Motions agreed to—2003

Number of principal motions agreed to: 174
Subject Notice given Agreed to Journals page
A Certain Maritime Incident—Select Committee—Findings (Senator Brown) 14/10/03 15/10/03* 2569
Animal Welfare (Senator Bartlett) 23/06/03 12/08/03* 2095
Animal Welfare—Cattle transportation (Senator Bartlett) 23/06/03 11/08/03* 2069
Animal Welfare—Dogs—Tail docking (Senator Bartlett) 23/06/03 26/06/03* 2013
Animal Welfare—Solomon Islands—Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Senator Brown) 19/08/03 20/08/03 2244
Bushfires (Senator Hill)   04/02/03 1440
Children—Domestic violence (Senator Stott Despoja) 14/08/03 18/08/03 2178
Communications—Australian Broadcasting Corporation—Director (Senator Cherry) 05/02/03 06/02/03 1474
Communications—Broadcasting—Proposed merger (Senator Cherry) 02/12/03 14/12/03 2856
Communications—Hands-free mobile phone kits (Senator Allison) 12/08/03 13/08/03 2112
Communications—Television—G-rated material (Senator Ridgeway) 03/12/03 14/12/03 2856
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Senator Bartlett) 13/10/03 15/10/03* 2570
Culture and the Arts—Australian Film Industry awards (Senator Forshaw) 11/12/02 05/02/03 1456
Culture and the Arts—Mr Albert Namatjira—Copyright (Senator Ridgeway) 04/02/03 05/02/03 1457
Culture and the Arts—Regional Arts Fund (Senator Brown) 03/12/03 04/12/03* 2851
Death of former Member Jim Anderson (Senator Hutchins) 27/03/03 13/05/03 1773
Death of Maurice Gibb (Senator Ian Campbell) 05/03/03 06/03/03 1556
Death of Mrs Alice Ellen Kelly (Senator Ridgeway) 18/08/03 19/08/03 2215
Death of Mr Charlie Donovan (Senator Ridgeway) 18/08/03 19/08/03 2216
Death of Mr Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (Senator Ridgeway) 13/05/03 14/05/03 1804
Death of Ms Anna Lindh (Senator Cook) 15/09/03 16/09/03 2394
Death of Ms Rachel Corrie (Senator Stott Despoja) 19/03/03 20/03/03 1614
Death of Prince of Wales Midpul (Senator Ridgeway) 04/02/03 05/02/03 1456
Defence—Australian Defence Force Personnel—Discrimination (Senator Greig) 04/03/03 05/03/03 1541
Defence—Cluster bombs (Senator Nettle) 06/03/03 20/03/03 1612
Defence—Explosive remnants of war (Senators Bartlett and Stott Despoja) 17/09/03 08/10/03 2486
Defence—Iraq—Australian Defence Force personnel (Senator Brown) 25/03/03 26/03/03* 1684
Defence—Iraq—Nuclear weapons (Senator Brown) 05/02/03 06/02/03 1474
Defence—Point Nepean (Senator Allison) 24/06/03 25/06/03 1981
Defence—Point Nepean—Land sale (Senator Nettle) 09/09/03 10/09/03* 2336
Education—Backing Australia's Future (Senators Nettle, Crossin and Stott Despoja) 15/10/03 16/10/03* 2581
Employment—Unemployment rate (Senator Nettle) 25/11/03 26/11/03* 2737
Environment—Barrow Island—Proposed gas development (Senator Brown) 09/09/03 11/09/03 2350
Environment—Blue whales (Senator Brown) 06/02/03 05/03/03* 1541
Environment—Carbon dioxide emissions (Senator Allison) 23/06/03 24/06/03* 1944
Environment—Christmas Island—Mining proposals (Senator Brown) 28/10/03 30/10/03* 2654
Environment—Disposable DVDs (Senator Brown) 10/09/03 16/09/03* 2395
Environment—Eileen Kampakuta Brown—National Repository (Senator Allison) 03/03/03 05/03/03* 1540
Environment—Global warming (Senator Brown) 11/08/03 13/08/03 2112
Environment—Jabiluka uranium mine site (Senator Nettle) 13/08/03 14/08/03* 2135
Environment—South Australia—Nuclear waste repository (Senator Allison) 24/03/03 25/03/03 1658
Environment—Tasmania—Australia's biggest tree (Senator Brown) 15/05/03 18/06/03* 1884
Environment—Tasmania—Recherche Bay (Senator Brown) 27/03/03 15/05/03* 1814
Environment—Water (Senator Nettle) 08/09/03 09/09/03* 2315
Environment—World Heritage Convention (Senator Brown) 04/03/03 05/03/03 1542
Environment—World Water Day (Senator Allison) 19/03/03 20/03/03 1613
Environment—World Water Day (Senator Lees) 19/03/03 20/03/03 1613
