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Senate Journal No. 143 - 21 March 2013
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 FAIR WORK (REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS) AMENDMENT (TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY) BILL 2012
- 3 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) AMENDMENT BILL 2013
- 4 EXPORT FINANCE AND INSURANCE CORPORATION AMENDMENT (FINANCE) E BILL 2013
- 5 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (FURTHER STREAMLINING AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2013
- 6 ADVANCES UNDER THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ACTS—REPORT FOR 2011-12
- 7 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTION TO FORMER FORCED ADOPTION POLICIES AND PRACTICES
- 8 NATIONAL APOLOGY FOR FORCED ADOPTIONS
- 9 QUESTIONS
- 10 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 11 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 12 MULTICULTURALISM—HARMONY DAY—UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
- 13 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 14 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—NEWSTART
- 15 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—GRANDCARERS SUPPORT SCHEME
- 16 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY
- 17 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—NATIONAL CLOSE THE GAP DAY
- 18 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SRI LANKA
- 19 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHINA—ORGAN HARVESTING
- 20 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 21 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SYRIA
- 22 CULTURE AND THE ARTS—LIVE MUSIC
- 23 SPORT—SPORTING CLUBS—FUNDING
- 24 ENVIRONMENT—COAL AND PASSENGER TRAINS—PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
- 25 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—WESTERN SAHARA
- 26 HEALTH—WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY
- 27 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—INSTRUCTION TO COMMITTEE
- 28 NOTICES
- 29 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 4 OF 2013
- 30 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 31 SENATE—SENATOR EVANS—IMMINENT RESIGNATION—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 32 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 33 DOCUMENTS
- 34 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 35 HEALTH INSURANCE—ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 36 IMMIGRATION—DETENTION CENTRES—NUMBER OF DETAINEES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 37 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 38 ADJOURNMENT
- 39 ATTENDANCE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHINA—ORGAN HARVESTINGSenator Madigan amended general business notice of motion no. 1212 by leave and, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations (UN) on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment has issued two reports detailing allegations of organ harvesting in China, (ii) the UN and the Council of Europe are planning to introduce a new binding international treaty to prevent trafficking in organs, tissues and cells and have already issued protocols containing appropriate measures to combat the trafficking of human beings for organ removal, and (iii) since the publication of the UN reports, the United States of America (US), from June 2011, has included on its online non-immigrant visa application Form DS-160 the question, `Have you ever been directly involved in the coercive transplantation of human organs or bodily tissues?'; and (b) calls on the Government to support the UN and Council of Europe initiatives to oppose the practice of organ harvesting. Question put and passed. | |