~~minchin section:lords~~ 20 1 743 1 containing the word 'minchin' in Senate debates 2009-11-30.236.5 2009-11-30 12 101 233851 233852 68 100241 435 I will take that interjection. I think most Australians would ask that question. Most Australians would believe, from watching Senator Minchin’s behaviour and that of others, that you are not going to be for changing. No amount of fact, detail or evidence is going to change your minds. You do not believe that this is something that this nation needs to do, notwithstanding the fact that... /senate/?id=2009-11-30.31.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g236.5 100241 Penny Wong 2 SA Australian Labor Party 10678 /senator/?m=100241 Minister for Climate Change and Water Minister for Climate Change and Water Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]: In Committee 2009-11-30.585.3 2009-11-30 12 101 234885 234886 53 100074 1170 ...Ludwig and O’Brien, who have been responsible for the very difficult job of getting the government’s legislation through and managing this chamber in a minority position. To Senator Minchin, the minor parties and the independents, I wish them all an enjoyable break. I hope they get time to spend with their families. I thank you, Mr President. /senate/?id=2009-11-30.585.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g585.3 100074 Chris Evans 2 WA Australian Labor Party 10204 /senator/?m=100074 Leader of the Government in the Senate Leader of the Government in the Senate Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Valedictory: 2009-11-30.15.8 2009-11-30 12 101 233718 233719 68 100241 65 but everybody knows you started out months ago, along with your boss, Senator Minchin, trying to tear this down. Everybody knows that. /senate/?id=2009-11-30.3.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g15.8 100241 Penny Wong 2 SA Australian Labor Party 10678 /senator/?m=100241 Minister for Climate Change and Water Minister for Climate Change and Water Business: Rearrangement 2009-11-30.549.1 2009-11-30 12 101 234335 234792 27 100027 1093 ...that when it comes to the Abbott coalition taking up this final debate on this all-important matter, more important than any other before this parliament this year, it was not Senator Nick Minchin, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, who got up to speak? It was not Senator Abetz, Senator Parry, Senator Brandis or any Liberal on the front bench. They put it across to the tub-thumping... /senate/?id=2009-11-30.547.1&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g549.1 100027 Bob Brown 2 Tasmania Australian Greens 10696 /senator/?m=100027 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]: Third Reading 2009-11-26.287.8 2009-11-26 12 101 233427 233428 68 100241 763 ...is relevance. We are now having a discussion on an amendment which I think has been before the chair for at least a couple of hours and Senator McGauran is talking about booth results. I see Senator Minchin, the former Leader Of the Opposition in the Senate, coming over to talk to Senator McGauran. For the leadership of the Liberal Party in this place to have allowed this sort of behaviour... /senate/?id=2009-11-26.195.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g287.8 100241 Penny Wong 2 SA Australian Labor Party 10678 /senator/?m=100241 Minister for Climate Change and Water Minister for Climate Change and Water Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]: In Committee 2009-11-26.143.1 2009-11-26 12 101 233197 233198 65 100027 292 by leave—I concur with Senator Faulkner and Senator Minchin and join with fellow senators in expressing horror at what happened in Mumbai and the greatest empathy and sympathy for those who suffered. I also note that one of the circumstances of that terrible event was the illiterate vulnerability of some of the people who were manipulated into taking part in that act of terrorism. One... /senate/?id=2009-11-26.141.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g143.1 100027 Bob Brown 2 Tasmania Australian Greens 10696 /senator/?m=100027 Ministerial Statements: Mumbai Terrorist Attacks 2009-11-25.18.1 2009-11-25 12 101 231802 231803 25 100241 53 ...the discussions in this debate thus far has been of a conspiracy theory—that somehow climate change is a conspiracy invented by the Left or others, rather than recognising the science. Senator Minchin’s comments on Four Corners I think were very clear in his views about how this was some sort of conspiracy. We have also seen a discussion about some suggestion, again in the... /senate/?id=2009-11-25.14.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g18.1 100241 Penny Wong 2 SA Australian Labor Party 10678 /senator/?m=100241 Minister for Climate Change and Water Minister for Climate Change and Water Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]: 2009-11-24.75.1 2009-11-24 12 101 231179 231180 80 100140 280 .... These points are not for negotiation; they are what the opposition stands for. Minister, you are quite right: there is an issue about people missing out on the scholarships. But, as Senator Minchin has alluded to and as the Deputy Prime Minister illustrated, the government was warned about the possibility, both by the opposition and indeed by the Greens, that this could happen. But the... /senate/?id=2009-11-24.70.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g75.1 100140 Brett Mason 2 Queensland Liberal Party 10423 /senator/?m=100140 Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Education Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Education Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009: Consideration of House of Representatives Message 2009-11-24.13.17 2009-11-24 12 101 230919 230946 67 100074 51 ..., all those journalists are agreed on one other matter—that is, that the Liberal opposition are a complete rabble, that they are divided, that they are undermining their leader, that Senator Minchin is in open revolt in defiance of his leader and that they are a standing joke in Australian politics. If Senator Back wants to rely on the combined opinions of certain journalists, I... /senate/?id=2009-11-24.13.1&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g13.17 100074 Chris Evans 2 WA Australian Labor Party 10204 /senator/?m=100074 Leader of the Government in the Senate Leader of the Government in the Senate Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Questions without Notice: Asylum Seekers 2009-11-24.19.28 2009-11-24 12 101 230919 231042 96 100053 161 ...with the president of the company, he was re-employed, did not have to pay back his redundancy package and was paid a minimum starting salary of $400,000. Everyone pointed the finger at Senator Minchin. What did Senator Minchin have to