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Senate Journal No. 76 - 27 February 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 3 NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT BILL 2010
- 4 MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 5 QUESTIONS
- 6 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 7 NOTICES
- 8 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 9 PRIVATE SENATORS' BILLS—CONSIDERATION
- 10 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING—VARIATION
- 11 POSTPONEMENTS
- 12 NOTICE OF MOTION WITHDRAWN
- 13 SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE AMENDMENT (NATURAL PROGRAM BREAKS AND DISRUPTIVE ADVERTISING) BILL 2012
- 14 SOCIAL ISSUES—AUSTRALIAN FLAGS—DESTRUCTION OR DESECRATION
- 15 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 16 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—STOLEN GENERATIONS
- 17 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—ADMINISTRATION—LABOR GOVERNMENT
- 18 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 19 DEFENCE—HMAS SUCCESS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENTS
- 20 ECONOMICS—GLOBAL ECONOMY—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 21 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—CLOSING THE GAP—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENTS
- 22 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SYRIA AND IRAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 23 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT AGENCY BILL 2011 AND RELATED BILLS
- 24 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
- 25 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—CONSUMER ACCESS TO PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS
- 26 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 27 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 28 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY GRANTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 29 CONSIDERATION OF DOCUMENTS
- 30 LAW AND JUSTICE—TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE—DOCUMENT
- 31 EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011—EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM—ADDENDUM
- 32 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—REVIEW OF THE DEFENCE ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10
- 33 PUBLIC WORKS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—1ST REPORT OF 2012
- 34 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—EXECUTIVE MINUTES—RESPONSES TO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS IN REPORTS NOS 417, 418, 422, 423 AND 424
- 35 DOCUMENTS
- 36 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 37 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 38 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 39 ACCESS TO JUSTICE (FEDERAL JURISDICTION) AMENDMENT BILL 2011E NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (FIFTH COMMUNITY PHARMACY AGREEMENT INITIATIVES) BILL 2012E TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2011 MEASURES NO. 9) BILL 2011
- 40 NUCLEAR TERRORISM LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 41 FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES BILL 2012E FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES (MEDICARE LEVY SURCHARGE) BILL 2012E FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES (MEDICARE LEVY SURCHARGE—FRINGE BENEFITS) BILL 2012
- 42 FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES BILL 2012 AND RELATED BILLS—CONSIDERATION—PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
- 43 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TUITION PROTECTION SERVICE AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2011 AND RELATED BILLS
- 44 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (PROTECTING AUSTRALIA'S WATER RESOURCES) BILL 2011
- 45 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—FAIR WORK AMENDMENT (TEXTILE, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY) BILL 2011 [2012]
- 46 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—ILLEGAL LOGGING PROHIBITION BILL 2011
- 47 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LIFE GOLD PASS) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 48 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 49 NUCLEAR TERRORISM LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 50 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 51 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LIFE GOLD PASS) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 52 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 53 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AMENDMENT (RAISING THE BAR) E BILL 2011 [2012]
- 54 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 55 EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 56 ADJOURNMENT
- 57 ATTENDANCE
NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT BILL 2010Order of the day read for the further consideration of the bill in committee of the whole. In the committee Consideration resumed of the bill. Explanatory memorandum: The Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research (Senator Evans) tabled a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to the government amendments to be moved to the bill.
Document: Senator Evans tabled the following document: National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010—Joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactive waste management—National report of the Commonwealth of Australia, dated 14 October 2011. Bill further debated. Senator Ludlam moved the following amendment: Clause 3, page 2 (lines 4 to 12), omit the clause, substitute:
3 Objects of Act The objects of this Act are: (a) to provide for the selection of a site for a radioactive waste management facility on voluntarily nominated land in Australia; and (b) to ensure that the site selected is the most suitable site on the Australian continent for radioactive waste storage and management taking into account environmental considerations, geology, geography, hydrology, seismology, infrastructure and cultural heritage values; and (c) to provide for the establishment and operation of such a facility on the selected site; and (d) to ensure that parties with waste management responsibility take appropriate steps to ensure that, at all stages of radioactive waste management, individuals, society and the environment are adequately protected against radiological and other hazards; so that radioactive waste generated, possessed or controlled by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth entity is safely and securely managed. Debate ensued. Question—That the amendment be agreed to—put. The committee divided— AYES, 10 Senators— Brown, Bob Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Madigan Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Wright Xenophon
Senators— Abetz Arbib Back Bilyk Birmingham Bishop Brown, C (Teller) Bushby Carr Cash Collins Cormann Crossin Edwards Evans Farrell Fawcett Feeney Fierravanti-Wells Fifield Fisher Furner Gallacher Hogg Johnston Ludwig Lundy Marshall Mason McEwen McKenzie McLucas Moore Parry Payne Pratt Ronaldson Ryan Scullion Singh Sinodinos Stephens Thistlethwaite Urquhart Williams Wong Question negatived. At 2 pm: The President resumed the chair and the Chair of Committees (Senator Parry) reported progress. | |