: (A) allowing them to directly influence the ultimate design of the new tax while excluding their competitors, (B) using data provided by those three companies on commodity prices, production volumes and other key assumptions, and (C) giving them preferential access to inside information about Government assumptions and thought processes around the new tax; (b) considers that: (i) information made available by the Government to those three companies should be made available to everyone, (ii) any data provided by those three companies for use in any Treasury modelling of the revised mining tax proposals should be publicly released, and
(c) orders that there be laid on the table by 5 pm on Thursday, 30 September 2010: (i) any information held by the Government related to the negotiations and agreement about the new mining tax proposal announced on 2 July 2010, including but not limited to, briefing notes, e-mails, data provided to the Government by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata and any other information generated in the context of the negotiations about the new mining tax proposal, and (ii) a copy of the signed heads-of-agreement on the new mining tax proposal between the Government and BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata. Statements by leave: The Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) and Senator Cormann, by leave, made statements relating to the motion. Question put and passed. | |