Senate debates
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence Procurement (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Johnston. I refer the minister to the Treasurer's interview on Radio National this morning, when he explicitly ruled out an open tender process...
- Budget, Economy (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister update the Senate on the importance of building a stronger economy and...
- Indigenous Communities (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Can the minister confirm that, as a result of the ultimatum from the Abbott government, the Western Australian government...
- Asylum Seekers (15 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Minister, why were two pregnant mothers, who are now in immigration detention in...
- National Security (6 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General update the Senate about the important amendments to national security legislation which have been recently passed...
- Indigenous Affairs (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. I refer to the 2014 Social Justice and Native Title Report by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice...
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (11 speeches)
My question is to the inspiring Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate—
- Tasmania: Boyer Paper Mill (24 speeches)
My question without notice is to the senator representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. I refer the senator to a letter to the Joint Commonwealth and Tasmanian Economic Council on behalf of...
- Indigenous Affairs (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. I refer to the minister's oversubscribed and behind schedule Indigenous Advancement Strategy, which has resulted in more...
- Broadband (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield, the Minister representing the Minister for Communications. Can the minister please update the Senate on the NBN's...
- Indigenous Affairs (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Can the minister confirm that over 5,000 funding applications were submitted under the government's Indigenous Advancement...
- Australian War Memorial (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Senator Ronaldson. Can the minister please update the Senate about the preparations for the Centenary of Anzac, particularly at the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Defence, Senator Johnston, and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion, to questions without notice asked...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reporting Date (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any of those four proposals at the request of any senator. There being none, we will move on.
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference (6 speeches)
I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1. Leave granted. I amend the motion as circulated in the chamber and indicate that I will be adding the name of Senator Xenophon...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (18 speeches)
I move: That on Tuesday, 2 December 2014: (a) the hours of meeting shall be 12.30 pm to 10.40 pm; (b) the routine of business from not later than 7.20 pm shall be government business only; and...
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I should have done this earlier—I move: That Senator Lazarus be granted leave of absence for personal reasons for 1 December 2014. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Trade and Investment Growth Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Smith, I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Trade and Investment Growth be authorised to hold private meetings otherwise than in accordance with standing order...
- Northern Australia Committee (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Smith, I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia be authorised to hold private meetings otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Greste, Mr Peter (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Wong and Abetz, move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the fundamental principle of freedom of the press, (ii) the arrest and protracted detention of...
- International Day of People with Disability (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Moore and Fifield, move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges that 3 December is International Day of People with Disability; (b) notes: (i) That the aim of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate calls on the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection to explain to the Senate the Government‘s reasons for detaining two pregnant women, who have...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- East West Link (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (a) that the Prime Minister labelled Victoria‘s state election a referendum on the former government‘s proposed East West Link toll road, and...
- Sydney Harbour: Terminal 10 Development (3 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the current member for Warringah stated in 1997, in reference to development on Middle Head in Sydney Harbour, that he had organised a number of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Consideration (1 speech)
( We now proceed to the consideration of documents under the new temporary order. The documents for consideration are listed under pages 6 and 7 of today's order of business.
- Australian Human Rights Commission (1 speech)
( I move: That the Senate take note of the document. The Australian Human Rights Commission report No. 80 on an inquiry into the complaint of KA, KB, KC and KD v the Commonwealth of Australia is...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Collins, I present the 159th report of the Standing Committee of Privileges, entitled Persons referred to in the Senate: Mr Alan Manly and Ms Jennifer McCarthy, Group...
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the 17th report of the 44th Parliament of the committee on the examination of legislation in accordance with the Human...
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present Report No. 446: Review of the operations of the Parliamentary Budget Officeand seek leave to incorporate the tabling...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the 7th report of 2014: Referrals made September 2014 and Parliamentary delegation to Indonesia and Thailand by...
- Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Senator McKenzie, I present additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into provisions of...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Macdonald, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Acts and Instruments...
- Health Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of Senator O'Neill, I present the first interim report of the Select Committee on Health. Ordered that the report be printed.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (19 speeches)
As I indicated just prior to question time today, I cannot in good conscience support the Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014. I think it is important to, firstly, correct...
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 6) Bill 2014; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Labor supports the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 6) Bill 2014. The bill has four schedules, each implementing different measures. The first three implement minor...
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 6) Bill 2014; In Committee (3 speeches)
I rise to move the Australian Greens' amendment. As I indicated in my speech during the second reading debate, this amendment relates to schedule 4, which provides for the fuel tax rebates to the...
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 6) Bill 2014; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Job Seeker Compliance Framework) Bill 2014; Second Reading (9 speeches)
This bill has a number of elements to it. Without any amendments, this is simply another attack on the most weak and vulnerable in this country. It is part of the coalition's 'lifters and...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Job Seeker Compliance Framework) Bill 2014; In Committee (5 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1), (6), (7) and (10) together on sheet 7261: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 4), omit the table item. [delegation] (6) Schedule 1, page 6 (line 2), omit the...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Job Seeker Compliance Framework) Bill 2014; Third Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- National Water Commission (Abolition) Bill 2014; Second Reading (20 speeches)
I rise to provide the house with Labor's position on the National Water Commission (Abolition) Bill 2014, a gratuitous bill in which I see no merit. Labor opposes it in its entirety without...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government (8 speeches)
Having entered this place only five months ago, this is going to be my first Christmas as a senator for Queensland. As is customary at Christmas, you think about the year that has passed and the...
- Queensland: Occupational Health and Safety (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on occupational health and safety in my home state of Queensland. Far too often there is little attention paid to the impact that workplace health and safety has on...
- International Day of People with Disability (2 speeches)
Tomorrow, 3 December, is International Day of People with Disability, which is a United Nations sanctioned day which aims to promote an understanding of people with disability and to encourage...
