Motions agreed to—2004

Number of principal motions agreed to:
40th Parliament 78
41st Parliament 27
Total for 2004 105
40th Parliament
Subject Notice given Agreed to Journals page
Anti-Semitism (Senator Stephens) 10/02/04 22/03/04 3162
Australian Federal Police Commissioner—Ministers and ministerial staff (Senators Faulkner and Bartlett) 23/03/04 24/03/04 3216
Centenary House—Royal Commission—Review (Senator Murray) 01/03/04 04/03/04* 3082
Communications—Australian Broadcasting Corporation—Radio National (Senator Brown) 08/03/04 09/03/04 3114
Culture and the Arts—Australian film industry (Senators Lundy and Kemp) 02/03/04 03/03/04* 3070
Culture and the Arts—Parliament House Art Collection (Senator Ridgeway) 29/03/04 30/03/04* 3273
Culture and the Arts—Parliament House Art Collection (Senator Ridgeway) 31/03/04 01/04/04 3315
Death of Mr Djerrkura (Senator Ridgeway) 21/06/04 22/06/04 3610
Death of Mr Nicholas Berg (Senator Evans) 13/05/04 15/06/04 3438
Death of Sir Rupert Hamer, AC, KCMG (Senator Allison) 31/03/04 01/04/04 3314
Education—Funding (Senator Nettle) 22/03/04 24/03/04* 3217
Education—Higher education contribution scheme (Senator Stott Despoja) 23/03/04 24/03/04 3217
Education—Higher education contribution scheme (Senator Stott Despoja) 11/05/04 12/05/04 3401
Education—Higher education contribution scheme (Senator Stott Despoja) 22/06/04 23/06/04* 3657
Education—Higher education contribution scheme (Senator Stott Despoja) 11/08/04 12/08/04 3896
Education—Higher education contribution scheme (Senator Stott Despoja) 11/08/04 12/08/04 3899
Education—Teachers (Senator Allison) 22/03/04 23/03/04* 3198
Education—Universities meet Parliament (Senator Stott Despoja) 09/03/04 10/03/04 3131
Education—University of Sydney—Nursing faculty (Senator Nettle) 03/08/04 04/08/04 3819
Elgin Marbles (Senator Ridgeway) 11/08/04 12/08/04 3898
Environment—Climate change (Senator Allison) 04/03/04 08/03/04* 3101
Environment—Endangered species (Senator Brown) 31/03/04 01/04/04 3320
Environment—International Conference for Renewable Energies (Senator Brown) 11/05/04 12/05/04 3403
Environment—National water initiative (Senator Brown) 23/06/04 24/06/04 3673
Environment—Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies (Senator Brown) 17/06/04 21/06/04 3573
Foreign Affairs—Asian Parliamentarians Meeting on Population and Development (Senator Allison) 10/02/04 11/02/04 2997
Foreign Affairs—Australian Council for International Development (Senator Stott Despoja) 11/03/04 22/03/04 3163
Foreign Affairs—Burma—Aung San Suu Kyi (Senators Ridgeway, Stott Despoja and Faulkner) 16/06/04 17/06/04* 3497
Foreign Affairs—Burma—Human rights (Senator Ridgeway) 24/03/04 25/03/04 3229
Foreign Affairs—Colombia—Human rights (Senator Stott Despoja) 23/06/04 04/08/04 3816
Foreign Affairs—Human rights—Children (Senator Stott Despoja) 01/03/04 02/03/04 3051
Foreign Affairs—Mine Ban Treaty (Senator Stott Despoja) 12/05/04 13/05/04* 3414
Foreign Affairs—Nuclear weapon systems—Colonel Stanislav Petrov (Senator Allison) 16/06/04 23/06/04* 3655
Foreign Affairs—Sudan—Human rights (Senator Stott Despoja) 22/06/04 23/06/04* 3656
Foreign Affairs—Sudan—War crimes (Senator Stephens) 11/08/04 12/08/04* 3897
Foreign Affairs—Syria—Human rights (Senators Cherry and Stott Despoja) 29/03/04 31/03/04 3304
Foreign Affairs—Thailand—Hunan rights (Senators Ridgeway and Stott Despoja) 09/08/04 11/08/04* 3880
Foreign Affairs—Western Sahara (Senators Allison and Nettle) 03/03/04 04/03/04 3080
Health—Brain tumours (Senators Allison and McLucas) 15/06/04 16/06/04 3476
Health—Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Senator Allison) 13/05/04 15/06/04 3438
Health—Cigarette vending machines (Senator Allison) 09/08/04 10/08/04* 3859
Health—HIV/AIDS (Senator Allison) 11/02/04 12/02/04 3011
Health—Inequalities (Senator Allison) 16/06/04 21/06/04 3573
Health—Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Senator Allison) 01/03/04 02/03/04 3050
Health—Midwife services (Senator Allison) 02/03/04 03/03/04 3070
Health—Midwives (Senator Ridgeway) 23/06/04 24/06/04 3674
Health—Rural communities (Senator Allison) 25/03/04 29/03/04* 3246
Health—Tobacco advertising—Australian Grand Prix (Senator Allison) 08/03/04 09/03/04* 3113
Historical Events—Eureka rebellion (Senator Marshall) 11/05/04 12/05/04 3403
Human Rights—Children (Senator Nettle) 23/06/04 24/06/04 3676
Indigenous Australians—Anangu Tours (Senator Ridgeway) 21/06/04 22/06/04 3611
Indigenous Australians—International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (Senator Ridgeway) 10/08/04 11/08/04* 3881
Indigenous Australians—NAIDOC Week (Senator Bartlett) 03/08/04 04/08/04 3817
