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Senate Journal No. 33 - 16 June 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 3 DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS AMENDMENT (FAIR INDEXATION) BILL 2010
- 4 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (BIOREGIONAL PLANS) BILL 2011
- 5 PETITION
- 6 NOTICES
- 7 PRIVATE SENATORS' BILLS—CONSIDERATION
- 8 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 9 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 10 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 POSTPONEMENTS
- 12 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 13 MIGRATION AMENDMENT (DECLARED COUNTRIES) BILL 2011
- 14 HISTORICAL EVENTS—AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CAPITAL—INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION—CENTENARY
- 15 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 16 SCRUTINY OF NEW TAXES—SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 17 NATIONAL CAPITAL AND EXTERNAL TERRITORIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 18 ENVIRONMENT—TASMANIA—TARKINE WILDERNESS—NATIONAL HERITAGE LIST
- 19 ENVIRONMENT—AUSTRALIAN DETERGENT INDUSTRY—PHOSPHATES
- 20 ENVIRONMENT—DEFORESTACTION PROGRAM
- 21 ENVIRONMENT—WESTERN AUSTRALIA—JAMES PRICE POINT—BILBY HABITAT
- 22 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORTING DATE
- 23 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 24 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 25 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORTS—ACCESS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS TO FINANCE AND STATUTORY OVERSIGHT OF THE AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION
- 26 LAW ENFORCEMENT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORT—ADEQUACY OF AVIATION AND MARITIME SECURITY MEASURES TO COMBAT SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME
- 27 FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER ELECTION COMMITMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2011E FAMILY ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CHILD CARE FINANCIAL VIABILITY) BILL 2011
- 28 GOVERNANCE OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION SCHEMES E BILL 2011E COMSUPER BILL 2011E SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011E TAXATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011E EXCISE TARIFF AMENDMENT (TAXATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS) BILL 2011E CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (TAXATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS) BILL 2011E ENERGY GRANTS (CLEANER FUELS) SCHEME AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 29 SEX AND AGE DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 30 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 31 AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION DETENTION NETWORK—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—APPOINTMENT
- 32 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGES—ASSENT TO LAWS
- 33 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE AMENDMENT (NATIONAL REGULATOR) BILL 2011 AND RELATED BILLS
- 34 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—FOREIGN ACQUISITIONS AMENDMENT (AGRICULTURAL LAND) BILL 2010
- 35 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—FOOD STANDARDS AMENDMENT (TRUTH IN LABELLING—PALM OIL) BILL 2010
- 36 NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT BILL 2010
- 37 QUESTIONS
- 38 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 39 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 48 OF 2010-11—DOCUMENT
- 40 PRIVILEGES—STANDING COMMITTEE—DOCUMENT
- 41 DOCUMENTS
- 42 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 43 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 44 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—IMMIGRATION—BORDER SECURITY
- 45 COMBATING THE FINANCING OF PEOPLE SMUGGLING AND OTHER MEASURES BILL 2011
- 46 SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT (PARENTING PAYMENT TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT) BILL 2011
- 47 TERTIARY EDUCATION QUALITY AND STANDARDS AGENCY BILL 2011E TERTIARY EDUCATION QUALITY AND STANDARDS AGENCY (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011
- 48 SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (JOB SEEKER COMPLIANCE) E BILL 2011
- 49 MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 50 ADJOURNMENT
- 51 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—WESTERN AUSTRALIA—JAMES PRICE POINT—BILBY HABITATSenator Siewert, also on behalf of Senator Ludlam, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 274—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the bilby is listed as a threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, (ii) human generated habitat degradation is identified as a major threat to bilbies according to the National Recovery Plan for the Greater Bilby Macrotis lagotis (2006), and (iii) the plan lists the following threats to the species: (A) a potential increase in predation through creating a corridor for predators to move along, (B) habitat destruction and degradation resulting from mining and other development, and (C) road mortality, (iv) building a gas hub at James Price Point, Western Australia, could result in degradation to known bilby habitats, (v) Woodside Petroleum has been given permission by the Government to clear 25 hectares of vegetation in known bilby habitat, (vi) there was evidence of bilbies in the area according to surveys conducted for the project, and (vii) this decision on clearing pre-empts any final decision by the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Mr Burke) on the gas hub and has been given during the process of a strategic assessment; and
Question put and negatived. | |