Senate debates
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax (13 speeches)
) ( ): My question is to Senator Colbeck, the Minister representing the Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects. Will the minister rule out extending the GST to council rates?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Order! I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the gallery of the Australian Political Exchange Council's 10th delegation from New Zealand. On behalf of all senators I wish...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Competition Policy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann, representing the Treasurer. Can the minister detail why competition reform is essential for strong economic growth?
- Goods and Services Tax (11 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Is Mr Graham Wolfe, from the Housing Industry Association, right to say about the GST: Adding another five per cent, or...
- Competition Policy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Minister Cormann. Minister, in your government's response to the Harper review, announced this afternoon by Treasurer Morrison, you have...
- Free Trade Agreements (8 speeches)
My question is to the Cabinet Secretary, representing the Minister for Trade and Investment. Can the Cabinet Secretary inform the Senate how many Australian jobs will be created following recent...
- Child Care (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training. I refer to the Australian Childcare Alliance, who said about short-session billing: If we were to say to our great educators, 'Here,...
- Higher Education (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Tourism and International Education, Senator Colbeck. Can the minister inform the Senate about the benefits of international education to Australia?
- Illicit Drugs (8 speeches)
My question without notice is directed to the Attorney-General and Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Brandis. I refer the senator to a Parliamentary Library brief I commission which...
- Port of Darwin (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. I refer to comments by the Minister for Foreign Affairs about the lease of the Port of Darwin to Landbridge, a Chinese company with...
- Innovation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister advise the Senate how the government is working with universities and the private sector to...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (6 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Turnbull government's decision to shut down the Senate inquiry into watering down the EPBC Act without a single public...
- Good Sports Program (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Rural Health, Senator Nash, representing the Minister for Health. Can the minister update the Senate on the work carried out under the Good Sports program?
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Minister for Trade and Investment (1 speech)
I would like to add to an answer I gave yesterday. The office of the Minister for Trade and Investment has confirmed that Mr Alastair Furnival was a member of the delegation to China in August...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax (17 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Tourism and International Education (Senator Colbeck) and the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to questions...
- Illicit Drugs (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 Lambie today relating to a proposal to drug test...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of senators Macdonald and Lindgren, move: That the following matter be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 31 March 2016: The...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Grandparent Carers (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Carol Brown and Siewert, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) throughout Australia, there are tens of thousands of children being raised by their...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- World Diabetes Day (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Singh, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 14 November was World Diabetes Day, (ii) there are 1.1 million diagnosed cases of diabetes in Australia and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee; Reference (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Collins, I move: That, for the purposes of its inquiry into the matters referred on 10 November 2015, the Committee of Privileges have power to consider and use the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Motor Vehicle Theft and Export (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council estimates that 20 passenger and light commercial vehicles...
- Donations to Political Parties (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) former Newcastle Lord Mayor and developer, Mr Jeff McCloy, lost his High Court case to overturn a New South Wales law banning developers from...
- Coal Seam Gas (5 speeches, 1 comment)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the Victorian National Party’s announcement in early 2015 that they ‘support landowners having the right to say no to coal seam gas...
- Samarco Iron Ore Mine (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the disaster at the Samarco iron ore mine, owned by BHP and Vale, which claimed the lives of twelve people with 22 still missing, left thousands...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in my name for 25 November 2015.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Tax (21 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 importance of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Consideration (1 speech)
I shall now proceed to the consideration of documents.
- Legislative Assembly of Western Australia (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I refer to the letter received by the President on 17 November advising of the motion passed by the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present report No. 9 of 2015, Referrals made August 2015.
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 156th report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Treaties tabled on 8 September 2015. I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I seek leave to incorporate this...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Corrigenda to Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Hanson-Young, I present a corrigendum to the dissenting report from the Australian Greens to the report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on the...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- National Security (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Prime Minister, Mr Turnbull, I table a ministerial statement on national security.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- North Queensland (1 speech)
Some people have unkindly suggested that I have not always been entirely generous to the Labor Party, the Greens and the crossbench senators in this chamber. Some have even more unkindly and...
- World Television Day (1 speech)
This past Saturday was World Television Day. I know that, for many, every Saturday is World Television Day and it is faithfully observed in lounge rooms across Australia. I rise today to mark it...
- National Anzac Centre (1 speech)
I rise this evening to acknowledge and pay tribute to the commitment and service of two community stalwarts of Albany in my home state of Western Australia. Other Senators in this place will have...
- Dhu, Ms Julieka (1 speech)
I rise tonight to acknowledge the life of Ms Dhu, a young 22-year-old Yamatji woman, a woman described by her mother as 'bubbly', 'family oriented' and as her 'beautiful baby'. Her grandmother...
- Coastal Shipping Industry (3 speeches)
I am going to break from tradition. Normally I do not read speeches let alone emails that are sent to me, but I do wish to read this into the record. I know that comes as a shock to Senators...
- Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure that I rise tonight to speak on incredibly important and successful programs, and those are the working-on-country Indigenous ranger programs. These programs offer...
- Bears of Hope (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about a charity called Bears of Hope, which supports at least 30,000 bereaved parents across Australia every year. Across our nation it is estimated that one in four...
- Transgender Day of Remembrance, Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Last Friday, we marked Transgender Day of Remembrance, an important day on the calendar of the transgender and gender diverse community both in Australia and internationally. It is a day to...
- Brain Cancer (1 speech)
I would like to take a few minutes in tonight's adjournment debate to share some exciting news about brain cancer research. As many listening would know, brain cancers and brain tumours are a...
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (1 speech)
Currently, in Tasmania, the World Heritage Committee's reactive monitoring mission is meeting with a range of stakeholders and engaging in visits into the absolutely magnificent and globally...
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I rise this evening at a time of profound sorrow for the French nation and for all peace-loving nations and peoples across the world. Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people, with...
- White Ribbon Day (1 speech)
Tomorrow, 25 November, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is celebrated across the world and in Australia as White Ribbon Day. In a statement by UN Women...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise to speak tonight on the changing debate around nuclear power and the nuclear fuel chain in Australia. Between the South Australian royal commission established by the state Labor...
- Freedom of Expression (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak in support of our Constitution, I rise to speak in support of freedom of speech and I rise in support of the freedom of religious belief. Additionally I want to put on the...
- Islam, Department of Veterans' Affairs (1 speech)
I rise firstly to express my sincere condolences to the people of France and to the innocent victims of the latest Islamic terrorist attacks. France has a special place in the story of the fight...
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Health Care (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of launching a book, Freedom From Religion, at the Paperchain bookshop in Canberra. I believe it is a very important publication, and I recommend it to everyone. This...