Indigenous Australians—National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day (Senators Collins and O'Brien) 03/08/04 04/08/04 3816
Indigenous Australians—Redfern Community Centre (Senator Ridgeway) 22/03/04 23/03/04 3198
Industry—Airservices Australia—Emergency vehicles (Senators Nettle and Carr) 04/08/04 10/08/04* 3861
Law and Justice—James Hardie Industries—Compensation (Senator Nettle) 04/08/04 12/08/04 3901
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Construction of permanent access ramps at the rear of Old Parliament House (Senator Ian Campbell) 11/08/04 12/08/04 3900
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Design and content of the Centenary of Women's Suffrage commemorative fountain at the Old Parliament House gardens (Senator Troeth) 31/03/04 01/04/04 3320
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Enhancement of security around Parliament House (Senator Hill) 17/06/04 24/06/04 3680
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Extension of approval for temporary vehicle barriers around Parliament House (Senator Troeth) 24/03/04 25/03/04 3230
Senate resolutions for inquiries (Senator Bartlett) 21/06/04 22/06/04 3610
Social Issues—Bernadette McMenamin—Child Wise Limited (Senator Ridgeway) 11/02/04 12/02/04 3010
Social Issues—National day of action for seniors (Senator Allison) 31/03/04 01/04/04 3314
Social Issues—National Youth Week (Senator Nettle) 30/03/04 31/03/04 3304
Sport—Benita Johnson (Senators Ridgeway, Kemp and Lundy) 22/03/04 24/03/04* 3217
Superannuation—Preservation age (Senator Cherry) 29/03/04 31/03/04 3303
Taxation—Charities (Senator Cherry) 31/03/04 01/04/04 3321
Trade—Free trade agreement (Senator Ridgeway) 04/03/04 08/03/04 3102
Trade—Free trade agreement—Productivity Commission—Assessment (Senator Conroy) 22/03/04 23/03/04 3196
Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Senator Brown) 24/03/04 25/03/04* 3229
United Nations Security Council—Nuclear non-proliferation (Senator Allison) 31/03/04 11/05/04 3367
Women—Domestic violence (Senators Allison and Stott Despoja) 16/06/04 17/06/04* 3494
Women—Domestic violence and pregnancy (Senator Allison) 11/08/04 12/08/04 3896
Women—International Women's Day (Senators Crossin and Stott Despoja) 08/03/04 09/03/04 3114
Women—International Women's Day (Senator Troeth) 04/03/04 08/03/04 3097
Women—World Breastfeeding Week (Senator Stott Despoja) 04/08/04 05/08/04 3830
World Refugee Day (Senator Kirk) 16/06/04 17/06/04* 3496
41st Parliament
Subject Notice given Agreed to Journals page
Death of Yasser Arafat (Senator Nettle) 16/11/04 18/11/04* 75
Education—Higher education (Senator Stott Despoja) 08/12/04 09/12/04 291
Environment—High-intensity active naval sonar (Senator Allison) 16/11/04 01/12/04* 166
Environment—Murray River (Senator Brown) 01/12/04 06/12/04* 216
Environment—Tasmania—Forests (Senator Brown) 18/11/04 09/12/04* 287
Environment—Tasmania—Tarkine wilderness (Senator Brown) 18/11/04 09/12/04* 287
Foreign Affairs—Burma (Senator Nettle) 01/12/04 02/12/04 184
Foreign Affairs—Colombia—Hostages (Senator Brown) 01/12/04 08/12/04* 269
Foreign Affairs—Human rights—Children (Senator Bartlett) 17/11/04 18/11/04 76
Foreign Affairs—Iraq—Children (Senator Allison) 01/12/04 02/12/04* 181
Foreign Affairs—Sudan (Senator Stott Despoja) 17/11/04 18/11/04 77
Foreign Affairs—Ukraine (Senator Chapman) 01/12/04 02/12/04 180
Foreign Affairs—Western Sahara (Senator Allison) 16/11/04 29/11/04* 121
Health—Maternity services (Senators Allison and Ridgeway) 29/11/04 30/11/04 141
Health—World AIDS Day (Senators Allison and Greig) 30/11/04 01/12/04* 167
Historical Events—Eureka flag (Senator Marshall) 29/11/04 30/11/04* 140
Indigenous Australians—Mr John Bulunbulun (Senator Ridgeway) 07/12/04 08/12/04 267
Indigenous Australians—Opening of Parliament (Senator Ridgeway) 16/11/04 17/11/04 54
Indigenous Australians—Palm Island (Senators Brown, Ridgeway and Carr) 29/11/04 01/12/04* 167
Indigenous Australians—Tangentyere Council (Senator Crossin) 01/12/04 02/12/04 181
Jewish Festival—Hanukkah (Senator Ludwig) 06/12/04 07/12/04 242
Multiculturalism—Christmas celebrations (Senator Ludwig) 06/12/04 07/12/04 242
Parliamentary Zone—Capital works proposal—Approval—Replacement and extension of cooling towers at the rear of Old Parliament House (Senator Ellison) 30/11/04 06/12/04 209
Social Issues—Australian prisons—Drug use (Senator Allison) 18/11/04 30/11/04* 141
Social Issues—People with disabilities (Senators Greig and McLucas) 01/12/04 02/12/04 183
Sport—Use of word 'ANZACS' (Senator Harris) 16/11/04 18/11/04* 76
Transport—Ansett employee entitlements (Senator Allison) 07/12/04 08/12/04 268

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