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Senate Journal No. 68 - 21 November 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 3 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 4 DAYS AND HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 5 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 7 SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FAMILY PARTICIPATION MEASURES) BILL 2011
- 8 BUSINESS NAMES REGISTRATION (APPLICATION OF CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2011
- 9 SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 10 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 11 NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM AMENDMENT (INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL PRICING AUTHORITY) BILL 2011
- 12 QUESTIONS
- 13 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWER
- 14 PETITIONS
- 15 NOTICES
- 16 PRIVATE SENATORS' BILLS—CONSIDERATION
- 17 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 18 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO REPORT
- 19 POSTPONEMENT
- 20 PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM JUNK FOOD ADVERTISING (BROADCASTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT) BILL 2011
- 21 NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 22 HEALTH—NATIONAL ASBESTOS AWARENESS WEEK
- 23 ECONOMICS—EUROPEAN FARM SUBSIDIES
- 24 TAXATION—AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY
- 25 URGENCY MOTION—LAW AND JUSTICE—MARRIAGE EQUALITY
- 26 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 27 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT—STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
- 28 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—ASIAN HONEY BEE
- 29 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—WELFARE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
- 30 REFORM OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION—SELECT COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—REPORT
- 31 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 32 CONSIDERATION OF DOCUMENTS
- 33 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—HEARING HEALTH—DOCUMENTS
- 34 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—IRANIAN ACTRESS—MS MARZIEH VEFAMEHR—DOCUMENT
- 35 ACCESS TO COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 36 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2011 MEASURES NO. 8) BILL 2011 AND PAY AS YOU GO WITHHOLDING NON-COMPLIANCE TAX BILL 2011
- 37 ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY—32ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY—DOCUMENT
- 38 DOCUMENTS
- 39 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 40 TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING BILL 2011
- 41 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—DETERRING PEOPLE SMUGGLING BILL 2011
- 42 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES AMENDMENT (REGISTRATION COMMENCEMENT) BILL 2011
- 43 NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM AMENDMENT (INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL PRICING AUTHORITY) BILL 2011
- 44 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—CONSIDERATION
- 45 NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM AMENDMENT (INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL PRICING AUTHORITY) BILL 2011
- 46 COAL MINING INDUSTRY (LONG SERVICE LEAVE) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT E BILL 2011E TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2011 MEASURES NO. 7) BILL 2011E NAVIGATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011E MARITIME LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 47 ADJOURNMENT
- 48 ATTENDANCE
HEALTH—NATIONAL ASBESTOS AWARENESS WEEKSenator Singh, also on behalf of Senator Xenophon, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 559—That the Senate— (a) formally marks National Asbestos Awareness Week, which this year is being held between 21 November to 25 November 2011, by affirming its support for the historic decision by Australia in 1993 to ban the production, importation and use of asbestos; (b) notes the terrible legacy that asbestos has left on the Australian community, leaving us with one of the highest rates of asbestos-related diseases in the world; (c) extends its sympathies to all individuals living with asbestos-related diseases and the friends and families of those who have sadly passed away as a result of asbestos-related disease; and
(i) the recent ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Asbestos Convention, as one of the first ILO conventions to be ratified by the Commonwealth Government since 2006, (ii) its work at the 2011 Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent to have chrysotile asbestos listed in the convention, (iii) the $5 million grant made to support the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute's Bernie Banton Centre, (iv) funding for the new Australian Mesothelioma Registry, which was launched in 2010 to gather more detailed and accurate information on mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases, (v) support for the harmonisation of health and safety legislation which will provide, for the first time, a uniform framework for the minimisation of exposure, the removal of asbestos and the management of asbestos materials in the workplace, (vi) the establishment of the Asbestos Management Review in late 2010 to recommend strategies for the development of a national strategic plan to improve asbestos awareness, management and removal, (vii) the loan agreement with the New South Wales Government to ensure asbestos victims and their families continue to receive payments through the Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund, and (viii) the $1.5 million Comcare Asbestos Innovation Fund which sponsors programs and research to prevent and better manage asbestos exposure, as well as improving the treatment for asbestos disease sufferers. Question put and passed. | |