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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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IMMIGRATION—HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMSenator Hanson-Young, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 864—That the Senate— (a) calls on the Government to immediately: (i) increase the Humanitarian Program to 20 000 as recommended by the Report of the expert panel on asylum seekers (Houston report), dated August 2012, in recommendation 2, and (ii) make available an additional $70 million to fund programs in support of a regional framework for improved protections, registration, processing, integration, resettlement and returns as per recommendation 3; and (b) calls for immediate disclosure of the Government's implementation timeframe for the remaining Houston report recommendations. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES, 10 Senators— Di Natale Hanson-Young Ludlam Milne Rhiannon Siewert (Teller) Waters Whish-Wilson Wright Xenophon
Senators— Birmingham Bushby Cameron Collins Edwards Farrell Feeney Fifield Furner Gallacher Kroger (Teller) Lundy Madigan Marshall Mason McEwen McKenzie McLucas Moore Nash Parry Polley Pratt Singh Smith Stephens Thistlethwaite Thorp Urquhart Question negatived. | |