Senate debates

Thursday, 25 June 2015

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Meeting (14 speeches)
    by leave—I move revised motion No. 776, standing in my name: That— (1) T he Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee be required to hold a private meeting today, 25 June...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    Does any senator wish to have the motion put on that question about the committee meeting? There being none, I will call Senator Fifield to move a motion.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration of Legislation (12 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That, on Thursday, 25 June 2015: (a) the hours of meeting shall be 9.30 am to adjournment; (b) consideration of general business private senators’ bills under...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015; First Reading (26 speeches)
    I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time. I seek leave to move a motion to exempt this bill from the bills...
  • Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015; In Committee (14 speeches)
    There are a number of amendments to this legislation that are in the process of being circulated that we will move throughout this committee process. But, firstly, I have some questions. A bunch...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 3 for today, disallowance of the Federal Courts Legislation Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2015.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees.
• 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) the following business be called on after the bills...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Defence Legislation (Enhancement of Military Justice) Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Continuing my previous contribution, quoting from a letter received from a member of the Defence community: The Bill gives statutory recognition which in effect does little to enhance the...
  • Defence Legislation (Enhancement of Military Justice) 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.
  • Export Charges (Imposition — General) Bill 2015, Export Charges (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2015, Export Charges (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2015, Export Charges (Collection) Bill 2015; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I thank senators for their brevity. Question agreed to. Bills read a second time.
  • Export Charges (Imposition — General) Bill 2015, Export Charges (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2015, Export Charges (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2015, Export Charges (Collection) Bill 2015; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bills have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bills be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Imported Food Charges (Imposition — General) Bill 2015, Imported Food Charges (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2015, Imported Food Charges (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2015, Imported Food Charges (Collection) Bill 2015; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I again thank senators for their courtesy. Question agreed to. Bills read a second time.
  • Imported Food Charges (Imposition — General) Bill 2015, Imported Food Charges (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2015, Imported Food Charges (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2015, Imported Food Charges (Collection) Bill 2015; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bills have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bills be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Employee Share Schemes) Bill 2015; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I again thank senatorial colleagues for their courtesy. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
  • Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Employee Share Schemes) 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.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (31 speeches)
    I present the eighth report of 2015 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard....
  • Environment and Communications References Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator. There being no such requests, I shall now proceed to the discovery of formal business.
  • Economics References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 13 June 2016: The economic and social impact of legislation, policies or Commonwealth...
• Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
  • Federal Courts Legislation Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2015; Disallowance (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Federal Courts Legislation Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2015, as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2015 No. 70 and made under the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976, the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference (18 speeches)
    I ask that business of the Senator notice of motion No. 6 standing in my name, which refers a matter to a committee, be taken as a formal motion.
• Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
  • Approval of Works (1 speech)
    I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the Senate approves the following proposals by the National Capital Authority for capital works within the Parliamentary...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Civil Law and Justice (Omnibus Amendments) Bill 2015; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend various Acts relating to law and justice, and for related purposes. Civil Law and Justice (Omnibus Amendments) Bill 2015....
  • Civil Law and Justice (Omnibus Amendments) Bill 2015; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I table the explanatory memorandum and 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...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Select Committee on Families; Appointment (11 speeches)
    On behalf of Senator Gallagher, I move: 1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Families, be established to inquire into and report by 13 October 2015 on the following...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Attorney-General (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to an email from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet on Monday, 1 June at 5:30 pm, which...
  • Trade Unions (8 speeches)
    My question is to the acting Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General please update—
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    Before I call Senator Collins, I acknowledge the presence in the public gallery of former Senator Russell Trood.
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Attorney-General, Minister for Foreign Affairs (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer to Mr Thawley's request at 5.30 pm on Monday, 1 June that the misleading Monis evidence be corrected. If Mr Thawley had no doubt...
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, Senator Payne. The Productivity Commission released their annual trade and assistance review this week. In this review, the...
  • National Security (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer to ASIO's confirmation that the information on display during yesterday's photo opportunity at ASIO headquarters was for official...
  • Australian Shipbuilding Industry (8 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Defence, the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Over recent months there has been a lot of speculation about our shipbuilding...
  • Building and Construction Industry (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Payne, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister update the Senate on recent evidence of the culture of lawlessness in...
  • National Security: Citizenship (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, regarding the dramatically named allegiance to Australian citizenship laws. Legal experts today have said that the laws are so broadly drafted that people...
