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Senate Journal No. 113 - 19 September 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (DECLARED COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITIES) BILL 2012
- 4 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2012 MEASURES NO. 4) BILL 2012
- 5 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 6 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 7 SHADOW MINISTRY—DOCUMENT
- 8 QUESTIONS
- 9 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 10 NOTICES
- 11 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 12 POSTPONEMENTS
- 13 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 14 ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION—FIRST SPEECH
- 15 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 16 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 17 HEALTH—DEMENTIA AWARENESS WEEK
- 18 WOMEN—EMPLOYMENT—DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- 19 ADMINISTRATION—NATIONAL FAMILY BUSINESS DAY
- 20 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—STUDY OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 21 ENVIRONMENT—MIGRATORY BIRDS
- 22 HEALTH—NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL—WIND TURBINES—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 23 ADMINISTRATION—PROTECTING NATIONALLY THREATENED SPECIES AND WILDERNESS PLACES—RESPONSIBILITY
- 24 NOTICE
- 25 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—DEFENCE—AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE—FUNDING
- 26 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—11TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 11 OF 2012
- 27 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—3RD REPORT OF 2012
- 28 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS—THE FUTURE OF WORKERS' PENALTY RATES AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 29 HEALTH—INVESTMENT IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND TREATMENT—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 30 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 3 OF 2012-13—DOCUMENT
- 31 TAXATION—MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX—BUDGET COST—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 32 DOCUMENTS
- 33 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 34 INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) AMENDMENT E BILL 2012
- 35 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 36 NOTICE
- 37 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 38 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 39 ADJOURNMENT
- 40 ATTENDANCE
ADMINISTRATION—NATIONAL FAMILY BUSINESS DAYSenator Boyce, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 947—That the Senate— (a) acknowledges: (i) that 19 September 2012 is National Family Business Day, and (ii) the role that family businesses have played in shaping the social, economic and cultural fabric of Australia; and (b) notes: (i) data from Family Business Australia advising that about 70 per cent of Australian businesses are family businesses and employ 50 per cent of the Australian workforce, (ii) that family businesses can be small, medium or large enterprises and that one of the largest family businesses employs more than 27 000 people, and (iii) the resilience and adaptability of family business even in difficult economic conditions. Question put and passed. | |