Senate debates
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Anzac Centenary (4 speeches)
I am pleased to present the government's second ministerial statement on the Centenary of Anzac. The government committed to delivering regular and informative updates to the Australian people...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (13 speeches)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a motion to give precedence to a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Automotive Industry (21 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's statement as opposition leader in 2011: I think any government which makes it harder to...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Order! Before I call Senator Milne, I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the chamber of senators from the National Congress of Palau, Senator Senior and Senator Inabo....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Republic of Korea: Free Trade Agreement (13 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. I ask: is the minister aware that on 5 December the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, said of the recent South Korean...
- Building and Construction Industry (8 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. I ask the minister: what is the government doing to uphold the rule of law in the...
- Automotive Industry (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. I refer to the minister's declaration 27 January that he had decided to intervene regarding proposed variations of Toyota workers'...
- Asylum Seekers (16 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for the Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Can the minister advise the Senate what the government has done to regain control of Australia's...
- National Security (12 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. I refer to the more than 6,000 organisations that have joined a global internet blackout against indiscriminate government surveillance. They are joining...
- SPC Ardmona (17 speeches)
My question is to be Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. I refer the minister to his press conference on 4 February where he said the government 'had all the facts before us' in relation to...
- Indigenous Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the
- Department of Health: Health Star Rating Website (6 speeches)
My question is to the
- Bushfires, Aged Care (7 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield. Can the minister provide the Senate with any information on the impact of the recent Victorian bushfires on older...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Automotive Industry (16 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Employment (Senator Abetz), the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) and the Assistant Minister for Health (Senator...
- Electronic Surveillance (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to a question without notice asked by Senator Ludlam today relating to indiscriminate surveillance...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Gietzelt, Hon. Arthur Thomas AO (3 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 5 January 2014, of Hon. Arthur Thomas Gietzelt AO, a senator for the state of New South Wales from 1971 to 1989.
- Drummond, Mr Peter Hertford (1 speech)
(): It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 10 December 2013 of Peter Hertford Drummond, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Forrest, Western...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Multiple sclerosis: Fampyra (1 speech)
I understand this has been arranged with the whips. I seek leave to table a document, relating to a petition from 10,867 citizens regarding access to the medicine Fampyra. The petition is not...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: that: (a) general business order of the day no. 17 (Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013) be considered on Thursday, 13 February 2014 under the...
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Tillem from 11 February 2014 to 13 February 2014, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme; Meeting (1 speech)
I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Sexuality in India (5 speeches)
At the request of Senator Hanson-Young, I move: That the Senate condemns the Indian Supreme Court's decision to outlaw homosexual acts, which could see people jailed for up to 10 years because of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Manufacturing (12 speeches, 1 comment)
The President has received the following letter from Senator Moore: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Minister for Trade and Investment, I table a ministerial statement on the conclusion of free-trade-agreement negotiations with Korea.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (2 speeches)
I present documents listed on today’s Order of Business at item 14, presented to the President, Deputy President and temporary chairs of committees since the Senate adjourned on 12 December...
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement; Tabling (1 speech)
I table a document responding to the resolution of the Senate of 11 December 2013 concerning the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
- Arctic 30 (1 speech)
by leave—I rise to take note of Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop's response to a Senate motion regarding the Arctic Sunrise that was agreed by the Senate on 2 December, and I move:...
- Australian Taxation Office (1 speech)
By leave—I rise to take note of the response from the Director of Indirect Tax from the Australian Taxation Office on Taxation and Mobile Home Parks and the attachment to it and I move:...
- Whaling (1 speech)
by leave—I rise to take note of the Minister for Immigrations and Border Protection Mr Morrison's document and I move: That the Senate take note of the document. Sadly, just like clockwork...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the second report of the 44th Parliament of the committee on the examination of legislation in accordance with the Human...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Procedure Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Deputy President, I present the second report of 2013 of the Procedure Committee. I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the report. Leave granted. I move: That the report...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (1 speech)
I rise tonight to highlight the work of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation and to implore the new government to continue to appropriately finance its important work. The mission of...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Jim Maxwell (1 speech)
In recent weeks controversy has dogged the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ABC has been making news, not just reporting it. But tonight I want to acknowledge a remarkable ABC...
- Immigration: Visas (1 speech)
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is undermining the integrity of our visa-processing system by issuing needlessly cruel instructions to his department. In December, under powers granted by...
- Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on ovarian cancer, which affects many thousands of Australian women and impacts on the lives of their families and friends. I think this evening's adjournment debate is a...
- Western Australia: Shark Culling (1 speech)
A couple of weekends ago it was a terrific privilege to stand side by side with thousands and thousands of Australians—in particular, West Australians—at Perth's Cottesloe Beach to...
- Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
I rise in the interests of promoting awareness of ovarian cancer in this Ovarian Cancer Awareness month of February. Unfortunately, since I last spoke, a cure has not been found and, since I last...
- Western Australia: Shark Cull (1 speech)
I rise to talk yet again about the appalling shark cull program currently being undertaken in my home state of Western Australia. Over summer we had two very large protests in Western Australia...
- Closing the Gap (2 speeches)
It is my pleasure to rise this evening to speak to an issue that I hope will be very significant for many Australians and will take a very prominent place in our national considerations...
- Gove (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak in the adjournment debate on the situation in the Gove community of the Northern Territory, which is facing the closure of the Rio Tinto refinery in the town. There has...
- Free Trade Agreements (1 speech)
It is time for a national conversation about trade and free trade agreements and about the importance of re-focusing the debate in this country around what is fair trade, and the importance of...
- Doherty Trade Services (1 speech)
It is my very great honour to speak in support of a proud South Australian company tonight. Doherty Trade Services is a second-generation family owned company that has been operating in South...
- Foreign Aid (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to speak about overseas development aid, but I would like to start off by congratulating two women on some excellent appointments that have been recently made. I would like...
- Kangaroo Island: Oil Exploration (1 speech, 1 comment)
This evening I rise to draw attention to a place which needs no introduction, and that is partly because it is so well known to Australians but also partly because I have spoken about it in the...
- Department of Health: Health Star Rating Website (2 speeches)
I rise to add to an answer provided by me to the Senate earlier today during question time. The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Wong, asked me about my chief of staff, his spouse...
- Kangaroos (1 speech, 1 comment)
In 2011, the four large kangaroos that can be commercially shot were nominated for listing in New South Wales as threatened species. That nomination, based on the government's own data, reveals a...
- Manila Challenge (1 speech)
Last month, I was in Manila attending the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights. This was the seventh conference in a series that started in 2001 in...
- Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities (1 speech)
It is quite timely that Senator Moore mentioned the natural disasters that have affected the Philippines and a number of other countries in our region, because the issue I particularly wanted to...
