Senate debates
Monday, 22 June 2015
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Bill 2014; Second Reading (1 speech)
This bill will reintroduce the seniors supplement budget measure, which was originally introduced, as senators will recall, in an earlier budget bill. As introduced, the measure would cease...
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Bill 2014; In Committee (5 speeches)
I seek leave to move together the government amendments on sheet ZA397. Leave granted. I move the government amendments on sheet ZA397: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 2), omit the table item,...
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Bill 2014; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- 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; Second Reading (2 speeches)
The purpose of the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Bill 2015 and related bills is to transfer the prudential regulation functions of the Private Health Insurance Administration...
- 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; In Committee (19 speeches)
I know Senator Xenophon has an interest in this bill; so, Senator Xenophon, when you wish to engage, please do so. I have a few questions that I want to get on the record. Minister, you indicated...
- 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; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015, Energy Grants and Other Legislation Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015; Second Reading (9 speeches)
The Excise Tariff Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015 reforms the taxation treatment of the biofuels ethanol and biodiesel. As part of this reform, the Energy Grants and Other Legislation...
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015, Energy Grants and Other Legislation Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015; In Committee (2 speeches)
I move government amendment: (1) Schedule 1, item 4, pages 4 and 5 (table items 2 to 6), omit the table items, substitute: I also table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to the...
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015, Energy Grants and Other Legislation Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Powers) Bill 2015; Second Reading (9 speeches)
Labor supports the measures contained in this bill, the Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Powers) Bill 2015, as they provide clarification around powers, keeping faith with the original...
- Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Powers) Bill 2015; 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.
- Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015; Second Reading (13 speeches)
Labor will support the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 after closely considering it in the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. The bill makes a modest...
- Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015; In Committee (18 speeches)
I have one or two very quick questions. I think by now the scope of the bill is more or less broadly understood. Senator Fierravanti-Wells, I recognise that you are here representing a minister...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I advise the Senate that Senator Abetz will be absent from question time this week. In his absence, I will take questions on the Prime Minister's portfolio, Senator Payne will...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Minister, will the Abbott government's green paper on Federation include a proposal to cease Commonwealth funding...
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Payne, representing the Minister for Employment. Can the minister inform the Senate why it is necessary to have a tough cop on the beat...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Is PricewaterhouseCoopers correct when it says that more than one third of Australia is in recession?
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann, representing the Treasurer: will the minister update the Senate about the benefits of the government's small business package?
- Climate Change (34 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis: I refer to the teaching letter or encyclical of Pope Francis which calls for an urgent moral response to the...
- Trade with China (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion, representing the Minister for Agriculture.
- Education Funding (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Birmingham, regarding the leaked proposals for school funding in the Federation green paper. The education minister...
- China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Payne, representing the Minister for Trade and Investment. Can the minister please update the Senate on how the recently-signed...
- Aged Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield. Can the minister update the Senate on the government's implementation of the Commonwealth Home Support Program which...
- Renewable Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the leaked letter by Mr Hunt last week regarding crossbench negotiations to establish a wind farm...
- Business (7 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham, representing the Minister for Education and Training. Will the minister update the Senate on how the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Trade (1 speech)
I would like to add further information to an answer I gave to Senator Whish-Wilson on 18 June and provide further information to the questions taken on notice on that day—and I have given...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Economy (7 speeches)
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 Ketter today relating to the economy. The...
- Climate Change (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 Waters today relating to climate change. When Senator...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Abetz from 22 June to 25 June 2015 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Health Care: Immigration (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) on 13 February 2015, health professionals, academics and policy makers met to sign the Melbourne Declaration on Building Integration and...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That general business notice of motion No. 751standing my name, relating to the beef industry, be postponed until 10 August 2015. Question agreed to.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Production of Documents (6 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) does not accept the claim of public interest immunity made by the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection in failing to provide the documents...
- Trade in Shark Fins (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that a Queensland man has been caught with more than 3 000 shark fins, likely destined for the black market, and that we do not know the origin of the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (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 Abbott...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: Abbott Government ' s Budget Cuts—Select Committee— Appointed—Participating members: Senators Johnston, Lindgren and Sinodinos Economics Legislation and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Report (2 speeches)
Pursuant to order and on behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the report on the provisions of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Australian Greens (15 speeches)
Earlier today during question time I had to withdraw a remark aimed at Senator Waters. I will not repeat that remark here, and I do apologise for my undue outburst. But I want to explain why I...
- Kirner, Ms Joan Elizabeth, AC (1 speech)
Earlier this month, we gathered at the Williamstown Hall in Melbourne to farewell and to show our love for an extraordinary woman. At that service, where we farewelled Joan Kirner, it was a...
- Chile (1 speech)
Last week I met a remarkable and brave woman. Her name is Lorena Pizarro. For many years Lorena has travelled the world seeking answers—and justice—about crimes that are...
- Gender Equality (1 speech)
I rise tonight to address the issue of gender equality in the Liberal Party, and it seems quite apt after Senator Moore's wonderful tribute to Joan Kirner. I am a very proud WA Liberal woman....