Environment—World Water Day (Senator Lees) 19/03/03 20/03/03 1613
Family and Community Services—Public and community housing (Senator Bartlett) 24/11/03 25/11/03 2711
Finance—Gambling and gaming revenue (Senator Murray) 23/06/03 24/06/03 1941
Foreign Affairs—Burma—Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (Senator Brown) 26/06/03 11/08/03* 2068
Foreign Affairs—Burma—Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (Senator Nettle) 18/06/03 19/06/03* 1898
Foreign Affairs—Burma—Human rights (Senators Payne and Ridgeway) 05/03/03 06/03/03 1557
Foreign Affairs—Chile (Senator Stott Despoja) 10/09/03 11/09/03* 2351
Foreign Affairs—China—Human rights (Senator Stott Despoja) 25/11/03 01/12/03* 2785
Foreign Affairs—Colombia—Former Senator Ingrid Betancourt and Ms Clara Rojas (Senator Brown) 06/02/03 03/03/03 1495
Foreign Affairs—Colombia—Human rights (Senator Stott Despoja) 07/10/03 14/10/03* 2548
Foreign Affairs—Hong Kong—Human rights (Senator Stott Despoja) 20/08/03 21/08/03 2260
Foreign Affairs—Human rights—Detainees (Senator Stott Despoja) 13/10/03 15/10/03* 2567
Foreign Affairs—Human rights—Mr David Hicks and Mr Mamdouh Habib (Senator Nettle) 04/03/03 06/03/03 1562
Foreign Affairs—Human rights—Mr David Hicks and Mr Mamdouh Habib (Senator Nettle) 13/08/03 14/08/03* 2136
Foreign Affairs—Human rights—Mr Mamdouh Habib (Senator Nettle) 27/10/03 28/10/03 2630
Foreign Affairs—Human rights—Vietnam (Senators Humphries and Stott Despoja) 03/12/03 04/12/03 2853
Foreign Affairs—International Criminal Court (Senator Greig) 18/06/03 19/06/03 1895
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Children (Senator Murray) 05/03/03 06/03/03 1557
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Children—Health (Senator Allison) 18/06/03 19/06/03 1894
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Military action (Senator Bartlett) 18/03/03 20/03/03 1614
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Military action (Senator Hill)   20/03/03* 1619
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Nuclear weapons (Senator Allison) 05/03/03 06/03/03 1556
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—United Nations Personnel (Senator Brown) 21/08/03 08/09/03 2282
Foreign Affairs—Korea (Senator Bartlett) 25/06/03 26/06/03* 2018
Foreign Affairs—Solomon Islands (Senator Hill)   12/08/03# 2091
Foreign Affairs—Tibet—Buddhist Monk Lobsang Dhondup (Senator Brown) 06/02/03 04/03/03* 1520
Foreign Affairs—Ukrainian famine (Senator Heffernan) 29/10/03 30/10/03 2652
Foreign Affairs—West Papua (Senator Brown) 11/08/03 12/08/03* 2094
Foreign Affairs—Zimbabwe—Human Rights (Senators Ferguson, Murray, Sandy Macdonald, O'Brien) 05/02/03 06/02/03 1473
Governor-General (Senator Faulkner)   15/05/03# 1818
Health—Bipolar disorder (Senator Allison) 09/09/03 10/09/03 2337
Health—Bipolar disorder (Senator Allison) 07/10/03 08/10/03 2484
Health—Diabetes (Senator Barnett) 18/08/03 19/08/03 2215
Health—Drug Action Week (Senator Ridgeway) 25/06/03 26/06/03 2013
Health—Food irradiation (Senator Cherry) 13/08/03 14/08/03* 2135
Health—Hearing Awareness Week (Senator Stott Despoja) 20/08/03 21/08/03 2263
Health—HIV/AIDS (Senator Stott Despoja) 16/09/03 17/09/03* 2420
Health—International Midwives Day (Senator Ridgeway) 13/05/03 14/05/03 1803
Health—Medicare—Bulk billing (Senator Evans) 06/03/03 27/03/03* 1704
Health—Medicare—Bulk billing (Senator Nettle) 04/03/03 06/03/03* 1564
Health—Medicare—Bulk billing (Senator Nettle) 26/11/03 27/11/03 2754
Health—National Autism Awareness Week (Senator Stott Despoja) 14/05/03 15/05/03 1816
Health—Nuclear testing—Cancer deaths (Senator Allison) 03/03/03 06/03/03* 1556
Health—Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (Senator Nettle) 18/03/03 19/03/03 1595
Health—Therapeutic goods—Pan Pharmaceuticals (Senator Brown) 25/06/03 26/06/03* 2011
Health—Tobacco (Senator Allison) 08/09/03 09/09/03 2315
