Senate debates
Monday, 22 February 2016
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
Does any senator wish to have the question put on any of those motions? There being no-one, we will proceed.
- Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
The question is that the motion moved by Senators Simms and Xenophon to refer a matter to the Environment and Communications References Committee be agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 6) Bill 2015; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 6) Bill 2015. Labor will be supporting this bill. This bill seeks to enact two tax changes announced by the former...
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 6) Bill 2015; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As there have been no amendments circulated, unless any senator requires a committee stage, I propose to call the minister for the third reading.
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2015; Second Reading (4 speeches)
Mr President, the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2015 will be supported by the opposition. It is an important bill. It arises out of a recommendation of the...
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2015; In Committee (15 speeches)
I wish to move amendments, but I actually seek clarification from the Clerk as to exactly how I move these, because I still do not have a schedule in front of me.
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2015; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015, Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Bill 2015; First Reading (1 speech)
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.
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015, Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Bill 2015; Second Reading (7 speeches)
I present the explanatory memoranda 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...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015, Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Bill 2015; In Committee (3 speeches)
I move opposition amendment (1) to the Communications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015 on sheet 7844: (1) Page 5 (after line 25), after Schedule 1, insert:...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015, Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) 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.
- Insolvency Law Reform 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.
- Insolvency Law Reform Bill 2015; Second Reading (6 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— INSOLVENCY LAW REFORM...
- Insolvency Law Reform 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.
- Courts Administration Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; Second Reading (4 speeches)
This bill, introduced last year and referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, implements the merger of certain back office corporate services functions of our...
- Courts Administration Legislation Amendment 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.
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Proceeds of Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2015 (8 speeches)
The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Proceeds of Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2015 amends the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the POC Act; the Criminal Code Act 1995, the Criminal Code; the Anti-Money...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I table a revised ministry list and I seek leave to have the list incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The document read as follows— TURNBULL MINISTRY 18 February 2016...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. I refer to the Treasurer's statement last week that bracket creep 'is a job killer, and it's a growth killer'. I also refer to the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the gallery of Ms Rieke Diah Pitaloka MP, Member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia. On behalf of all...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Tropical Cyclone Winston (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Will the minister please provide the Senate with the latest update on the situation in Fiji arising from Tropical Cyclone Winston and on...
- Taxation (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Does the minister agree with former Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett, who said: 'I'm very disappointed at the way in which...
- Regional Australia (6 speeches)
My question is to the newly appointed cabinet minister for regional development, Senator Nash. Will the minister update the Senate on how the coalition government is strengthening regional Australia?
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Senator Brandis, right now, 'Baby Asha' and her family, along with dozens of other families, are living in...
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Brandis. Will the Attorney-General update the Senate on the outcomes of last week's meetings of attorneys-general and...
- Higher Education (12 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator Birmingham, this week thousands of students will start university for the first time and...
- Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Will the minister advise the Senate of any further alleged breaches of workplace laws in the construction sector?
- Shipping (26 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. I refer to evidence in estimates that the Department of Employment knew in advance of the plan to replace the Australian crew of the...
- Broadband (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications and Minister for the Arts, Senator Fifield. Will the minister inform the Senate how the coalition government is delivering the NBN sooner and...
- Economy (34 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Sinodinos. It relates to manufacturing jobs. How many Australian manufacturing jobs have...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Taxation (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to questions without notice asked by Senators Brown and Ketter today relating to tax policy. I...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Education and Training (Senator Birmingham) to a question without notice asked by Senator Simms today relating to income...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Halverson, Hon Robert George (Bob), OBE (4 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 9 February 2016, of the Honourable Robert George (Bob) Halverson, OBE, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives and member...
- Jones, Mr Andrew Thomas (1 speech)
It is also with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 2 December last year of Andrew Thomas Jones, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Adelaide, South...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered...
