Senate debates

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013 [No. 2]; Declaration of Urgency (14 speeches)
    Mr President, I declare that the following are urgent bills and I move:   That these bills be considered urgent bills:   Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013...
  • Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013 [No. 2]; Second Reading (39 speeches)
    I will continue where I was before I was cut off last night. As I was saying last night, the reason this legislation needs to go through is that the carbon tax has not only been about destroying...
  • Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2]; In Committee (12 speeches)
    I move opposition amendment (3) on sheet 7506. (3) Schedule 1, page 4 (line 1) to page 70 (line 21), omit the Schedule, substitute: Schedule 1—Amendments Australian National Registry of...
• Matters of Public Interest (0 speeches)
  • Renewable Energy (1 speech)
    First, I congratulate you on your role as Deputy President. My contribution today continues the discussion that we have had in the last few minutes, and that is the question of the renewable...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on a matter of public interest. How we function as a just society is fundamental to our Australian democracy. How we support those who are socially vulnerable demonstrates...
  • Greste, Mr Peter (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak in support of Australian journalist Peter Greste and for the freedom of the press around the world. Last December, Peter Greste, along with fellow Al Jazeera colleagues,...
  • Industrial Relations (1 speech)
    I rise on a matter of public interest to reflect on an adjournment speech that I delivered on 27 March, which specifically addressed the secondary boycott being conducted against Boral, a company...
  • Youth Employment (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on a matter of public interest. I understand that, as I speak, hundreds of workers at the Mount Lyell copper mine in Queenstown, on Tasmania's west coast are being told about...
  • Paediatric Brain Cancer, Anthoney, Ms Dainere (1 speech)
    Every year around 2,000 Australian children under the age of sixteen are diagnosed with a brain tumour that is either benign or malignant. No significant improvement has been made in survival...
  • Israel (1 speech)
    In the few minutes before question time I would like to put a few things on the record. There is an old saying that children should not be condemned for the sins of the father—and that is...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Budget (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. I refer to calls by Mr Warren Mundine, the hand-picked Chair of the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council,...
  • Asylum Seekers (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Will the minister advise the Senate of the importance of the government maintaining its strong...
  • Indigenous Health (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. I refer to the minister's previous answer that 'the only real impact' of the government's review into the Tackling...
  • Asylum Seekers (10 speeches)
    ) ( ): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. Will the minister inform the chamber how many mothers and young women are currently on suicide watch in the...
  • Building Industry (27 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. Is the minister concerned about continuing revelations of thuggery and intimidation in the building industry? What measures does the...
  • Financial Services (23 speeches)
    My question is to the still Acting Assistant Treasurer, Senator Cormann. I refer to correspondence from the Acting Assistant Treasurer to the shadow Treasurer which says that the financial...
  • Budget (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and the Acting Assistant Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Will the minister explain to the Senate what can be achieved if we repair the budget?
  • G20 Leaders Summit: Policing (6 speeches)
    Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Justice, Senator Johnstone. I note Queensland's G20 legislation, which grants the police powers to conduct...
  • Manufacturing (12 speeches)
    Mr President, my question without notice is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry. Under the previous government, almost 200 Australian textile manufacturers were awarded a total...
  • Budget (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Senator Johnston. Will the minister inform the Senate about the coalition's commitment to...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Budget (21 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs (Senator Scullion) and the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to questions without notice asked...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Regulations and Ordinances Committee; Withdrawal (3 speeches)
    I move: On behalf of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, I give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, to withdraw business of the Senate...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Constitutional Recognition of ATSIP; Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in...
  • Select Committee into the Abbott Government's Budget Cuts; Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—Thank you, Mr President, and I offer my congratulations to you. I move: That the Select Committee into the Abbott Government’s Budget Cuts be authorised to hold a private...
• Petitions (0 speeches)
  • Budget (1 speech)
    by leave—I table a non-conforming petition of 1,950 signatures asking that the schoolkids bonus be spared from this government's cuts.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    I move: That the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the sitting of the...
  • Constitutional Recognition of ATSIP; Meeting (1 speech)
    I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with...
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee on Commonwealth procurement procedures be extended to 17 July 2014. Question...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    I move: That the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the sitting of the...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • International Development Assistance (4 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (the Global Fund) is working to eventually eradicate deaths from these diseases, (ii) the Global...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Defence Procurement; Order for the Production of Documents (7 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 327 standing in my name for today relating to an order for the production of documents, by omitting 'Mr' and substituting 'Dr'. Leave...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Coal Seam Gas (11 speeches)
    Mr President, please accept my congratulations on your position. I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the importance of protecting valuable agricultural, residential and conservation land...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Budget (35 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 Abbott...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the 8th report of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. I also lay on the table Scrutiny of Bills Alert Digest No. 8 of 2014, dated 9 July 2014. Ordered that the...
  • Regulations and Ordinances Committee; Delegated Legislation Monitor (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, I present the Delegated Legislation Monitor No. 8 for 2014. Debate interrupted.
• First Speech (0 speeches)
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    Order! Before I call Senator Leyonhjelm, I remind honourable senators that this is his first speech and, therefore, I ask that the usual courtesies be extended to him.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • School Funding Select Committee; Report (19 speeches)
    Pursuant to order, I present the final report of the Select Committee on School Funding together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee. Ordered that the...
• Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
  • Temporary Chairmen of Committees (1 speech)
    Pursuant to standing order 12, I lay on the table a warrant nominating Senator Williams as an additional Temporary Chair of Committees when the Deputy President and Chair of Committees is absent.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Membership (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: I move that senators be discharged from and appointed to committees in accordance with the documents circulated in the chamber. That senators be discharged from and...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2]; In Committee (12 speeches)
    As I was stating earlier today in relation to this amendment—which stems from the overwhelming support of economists and scientists for the need to act on climate change through an...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • NAIDOC Week (1 speech)
    Acting Deputy President Back, it is a delight to speak on this adjournment debate with you in the chair. In July each year, NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia to celebrate the...
  • Superannuation (1 speech)
    I rise this evening during the adjournment debate in the Senate to raise a matter that many Queensland constituents have raised with me over the last few weeks. The removal of the low income...
  • University of Adelaide (1 speech)
    It is quite fitting that you, Acting Deputy President Back, as a former practising veterinarian, are in the chair to listen to my contribution tonight. It is also fitting that Senator Fawcett, a...
  • Middle East (1 speech)
    The silence from Labor and the coalition around the atrocities of the Israeli military towards Palestine is shameful. Earlier today, news reports said that 25 Palestinians had been killed in Gaza...
  • Australian Greens (1 speech)
    These well-known words have been attributed to Shakespeare: Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! Why is it when we look at the Greens, at green associated industries...