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Senate Journal No. 104 - 21 August 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 4 CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (CLUSTER MUNITIONS PROHIBITION) BILL 2010
- 5 QUESTIONS
- 6 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 7 PETITIONS
- 8 NOTICES
- 9 POSTPONEMENT
- 10 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 11 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 12 CYBER SAFETY—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 13 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 14 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—RUSSIA—FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
- 15 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—HEARING HEALTH—OTITIS MEDIA
- 16 SPORT—MR PETER NORMAN
- 17 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—RUSSIA—FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
- 18 IMMIGRATION—HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM
- 19 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—EDUCATION—SCHOOLS FUNDING
- 20 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 1 OF 2012-13—DOCUMENT
- 21 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND INSTITUTIONS AND BILATERAL VISIT TO ISRAEL—DOCUMENT
- 22 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORT—STATUTORY OVERSIGHT OF THE AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—AUSTRALIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES WITH CHINA AND VIETNAM
- 24 PUBLIC WORKS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—4TH REPORT OF 2012
- 25 DOCUMENTS
- 26 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 27 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGE—ASSENT TO LAW
- 28 CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (CLUSTER MUNITIONS PROHIBITION) BILL 2010
- 29 CYBERCRIME LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 30 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 31 ADJOURNMENT
- 32 ATTENDANCE
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS—RUSSIA—FREEDOM OF EXPRESSIONThe Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Milne), pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 863—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) three members of the Russian group Pussy Riot have been sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for `hooliganism' and `homosexual propaganda' following a non-violent performance, (ii) the Governments of the United States of America, Britain, France and Germany have denounced the sentences as disproportionate, (iii) several laws recently passed in Russia restrict freedom of expression, severely punish dissent, ban pride marches and restrict gay rights, and (iv) several Russian opposition leaders, including Mr Garry Kasparov and Mr Sergei Udaltsov, have been arrested for rallying in defence of Pussy Riot; and (b) calls on the Government to express its concerns to the Russian Government regarding the intimidation and prosecution of opposition activists and the disproportionate sentence given to Pussy Riot. Question put and passed. | |