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Senate Journal No. 112 - 18 September 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (DECLARED COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITIES) BILL 2012
- 4 QUESTIONS
- 5 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 6 PETITIONS
- 7 NOTICES
- 8 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 9 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 10 AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 POSTPONEMENTS
- 12 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO REPORT
- 13 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 14 SOCIAL ISSUES—VIOLENT PROTESTS
- 15 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—INDIA—NUCLEAR REACTORS
- 16 ADMINISTRATION—PROTECTING NATIONALLY THREATENED SPECIES AND WILDERNESS PLACES—RESPONSIBILITY
- 17 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—HUMAN RIGHTS—MR DAVID HICKS
- 18 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—LAW AND JUSTICE—RIGHT TO PRIVACY—FREEDOM OF INDIVIDUAL
- 19 CHRONIC DISEASE DENTAL SCHEME—DOCUMENT
- 20 PUBLIC WORKS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—5TH REPORT OF 2012
- 21 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—DOCUMENT—AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION BILL 2012 AND RELATED BILLS
- 22 DOCUMENTS
- 23 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 24 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 25 PRIVACY AMENDMENT (ENHANCING PRIVACY PROTECTION) BILL 2012
- 26 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (INDEPENDENT EXPERT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON COAL SEAM GAS AND LARGE COAL MINING DEVELOPMENT) BILL 2012
- 27 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGE—ASSENT TO LAW
- 28 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (DECLARED COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITIES) BILL 2012
- 29 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 30 ADJOURNMENT
- 31 ATTENDANCE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS—INDIA—NUCLEAR REACTORSSenator Ludlam, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 938—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) from 15 October 2012, the Prime Minister (Ms Gillard) will visit India and will likely advance a bilateral uranium framework agreement while there, (ii) the growing mass movement in India peacefully protesting nuclear reactors on grounds of health, safety and loss of livelihood due to radiation risks, and (iii) brutal repression by the police and navy of the tens of thousands of peaceful protestors at the Koodankulam reactor, including two deaths due to police shootings, the latest being Mr Anthony Samy on 11 September 2012, and at least five related deaths over struggles against Koodankulam, Jaitapur (Maharashtra) and Gorakhpur (Haryana) nuclear power plants since 2010; and (b) calls on the Government to: (i) make representations to Indian authorities on the democratic right to peaceful protest, (ii) recognise that, in the case of Koodankulam, nuclear reactors are being forced on local residents at gunpoint, and that uranium fuel loading is imminent despite 10 safety guidelines having not been met, (iii) promote the independence of India's nuclear regulators from industry and government as best international practice, (iv) not sell uranium to countries that stand outside the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its associated safeguards system, and (v) implement recommendations made by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on bilateral uranium agreements. Question put and negatived. | |