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Senate Journal No. 135 - 27 February 2013
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SLAVERY, SLAVERY-LIKE CONDITIONS AND PEOPLE TRAFFICKING) BILL 2012
- 3 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 4 MIGRATION AMENDMENT (REFORM OF EMPLOYER SANCTIONS) BILL 2012
- 5 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 QUESTION ON NOTICE—ANSWER AND EXPLANATION—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 8 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 9 DEATH OF FORMER SENATOR JOHN JOSEPH MORRIS
- 10 PETITIONS
- 11 NOTICES
- 12 POSTPONEMENTS
- 13 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 14 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 15 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 16 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 17 HEALTH—OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
- 18 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 19 ENVIRONMENT—SOUTH AUSTRALIA—LAKE EYRE
- 20 ENVIRONMENT—TASMANIA—TAMAR VALLEY PULP MILL PROJECT
- 21 ENVIRONMENT—TASMANIA—GUNNS LIMITED
- 22 ADMINISTRATION—NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES
- 23 ADMINISTRATION—CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL SECURITY
- 24 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—HEALTH—FUNDING CUTS
- 25 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—2ND REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 2 OF 2013
- 26 ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—REVIEW OF CHANGES TO CAR FRINGE BENEFITS ARRANGEMENTS
- 27 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX AMENDMENT (PROTECTING REVENUE) BILL 2012
- 28 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—ADVISORY REPORT ON THE ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (IMPROVING ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION) BILL 2012
- 29 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 25 OF 2012-13—DOCUMENT
- 30 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO KINGDOM OF MOROCCO AND PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA—DOCUMENT
- 31 DOCUMENTS
- 32 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 33 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 34 ADMINISTRATION—COURT FILING FEES—REVIEW—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 35 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 36 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 37 MIGRATION AMENDMENT (REFORM OF EMPLOYER SANCTIONS) BILL 2012
- 38 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES RECOGNITION BILL 2012
- 39 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 40 ADJOURNMENT
- 41 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—TASMANIA—TAMAR VALLEY PULP MILL PROJECTSenator Whish-Wilson, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 1142—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the comments by the Tasmanian Premier Ms Lara Giddings at the Press Club in the week beginning 17 February 2013 calling for the Tamar Valley pulp mill project to be revived, (ii) the comments by the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government in late 2012 in support of a pulp mill in the Tamar Valley in Tasmania, and (iii) the Federal Government funding promised to Tasmania under the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Tasmanian Government; and (b) calls on the Government to guarantee they will not buy the Tamar Valley pulp mill permits and that no more Government resources will go to supporting this pulp mill. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 9 Senators— Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Milne Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Whish-Wilson Wright NOES, 34 Senators— Back Bernardi Bilyk Boyce Brandis Cameron Cash Colbeck Collins Crossin Edwards Evans Farrell Feeney Fierravanti-Wells Fifield Furner Gallacher Kroger Lundy Marshall McEwen (Teller) McKenzie McLucas Moore Parry Polley Pratt Ruston Smith Stephens Thistlethwaite Urquhart Williams Question negatived. | |