Senate debates
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (11 speeches)
I move: That the days of meeting of the Senate for 2014 be as follows: Autumn sittings: Tuesday, 11 February to Thursday, 13 February...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That consideration of the business before the Senate on Wednesday, 4 December 2013, be interrupted at approximately 5 pm, but not so as to interrupt a senator speaking, to enable Senator...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- White Ribbon Day (1 speech)
At the request of Senators Cash, Moore and Rhiannon, I move: That the Senate: (a) notes: (i) that 25 November is observed as White Ribbon Day, (ii) that White Ribbon Day aims to reduce and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (24 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Payne. I ask: can the minister confirm that the schools-funding agreement reached with Queensland,...
- National Security (12 speeches)
My question is to our Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Given the US National Security Agency has proven that it cannot control its own data internally—and I quote the NSA's inspector...
- Education Funding (10 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. I refer to the Prime Minister's statement on 2 August when he guaranteed, 'No school will be worse off under the...
- International Day of People with Disability (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield. Minister, today is International Day of People with Disability. Can the minister please explain to the Senate the...
- Whaling (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Last summer in the Southern Ocean, in Australian territorial waters, documented...
- Education Funding (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Payne. I refer the minister to Mr Pyne's claim that the Better Schools Plan was a 'conski'; to Mr Abbott's claim...
- Diabetes (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. Minister, too often we have heard about a national diabetes epidemic. Could you inform the Senate about the seriousness of this...
- Broadband (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann, in his capacity as shareholder minister for the NBN. I refer to media reports of advice prepared by NBN Co. during the caretaker...
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. At the election, voters in my state strongly supported the reinstatement of temporary protection...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Order! I acknowledge the presence in the President's gallery of former senator Guy Barnett. Welcome. Honourable senators: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Automotive Industry (23 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Senator Ronaldson. I refer the minister to the Australian Industry Group submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (1 speech)
Yesterday, on behalf of the Minister for Education, I took on notice a question from Senator Wong about contact with the New South Wales government. I can advise that the education minister has...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Human Services (Senator Payne) and Minister for Employment (Senator Abetz) to questions without notice asked by Senators...
- Whaling (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Senator Cash) to a question without notice asked by Senator Whish-Wilson...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Defence Honours and Awards (1 speech)
Mr Deputy President, I have a document that is to be tabled and is associated with one of the petitions. There are a number of signatures to this petition, which is a non-conforming petition. I...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Wong, I ask that business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in her name for today, proposing a reference to the Education and Employment References Committee...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (4 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 29 standing in my name for today, relating to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, before asking that it be taken...
- Education Funding (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) needs-based funding, where money is distributed equitably according to need, is essential to ensuring all students can access high-quality education,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- World AIDS Day (1 speech)
I, also on behalf of Senator Smith, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that 1 December 2013 is World AIDS Day; (b) recognises that: (i) more than 35 million people now live with HIV/AIDS...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: (1) That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect. (2) That the Poker Machine Harm Reduction ($1 Bets and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [2013] be...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- International Day of People with Disability (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Boyce, Moore, and Fifield, move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges that 3 December marks the 21st anniversary of the International Day of Persons with...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That the following matter be referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters for inquiry and report by 24 March 2014: Different options for Senate voting, with particular...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Political Donations (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) political donations for the 2013 federal election made on or after 1 July 2013 will not be made public until 1 February 2015, (ii) political...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (11 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Moore. Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The government's...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Australian Institute of Family Studies (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I want to note some of the work that has been done by the Australian Institute of Family Studies over the last couple of years, particularly...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Fitz-Nead, Ms Joan, AM (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to a truly inspirational woman. Last Thursday, I was privileged to attend a ceremony organised by Goulburn Street Primary School to honour Joan Fitz-Nead AM. The...
- World AIDS Day (1 speech)
Last Sunday, 1 December, marked the 25th anniversary of World AIDS Day. This year's theme is Getting to Zero. The Getting to Zero campaign aims to reduce new HIV infections, discrimination and...
- Christmas Lights Record, SIDS and Kids ACT (1 speech)
It is my great pleasure this evening to draw to the attention of the Senate a wonderful achievement by the Richards family here in the ACT. Their Christmas lights display has set an official...
- World AIDS Day (1 speech)
Last Saturday I attended the annual Rainbow Dinner and Awards in Hobart to mark World AIDS Day and to acknowledge the passion and commitment of various individuals in breaking down discrimination...
- Semmler, Mr Eric (1 speech)
Tonight it gives me great pleasure to advise the House that a Riverland winemaker has been named Australian Winemaker of the Year by Winestate magazine. It is probably not terribly exceptional...
- Nepal Election (1 speech)
I rise to speak this evening on the Nepal election. Senator Kroger has already reported that a national election was held on Tuesday, 19 November this year for Nepal's Constituent Assembly. The...
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi MP, AC (1 speech)
I feel like finishing that for Senator Stephens because it really was an extraordinary experience and an opportunity that we both commended very much. But it is not that that I rise to speak to...
- Nepal Election (1 speech)
I seek leave to incorporate the formal findings of our delegation report. Leave granted. The document read as follows— The Australian teams' visits resulted in the following observations...
- International Day of People with Disability (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the International Day of People with Disability, something that I am very pleased to say has been celebrated quite widely in this building today and in the days leading up to...
- World War I (1 speech)
This is my third speech on my grandfather's World War I letters and my first as shadow minister for veterans' affairs and the centenary of Anzac. When I previously spoke, I reported that my...
- Sharks (1 speech)
Tonight I want to talk about sharks. I am an avid ocean user as is my partner, who has surfed his entire life—and probably has gills. As such, I am not an outsider to this issue. The reason...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about some of Australia's unsung heroes. These unsung heroes are predominantly young women who, every day, give their very best—their expertise, their problem...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
I rise this evening to talk about the great responsibility a government has to the nation to provide a quality education to the next generation. This is something Labor takes very seriously. On...
- 2nd/27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Moten, Brigadier Murray, DSO, CBE (1 speech)
I have reflected on a number of occasions, both in this chamber and at numerous commemorations and dedications, on the effort and sacrifice of the 2nd/27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force,...
- White Ribbon Day (1 speech)
This morning in this place Minister Cash moved a motion, co-signed by Senator Rhiannon and myself, about White Ribbon Day. I think it is important that we make further acknowledgement in this...
- Israel (1 speech)
Breaking the Silence is an organisation of former Israeli soldiers, courageous men and women, who speak openly about their duties in the Israeli Defence Forces. Many of the testimonies of these...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Last night you should have heard Senators Cash and Carr at it again. They could not help themselves, competing on who could treat vulnerable people—people escaping persecution and threats...
- Canberra Centenary (1 speech)
On 12 March 1913, Canberra's naming and foundation stones day, the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Denman, delivered a speech in the luncheon tent on Capital Hill, one of the day's...
- Opportunities for Australia (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to speak about seizing the opportunities which are before us as a nation. I want to speak about looking forward and outward and making the leap from a comfortable national...
