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Senate Journal No. 58 - 12 October 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 4 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 5 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 6 GOVERNMENT AND AUSTRALIAN GREENS—PROPOSED CENSURE
- 7 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 8 ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 9 HEALTH INSURANCE (EXTENDED MEDICARE SAFETY NET) AMENDMENT DETERMINATION—APPROVAL
- 10 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 11 QUESTIONS
- 12 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 13 PETITION
- 14 NOTICES
- 15 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 16 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 17 NOTICE OF MOTION WITHDRAWN
- 18 NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 19 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 20 POSTPONEMENTS
- 21 AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION DETENTION NETWORK—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 22 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 23 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 24 AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 25 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—PROPOSED LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 26 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—PROPOSED LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 27 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—PROPOSED LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 28 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—IRANIAN ACTRESS—MS MARZIEH VEFAMEHR
- 29 IMMIGRATION—SIEV X
- 30 ENVIRONMENT—OLYMPIC DAM URANIUM MINE EXPANSION—APPROVAL
- 31 CLEAN ENERGY BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (INCOME TAX RATES AMENDMENTS) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (HOUSEHOLD ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (TAX LAWS AMENDMENTS) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (FUEL TAX LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (EXCISE TARIFF LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 2011E OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (IMPORT LEVY) AMENDMENT BILL 2011E OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (MANUFACTURE LEVY) AMENDMENT BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (UNIT SHORTFALL CHARGE—GENERAL) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (UNIT ISSUE CHARGE—AUCTIONS) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (UNIT ISSUE CHARGE—FIXED CHARGE) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (INTERNATIONAL UNIT SURRENDER CHARGE) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (CHARGES—CUSTOMS) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY (CHARGES—EXCISE) BILL 2011E CLEAN ENERGY REGULATOR BILL 2011E CLIMATE CHANGE AUTHORITY BILL 2011
- 32 NOTICE
- 33 ADJOURNMENT
- 34 ATTENDANCE
IMMIGRATION—SIEV XSenator Milne, also on behalf of Senator Hanson-Young, amended general business notice of motion no. 421 by leave and, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved—That the Senate— (a) recalls, with regret, that on 19 October 2001, the SIEV X carrying approximately 400 asylum seekers sank on its way to Australia, resulting in the drowning of 146 children, 142 women and 65 men and only 41 people survived; (b) notes that: (i) in interviews with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, survivors told of the involvement of the Indonesian military in the boarding and organising of the voyage, (ii) survivors reported that they saw two military vessels appear, shine lights on the water and sail away, (iii) HMAS Arunta stood 4 hours away, (iv) Australia maintained a People Smuggling Disruption Program in the region at the time, (v) the Australian listening station at Shoal Bay was operational at the time, and (vi) many outstanding serious questions remain about the failure to rescue desperate people in the water and must be answered in the interests of justice and humanity; and (c) calls on the Government to establish a judicial inquiry into the SIEV X, subsequent investigations in the SIEV X tragedy and all circumstances pertaining to its voyage, loss and rescue of survivors. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 10 Senators— Brown, Bob Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Milne Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Wright Xenophon
Senators— Abetz Adams Bilyk Birmingham Bishop Boswell Cameron Colbeck Cormann Crossin Edwards Farrell Fawcett Feeney Fifield Fisher Gallacher Kroger (Teller) Ludwig Lundy Madigan Marshall McEwen McKenzie McLucas Moore Nash Parry Polley Sherry Singh Stephens Sterle Thistlethwaite Urquhart Williams Question negatived. | |