

- Title
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX TRANSITION) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (END OF SALES TAX) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (PERSONAL INCOME TAX CUTS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMPENSATION MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (BONUSES FOR OLDER AUSTRALIANS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (INCOME TAX LAWS AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AGED CARE COMPENSATION MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (TRADE PRACTICES AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS—CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (INDIRECT TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX AND LUXURY CAR TAX TRANSITION) BILL 1999
Second Reading
- Database
Senate Hansard
- Date
20-04-1999
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
39
- Electorate
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- Page
3812
- Party
- Presenter
- Status
Final
- Question No.
- Questioner
- Responder
- Speaker
- Stage
Second Reading
- Type
- Context
Bills
- System Id
chamber/hansards/1999-04-20/0001


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A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX TRANSITION) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (END OF SALES TAX) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (PERSONAL INCOME TAX CUTS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMPENSATION MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (BONUSES FOR OLDER AUSTRALIANS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (INCOME TAX LAWS AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AGED CARE COMPENSATION MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (TRADE PRACTICES AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS—CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (INDIRECT TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX AND LUXURY CAR TAX TRANSITION) BILL 1999 -
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Goods and Services Tax: Compensation
(Cook, Sen Peter, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Taxation Reform
(Gibson, Sen Brian, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Goods and Services Tax: Compensation
(Conroy, Sen Stephen, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Taxation Reform
(Ferguson, Sen Alan, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Industrial Relations: Mr Chris Corrigan
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Kosovar Refugees
(Bourne, Sen Vicki, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Goods and Services Tax: States
(Faulkner, Sen John, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Republic Model: Presidency
(Brown, Sen Bob, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Textor, Mr Mark
(Quirke, Sen John, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Local Government: Funding
(Calvert, Sen Paul, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Y2K Compliance: Australian Taxation Office
(Lundy, Sen Kate, Kemp, Sen Rod) -
Kakadu and Uluru National Parks
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Herron, Sen John) -
Tasmanian Health Services: Funding
(Mackay, Sen Sue, Herron, Sen John) -
Superannuation and Family Law
(Ferris, Sen Jeannie, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
IT Secure Gateway Environment
(Bishop, Sen Mark, Ellison, Sen Chris)
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Goods and Services Tax: Compensation
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- Goods and Services Tax: Compensation Taxation ReformKosovar RefugeesGoods and Services Tax: StatesTextor, Mr Mark
- PETITIONS
- NOTICES
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DOCUMENTS
- Elsey Land Claim No. 132
- BUSINESS
- SUPERANNUATION: SURCHARGE
- LUCAS HEIGHTS NUCLEAR REACTOR
- NOTICES
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COMMITTEES
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization Committee
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee
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BUDGET 1998-99
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Consideration by Legislation Committees
- Additional Estimates
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Consideration by Legislation Committees
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COMMITTEES
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Community Affairs References Committee
- Supplementary Information
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Community Affairs References Committee
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BUDGET 1998-99
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Consideration by Legislation Committees
- Additional Estimates
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Consideration by Legislation Committees
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A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1998 -
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX TRANSITION) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (END OF SALES TAX) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (PERSONAL INCOME TAX CUTS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMPENSATION MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (BONUSES FOR OLDER AUSTRALIANS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (INCOME TAX LAWS AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AGED CARE COMPENSATION MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (TRADE PRACTICES AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS—CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (INDIRECT TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX AND LUXURY CAR TAX TRANSITION) BILL 1999 -
COMMITTEES
- A New Tax System Committee
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A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX TRANSITION) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (END OF SALES TAX) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (PERSONAL INCOME TAX CUTS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMPENSATION MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (BONUSES FOR OLDER AUSTRALIANS) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (INCOME TAX LAWS AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AGED CARE COMPENSATION MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (TRADE PRACTICES AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (COMMONWEALTH-STATE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS—CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—GENERAL) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—CUSTOMS) BILL 1999 -
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (LUXURY CAR TAX IMPOSITION—EXCISE) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (INDIRECT TAX ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1999
