Senate debates
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Indonesian vice-president, who says, in response to allegations that the Abbott...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Will the minister update the Senate on how Operation Budget Repair is progressing?
- National Security (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Brandis. Did the government authorise the disclosure of classified intelligence material in The Australian...
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. I ask: will the minister advise the Senate of the importance of a strong and resolute approach to...
- Housing Affordability (6 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr John Fraser, who says that Sydney is unequivocally in a housing...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield. Will the minister update the Senate on the latest quarterly results on the operation of the National Disability...
- Infrastructure (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Senator Cash. The 2015 budget papers, when compared to the 2014 budget papers, show that...
- Defence Procurement (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Brandis. I refer to a recent column by the chair of the government's own Commission of Audit, Tony Shepherd, entitled...
- South Australia: Vocational Education and Training (11 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister update the Senate on the impact of the South Australian Labor government's WorkReady...
- Cabinet (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to ministers Bishop, Turnbull, Pyne, McFarlane and Cormann, who have ruled out leaking a cabinet...
- Education (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Senator Ronaldson, representing the Minister for Industry and Science. Will the minister update the Senate on how the government is ensuring...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. If there is one thing that both...
- National Security (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 Wright today relating to proposed amendments to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (16 speeches)
I present the sixth report for 2015 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...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That consideration of the business before the Senate on Tuesday, 11 August 2015, be interrupted at approximately 5 pm, but not so as to interrupt a senator speaking, to enable Senator...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Clean Energy (4 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Xenophon, move: That the Senate— (a) commiserates with the 440 workers who will lose their jobs at the Leigh Creek coal mine and Port Augusta coal fired...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Australian Customs Service; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 724 standing in my name relating to an order for the production of documents. Leave granted. I move: That— (a) there be laid on...
- Telecommunications Data Retention (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the United States (US) Court of Appeals ruled in May 2015 That the bulk collection of telecommunications metadata by US Government agencies was...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Country of Origin Labelling (5 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Canavan and Williams, move: That the Senate— (a) recognises and applauds the work of the Federal Government's community consultation process in delivering...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Housing Affordability (16 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8:30 am today, Senators Moore and Siewert each submitted a letter in accordance with standing order 75, proposing a matter of public importance, the question of which...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Child Abuse (1 speech)
by leave—I present to the Senate a non-conforming petition, with 550 signatures, on child abuse. Petition received.
- Asylum Seekers (3 speeches)
by leave—I present to the Senate a petition, signed by more than 65,000 people, Australian citizens, calling for the Manus Island and Nauru detention centres to be closed immediately. The...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Deputy Chair of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, I present a dissenting report to the report of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs...
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee; Report (1 speech)
As Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, I present the committee's report, Examination of the annual report of the...
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee's reports, Review of the re-listing of Ansar al-Islam, Islamic Movement of...
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present the committee's report, Report 448: Review of the 2013-14 Defence Materiel Organisation Major Projects Report....
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I wish to make a statement on the appointment of the Auditor-General of the Australian National Audit Office. The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has the...
- Law Enforcement Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present a report of the committee entitled Examination of the Australian Crime Commission annual report 2013-14, together with...
- Report (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present reports on legislation as listed at item 18 on today's order of business, together with the Hansard...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present report No. 4 of 2015, Referrals made December 2014 and March 2015. I move: That the Senate take note of the report. On...
- Public Works Committee; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
I present two government responses to committee reports as listed on today’s Order of Business. In accordance with the usual practice, I seek leave to incorporate the documents in Hansard....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Labor 2013-14 Budget Savings (Measures No. 1) Bill 2014; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.
- Labor 2013-14 Budget Savings (Measures No. 1) Bill 2014; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— Labor 2013-14 Budget...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Penalty Unit) Bill 2015, Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2015, Social Services Legislation Amendment (No. 2) Bill 2015, Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2015; 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...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Penalty Unit) Bill 2015, Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2015, Social Services Legislation Amendment (No. 2) Bill 2015, Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2015; 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— CRIMES...
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— NATIONAL HEALTH...
- Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Bill 2015, Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015, Private Health Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 2015, Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Amendment Bill 2015, Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Insurer Levy) Amendment Bill 2015; First Reading (2 speeches)
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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Disallowance of Instrument (10 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Lambie and Cameron, move: That the Instrument as contained in the Specification of Income Threshold and Annual Earnings 2015 and made under the Migration Act...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Bring Them Home campaign (1 speech)
I rise to speak of the efforts of some proud Territorians who have been working hard to bring home to Australia the bodies of 25 soldiers who were killed serving our country in the Vietnam War...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech, 1 comment)
Tonight I would like to speak pretty much off the cuff, but from the heart, in relation to an issue that has affected hundreds of thousands of Australians—Australia's ice epidemic; the...
- Kirner, Ms Joan Elizabeth, AC (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a truly inspirational woman: the late Joan Kirner AC. Joan's actions, values and tenacity both in her official parliamentary roles and in her personal life introduced many...
- Deaths in Custody (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about a tragedy in Western Australia: another death in custody in the women's prison just yesterday. It is a tragedy and really does need the urgent attention of the...
- Employment (1 speech)
Perhaps this is a different note to usual, but I note this government is taking some much needed action in the budget to tackle the crisis of youth unemployment and to fund new programs. But I...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
It has become apparent that we have a Prime Minister and cabinet ministers who think that they are above the law. By his own disclosures, the Australian Prime Minister could be a party to people...
- Hill, Mr Mark OAM (1 speech)
I rise to celebrate the contribution of a notable South Australian in the areas of research in agriculture, in the community and, on a broader level, in South Australia's economy. I am talking...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Tonight I want to take a short time in the Senate to talk about cleaners more broadly, and the Commonwealth Cleaning Services Guidelines that apply to them. I will take you back to the Fair Work...
- Western Australia: Roads (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the so-called Perth Freight Link—an unwelcome intrusion into the lives of the residents of Perth's southern suburbs. This is a campaign that has had a very,...
- Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Sense-T Program (1 speech)
Tonight I am going to talk about two different events I have recently attended. The first is the Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club dinner. As an island state, Tasmania has an abundance of...
- UNICEF Australia Young Ambassadors (1 speech)
This year is the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. As part of the commemoration and celebration of this important event, the UNICEF Young Ambassadors decided to go to...