Health—Tobacco (Senator Allison) 10/09/03 11/09/03* 2349
Health—World AIDS Day (Senators Nettle and Stott Despoja) 26/11/03 27/11/03* 2753
Historical Events—B'nai B'rith 160th anniversary (Senator Forshaw) 13/10/03 14/10/03 2547
Historical Events—Nazi regime (Senator Hutchins) 10/09/03 15/09/03* 2374
Human Rights—Iraq—Children—Hand of Peace Exchange (Senator Stott Despoja) 25/03/03 26/03/03 1684
Human Rights—Sexuality (Senator Greig) 14/05/03 15/05/03 1815
Immigration—Detention centres (Senator Brown) 05/02/03 06/02/03* 1474
Immigration—Detention centres (Senator Nettle) 03/03/03 04/03/03* 1520
Immigration—Iran—Asylum seekers (Senator Nettle) 16/09/03 18/09/03* 2433
Immigration—Sammaki family (Senator Brown) 14/10/03 15/10/03* 2569
Immigration—SIEV X (Senator Bartlett) 14/10/03 16/10/03 2580
Indigenous Australians—Anthony Mundine (Senator Ridgeway) 10/09/03 11/09/03* 2350
Indigenous Australians—Cathy Freeman (Senator Ridgeway) 13/08/03 14/08/03 2134
Indigenous Australians—Children (Senator Ridgeway) 16/09/03 17/09/03 2422
Indigenous Australians—Council of Australian Governments (Senator Ridgeway) 25/11/03 26/11/03 2736
Indigenous Australians—Jimmy Little (Senator Ridgeway) 03/12/03 04/12/03 2853
Indigenous Australians—NAIDOC Week (Senator Ridgeway) 13/08/03 14/08/03 2136
Indigenous Australians—National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards (Senator Ridgeway) 25/11/03 26/11/03 2735
Indigenous Australians—National Sorry Day (Senator Ridgeway) 14/05/03 15/05/03 1815
Indigenous Australians—Olympic Museum Foundation—Copyright (Senator Ridgeway) 05/03/03 19/03/03* 1593
Indigenous Australians—Political representation (Senator Ridgeway) 10/09/03 11/09/03 2350
Indigenous Australians—Women (Senator Ridgeway) 26/03/03 27/03/03 1706
Industrial Relations—National maternity leave scheme (Senator Nettle) 25/11/03 03/12/03* 2837
Law and Justice—Australian Capital Territory—Sexuality discrimination legislation (Senator Greig) 26/03/03 27/03/03 1709
Law and Justice—Constitutional change (Senator Bartlett) 28/10/03 30/10/03 2654
Law and Justice—Death penalty (Senator Bartlett) 19/08/03 21/08/03* 2259
Law and Justice—Violence against women (Senator Stott Despoja) 01/12/03 02/12/03 2811
Mine Ban Treaty (Senator Stott Despoja) 19/08/03 21/08/03 2261
National Landcare Week (Senator O'Brien) 20/08/03 21/08/03 2262
Nobel Peace Prize—Ms Shirin Ebadi (Senator Ridgeway) 13/10/03 14/10/03 2547
Nuclear Tests—50th anniversary (Senator Wong) 13/10/03 15/10/03 2568
Nuclear Weapons Conference (Senator Allison) 07/10/03 08/10/03 2484
Parliamentary Departments—Amalgamation (President) 13/08/03 18/08/03* 2180
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Additional works at Reconciliation Place (Senator Ian Campbell) 03/03/03 06/03/03 1554
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works propsal—Approval—Design and content of Artwork Seven at Reconciliation Place (Senator Minchin)   05/12/03# 2949
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Design and location of pedestrian lighting in the Parliamentary Zone (Senator Ian Campbell) 24/03/03 27/03/03 1704
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Design for the Commonwealth Place Forecourt (Senator Ian Campbell) 23/06/03 25/06/03 1965
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Erection of public artwork to celebrate the centenary of women's suffrage in Australia (Senator Ellison) 06/02/03 06/03/03 1553
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Installation of a commemorative plaque to the victims of the Bali atrocity (Senator Coonan)   18/09/03# 2444
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Installation of four accessible pram ramps at the junction of the Parade Ground and Federation Mall (Senator Ian Campbell) 13/10/03 14/10/03 2538
