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Senate Journal No. 62 - 2 November 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 LEGISLATION COMMITTEES—ESTIMATES HEARINGS
- 4 STANDING ORDER 25(9)—DETERMINATION OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS
- 5 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWER
- 8 NOTICES
- 9 POSTPONEMENTS
- 10 CYBER SAFETY—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 12 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 13 GAMBLING REFORM—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 14 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 15 WOMEN—WOMEN DIE WAITING CAMPAIGN
- 16 FINANCE—AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 17 TAXATION—INCOME TAX
- 18 LAW AND JUSTICE—MR JULIAN ASSANGE
- 19 ENVIRONMENT—TASMANIAN FORESTS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
- 20 HISTORICAL EVENTS—SOVIET INVASION OF HUNGARY
- 21 HEALTH—TUBERCULOSIS
- 22 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—NATIONAL HISTORY CURRICULUM
- 23 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—IMMIGRATION—BORDER PROTECTION POLICIES
- 24 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—13TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 13 OF 2011
- 25 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 26 DOCUMENTS
- 27 TERRITORIES SELF-GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DISALLOWANCE AND AMENDMENT OF LAWS) BILL 2011
- 28 DETERRING PEOPLE SMUGGLING BILL 2011E HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2011E NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM AMENDMENT (INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL PRICING AUTHORITY) BILL 2011
- 29 AUSTRALIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY BILL 2011E AUSTRALIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011
- 30 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—QUARANTINE AMENDMENT (DISALLOWING PERMITS) BILL 2011
- 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 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 33 ADJOURNMENT
- 34 ATTENDANCE
TAXATION—INCOME TAXThe Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown), pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 510—That the Senate— (a) notes the recent survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which showed that the gap between rich and poor is widening in Australia; (b) understands why growing inequality along with corporate greed are motivating the `Occupy' protest movements; (c) notes that, in the United States of America, billionaire Warren Buffett has observed that he pays a smaller proportion of his income in tax than do the other people in his office; and (d) calls for a 50 per cent marginal tax rate on incomes of more than $1 million per annum. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 9 Senators— Brown, Bob Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Milne Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Wright
Senators— Adams Back Bernardi Bilyk Birmingham Bishop Boyce Brown, Carol Bushby Cameron Cash Colbeck Collins Crossin Edwards Farrell Fawcett Fifield Fisher Gallacher Kroger Ludwig Lundy Madigan Marshall McEwen (Teller) McKenzie McLucas Moore Parry Pratt Singh Sinodinos Stephens Sterle Thistlethwaite Urquhart Williams Question negatived. | |