TRANSCRIPT - senate passage of the carbon tax

NATIONALS SENATORS DOORSTOP 8 November 2011 Topics: Senate passage of the carbon tax BARNABY JOYCE: Well thanks very much for being here. Obviously today is an extremely sad day for Australia. The whole prospect that somehow we can single-handedly as a nation by ourselves change the tempera... ...more

The Australian farmers' job just got harder

Australian farmers have had their job in producing our nation’s food made even harder with the carbon tax passing the senate today.  Labor and the Greens used their numbers in the senate to first cut short debate on the carbon tax legislation and then ram it through. Nationals Senator Fiona N... ...more

LETTER TO EDITOR - Environment NOT Greens' priority

Dear Editor,  Just recently the Greens were outed on their real agenda and it doesn’t prioritise the environment.    The revelation came about when the Greens moved a motion to secure the chair’s position for the senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee.&#... ...more

LETTER TO EDITOR - Windsor a desperate MP

Dear Editor, The Independent Member for New England, Tony Windsor, will evidently go to any length to save face on an embarrassing policy position that he has taken.    He yet again misleads your readers about youth allowance in the story `Grubby deal overturned: MP’, published in the ... ...more

CURRENT INQUIRY - The shortage of engineering and related employment skiills

EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS INQUIRY - THE SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERING AND RELATED EMPLOYMENT SKILLS On 07 November 2011 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committees for inquiry and report.The Senate referred to the Comm... ...more

COMPLETED INQUIRY - Quarantine Amendment (Disallowing Permits) Bill 2011

RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT INQUIRY - QUARANTINE AMENDMENT (DISALLOWING PERMITS) BILL 2011On 14 September 2011 the Senate referred the Quarantine Amendment (Disallowing Permits) Bill 2011 for inquiry and report.The bill amends the Quarantine Act 1908 to provide that Biosecurity Policy Determinations... ...more

Greens reject chance to chair environment senate committee

Senator NASH (New South Wales—Deputy Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (11:46):   Colleagues, for the last little while I have been coming into this place day after day and thinking that it cannot really get any more pear shaped under the Labor-Greens-Independents government. But toda... ...more

Greens social agenda more important than environment

The Greens today proved they are more interested in pursuing their social agenda than environmental and regional issues, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash said. The Greens secured the chair’s position of the senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee which was previously held by the... ...more

Sydney Morning Herald - carbon tax continues in the senate

If Australia turns a blind eye to climate change it will have to be prepared to deal with the consequences of displaced environmental refugees, the Senate has been told. The upper house is considering a package of government bills, setting up a carbon pricing regime, approved by the House of Repres... ...more

Nash questions carbon tax legislation

Nationals Senator Fiona Nash today questioned the logic of an upfront compensation payment for Australians impacted by higher living costs because of the carbon tax.  The carbon tax legislation includes an initial one-off, up-front, lump sum payment before the carbon tax is introduced next Jul... ...more