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Senate Journal No. 109 - 12 September 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 MIGRATION ACT—DESIGNATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU—REGIONAL PROCESSING COUNTRY—APPROVAL
- 4 BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (ANTI-SIPHONING) BILL 2012
- 5 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 8 PARLIAMENT—PARLIAMENTARIANS' INTERESTS—PERSONAL EXPLANATION
- 9 PETITION
- 10 NOTICES
- 11 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 12 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 13 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 14 EMPLOYMENT—PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
- 15 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 16 ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 17 ADMINISTRATION—SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS—BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES
- 18 POLITICS—BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENTS AND SANCTIONS POLICY
- 19 HEALTH—FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS
- 20 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—BURMA—HUMAN RIGHTS
- 21 ADMINISTRATION—PROTECTING NATIONALLY THREATENED SPECIES AND WILDERNESS PLACES—RESPONSIBILITY
- 22 DEATH OF MS VIKKI RILEY
- 23 MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX AMENDMENT (PROTECTING REVENUE) E BILL 2012
- 24 HEALTH—AUSTRALIA21—ILLICIT DRUGS
- 25 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS—CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION—BLOCKADE
- 26 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA—MR CRAIG THOMSON—PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTS
- 27 POLITICS—BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENTS AND SANCTIONS POLICY—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 28 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—DEFENCE—MILITARY SUPERANNUATION PENSIONS
- 29 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—10TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 10 OF 2012
- 30 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—2ND REPORT OF 2012
- 31 HEALTH—NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 32 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—CHILD CARE GROWTH—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 33 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—2ND REPORT OF 2012—CONSIDERATION
- 34 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—CHILD CARE GROWTH—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—CONSIDERATION
- 35 DOCUMENT
- 36 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 37 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 38 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 39 JUDICIAL MISBEHAVIOUR AND INCAPACITY (PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONS) E BILL 2012E COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (JUDICIAL COMPLAINTS) BILL 2012
- 40 NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA BILL 2012E NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2012
- 41 LEGISLATION COMMITTEES—REPORTS—ANNUAL REPORTS
- 42 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—MARITIME POWERS BILL 2012 AND RELATED BILL
- 43 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION BILL 2012 AND RELATED BILLS
- 44 BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (ANTI-SIPHONING) BILL 2012
- 45 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 46 ADJOURNMENT
- 47 ATTENDANCE
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS—CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION—BLOCKADEThe Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz), pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 914—That the Senate— (a) notes that the Supreme Court of Victoria issued interim injunctions against the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) in relation to Grocon sites in Melbourne, and that contempt proceedings in relation to certain injunctions remain before the court; (b) condemns the CFMEU's blockade of the Myer Emporium site, which involved violent attacks on police and police horses and posters issued by CFMEU bosses labelling workers as `scabs'; (c) notes that Grocon workers, who are members of the CFMEU, have expressed disappointment at abuse, threats and intimidation by CFMEU bosses and at the CFMEU's failure to adhere to the law;
(e) calls on the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens to refuse to accept any further donations from the CFMEU until it desists from unlawful activity, thuggery and violence in the workplace. Statement by leave: The Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations (Senator Collins), by leave, made a statement relating to the motion. Leave refused: Senator Wright sought leave to move an amendment to the motion. An objection was raised and leave was not granted. Leave refused: Senator Madigan sought leave to move an amendment to the motion. An objection was raised and leave was not granted. Statements by leave: Senators Wright, Abetz and Xenophon, by leave, made statements relating to the motion. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 27 Senators— Abetz Bernardi Boswell Boyce Brandis Bushby Cash Cormann Eggleston Fierravanti-Wells Fifield Heffernan Humphries Johnston Joyce Kroger (Teller) Macdonald Mason Nash Payne Ronaldson Ruston Ryan Scullion Sinodinos Smith Williams NOES, 35 Senators— Bishop Brown (Teller) Cameron Carr, Bob Carr, Kim Collins Conroy Crossin Di Natale Farrell Faulkner Feeney Furner Gallacher Hanson-Young Hogg Ludlam Madigan Marshall McLucas Milne Moore Pratt Rhiannon Siewert Singh Stephens Sterle Thistlethwaite Thorp Urquhart Waters Whish-Wilson Wright Xenophon Question negatived. | |