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Senate Journal No. 25 - 22 March 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 4 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY FLOOD AND CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION LEVY) BILL 2011E INCOME TAX RATES AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY FLOOD AND CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION LEVY) BILL 2011
- 5 QUESTIONS
- 6 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 7 PETITIONS
- 8 NOTICES
- 9 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 10 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 CYBER SAFETY—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 12 SCRUTINY OF NEW TAXES—SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 13 ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 14 POSTPONEMENT
- 15 WOMEN—BOARD APPOINTMENTS
- 16 ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 17 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 18 TIMES OF MEETING—UNSCHEDULED MEETING OF SENATE
- 19 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHINA
- 20 PRIMARY INDUSTRIES—FISHING PRACTICES—HIGH SEAS BOTTOM TRAWLING
- 21 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—IMMIGRATION—BORDER SECURITY
- 22 NOTICE
- 23 DOCUMENTS
- 24 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 25 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 26 FAMILY ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CHILD CARE REBATE) E BILL 2011
- 27 OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE REGULATORY LEVIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2011 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2011E OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE REGULATORY LEVIES (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2011E PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES (CORPORATIONS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS) BILL 2011
- 28 EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010 [2011]
- 29 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL DIVIDEND AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2011
- 30 LEGISLATION COMMITTEES—REPORTS—ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES 2010-11
- 31 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—HUMAN SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 32 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY FLOOD AND CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION LEVY) BILL 2011E INCOME TAX RATES AMENDMENT (TEMPORARY FLOOD AND CYCLONE RECONSTRUCTION LEVY) BILL 2011
- 33 FAMILY ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CHILD CARE REBATE) E BILL 2011
- 34 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 35 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 36 ADJOURNMENT
- 37 ATTENDANCE
WOMEN—BOARD APPOINTMENTSSenator Hanson-Young, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 198—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) women make up only 25 per cent of board appointments in Australia, and (ii) of that figure, only 10 per cent of the Australian Stock Exchange 200 companies have female directors, and only 8 per cent have female executives; (b) recognises that: (i) women in the workforce face many issues, including pay equity, the impact of unpaid work and family responsibilities on their careers and the disparity in retirement savings, and (ii) improving the levels of female leadership in corporate Australia will help to drive change in all of these areas; and (c) calls on cross-party support to take the lead and phase in meaningful quotas in boardrooms around Australia. Statements by leave: Senators Cash, Xenophon and Hanson-Young, by leave, made statements relating to the motion. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 5 Senators— Brown, Bob Hanson-Young Ludlam Milne Siewert (Teller)
Senators— Adams Back Barnett Bilyk Brown, Carol Cameron Cash Cormann Eggleston Ferguson Fielding Fifield Furner Hurley Hutchins Joyce Kroger Ludwig Marshall McEwen McGauran McLucas Moore Nash O'Brien Parry (Teller) Polley Stephens Sterle Troeth Williams Wortley Xenophon Question negatived. | |