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Senate Journal No. 49 - 1 December 2008
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 3 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 4 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 5 FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER 2008 BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2008
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 8 DEATH OF LIEUTENANT MICHAEL KENNETH HOUSDAN FUSSELL
- 9 NOTICES
- 10 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 11 POSTPONEMENTS
- 12 HEALTH—WORLD AIDS DAY
- 13 ENVIRONMENT—TASMANIA—TARKINE FOREST
- 14 ADMINISTRATION—COAG MEETING—WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TREASURER
- 15 ADMINISTRATION—COAG BUSINESS REGULATION AGREEMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVES—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 16 ENVIRONMENT—CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
- 17 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (RESTORING WORKPLACE RIGHTS) BILL 2008
- 18 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—PRESIDING OFFICERS' RESPONSE—ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES 2007-08
- 19 DOCUMENTS
- 20 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 21 SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS—GENERAL LAW REFORM) BILL 2008
- 22 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (LUXURY CAR TAX—MINOR AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008
- 23 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGES—ASSENT TO LAWS
- 24 ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES—PROPOSED DISALLOWANCE
- 25 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 26 ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES—PROPOSED DISALLOWANCE
- 27 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2008 MEASURES NO. 5) BILL 2008
- 28 FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER 2008 BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2008
- 29 ADJOURNMENT
- 30 ATTENDANCE
ADMINISTRATION—COAG MEETING—WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TREASURERSenator Cormann, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 304—That the Senate— (a) notes that:
(ii) the Western Australian Treasurer (Mr Buswell) was explicitly told not to attend that meeting by the Treasurer for Victoria (Mr Lenders), (iii) the Leader of the Government in the Senate (Senator Evans) has sought to justify the exclusion of the Western Australian Treasurer from the pre-COAG strategy meeting held by all Labor state and territory Treasurers, (iv) when asked whether the Government had received any representations or had any discussions on issues relating to the upcoming COAG meeting as a result of that pre-COAG strategy meeting, the Leader of the Government in the Senate responded that `certainly there would have been preparations done', (v) the exclusion of the Western Australian Treasurer from COAG preparations and the attitude of the Leader of the Government in the Senate in relation to that are not in the spirit of `cooperative federalism' promoted by the Government before the 2007 federal election, and (vi) even the Western Australian Labor Shadow Treasurer (Mr Wyatt) was `surprised and disappointed' that his Labor colleagues from the other states had excluded Western Australia; and (b) calls on the Prime Minister (Mr Rudd) to reprimand state and territory Labor Governments and the Leader of the Government in the Senate, or at least remind them, in the spirit of cooperative federalism, of the need to work cooperatively, including with the State of Western Australia. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES,35
NOES, 35
The ayes and noes were equal and so the question was negatived.
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