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Senate Journal No. 82 - 15 March 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 ASSISTING VICTIMS OF OVERSEAS TERRORISM BILL 2012
- 3 PETITION
- 4 NOTICES
- 5 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 3 OF 2012
- 6 PRIVATE SENATORS' BILLS—CONSIDERATION
- 7 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 8 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 9 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 10 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 12 AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 13 ENVIRONMENT—RIVER MURRAY—LEVEE BANKS
- 14 SENATE—PRIVILEGES—STANDING COMMITTEE—PROGRESS REPORT
- 15 EDUCATION—HIGHER EDUCATION—STUDENT SERVICES FEES
- 16 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 17 ECONOMICS—COAL EXPORT INDUSTRY
- 18 DEFENCE—NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
- 19 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 20 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2012
- 21 LEGISLATION COMMITTEES—REPORTS—ANNUAL REPORTS
- 22 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
- 23 QUESTIONS
- 24 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 25 DEATH OF FORMER SENATOR THE HONOURABLE DOUGLAS BARR SCOTT
- 26 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
- 27 MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX BILL 2011E MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011E MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX (IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 2011E MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX (IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 2011E MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX (IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 2011E PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX ASSESSMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2011E PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX (IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 2011E PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX (IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 2011E PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX (IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 2011E TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (STRONGER, FAIRER, SIMPLER AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2011E SUPERANNUATION GUARANTEE (ADMINISTRATION) AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 28 ADJOURNMENT
- 29 ATTENDANCE
ECONOMICS—COAL EXPORT INDUSTRYSenator Milne, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 702—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) China's twelfth 5-year plan is expected to introduce caps on coal use from 2015, (ii) the price of coking coal has already dropped some 40 per cent in the past year, due in large part to a drop in China's demand for imported coal, (iii) China expects utility scale solar power to out-compete new coal-fired power stations by the end of the decade, while the Indian Government expects the cost crossover as soon as 2016, (iv) India's economic giant, Tata Power, has publicly stated that its new investments will favour renewable energy, as coal power is becoming `impossible' to develop, (v) the Australian Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics (BREE) continues to predict that coal exports will double over the next two decades, and (vi) Australia is leaving itself economically exposed by focusing on the development of coal export infrastructure; and (b) calls on the Government to: (i) require BREE to review its modelling based on the current geopolitics of coal, and (ii) rethink Australia's economic settings, which assume ongoing increases in the coal export market, and instead look to broaden Australia's economic base and build a more competitive clean energy economy. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES,10
NOES, 35
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