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Senate Journal No. 103 - 20 August 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 3 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (STUDENT CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012
- 4 CONSUMER CREDIT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ENHANCEMENTS) BILL 2012
- 5 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER PRICING) BILL (NO. 1) 2012
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 8 NOTICES
- 9 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 10 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 12 POSTPONEMENTS
- 13 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING—VARIATION
- 14 ENVIRONMENT—MURRAY DARLING BASIN
- 15 ADMINISTRATION—HEALTH SERVICES UNION—MR MICHAEL WILLIAMSON
- 16 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—TAXATION—CARBON TAX
- 17 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 18 EMPLOYMENT—ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT REVIEW—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 19 WOMEN—110TH ANNIVERSARY—WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN AUSTRALIA—DOCUMENT
- 20 DOCUMENTS
- 21 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 22 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 23 FISHERIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2012E HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT (EXTENDED MEDICARE SAFETY NET) E BILL 2012
- 24 MARITIME POWERS BILL 2012E MARITIME POWERS (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2012
- 25 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER PRICING) BILL (NO. 1) 2012
- 26 CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (CLUSTER MUNITIONS PROHIBITION) BILL 2010
- 27 ADJOURNMENT
- 28 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—MURRAY DARLING BASINSenator Hanson-Young, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 855—That the Senate— (a) notes the position statement on the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) draft plan launched by South Australian environmental groups, including the Conservation Council of South Australia, The Wilderness Society, Trees for Life, National Trust of South Australia, National Parks and Wildlife, Nature Conservation Society of South Australia and Friends of the Earth Adelaide, on 27 July 2012; (b) notes that these groups identify that 4 000 GL must be returned to the river in accordance with the best available science to provide for healthy MDB communities and economies; and
Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 10 Senators— Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Milne Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Whish-Wilson Wright Xenophon NOES, 37 Senators— Back Bernardi Birmingham Bishop Boyce Brown Cameron Cash Colbeck Collins Farrell Faulkner Feeney Fifield Furner Gallacher Hogg Kroger (Teller) Ludwig Lundy Madigan Marshall McEwen Moore Nash Parry Polley Pratt Ryan Singh Smith Stephens Sterle Thistlethwaite Thorp Urquhart Williams Question negatived. | |