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Senate Journal No. 27 - 24 March 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 3 WILD RIVERS (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT) BILL 2011
- 4 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 5 DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS AMENDMENT (FAIR INDEXATION) BILL 2010
- 6 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 7 PETITION
- 8 NOTICES
- 9 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 3 OF 2011
- 10 PRIVATE SENATORS' BILLS—CONSIDERATION
- 11 POSTPONEMENTS
- 12 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 13 ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 14 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 15 PROCEDURE—STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 16 PARLIAMENTARY ZONE—CAPITAL WORKS PROPOSAL—APPROVAL
- 17 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY REPORT—20TH ANNIVERSARY
- 18 ENVIRONMENT—TASMANIAN FORESTRY NEGOTIATIONS—INTERIM REPORT—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 19 HEALTH—WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY
- 20 TAXATION
- 21 AUSTRALIA'S FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR—SELECT COMMITTEE—APPOINTMENT
- 22 EDUCATION—AUSTRALIAN LEARNING AND TEACHING COUNCIL
- 23 FINANCE—FUTURE FUND INVESTMENTS—TOBACCO COMPANIES
- 24 ENVIRONMENT—NATIONAL PARKS—CATTLE GRAZING
- 25 QUESTIONS
- 26 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 27 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 28 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 29 PROCEDURE—STANDING COMMITTEE—FIRST REPORT OF 2011—CONSIDERATION
- 30 ENVIRONMENT—WESTERN AUSTRALIA—JAMES PRICE POINT—BILBY HABITAT
- 31 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 32 DOCUMENTS
- 33 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 34 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 35 NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK COMPANIES BILL 2010E TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK MEASURES—ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS) BILL 2011
- 36 PRAYERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
- 37 COMMITTEES—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 38 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 4 OF 2011
- 39 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 40 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 41 HOURS OF MEETING—VARIATION
- 42 NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK COMPANIES BILL 2010E TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK MEASURES—ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS) BILL 2011
- 43 APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 3) 2010-2011E APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 4) 2010-2011
- 44 ISSUES FROM THE ADVANCES UNDER THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ACTS—REPORT FOR 2009-10
- 45 CIVIL DISPUTE RESOLUTION BILL 2010
- 46 BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL DIVIDEND AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2011E CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (SERIOUS DRUGS DETECTION) BILL 2011E ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2011E MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION AMENDMENT (MRCA SUPPLEMENT) BILL 2011E REMUNERATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011E TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2011 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2011E THERAPEUTIC GOODS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COPYRIGHT) BILL 2011
- 47 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 48 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY—APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 49 NEXT MEETING OF SENATE
- 50 ADJOURNMENT
- 51 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—WESTERN AUSTRALIA—JAMES PRICE POINT—BILBY HABITATSenator Ludlam, by leave, moved general business notice of motion no. 217—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) Main Roads Western Australia has submitted a proposal to build a road to James Price Point through pristine Kimberley bushland which is prime habitat for the bilby, acknowledged as a vulnerable species by both the Western Australian Government and the Federal Government, (ii) that building a road through this area would directly destroy the habitat as well as threatening the species by opening up its habitat to predators such as dogs and feral cats, (iii) the construction of a major road through this area may contravene the Australian Government's own National Recovery Plan for the greater bilby, (iv) the status of the greater bilby in large parts of Western Australia is unclear, as identified in the National Recovery Plan, and (v) that the decision to locate a gas hub or other heavy industry at James Price Point is still being considered under the Federal Government's environmental assessment process and this proposal presupposes the outcome of that process; and (b) calls for: (i) the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Mr Burke) to take careful note of the information provided through the environment protection and biodiversity conservation process and examine the proposal in light of its impact on the endangered bilby, and (ii) investment in more scientific research into the status and habitat of the bilby. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 35 Senators— Arbib Bilyk Bishop Brown, Bob Brown, Carol Cameron Collins Conroy Crossin
Faulkner Feeney Forshaw Furner Hanson-Young Hurley Hutchins Ludlam Ludwig Lundy Marshall McEwen (Teller) McLucas Milne Moore O'Brien Polley Pratt Sherry Siewert Stephens Sterle Wong Wortley Xenophon NOES, 35 Senators— Abetz Adams (Teller) Back Barnett Bernardi Birmingham Boyce Brandis Bushby Cash Colbeck Coonan Cormann Eggleston Ferguson Fielding Fifield Fisher Heffernan Humphries Johnston Joyce Kroger Macdonald Mason McGauran Minchin Nash Parry Ronaldson Ryan Scullion Troeth Trood Williams The ayes and noes were equal and so the question was negatived. | |