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Installation of temporary vehicle barriers and permanent CCTV cameras (Senator Ian Campbell) 03/03/03 06/03/03 1554
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Landscape and lighting works at the Treasury Building (Senator Ian Campbell) 23/06/03 25/06/03 1965
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Reconstruction of Old Parliament House gardens (Senator Ian Macdonald) 25/06/03 26/06/03 2019
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Restoration of Forecourt scoria (Senator Abetz) 15/10/03 16/10/03 2583
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Security upgrade works for the Parliament House loading dock (Senator Patterson) 26/11/03 27/11/03 2751
Parliament—Council of Australian Governments (Senator Harradine) 08/10/03 25/11/03* 2710
Parliament—Election of Hawke Labor Government—20th Anniversary (Senator Cook) 04/03/03 05/03/03 1538
Parliament House—Bogong moths—Death of birdlife (Senator Lees) 30/10/03 24/11/03 2685
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee—Ovine Johne's Disease in the Australian Sheep Flock—Government response (Senator Cherry) 05/03/03 06/03/03 1558
Science and Technology—Chief Scientist (Senator Brown) 07/10/03 15/10/03* 2566
Science and Technology—Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Senator Bartlett) 08/09/03 11/09/03 2348
Science and Technology—Genetically-engineered crops (Senator Stott Despoja) 11/12/02 19/03/03 1598
Science and Technology—Genetically-engineered crops—Labelling (Senator Nettle) 26/11/03 27/11/03* 2752
Science and Technology—Genetically-modified crops (Senator Cherry) 02/12/03 04/12/03* 2854
Science and Technology—Genetically-modified material (Senator Brown) 26/06/03 11/08/03* 2068
Science and Technology—National Science Week 2003 (Senator Stott Despoja) 18/08/03 19/08/03 2216
Science and Technology—Nuclear weapons (Senator Bartlett) 14/10/03 27/10/03*# 2609
Science and Technology—Science Meets Parliament (Senator Stott Despoja) 14/10/03 15/10/03 2568
Senate and Senate Committees—Claims of commercial confidentiality (Senator Carr) 29/10/03 30/10/03 2654
Social Issues—Gambling (Senator Allison) 07/10/03 08/10/03 2484
Social Issues—People with disabilities (Senator Greig) 02/12/03 03/12/03 2839
Sport—Australian cricket—Steve Waugh (Senators Kemp and Lundy) 01/12/03 02/12/03 2804
Sport—Australian Davis Cup tennis team (Senator Kemp) 01/12/03 02/12/03 2804
Sport—Australian One Day Cricket Team (Senator Kemp) 24/03/03 25/03/03 1655
Sport—Basketball—Ms Lauren Jackson (Senator Lundy) 15/09/03 16/09/03 2392
Sport—Rugby World Cup—Australian Wallabies (Senator Kemp) 26/11/03 27/11/03 2750
Sport—Sport programs and rugby league (Senator Hutchins) 14/10/03 15/10/03 2570
Superannuation—Sexuality discrimination (Senator Greig) 13/05/03 14/05/03 1803
Taxation—Alternative fuels (Senator Allison) 07/10/03 09/10/03* 2499
Trade—Filipino bananas (Senator Cherry) 26/11/03 27/11/03* 2751
Trade—Free trade agreement (Senator Ridgeway) 01/12/03 02/12/03* 2811
Trade—Free trade agreement—Agricultural subsidies (Senator Nettle) 17/09/03 09/10/03 2502
Trade—Free trade agreement—Australian cultural content (Senator Brown) 24/11/03 25/11/03 2710
Trade—Free trade agreement—Environment (Senator Brown) 24/11/03 02/12/03 2811
Trade—Free trade agreement—Foreign television programming (Senator Nettle) 17/09/03 09/10/03 2503
Trade—World Trade Organization Ministerial Council (Senator Ridgeway) 15/09/03 16/09/03 2396
Waterfall Train Disaster (Senator Forshaw) 04/02/03 05/02/03 1456
Women—International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Senator Stott Despoja) 24/11/03 25/11/03 2712
Women—Media—Body image (Senator Stott Despoja) 27/03/03 15/05/03 1812
Women—World Rural Women's Day (Senator Troeth) 15/10/03 16/10/03 2583
World Suicide Prevention Day (Senator Brown) 10/09/03 11/09/03 2349

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