say? A spokesman for Senator Minchin confirmed the minister had known Mr Short for several years but would not say whether he had any role in him being... /senate/?id=2009-11-24.19.1&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g19.28 100053 Stephen Conroy 2 Victoria Australian Labor Party 10142 /senator/?m=100053 Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Questions without Notice: Broadband 2009-11-23.62.2 2009-11-23 12 101 230396 230413 68 100057 302 At the request of Senator Minchin, I move: That the Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 be moved on immediately and have precedence over all other government business today until determined. The reason we want to bring this bill on now— /senate/?id=2009-11-23.62.1&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g62.2 100057 Mathias Cormann 2 WA Liberal Party 10148 /senator/?m=100057 Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration Business: Rearrangement 2009-11-23.57.3 2009-11-23 12 101 230396 230397 58 100057 286 by leave—Pursuant to contingent notice and at the request of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Minchin, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Senator Minchin moving a motion relating to the conduct of the business of the Senate, namely a motion to provide that the Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 be called on... /senate/?id=2009-11-23.57.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g57.3 100057 Mathias Cormann 2 WA Liberal Party 10148 /senator/?m=100057 Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration Business: Consideration of Legislation 2009-11-23.18.10 2009-11-23 12 101 230159 230268 68 100241 163 Through you, Mr President, what is clear to every senator, and to any Australian who is interested in what the Senate is doing, is that Senator Joyce, Senator Bernardi, Senator Minchin and many others on that side are not interested in the facts. It does not matter how many facts are put before them, they have a clear, rigid, ideological view— /senate/?id=2009-11-23.18.1&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g18.10 100241 Penny Wong 2 SA Australian Labor Party 10678 /senator/?m=100241 Minister for Climate Change and Water Minister for Climate Change and Water Questions without Notice: Climate Change 2009-11-23.5.1 2009-11-23 12 101 230116 230117 48 100175 7 ...is about, purely, a suite of legislation currently before the chamber that we in opposition do not support. The other speech I particularly want to highlight as well is the speech Senator Nick Minchin made in this chamber, an outstanding speech in my view. Again, the media have misreported the context of the speech. Senator Minchin’s speech expressed some very good and strong... /senate/?id=2009-11-23.4.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g5.1 100175 Stephen Parry 2 Tasmania Liberal Party 10507 /senator/?m=100175 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]: 2009-11-19.89.1 2009-11-19 12 101 229505 229506 74 100254 317 ...of the opposition over how they deal with the great political issues confronting this parliament and this nation at this time. This morning we heard yet another extraordinary speech from Senator Minchin, the Leader of the Liberal Party in this place, who once again flatly and openly contradicted his leader Malcolm Turnbull and contradicted the purported policy of his own party on the issue... /senate/?id=2009-11-19.88.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g89.1 100254 David Feeney 2 Victoria Australian Labor Party 10709 /senator/?m=100254 Asylum Seekers: 2009-11-19.73.1 2009-11-19 12 101 229465 229466 43 100114 284 Thank you very much, Mr President. I rise to concur with the remarks given by Senator Evans, you, Senator Minchin and Senator Brown. If everybody conducted the Senate the way Sir Richard Baker from South Australia, who was a free trader and fought a duel with Kingston, did, the role of the Clerk of the Senate would be far easier. Unfortunately, as it has devolved more into a party political... /senate/?id=2009-11-19.69.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g73.1 100114 Barnaby Joyce 2 Queensland National Party 10350 /senator/?m=100114 Valedictory: 2009-11-19.57.6 2009-11-19 12 101 229306 229354 61 100241 168 ...the first one first. Yes, I am aware of the heatwave in Adelaide. It was something my mother was complaining about when I last spoke to her—how hot and unseasonable it had been. I note Senator Minchin interjected on your question, suggesting that this was not a record and that these temperatures had been observed in 1961. I do not know whether that is true or not. I certainly know it... /senate/?id=2009-11-19.57.1&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g57.6 100241 Penny Wong 2 SA Australian Labor Party 10678 /senator/?m=100241 Minister for Climate Change and Water Minister for Climate Change and Water Questions without Notice: Climate Change 2009-11-19.42.1 2009-11-19 12 101 229262 229263 28 100164 86 ...ask the question is simply wrong. But that is not what we are discussing today. Today we are discussing the CPRS bills that are before us. I commend the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Nick Minchin for pointing out earlier what a misnomer ‘CPRS legislation’ is. I also commend him on his speech to the chamber. The interesting thing is that when we go out there into the... /senate/?id=2009-11-19.31.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g42.1 100164 Fiona Nash 2 NSW National Party 10478 /senator/?m=100164 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]: 2009-11-17.51.3 2009-11-17 12 101 227902 227903 67 100175 227 At the request of Senator Minchin, I move:That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, no later than 10 am on Wednesday, 18 November 2009, a document outlining:(a)the selection process undertaken to appoint Mr Mike Kaiser as the Principal – Government Relations and External Affairs for NBN Co., as announced on 13 November... /senate/?id=2009-11-17.51.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g51.3 100175 Stephen Parry 2 Tasmania Liberal Party 10507 /senator/?m=100175 MR Mike Kaiser: Order 2009-11-17.50.1 2009-11-17 12 101 227897 227898 68 100169 223 by leave—The government opposed general business notices of motion Nos 611 and 612, moved by Senator Cormann, and No. 613, moved on behalf of Senator Minchin. We recognise that the Senate voted in majority for the motions and we did not call a division on any of the motions for that reason. /senate/?id=2009-11-17.49.2&s=minchin+section%3Alords#g50.1 100169 Kerry O'Brien 2 Tasmania Australian Labor Party 10492 /senator/?m=100169 Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Legislation: Order