Senate debates
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- The Kurrajongs of Inverell (1 speech)
I rise today to extend an invitation to everyone in this chamber, and to all Australians, to attend a very special event in my home town of Inverell next month. You ask: 'What is that event?'...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
In February 2010, a member in the other place said this: It is our job as members of parliament to legislate with an eye to the long-term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election...
- Children in Immigration Detention (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on children currently held in Australia's immigration detention facilities. As I stand here, the latest numbers of children held in detention here in Australia is 112. Last...
- Western Australia: Economic Competitiveness (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss issues that are near and dear to my heart. Those of you who heard my first speech will know them. They are the concepts of innovation, commercialisation and...
- Industrial Relations, Multiculturalism (4 speeches)
I rise to speak today about the plight of Korean truck drivers working for Pulmuone, a South Korean company. The Korean Public Service and Transport Workers Union—KPTU—TruckSol...
- Climate Change (3 speeches)
Despite what you might hear in the media—and, indeed, what you heard in this chamber only a short while ago—climate change science has become less certain and gives us less reason to...
- Liberalism (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in support of the core values at the heart of our political, social and economic institutions. While we do not hear too much about morality in this place, everything we do,...
- Central Coast: Australian Taxation Office (1 speech)
I rise today to put on the record some detail around the motion which very happily, with thanks to the crossbenchers and the Greens for their support, passed the Senate very convincingly with a...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
I thought it timely, in the minute that I have, to reflect on the Paris climate change talks and the passage of time. In 2009, when Copenhagen was being talked about by those on the other side of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Special Minister of State (8 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer to the minister's previous statement that he had 'no knowledge of the James Ashby affair beyond what I have read in the media'....
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann, representing the Treasurer. Would the minister be kind enough to update the Senate on the national accounts data released today and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call Senator Wong, I acknowledge in the public gallery the presence of former senator Russell Trood. Welcome. Honourable senators: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Special Minister of State (83 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the minister's statement to the Senate: Mr Brough would not have been appointed as the Special Minister...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Criminal Justice System (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs. Given that, when the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on the ways the government is assisting young Australians into employment?
- Migration (13 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister Assisting the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Minister Cash. As a senator, I regularly visit rural and regional Queensland to meet and talk...
- Child Care (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham. Will the minister update the Senate on how the government is delivering fairer childcare support for families?
- Trade (12 speeches)
My question is to Senator Sinodinos as Cabinet Secretary and Minister representing the Minister for Trade and Investment. It concerns a large multinational business based at the North Pole but...
- Defence Facilities: Contamination (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. I refer the minister to an article in today's Newcastle Herald, titled 'Defence blocks access'. The article reports that Defence has...
- Trade (7 speeches)
My question is to the Cabinet Secretary, Senator Sinodinos, representing the Minister for Trade and Investment. Can the Cabinet Secretary inform the Senate of the benefits Australian exporters...
- Research and Development (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. I refer to the Prime Minister's remarks in Paris on the importance of science and innovation in...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That general business notice of motion No. 980 be postponed until tomorrow. Question agreed to.
- Withdrawal (3 speeches)
I move: That general business motion No. 929 standing in my name for today, relating to the Custody Notification Service, be withdrawn. Question agreed to. Mr President, I seek leave to make a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Appointment (1 speech)
I move: That the resolution of appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be amended to provide for participating membership, omitting from paragraph (3A) "the 2013...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Ear Health (9 speeches)
Senator Peris and I included Senator Siewert as a mover of general business notice of motion No. 981, standing in my name and the name of Senator Peris for today, concerning the Close the Gap...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Higher Education (3 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 984 standing in my name for today, relating to the literacy and numeracy benchmark standards for teaching graduates. Leave granted. I...
- Indigenous Incarceration and Violence (6 speeches)
Before moving this motion, I would like to add the names of Senator Peris and Senator Lines to the motion.
- Whaling (6 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Wang, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) in 1979 Australia adopted an anti-whaling policy, permanently ending whaling in Australian waters, (ii) in...
- Northern Australia: Policing Services (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises the important work of the Australian Federal Police, the Queensland Police Service, Australian Border Force and other government agencies in...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (7 speeches)
I move: That the government business order of the day relating to the consideration of the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Bill 2015 be discharged from the Notice...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax (42 speeches, 1 comment)
I have received a letter 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/Turnbull...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Delegation to Indonesia (1 speech)
by leave—I present the report of the Australian parliamentary delegation to the republic of Indonesia, which took place from 27 September to 1 October 2015. I seek leave to make a...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Consideration (1 speech)
We now proceed to the consideration of documents. The documents for consideration are listed on pages 6 of today's Order of Business.
- President's Report to the Senate on Government Responses Outstanding (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I rise to speak briefly in regard to document No.1, which is the President's report to the Senate on government responses outstanding to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 14th report of 2015 of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. I also lay on the table Scrutiny of Bills Alert Digest No. 14 of 2015, dated 2 December 2015. Ordered...
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee; Delegated Legislation Monitor (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, I present the Delegated Legislation Monitor No. 16 for 2015. Ordered that the document be printed.
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: Thirty-second report of the 44th Parliament. Ordered that the report be...
- Environment and Communications References Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Chair of the Environment and Communications References Committee, I present the report on stormwater management, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Senator Gallacher, I present the report on Australia's relationship with Mexico, together with the Hansard...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Report (15 speeches)
I present the report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on arts programs and funding, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the...
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Government Response to Report (2 speeches)
I present the government's response to the report of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee on its inquiry into the performance, importance and role of Australia Post in...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I table three ministerial statements relating to progress with implementing the Australian government's response to the Aviation Safety Regulation Review report, Operation Sovereign Borders and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Order! The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of committees.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—I, and also on behalf of Senator Dastyari, give notice that, on the next day of sitting, we shall move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) complaints by Western Sydney Wanderers...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Film Industry, Valedictories (1 speech)
In the spirit of festivity, as we come to the conclusion of another parliamentary year, I welcome two forthcoming events this December. The first is on 18 December, when the fabled Star Wars...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about the National Broadband Network, a world-class infrastructure project under Labor but which has fallen victim to Mr Turnbull's habit of talking bit and failing to...
- Year 2015 in Review (1 speech)
With the parliamentary year drawing to a close I would like to reflect on some of the significant issues that have been across my desk during the year, and to join with Senator Nash and associate...
- Ageing Population (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about an important issue in Western Australia, which I had the pleasure of going to a forum about the week before last. Western Australia's population is growing older....
