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Senate Journal No. 80 - 13 March 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 VACANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES—CHOICE OF ROBERT JOHN CARR
- 4 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 5 NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT BILL 2010
- 6 MINISTRY AND MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 7 QUESTIONS
- 8 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 9 NOTICES
- 10 PRIVATE SENATORS' BILLS—CONSIDERATION
- 11 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 12 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 13 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 14 POSTPONEMENTS
- 15 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 16 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 17 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 18 ANIMAL WELFARE—JAKARTA ABATTOIRS
- 19 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—ADMINISTRATION—GILLARD GOVERNMENT
- 20 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REVIEW SCHEME
- 21 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 22 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SYRIA—DOCUMENTS
- 23 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION—STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—ANNUAL REPORTS
- 24 NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—REVIEW OF THE ROLLOUT OF THE NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK
- 25 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—AIRPORTS AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 26 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—RURAL AND REGIONAL ACCESS TO SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
- 27 FUEL AND ENERGY—SELECT COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
- 28 SCRUTINY OF NEW TAXES—SELECT COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
- 29 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (MAINTAINING ADDRESS) BILL 2011
- 30 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORTS—2010-11 ANNUAL REPORTS OF BODIES ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ASIC ACT—STATUTORY OVERSIGHT OF THE AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION
- 31 DOCUMENTS
- 32 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 33 EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TUITION PROTECTION SERVICE AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2011
- 34 CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (PHOENIXING AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012E FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2012
- 35 CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (POWERS AND OFFENCES) BILL 2012
- 36 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—APPOINTMENT
- 37 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGES—ASSENT TO LAWS
- 38 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 39 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 40 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 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 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 43 ADJOURNMENT
- 44 ATTENDANCE
ANIMAL WELFARE—JAKARTA ABATTOIRSSenator Rhiannon, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 676—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) footage of animal cruelty at the Temur Petir and Cakung abattoirs in Jakarta that was aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television program Lateline on 28 February 2012 shows serious and systematic breaches of the Government's new Export Supply Chain Assurance System, (ii) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [RSPCA] Chief Scientist has identified 61 observed incidents of non-compliance with the Government's own supply chain assurance elements at the Temur Petir and Cakung abattoirs, (iii) the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Ludwig) has refused to publicly reveal whether Australian cattle are being exported to the Temur Petir and Cakung abattoirs, (iv) that making this information public would not compromise any departmental investigation, and without it the public can have no confidence that the Government's new system to protect animal welfare is being monitored and enforced, (v) a Perth-based cattle exporter, International Livestock Exports, announced on 29 February that it had suspended shipments to one of the Indonesian abattoirs in question, placing the industry response ahead of the Government's response to the situation, and (vi) that animal rights activists such as Animals Australia and the Indonesian activists who filmed the Jakarta abattoirs are to be congratulated for exposing the continuing cruelty in the live export industry and the failure of Australia's new regulatory regime; and
(i) confirm whether Australian cattle are being exported to the Temur Petir and Cakung abattoirs, (ii) publicly disclose the names of any companies involved in exporting live cattle to the Temur Petir and Cakung abattoirs in Jakarta, (iii) immediately suspend the export licences of those companies involved in exporting live cattle to the Temur Petir and Cakung abattoirs in Jakarta until an investigation has been conducted, (iv) urgently put more resources into monitoring and enforcement of the supply chain assurance system to ensure that animal welfare is prioritised in the Government's new regulatory regime, and (v) move to introduce a ban on live animal exports. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 9 Senators— Brown, Bob Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Milne Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Wright NOES, 29 Senators— Back Bilyk Boyce Brown, Carol Cameron Collins Cormann Faulkner Feeney Fierravanti-Wells Fifield Furner Gallacher Joyce Kroger (Teller) Ludwig Madigan Marshall McEwen McKenzie Moore Parry Polley Pratt Sherry Stephens Sterle Urquhart Williams Question negatived. | |