Senate debates
Thursday, 19 June 2014
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
by leave—I table a document relating to my adjournment speech on Tuesday, 17 June 2014.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (6 speeches)
I present the seventh report of 2014 of the Selection of Bills committee and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I ask that business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2 standing in my name for today, proposing to refer the Export Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 and related bills to the Rural and Regional...
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That general business notice of motion no. 285 standing in her name for today, relating to asylum seekers from Iraq, be postponed till the next day of sitting.. Question...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That— (a) government business orders of the day as shown in the list circulated in the chamber be considered from 12.45 pm today; (b) business of the Senate order of the day no. 2...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Sterle, I move: That the following matter be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 3 December 2014:...
- Education and Employment References Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
I move: That the following matter be referred to the Education and Employment References Committee for inquiry and report by 27 November 2014: Portable long service leave, with consideration...
- World Refugee Day (3 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges that 20 June 2014 is World Refugee Day, when all nations recognise the resilience and humanity of forcibly displaced people around the world; (b)...
- Tobacco Plain Packaging (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend the motion standing in my name to omit paragraph (b)(iii). Leave granted. I, and also on behalf of Senators Madigan and Di Natale, move the motion as amended: That the...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference (4 speeches)
I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 4, standing in my name for today, proposing a reference to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee relating to...
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee; Delegated Legislation Monitor (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Edwards, I present Delegation Legislation Monitor No. 6 of 2014 of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise today to speak on the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment Bill 2014, which Labor is supporting. The bill makes a series of amendments to the Public Governance,...
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 2) Bill 2014; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Labor is supporting the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 2) Bill 2014. The bill has three parts. It increases the Medicare levy low-income threshold at the point at which...
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 2) Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 3) Bill 2014; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Labor will be supporting the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 3) Bill 2014. This bill implements a previously announced Labor government measure which restricts the...
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 3) Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Implementation of the FATCA Agreement) Bill 2014; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Labor will be supporting the Tax Laws Amendment (Implementation of the FATCA Agreement) Bill 2014. The bill requires Australian financial institutions to collect information about their customers...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Implementation of the FATCA Agreement) Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2014, Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2014; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Labor will be supporting the Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2014 and the Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2014. The Product Stewardship for...
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2014, Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bills have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
- Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
- Student Identifiers Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
- Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Mental Health and Other Measures) Bill 2014; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to indicate that the opposition, the Labor Party, is very pleased to support the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Mental Health and Other Measures) Bill 2014 and that we will be...
- Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Mental Health and Other Measures) Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence Procurement (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Following the minister's recent trip to Japan with the Foreign Minister, the Foreign Minister was quoted in The Australian newspaper as saying that...
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Can the minister please inform the Senate how long it has been since the last successful...
- Budget (23 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer to Associate Professor Brian Owler, President of the Australian Medical Association, who says: Recent...
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. This week the Prime Minister has classified the conflict in Iraq as 'dangerous' and has said that maximum violence and...
- School Chaplaincy Program (6 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General advise the Senate on the decision of the High Court in the Williams No. 2 matter?
- Budget (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer to the example given by Associate Professor Owler, the President of the AMA, of a young woman with a...
- Carbon Pricing (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann, representing the minister for the Environment. Can the minister advise the Senate if the carbon tax has been repealed? If not, why not?
- Australia Post (6 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Minister, in reference to recent announcements by the CEO of Australia Post, Mr Fahour, that...
- Budget (32 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Senator Johnston. I refer to the government's decision to freeze Federal Assistance Grants...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I have some further information in response to the question asked of me by Senator Hanson-Young in question time today. I am advised that if someone is considering returning home, it is important...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget (10 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Assistant Minister for Health (Senator Nash) to questions without notice asked by Senators Peris and McLucas today relating to...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Employment (Senator Abetz) to a question without notice asked by Senator Hanson-Young today relating to asylum seekers...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present three ministerial statements and documents relating to the APEC Women and the Economy Forum, Australian Government's Aviation Safety Regulation Review and World Trade Organization Trade...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46 of 2013-14 (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following reports of the Auditor-General: No. 41—Commercialisation Australia Program: Department of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014, Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014; First Reading (1 speech)
I indicate to the Senate that these bills are being introduced together. After debate on the motion for the second reading has been adjourned, I will be moving a motion to have the bills listed...
- Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014, Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014, Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014; Second Reading (1 speech)
I present a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014 and I move: That these...
- Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014, Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
- Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014, Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— BUSINESS SERVICES...
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Regulatory Powers and Other Measures) Bill 2014, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2014; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Regulatory Powers and Other Measures) Bill 2014, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— OFFSHORE...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Paid Parental Leave (18 speeches)
At the request of Senator Moore, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the division and dysfunction in the Coalition Government over the Prime Minister's unaffordable and unfair Paid Parental...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2013-14 (1 speech)
In the previous debate I was talking about matters of economic management and drawing a comparison between the steps we are taking as a new government at the federal level to bring our budget...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on what is a significantly important matter. As I lead into my speech, I want to briefly reflect on what I think is one of the most powerful honours attached to being a...
- Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (1 speech)
Tonight I want to bring to the attention of the Senate and to the attention of the country the circumstances of an engaging and charming little boy by the name of Jarvis Budd. Jarvis will be...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
In March this year I spoke about an issue related to some of the very fine journalists and presenters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. I was at that time critical of the ABC and its...