  • Health Funding (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer to the minister's answer in question time yesterday, when she said: … there have been no cuts to the flexible...
  • Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (38 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, Senator Cash. Can the minister inform the Senate of any recent incidents involving CFMEU officials treating women in a...
  • Ayers Rock Resort (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Has the minister written to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs seeking an urgent investigation into the Indigenous Land Corporation's...
  • Budget (7 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister for Finance and Minister representing the Treasurer. Can the minister update the Senate on progress on implementing the government's plan for...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Attorney-General (1 speech)
    Earlier today in question time, I was asked questions by Senator Wong concerning a letter which was given in evidence before a Senate committee yesterday concerning the Monis letter. The author...
  • Health Funding (1 speech)
    In answer to a question Senator McLucas asked in question time earlier today, I inadvertently used the word 'increase' instead of 'decrease'.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Dissent from Ruling (9 speeches)
    At 2 pm, during the last division and before question time, Senator Macdonald handed in at the table a written objection to the ruling of the Deputy President that there was no point of order in...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Attorney-General, National Security (15 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. This government has a serious...
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Human Services (Senator Payne) to a question without notice asked by Senator Whish-Wilson today relating to...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Parliament House; Tabling (1 speech)
    I table a statement relating to the building condition of Parliament House and an attachment, Australian Parliament House Condition Summary.
• Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Delegation to the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference (1 speech)
    by leave—I present the report of the Australian parliamentary delegation to the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference held at Hanoi, Vietnam, from 28 march to 1 April 2015.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Constitutional Recognition of ATSIP; Report (3 speeches)
    I present the final report on the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples together with the Hansard record of proceedings and...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    I present the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on the Commonwealth's treaty-making process, together with a Hansard record of proceedings, documents presented...
  • Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
    Pursuant to order, I present the report of the Education Employment Legislation Committee on the 2015-16 budget estimates, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented...
  • Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Publications Committee, I present the 15th report of the Publications Committee. Ordered that the report be adopted.
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
    I present additional information received by committees relating to estimates.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Bernardi, I present the second interim report of the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee on the Department of Parliamentary Services. Ordered that...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2014; Report of Legislation Committee (1 speech)
    At the request of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Macdonald, I present an interim report of the committee of the Regulator of Medical Cannabis...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Senators' Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
    At the request of the Chair of the Standing Committee of Senators' Interests, Senator Bilyk, I present the Register of Senators' Interests incorporating statements of registerable interests and...
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee (3 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Sterle, the Chair of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, I present the report on Australia's transport energy resilience together with the...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on Defence use of unmanned platforms, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented...
  • Australia Fund Establishment; Report (1 speech)
    I present the final report of the Joint Select Committee on the Australia Fund Establishment, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee. Ordered...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Headspace; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I table a document relating to a proposed order for the production of documents concerning the governance arrangements of headspace.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 [No. 2], Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) Bill 2015; First Reading (7 speeches)
    These bills are being introduced together. After debate on the motion for the second reading has been adjourned, I shall move a motion to have the bills listed separately on the Notice Paper.I...
  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) Bill 2015; First Reading (1 speech)
    In that case, we will deal with the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) Bill 2015 first, for clarity. Then, having dealt with it, we will then move to the...
  • Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 [No. 2]; First Reading (7 speeches)
    For clarity, colleagues, we now move to the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 [No.2]. A division having been called and the bells being rung—
  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) 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— SOCIAL SERVICES...
  • Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 [No. 2]; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the second reading of this bill be set for the next day of sitting. Question agreed to.
  • Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015; In Committee (41 speeches)
    The question is that Australian Greens amendments (1) and (7) on sheet 7738 be agreed to.
  • Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Membership (2 speeches)
    I have received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate, at its rising, adjourn until Monday 10 August 2015 at 10 am or such other time as may be fixed by the President or, in the event of the President being unavailable, by...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    I move: That leave of absence be granted to every member of the Senate from the end of the sitting day to the day on which the Senate next meets. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Constitutional Recognition of ATSIP; Report (3 speeches)
    I seek leave to make a one-minute statement.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Northern Australia, Albany Community Care Centre (1 speech)
    As we come to the end of this parliamentary session, tonight is an excellent opportunity to reflect on some of the very positive announcements over recent days for regional areas across my home...
  • Education (2 speeches)
    Tonight I want to talk about barriers to access to excellent higher education for regional students. As a former teacher and university lecturer, I understand the importance of higher education....