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Senate Journal No. 79 - 1 March 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 COMMONWEALTH COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE E BILL 2010
- 3 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSIT AND RECOVERY SCHEME) BILL 2010
- 4 NOTICES
- 5 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 6 POSTPONEMENTS
- 7 LOW AROMATIC FUEL BILL 2012
- 8 ASSISTING VICTIMS OF OVERSEAS TERRORISM BILL 2012
- 9 SOCIAL ISSUES—WORLD PLUMBING DAY
- 10 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—IRAN—HUMAN RIGHTS
- 11 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 12 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHINA AND TIBET—HUMAN RIGHTS
- 13 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 14 ENVIRONMENT—RENEWABLE ENERGY BONUS SCHEME
- 15 PUBLICATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—14TH REPORT
- 16 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 17 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—OPERATION OF THE LOBBYING CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE LOBBYIST REGISTER
- 18 AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORT—INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER—REPORT FOR 2010-11
- 19 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORT—CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (FUTURE OF FINANCIAL ADVICE) BILL 2011 AND CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (FURTHER FUTURE OF FINANCIAL ADVICE MEASURES) BILL 2011
- 20 FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 21 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (EMERGENCY LISTINGS) BILL 2011
- 22 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2011 MEASURES NO. 9) BILL 2011
- 23 NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (FIFTH COMMUNITY PHARMACY AGREEMENT INITIATIVES) BILL 2012
- 24 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 25 QUESTIONS
- 26 NOTICE
- 27 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 28 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 29 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 2 OF 2012
- 30 SENATE—SENATOR ARBIB—IMMINENT RESIGNATION—STATEMENTS BY LEAVE
- 31 DOCUMENTS
- 32 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 33 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 34 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 35 ECONOMICS—ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY—GOVERNMENT'S MISMANAGEMENT
- 36 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 37 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 38 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 39 ADJOURNMENT
- 40 ATTENDANCE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHINA AND TIBET—HUMAN RIGHTSSenator Hanson-Young, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 671—That the Senate— (a) notes the deteriorating human rights situation in China and Tibet over recent months, including the following developments: (i) the imposition of a media blackout by Chinese authorities in Sichuan, Qinghai and the region of Tibet since 24 January 2012, including shutting down the presence of international and non-government media organisations and coverage of pro-Tibetan activities, which has been documented by global press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders, (ii) the continuation of Tibetan people self-immolating as a form of protest that now amounts to 23 self-immolations and 15 deaths since February 2009, (iii) the increased Chinese military presence since early 2012 on the streets of Lhasa, Serthar and parts of eastern Tibet which has been described by the exiled Tibetan Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay as a state of `undeclared martial law', and (iv) a reported increase in arbitrary arrests of hundreds of Tibetans by Chinese authorities since 6 February 2012 upon the Tibetans' return from the annual Buddhist Kalachakra ceremony in Bodhgaya, India, which has been condemned by international organisation Human Rights Watch; and (b) calls on the Australian Government to: (i) urge the Chinese Government to restore press freedom and release any Tibetan people who have been arbitrarily arrested on account of their political or religious views, and
Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 10 Senators— Brown, Bob Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Madigan Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Wright Xenophon NOES, 37 Senators— Abetz Arbib Back Bernardi Bilyk Boyce Brown, Carol Cameron Carr Cash Colbeck Cormann Crossin Edwards Fawcett Feeney Fifield Furner Gallacher Hogg Kroger Ludwig Lundy Macdonald Marshall McEwen (Teller) McKenzie McLucas Moore Parry Polley Pratt Ryan Singh Thistlethwaite Urquhart Williams Question negatived. | |