Senator Barnaby Joyce

From the floor

Here's what Senator Joyce has been up to on the floor of the Senate.

The following are Senator Joyce's most recent statements in the Senate according to the Hansard, the official transcript of Senate deliberations.

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Recent Statements

Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines: (24 Sep 2008)

I move: That the Senate— (a) calls on the Government to amend the Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines in relation to the establishment of trees for the purposes of carbon sequestration, made under subsection 40-1010(3) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 , in order: (i) to avert the use of prime...

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Age Pensions (24 Sep 2008)

Let us start with the comment on stunts. The first stunt I will talk about is Senator Lundy standing up and saying that the Liberal and Nationals coalition did not have speakers. There was an agreement in this place that there was to be one speaker each. She should acknowledge that, and Senator Evans should acknowledge that. That was completely misleading this chamber.

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Age Pensions (24 Sep 2008)

Senator Evans and the Labor Party today are going on with this because they are taking pensioners for fools by trying to imply something that is not the truth of how the process went about. That is another indictment on how the Labor Party is taking pensioners completely and utterly for granted. This is a complete insult. Of course, we could have lined up speakers from here to outside the...

Questions without Notice: Broadband (24 Sep 2008)

Mr President, I raise a point of order on relevance. The question was about building a fibre backbone. Can the minister suggest exactly where that is currently being built?

Committees: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee; Report (23 Sep 2008)

It is an interesting day when people such as Senator McGauran, Senator Heffernan, Senator Boswell, Senator Nash, Senator Williams, Senator Milne and Senator Bob Brown start agreeing on something. There was an agreement today that this legislation, as it stands, and more importantly the regulatory guidelines, as they stand, are a very bad outcome. I want to concentrate on one...

Traveston Dam: (23 Sep 2008)

by leave—I would like to state for the record in reflection on what Senator Ludwig said that we have not found the process of the EPBC Act open and accountable or able to be audited. It is a process that has been under question right from the word go. This is a peculiarity, in that on one of the most unsuitable sites for a dam in Queensland they are proposing the expenditure of...

Questions without Notice: Economy (23 Sep 2008)

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. I request, if I may, that Senator Evans table the transcript in which I actually said, ‘Spend the surplus.’

Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008; a New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition — General) Amendment Bill 2008; a New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition — Customs) Amendment Bill 2008; a New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition — Excise) Amendment Bill 2008: In Committee (22 Sep 2008)

I stand in support of what Senator Abetz has said and also in support of amendments (1) to (3) on sheet 5590, which are the amendments moved by my colleague Senator Williams and Senator Abetz. It is quite obvious that those of us in everyday Australia do not want to have to walk into our local hotel, into our local club at night, line everybody up and say, ‘Are you a primary producer...

Questions without Notice: Heritage (18 Sep 2008)

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, who I believe today is Senator Faulkner. Will the minister indicate whether the Rudd Labor government approves the demolition of a 99-year-old heritage listed building in Cairns to make way for a high-rise development? What does the Rudd Labor government propose to do about this important...