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Senate Journal No. 74 - 8 February 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 STANDING ORDERS—AMENDMENT—COMMITTEES—ALLOCATION OF DEPARTMENTS
- 4 TOBACCO ADVERTISING PROHIBITION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 5 NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT BILL 2010
- 6 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 7 QUESTIONS
- 8 QUESTION ON NOTICE—ANSWER AND EXPLANATION
- 9 ESTIMATES HEARINGS—QUESTIONS ON NOTICE—ANSWERS AND EXPLANATION
- 10 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 11 NOTICES
- 12 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 13 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 14 POSTPONEMENTS
- 15 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 16 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 17 HISTORICAL EVENTS—FALL OF SINGAPORE—BOMBING OF DARWIN
- 18 HEALTH—EFFECTS OF WIND FARMS
- 19 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—PROPOSED ATTENDANCE OF WITNESS
- 20 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—KOREAN PRISONERS OF WAR
- 21 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 22 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 23 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 24 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 25 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 26 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 27 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 28 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 29 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 30 MIGRATION AMENDMENT (REMOVAL OF MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTIES) E BILL 2012
- 31 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CZECH REPUBLIC—VACLAV HAVEL
- 32 HEALTH—OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
- 33 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS—FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA—HEALTH SERVICES UNION
- 34 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—1ST REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 1 OF 2012
- 35 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—PAPUA NEW GUINEA—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 36 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SYRIA—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 37 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 24 OF 2011-12—DOCUMENT
- 38 DOCUMENTS
- 39 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 40 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY GRANTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 41 FINANCE—AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 42 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 43 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 44 EXCISE AMENDMENT (REDUCING BUSINESS COMPLIANCE BURDEN) BILL 2011E CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (REDUCING BUSINESS COMPLIANCE BURDEN) BILL 2011
- 45 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 46 OBJECTION TO RULING OF PRESIDENT
- 47 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 48 ADJOURNMENT
- 49 ATTENDANCE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CZECH REPUBLIC—VACLAV HAVELSenator Mason, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 625—That the Senate— (a) notes the passing and recognises the inspirational life and achievements of Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright and first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia, who:
(ii) resisted the corruption of communist rule with plays and essays dedicated to human dignity and independence, (iii) co-authored the human rights charter, called Charter 77, which brought him international recognition as the leader of opposition in Czechoslovakia, (iv) endured years of persecution and imprisonment, (v) in writings, for which he was jailed, warned communist leaders that by attempting to stifle the human urge for freedom, they were dooming their own system, (vi) led his nation through the bloodless Velvet Revolution that toppled the brutal Soviet-backed communist regime in the then Czechoslovakia, (vii) was elected President of his country on 29 December 1989, the day after Alexander Dubcek was elected speaker of its federal parliament, (viii) presided over his country's transition to a free economy, steered his country into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and prepared the way for its entry into the European Union, (ix) guided his nation through the slow and difficult process of recovery from the spiritual damage caused by four decades of communist totalitarian rule, (x) received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order of Canada, the Freedom Medal of the Four Freedoms Award, the Ambassador of Conscience Award and many other distinctions, (xi) was a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism that proposed the establishment of the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, and (xii) advocated collective action to end ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo and supported democratic activists in Cuba, Zimbabwe, China, Burma and elsewhere; and (b) conveys its condolences to the people of the Czech Republic. Statements by leave: Senator Mason and the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown), by leave, made statements relating to the motion. Question put and passed. | |