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Senate Journal No. 66 - 9 November 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 STEEL TRANSFORMATION PLAN BILL 2011
- 4 AUSTRALIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY BILL 2011E AUSTRALIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011
- 5 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWER
- 8 NOTICES
- 9 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 10 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 11 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES
- 12 COMMUNICATIONS—AUSTRALIA NETWORK—TENDER PROCESS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 13 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 14 ENVIRONMENT—COAL SEAM GAS DEVELOPMENT
- 15 ENVIRONMENT—CORAL SEA
- 16 EDUCATION—TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
- 17 ENVIRONMENT—CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME
- 18 SENATE—CLEAN ENERGY BILL 2011 AND RELATED BILLS—CONDUCT OF SENATOR
- 19 ENVIRONMENT—GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA
- 20 SENATE—RULES OF DEBATE—LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE
- 21 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—RECENT PROGRAMMING DECISIONS MADE BY THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
- 22 NATIONAL POLICE REMEMBRANCE DAY—DOCUMENT
- 23 DOCUMENTS
- 24 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—NATIVE TITLE AMENDMENT (REFORM) BILL 2011
- 25 AUSTRALIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY BILL 2011E AUSTRALIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011
- 26 INDUSTRY—MINING INDUSTRY—ANSWER TO QUESTION—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 27 TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING BILL 2011E TRADE MARKS AMENDMENT (TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING) BILL 2011
- 28 ADJOURNMENT
- 29 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEMESenator Ludlam, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 548—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) National Recycling Week runs from 7 November to 13 November 2011, (ii) Australians use more than 12 billion drink containers every year - 1.4 million per hour - fewer than half of which are recycled, (iii) a July 2010 study commissioned by the Government found that a container deposit scheme (CDS) with a 10 cent deposit on beverage containers would increase recycling to more than 80 per cent and reduce overall litter volume by 19 per cent, (iv) South Australia has operated a successful CDS since 1977, (v) the Northern Territory has adopted a CDS to commence in 2012, and (vi) the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia has adopted the Australian Greens' model CDS bill for that state; and (b) calls on the Government to immediately adopt a national CDS. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES,9
NOES, 40
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