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Senate Journal No. 29 - 11 May 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 DEATH OF FORMER DEPUTY CLERK OF THE SENATE MR HERBERT (BERT) CHARLES NICHOLLS
- 4 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE—VARIATION OF APPOINTMENT
- 5 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 6 THERAPEUTIC GOODS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COPYRIGHT) BILL 2011
- 7 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (PROVISIONAL VOTING) BILL 2011
- 8 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (ENROLMENT AND PRISONER VOTING) BILL 2010
- 9 SEX AND AGE DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 10 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 11 QUESTIONS
- 12 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 13 PETITION
- 14 NOTICES
- 15 POSTPONEMENT
- 16 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 17 SENATORS' INTERESTS—STANDING COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 18 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 19 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 20 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 21 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 22 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 23 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 24 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 25 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—MARRICKVILLE COUNCIL—ISRAELI BOYCOTT
- 26 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—PALESTINE AND ISRAEL
- 27 CULTURE AND THE ARTS—AUSTRALIA'S CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
- 28 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHORNOBYL—NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENT
- 29 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—MALAYSIA
- 30 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—BUDGET 2011-12
- 31 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—4TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 4 OF 2011
- 32 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—STATEMENT—DRAFT ESTIMATES FOR THE AUDIT OFFICE
- 33 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—422ND REPORT
- 34 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—116TH REPORT
- 35 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—DOCUMENT—WILD RIVERS (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT) BILL 2011
- 36 FINANCE—CREDIT CARD SURCHARGE—DOCUMENT
- 37 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO BHUTAN AND MONGOLIA—DOCUMENT
- 38 ASIA PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM—AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION—DOCUMENT
- 39 DOCUMENTS
- 40 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 41 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY GRANTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 42 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 43 FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
- 44 MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 45 SEX AND AGE DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 46 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 47 ADJOURNMENT
- 48 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCEThe Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown), pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1—That the following matter be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 12 October 2011: The social, environmental, health, economic and legal impacts of coal seam gas mines, with particular reference to: (a) adverse health effects associated with coal seam gas mines; (b) impact of coal seam gas mines on property values; (c) food security and the viability of farms with coal seam gas mines; (d) contamination of underground water sources and soil; (e) the legal rights of property owners versus gas companies; and (f) any other relevant matters. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 6 Senators— Brown, Bob Hanson-Young Ludlam Milne Siewert (Teller) Xenophon
Senators— Abetz Bilyk Birmingham Brown, Carol Cameron Cash Colbeck Cormann Crossin Farrell Faulkner Feeney Ferguson Fielding Fifield Forshaw Humphries Hurley Hutchins Kroger Ludwig Macdonald Marshall McEwen McLucas Moore O'Brien Parry (Teller) Polley Pratt Sterle Troeth Wortley Question negatived. Statements by leave: Senator Bob Brown, the Leader of The Nationals in the Senate (Senator Joyce), the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Ludwig) and Senators Williams and Heffernan, by leave, made statements relating to the motion. | |