- Withdrawal (2 speeches)
I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 93, relating to the introduction of a bill, which stands in my name for today.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence, for personal reasons, be granted to Senator Peris for tomorrow, 23 February 2016. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reporting Date (1 speech)
Does any senator require the question to be put separately on any of those proposals? There being none, we shall move on.
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate today from 7 pm to take evidence for...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Mining (1 speech)
Mr Deputy President, I refer to general business notice No. 1016 and seek leave to remove Senator Canavan's name from the motion—only because he is a newly appointed minister and it is not...
- Radioactive Waste (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Australian Government has initiated a voluntary site selection process for a national radioactive waste...
- Coal Seam Gas (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Federal Government has approved coal seam gas mining in the Pilliga Forest near Narrabri in New South...
- Australia Day Honours (4 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Moore and Waters, move: That the Senate acknowledges, congratulates and thanks all Queensland Order of Australia recipients and all Australia Day Award...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Joint Standing Committee on Migration; Meeting (1 speech)
I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Migration be authorised to hold public meetings during the sittings of the Senate, from 9.45 am, to take evidence for the committee's inquiry into the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Aboriginal Children in Out-of-Home Care (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Aboriginal children make up less than 5 per cent of the general population, but 35 per cent of children in...
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (5 speeches)
I request that Senator Singh be added as a co-sponsor, and I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1023 standing in my name for today, relating to the Tasmanian Wilderness...
- Foreign Investment: Van Diemen's Land Company (5 speeches)
I request that Senators Madigan and Whish-Wilson be added as co-sponsors. I, and on behalf of Senators Madigan and Whish-Wilson, move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the proposed sale of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (20 speeches, 1 comment)
The President has received the following letter from Senator Moore: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Stolen Generation (1 speech)
Mr Deputy President, I seek leave to table a petition that is not in conformity with standing orders. The petition, containing 21,676 signatures, is particularly about Alan Jones's comments on...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (2 speeches)
I table a ministerial statement by the former Minister for Trade and Investment and related documents on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
- Closing the Gap (13 speeches)
On behalf of the Prime Minister, I table the Closing the gap: Prime Minister's report 2016 and the accompanying ministerial statement. I seek leave to move a motion relating to the documents....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015, Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015; First Reading (1 speech)
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.
- Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015, Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
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— AUSTRALIAN CRIME...
- Tax Laws Amendment (New Tax System for Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015, Income Tax Rates Amendment (Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015, Medicare Levy Amendment (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015, Income Tax (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts — Offsets) Bill 2015; First Reading (1 speech)
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.
- Tax Laws Amendment (New Tax System for Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015, Income Tax Rates Amendment (Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015, Medicare Levy Amendment (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015, Income Tax (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts — Offsets) Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
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— TAX LAWS...
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No. 2) 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.
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No. 2) 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...
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015, Water Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2015; First Reading (1 speech)
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 (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015, Water Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
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— SOCIAL SERVICES...
- Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) 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.
- Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) 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— CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT...
- Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2015, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Bill 2015, Tax Laws Amendment (Implementation of the Common Reporting Standard) Bill 2015; First Reading (1 speech)
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...
- Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2015, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Bill 2015, Tax Laws Amendment (Implementation of the Common Reporting Standard) 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— CRIMINAL CODE...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate concurs with the resolution of the House of Representatives. Question agreed to.
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the report on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Bill 2015 [provisions] (pursuant to...
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, I present the report on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Access Regime and NBN Companies) Bill...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That general business notices of motion nos 1004 and 1005 standing in Senator Lambie's name for today be postponed until the next day of sitting. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Safe Schools Coalition Australia (3 speeches)
Tomorrow morning I will be presenting a petition to the Senate which calls on the government and the education minister to remove all federal funding from the Safe Schools Coalition program...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Liberal government's continued lack of vision when it comes to aged care and issues of ageing in this country. It would seem that the government is out of ideas. It does...
- Safe Schools Coalition Australia (1 speech)
I was about to leave for the night and then I saw Senator Bernardi jumping to his feet and launching into yet another of his famous diatribes about the Safe Schools Coalition and diversity within...