A NEW TAX SYSTEM (WINE EQUALISATION TAX AND LUXURY CAR TAX TRANSITION) BILL 1999 -
NOTICES
- Presentation
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ADJOURNMENT
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Sandakan-Ranau: Prisoners of War
Anzac Day - Australian Constitution: New Preamble
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Sandakan-Ranau: Prisoners of War
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport: Forced Closure
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Air Traffic Control Computer Systems: Millennium Bug
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Department of Industry, Science and Resources: Value of Market Research
(Ray, Sen Robert, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
Departmental Liaison Officers
(Ray, Sen Robert, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport: Forced Closure
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Macdonald, Sen Ian) -
Jervoise Bay Development Projects
(Margetts, Sen Dee, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Horses: Importation of Exotic Diseases
(O'Brien, Sen Kerry, Alston, Sen Richard) -
Regional Forest Agreement: East Gippsland
(Brown, Sen Bob, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Wood Products and Paper Industries
(Brown, Sen Bob, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Early Independent Retirees
(Brown, Sen Bob, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Centrelink: Work Ability Tables
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Ministerial and Parliamentary Services Division: Comcare Claims
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Government Members' Secretariat: Office Equipment
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Government Members' Secretariat: Equipment Relocation
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Federal Election: National Tally Room Costs
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Discrimination
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Habitation Review
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: New Political Party Registration
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Redistribution Committees
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Advertising
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Home Page Visits
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Consultants
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Electoral Information Service: Cost of Winding Up
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Education Centres
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Provision of Electoral Services
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Senior Executive Service
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Freedom of Information Requests
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Market Research Projects
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Complaints
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Australian Electoral Commission: Annual Report
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Prime Minister: Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals
(Ray, Sen Robert, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Minister for Family and Community Services: Provision of Newspapers, Magazines and Other Periodicals
(Ray, Sen Robert, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Minister for Community Services: Newspapers, Magazines and Other Periodicals
(Ray, Sen Robert, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Accrual Accounting
(Ray, Sen Robert, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Accrual Accounting
(Ray, Sen Robert, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Department of Trade: Cost of Legal Advice
(Ray, Sen Robert, Hill, Sen Robert) -
Department of Family and Community Services: Cost of Legal Advice
(Ray, Sen Robert, Newman, Sen Jocelyn) -
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Cost of Legal Advice
(Ray, Sen Robert, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Ministerial Document Service
(Ray, Sen Robert, Ellison, Sen Chris)
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Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport: Forced Closure
Page: 3812
Debate resumed from 19 April on motions by Senator Ian Campbell, Senator Ian Macdonald and Senator Patterson:
That these bills be now read a second time.
and on the amendment moved by Senator Cook in respect of A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Bill 1998 :
Omit all words after "That", substitute "the Senate condemns the Government for:
(a) seeking to introduce a GST which is an unnecessary, unfair, job destroying tax which discriminates against low and middle income earners, the aged and families;
(b) putting at risk the low inflation environment delivered by Labor by proposing to introduce an inflationary GST which will put at risk the low interest rates made possible by low inflation; and
(c) placing a higher priority on imposing a GST on Australian families that will make the tax system less equitable, rather than addressing tax avoidance loopholes, which would improve the equity of the tax system".
and on the amendment moved by Senator Margetts in respect of A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Bill 1999 :
At the end of the motion, add "but that the Senate:
(a) notes:
(i) that cask wine is a category 1 cause of alcohol abuse, with alcohol abuse:
(a) costing taxpayers $4.7 billion annually;
(b) contributing to more than 3,700 alcohol-related deaths annually;
(c) contributing to 730,000 hospital bed-days; and
(d) being a prime cause of human distress, through health problems, serious accidents, family breakdowns, unemployment and alcohol related offences;
(ii) that a study commissioned by the Department of Health and Family Services in 1995 estimated that alcohol is associated with:
(a) 44% of fire injuries;
(b) 34% of falls and drownings;
(c) 30% of car accidents;
(d) 50% of assaults;
(e) 16% of child abuse;
(f) 12% of suicides; and
(g) 10% of machine accidents; and
(iii) that aboriginal people in Australia experience significantly higher rates of alcohol-related illness such as alcoholic cardiomyopathy, alcoholic gastritis and alcohol liver cirrhosis as well as traumatic injuries, road accidents, suicide and violent death than do non-aboriginal Australians;
(b) expresses major concern:
(i) that the current taxation arrangements in relation to wine have an adverse effect on public health, safety and order;
(ii) the Government's proposal for a price-based wine equalisation tax (WET) will perpetuate the anomalies in the present system which result in cheap cask wine being taxed at one fifth of the level applied to low alcohol beers; and
(iii) the Government's WET proposal will not address this wide range of social concerns associated with alcohol abuse; and
(c) considers that it is only by taxing alcohol content that incentives can be introduced to produce lower alcohol, less toxic beverages".