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Senate Journal No. 106 - 23 August 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 HEALTH INSURANCE (DENTAL SERVICES) BILL 2012 [NO. 2]
- 3 NOTICES
- 4 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 10 OF 2012
- 5 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 7 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 8 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 9 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 10 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 12 HEALTH—FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION
- 13 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—INTERNATIONAL BLACK RIBBON DAY
- 14 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—KIMBERLEY GIRL PROGRAM
- 15 HEALTH—WORLD HEPATITIS DAY
- 16 WOMEN—AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- 17 TRADE—CARBON PERMITS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 18 LAW AND JUSTICE—INEQUALITY
- 19 LAW AND JUSTICE—RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 20 FINANCE—HORIZONTAL FISCAL EQUALISATION
- 21 ENVIRONMENT—BALD HILLS WIND FARM
- 22 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—APPOINTMENT
- 23 PUBLICATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—18TH REPORT
- 24 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FAIR INCENTIVES TO WORK) BILL 2012
- 25 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT FUNDS AMENDMENT (ETHICAL INVESTMENTS) E BILL 2011
- 26 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 27 CYBERCRIME LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 28 CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (SMUGGLED TOBACCO) BILL 2012E TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2012 MEASURES NO. 4) BILL 2012
- 29 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY AGREEMENTS AMENDMENT (LOANS) BILL 2012E STATUTE LAW REVISION BILL 2012
- 30 SMALL PELAGIC FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH (QUOTA SPECIES) DETERMINATION—PROPOSED DISALLOWANCE
- 31 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (INVESTMENT MANAGER REGIME) BILL 2012
- 32 CORPORATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FINANCIAL REPORTING PANEL) E BILL 2012
- 33 NAVIGATION BILL 2012E NAVIGATION (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2012E MARINE SAFETY (DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL VESSEL) NATIONAL LAW BILL 2012E MARINE SAFETY (DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL VESSEL) NATIONAL LAW (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2012
- 34 MIGRATION (VISA EVIDENCE) CHARGE BILL 2012E MIGRATION (VISA EVIDENCE) CHARGE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) E BILL 2012
- 35 AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT (DEFENCE FAMILIES) BILL 2012
- 36 MARITIME LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 37 QUESTIONS
- 38 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 39 ENVIRONMENT—BALD HILLS WIND FARM—DOCUMENT
- 40 APPROPRIATIONS AND STAFFING—STANDING COMMITTEE—ANNUAL REPORT
- 41 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—DOCUMENT
- 42 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE—OFFICIAL VISIT TO PERU—DOCUMENT
- 43 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM—HUMAN RIGHTS—DOCUMENT
- 44 LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS AMENDMENT (SUNSETTING MEASURES) BILL 2012—EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM—CORRECTION
- 45 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—431ST AND 432ND REPORTS AND EXECUTIVE MINUTES AND RESPONSES TO THE COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS IN REPORTS NOS 417, 426 AND 428
- 46 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—DOCUMENT—GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT FUNDS AMENDMENT (ETHICAL INVESTMENTS) BILL 2011
- 47 DOCUMENTS
- 48 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 49 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 50 SMALL PELAGIC FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH (QUOTA SPECIES) DETERMINATION—PROPOSED DISALLOWANCE
- 51 MARRIAGE EQUALITY AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 52 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 53 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 54 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 55 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 56 ADJOURNMENT
- 57 ATTENDANCE
FINANCE—HORIZONTAL FISCAL EQUALISATIONLeave refused: Senator Brown sought leave to amend general business notice of motion no. 879, relating to Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation. An objection was raised and leave was not granted. Senator Brown, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 879—That the Senate— (a) recognises the significance of goods and services tax (GST) receipts to state governments; (b) acknowledges the commitment given by the Federal Labor Government to Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation (HFE); (c) notes that: (i) HFE is the distribution method that underpins the concept of federalism in this country and spreads Australia's wealth fairly across all states and territories, (ii) HFE is vitally important to the Federation and this long-standing principle of equalisation has served Australia well, and that this has long been a bipartisan position of successive Labor and Liberal Commonwealth Governments, and (iii) a move to per capita distribution of the GST would have disastrous consequences for the budgets of smaller states and territories in the Commonwealth, whose residents would consequently receive a significantly inferior level of key services such as health and education; and (d) endorses HFE and calls on all sides of politics to support the principle that HFE be maintained into the future. Question put and passed. Statement by leave: The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz), by leave, made a statement relating to the motion.
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