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Senate Journal No. 52 - 4 December 2008
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE—USHER OF THE BLACK ROD—RETIREMENT—STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT
- 3 NOTICES
- 4 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 5 POSTPONEMENT
- 6 ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 7 PROCEDURE—STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 8 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT—STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 9 PROCEDURE—STANDING COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 10 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 11 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—UNITED NATIONS—UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- 12 INDUSTRY—PROPOSED CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME
- 13 ENVIRONMENT—NATIVE WATERBIRDS—RECREATIONAL SHOOTING
- 14 BANK DEPOSIT GUARANTEE—SELECT COMMITTEE—PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
- 15 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS—STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 16 QUESTIONS TO CHAIRS OF COMMITTEES AND TO OTHER SENATORS—AMENDMENT TO STANDING ORDER 72—RESTRUCTURING QUESTION TIME—TEMPORARY ORDERS
- 17 TRANSPORT—AVIATION—AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
- 18 ENVIRONMENT—GREEN COOLING COUNCIL GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT PROGRAM
- 19 AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION—TASMANIA—SEAT OF DENISON
- 20 ENVIRONMENT—FORESTS—KOALAS
- 21 NOTICE OF MOTION WITHDRAWN
- 22 PUBLICATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—8TH REPORT
- 23 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION— ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES 2007-08 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES 2008-09
- 24 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—413TH REPORT
- 25 MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WORKER PROTECTION) BILL 2008
- 26 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 27 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
- 28 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
- 29 ECONOMICS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—DISCLOSURE REGIMES FOR CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS
- 30 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION
- 31 WATER AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 32 SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE BILL 2008
- 33 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 34 NATION-BUILDING FUNDS BILL 2008E NATION-BUILDING FUNDS (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008E COAG REFORM FUND BILL 2008
- 35 QUESTIONS
- 36 ECONOMICS—EXECUTIVE SALARIES—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 37 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 38 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 17 OF 2008
- 39 PARTICULARS OF PROPOSED ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE—2008-09—DOCUMENTS
- 40 ESTIMATES OF PROPOSED ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE FOR 2008-09—PORTFOLIO ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES STATEMENTS—PORTFOLIOS AND EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 41 ADMINISTRATION—RESTORING INTEGRITY TO GOVERNMENT—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 42 ADMINISTRATION—NATIONAL SECURITY—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 43 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT—STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES FOR SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
- 44 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE REPORTS—PRESIDENT'S REPORT—GOVERNMENT RESPONSES OUTSTANDING
- 45 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 11 OF 2008-09—DOCUMENT
- 46 PARLIAMENTARIANS' TRAVEL COSTS—DOCUMENT
- 47 FORMER PARLIAMENTARIANS' TRAVEL COSTS—DOCUMENT
- 48 PARLIAMENTARIANS' OVERSEAS STUDY TRAVEL REPORTS—DOCUMENT
- 49 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE—SPECIAL PURPOSE FLIGHTS—DOCUMENT
- 50 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—97TH REPORT
- 51 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND EAST TIMOR—DOCUMENT
- 52 DOCUMENTS
- 53 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 54 NATION-BUILDING FUNDS BILL 2008E NATION-BUILDING FUNDS (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008E COAG REFORM FUND BILL 2008
- 55 SAFE WORK AUSTRALIA BILL 2008
- 56 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 57 INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2008E ROAD CHARGES LEGISLATION REPEAL AND AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 58 HOURS OF MEETING—VARIATION
- 59 TEMPORARY RESIDENTS' SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2008E SUPERANNUATION (DEPARTING AUSTRALIA SUPERANNUATION PAYMENTS TAX) AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 60 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 61 CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (SHORT SELLING) BILL 2008
- 62 CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (SHORT SELLING) BILL 2008
- 63 AGED CARE AMENDMENT (2008 MEASURES NO. 2) BILL 2008
- 64 ECONOMICS—EXECUTIVE SALARIES—DOCUMENT
- 65 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 66 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (LUXURY CAR TAX—MINOR AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008
- 67 SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (EMPLOYMENT SERVICES REFORM) BILL 2008
- 68 SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SCHOOLING REQUIREMENTS) BILL 2008
- 69 ROAD CHARGES LEGISLATION REPEAL AND AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 70 NATION-BUILDING FUNDS BILL 2008
- 71 NATION-BUILDING FUNDS (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008
- 72 TEMPORARY RESIDENTS' SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 73 BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL TELEVISION SWITCH-OVER) BILL 2008
- 74 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 75 FAIR WORK BILL 2008
- 76 END OF 2008 SITTINGS—STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT
- 77 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 78 NEXT MEETING OF SENATE
- 79 ADJOURNMENT
- 80 ATTENDANCE
WATER AMENDMENT BILL 2008Order of the day read for the adjourned debate on the amended motion of the Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator Wong)—That the report of the committee of the whole be adopted but, due to the Government's failure to support in the House the amendments made by the Senate, the Senate calls on the Government to immediately: (a) prohibit construction of the North-South Pipeline and extraction of water from the Goulburn and Murray rivers for use in that pipeline; (aa) encourage and support other populations outside the basin who currently rely on the extraction of water from the basin to broaden their water security by expanding their use of other water sources such as stormwater capture and recycling; (b) ensure that water saved through the Living Murray Initiative is immediately guaranteed and then released for environmental flows in the Goulburn and Murray rivers and to replenish the Lower Lakes; (c) deliver $50 million in emergency relief funding to the Lower Lakes and Coorong communities; (d) direct the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to undertake a comprehensive hydrological assessment of the proposed North-South pipeline project, and the proposed extraction of water for the pipeline, including an audit of the water savings to be achieved by the Victorian Food Bowl Modernisation Project and its impact on the water resources and environment of the Murray-Darling Basin; and (e) ensure that the CSIRO is adequately funded to undertake that assessment. Question put and passed.
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