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Ernest Peets

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20 Jul 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam President, may I just grab your attention— The President: Minister Peets.
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Senator Hodgson is on a roll. The President: Yes, she has had a very busy day today.
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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I just had a brief conversation with her. She would like to continue with items 7 and 8 on our Order Paper, if we can just defer items 6 and 9 until after she is finished. If that pleases. The President: So we will move on to items 7 and 8 at this stage, yes.
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Thank you for the accommodation. The President: Yes. Senator Hodgson, when you are ready you can move o n to your second reading of the Quara ntine Amendment Act 2022. Sen. Adrianna Hodgson: Thank you. Madam President, I move that the Bill entitled the Quarantine Amendment Act 2022 be now read a second time. The President: Is there any objection …
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Yes, Madam Pres ident, given the fact that actually this particular matter that the Junior Minister is speaking about is the Quar-antine Amendment A ct, the questions from the Opposition Senators are certainly noted. But I would imagine that they are more appropriate actually for the draft Order entitled, Public Health (COVID -19) Emergency Extension (No. 5) Order, which we …
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Yes, Madam Pres ident, thank you. I certainly appreciate the conversation t hat we are having today. Of course, everything that we say is reported in Hansard. So, I certainly want to make known that the Senators were correct to actually raise this question under the Quarantine Act. I did a little digging, and they were actually correct to raise …
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Go for lunch. The President: Go for lunch. With that then, the Leader in the Senate has spoken. Senators, we will break for lunch and we will return at 2:00. The Senate is adjourned. Thank you, Senators. Proceedings suspended at 12:46 pm Proceedings resumed at 2:01 pm [ Sen. the Hon. Joan E. Dillas -Wright, President, pr esiding] ORDERS OF …
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Yes, Thank you and good afternoon to you. The President: Good afternoon.
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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I move that the Bill entitled the Domestic Partnership Amendment Act 2022 now be read a second time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection.
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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I move that [Standing Order] 26 be suspended in r espect to this Bill. The President: This is the second reading . . . sorry. Sen. the Hon. Dr. Ernest Peets: Thank you. See, I was moving to m otion to a djourn. [ Laughter] The President: You are in a hurry this afternoon. BILL SECOND READING DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT …
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much. Madam President, I am very pleased to offer for a s econd reading the Bill entitled the Domestic Partnership Amendment Act 2022 . T he Bill seeks to (1) extend the transitional period under section 54 of the Domestic Partnership Act 2018 which is the principal Act, to the 14 th of March …
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Madam President, I move that [Standing Order] 26 be suspended in r espect to this Bill. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No, we need to have . . .
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Right. Thank you. I was just waiting for that. The President: Would any S enator care to speak on this Bill? Senator Robin Tucker, you have the floor.
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Thank you. Sen. Robin Tucker: Thank you, Madam President. And thank you to the Minister for bringing the amendment for consideration. We all know that the topic of same- sex ma rriage has been an ongoing topic of discussion and point of contention for some. Notwithstanding one’s personal views, approximately 20 couples did get married at a time when it …
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Thank you so much. I move that the Bill entitled the Domestic Par tnership Amendment Act 2022 now be read a third time. The President: This . . . sorry . . . second reading . . .
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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We’re going to get this right eventually. I move that the Bill entitled the Domestic Par tnership Amendment Act 2022 now be read a second time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDER 26
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Therefore, I move that the [Standing Order] 26 be suspended in respect to this Bill. [ Motion carried: Standing Order 26 suspended.] The President: You need to—
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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I did it again? The President: —a third time, mm- hmm. BILL THIRD READING DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 2022
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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I move that, finally, the Bill entitled the Domestic Partnership Amendment Act 2022 be now read a third time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? There is no objection. Thank you, Minister Peets. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT SENATE VISITORS The President: I would just like to acknowledge that we do have the Permanent Secretary, Ms. Rozy Azhar …
20 Jul 2022 Senate
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Thank you. I move that the Bill do now pass. The President: Is there any objection to that motion ? The Bill is passed. Thank you, Senators. And thank you, Minister Peets. [ Motion carried: The Domestic Partnership Amen dment Act 2022 was read a third time and passed.] The President: That completes . . . That will now move …