Senate debates
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the Senate that Senator Michaelia Cash, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women and the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection is absent from the Senate...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the chamber of the Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, the Rt Hon. David Carter. Mr Speaker is accompanied by the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Future of Financial Advice (12 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Assistant Treasurer, Senator Cormann. I refer to his statement on Friday to the Australian Financial Review where he said, 'We will continue to implement the...
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (20 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Attorney, you said yesterday that people have a right to be bigots. Today you have unveiled changes to the Racial Discrimination Act which...
- Future of Financial Advice (14 speeches)
My question is to the acting Assistant Treasurer, Senator Cormann. I refer the minister to the collapse of Westpoint where 4,300 people, including many Western Australians, lost $310 million...
- Mining (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Senator Ronaldson. I refer the minister to the mining tax imposed by the previous government that is discouraging resource...
- Community Services (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield. A large number of community organisations that deliver Commonwealth funded essential services are...
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (20 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer the Attorney-General to his celebration of bigotry in question time yesterday and his hastily conveyed press conference this...
- Trade Union Movement (14 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. My question relates to corruption in the trade union movement.
- Food Labelling (9 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer the minister to the coalition's election commitment to introduce country of origin labelling for seafood sold in...
- Health (10 speeches)
My question is also to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. Can the minister update the Senate on the GP superclinic in Cockburn, Western Australia. Have there been any delays, and...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Future of Financial Advice (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to questions without notice asked by Senators Dastyari and Bishop today relating to the...
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975, Mining, Health (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis), the Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Senator Ronaldson) and the Assistant Minister for Health...
- Future of Financial Advice (15 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take further note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to questions without notice asked by Senators Dastyari and Bishop today relating to...
- Future of Financial Advice, Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (6 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take further note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) and the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to questions without notice asked today. I...
- Community Services (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Assistant Minister for Social Services (Senator Fifield) to a question without notice asked by Senator Siewert today relating to the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Senator Cash be granted leave of absence for today and for the period 26 and 27 March 2014, on account of ministerial business. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Save Our Sharks Bill 2014; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to stop the Environment Minister exempting shark drum lines from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act...
- Save Our Sharks Bill 2014; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted. I table the explanatory memorandum and I seek leave to have...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Middle East (11 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 197, relating to Israel's illegal settlements on the West Bank, be taken as a formal motion.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Future of Financial Advice (15 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 failure of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the fifth report of the 44th Parliament of the committee on the examination of legislation in accordance with the Human...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present report No. 2 of 2014—Referrals made December 2013.
- Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Senator Wright replace Senator Rhiannon on the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Fair Work...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business order of the day No. 3, Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, be postponed to a later hour. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Sugar Research and Development Corporation (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the final report of the Sugar Research and Development Corporation. For many years the Sugar Research and Development Corporation has done magnificent work in...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Curran, Mr Wally (2 speeches)
I seek leave to incorporate Senator Carr's speech. Leave granted.
- Mining (1 speech)
Last week a truly significant event took place in the history of this country, and I am disappointed that it received scant, if any, comment in this place. It is a slight that I seek to redress...
- Nelson, Ms Kathrine (1 speech)
It is my pleasure tonight to rise in this adjournment debate to honour a great lady, Kath Nelson. Last Friday hundreds packed St John's Cathedral in Brisbane City to show their respect and...
- Sleep Health Foundation (1 speech)
Senator Furner's contribution to this debate should be noted. I think it says something not only about the person he paid tribute to but about the incredibly good heart that Senator Furner has....
- Trinity Christian School, Water Pollution (1 speech)
It was an honour last Friday to represent the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, the Hon. Scott Ryan, at the opening of Trinity Christian School's new facilities at their...
- Afghanistan: Cricket (1 speech)
Tonight, as I did last year, I want to speak about the achievements of the Afghanistan national cricket team, the burgeoning cricket scene in Afghanistan and the positive knock-on effects of...
- Arthritis Awareness Week (1 speech)
Arthritis is a common condition affecting three million people across Australia of all ages and from all walks of life. These three million Australians are affected by 120 different types of...
- Mining (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about Labor's failed mining tax and its impact on Western Australia. This is an anti-Western-Australian tax that has not worked. It is time that this tax was...
- Abbott Government (1 speech)
Hear ye, hear ye! My Lord, Lady and Lieges: I am shocked and horrified that people are ridiculing the bold and inspirational leadership of the people's Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Abbott of...
- Sterilisation of Intersex People (3 speeches)
The Community Affairs References Committee last year completed its inquiry into involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia. Senator Moore and Senator Boyce will also be...
- Franceschini, Mr Renzo (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to pay tribute to Mr Renzo Franceschini, who passed away on 14 March 2014 at St Vincent's Hospital after a battle with cancer. He was 76 years old. Renzo was a well-known figure in...
- National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (1 speech)
Firstly, I would like to support Senator Xenophon's earlier speech in regard to the forum for the Sleep Health Foundation held in Parliament House this week. It was a great event, as Senator...
- Ludlam, Senator Scott (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise today to pay tribute to and to thank my colleague and friend Senator Scott Ludlam. I do this not simply because I want people to vote for Scott in the historic Senate by-election that will...
- Freedom of Religion (1 speech)
Aristotle is credited with asking the question: 'What is democratic behaviour? Is it that which preserves a democracy or that which people like doing?' I tend to believe that it is the former....
- Education (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the urgent need for a school system where every child has the chance to succeed. Last week, I initiated a matter of public importance debate on the failure of the...
- National Schools Constitutional Convention (1 speech)
I rise this evening to reflect on the communique of the 19th National Schools Constitutional Convention provided to the President of the Senate and presented to the Senate last week. The National...
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
I rise tonight to reflect on Anzac Day, the 2nd/40th Battalion and what is being done to remember those who have sacrificed their lives for this country. Regardless of one's political beliefs...
- Sri Lanka: Human Rights (1 speech)
This week the eyes of the international community are turned to the issue of human rights in Sri Lanka and the continuing efforts to restore its democracy, rebuild its economy and reconcile the...
- Western Australia Senate Election (1 speech)
In just over two weeks, Western Australian voters will make history when they become the first electors to vote in a stand-alone half-Senate election. This election provides a unique opportunity...
- Paddington Bowling Club (1 speech)
The New South Wales disease of dodgy deals for mates is not just confined to Labor. The coalition, only three years after coming into government, have a spate of Liberal MPs caught up in...
- Bankwest (1 speech)
In 2012 the Senate Economics References Committee conducted an inquiry into the post-GFC banking sector in Australia. That inquiry heard a substantial amount of evidence from mum and dad...
- Health Funding (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a matter that I consider to be of national interest—it is certainly something that excites me whatever time of day it might be—and respond to Minister Peter...
- Access to Justice (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about what a barrister has described to me as the all but complete denial of access to the courts for ordinary people due to the severe and extreme cost of litigation....
