Senate debates
Monday, 21 November 2016
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
Does any senator wish to have the question put on any of those committee meetings? There being none, we will proceed.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the Senate that Senator Payne will be absent from question time this week due to illness. In Senator Payne's absence, I will represent the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Defence...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Prime Minister's comments at the Business Council of Australia dinner last week, where he admitted...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! Before I call on the next questioner, I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the chamber of a delegation from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. On behalf...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Security (10 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis, representing the Prime Minister. Can the Attorney-General outline the importance to Australia's national interests of maintaining...
- Economy (15 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Australian Bureau of Statistics data released last week which shows that wages growth has fallen to...
- Workplace Relations (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Can the minister inform the Senate of any recent events that highlight the need for greater accountability and governance of...
- Asylum Seekers (12 speeches)
My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Attorney, the United States has agreed to consider accepting refugees currently detained on Manus Island and...
- Medicare (11 speeches)
My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister confirm that, in Tasmania, bulk-billing rates for GP visits have dropped by a massive 2.4...
- Western Sydney Airport (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Nash, representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. I refer to the environmental impact statement for the proposed Badgerys Creek airport, which is now on...
- Indigenous Affairs (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Can the minister update the Senate on the government's Indigenous land reform agenda and on negotiations with traditional...
- Employment (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to Australian Bureau of Statistics data released last week that showed the workforce participation rate...
- Education (8 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Could the minister update the Senate on how our international education sector is growing, in terms of both numbers...
- Whaling (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Last summer the Japanese whaling fleet went down to the Southern Ocean and slaughtered 333 minke whales, nearly...
- Murray-Darling Basin (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. When did the Prime Minister become aware of the Deputy Prime Minister's intention to abandon the previous...
- Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Questions Nos 163 to 171 (27 speeches)
Under standing order 74(5)(a), I seek an explanation from the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis, as to why questions numbered 163 to 171, which I placed on notice on 5 October 2016, remain unanswered.
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government, Economy, Medicare (11 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to questions without notice asked by Senators Watt, Dastyari and Brown today. The answers that we...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by Senator Brandis to my question on migration matters. It is worth noting here that, for many years, immigration minister after immigration...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on the next sitting day, 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 (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 78(1), I give notice of Senator Xenophon's intention, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, to withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators for personal reasons: (a) Senator Payne from 21 November to 24 November 2016; and (b) Senator Smith for today....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (12 speeches)
I move: That the Senate calls on the Turnbull Government to abandon moves to implement the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), given that Mr Donald Trump has been elected President of the...
- Fair Work Commission (8 speeches)
The () (): I move: That the Senate: (a) notes that: (i) the Fair Work Commission found Ms Kimberley Kitching provided untruthful and unreliable evidence in Health Services...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (9 speeches)
I move: That— (a) so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the succeeding provisions of this resolution having effect; (b) on Monday, 21 November 2016, the business of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 4 standing in my name and in the name of Senator Xenophon for today proposing a reference to the Senate Community Affairs...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw motion No. 103 standing in my name.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (15 speeches, 4 comments)
I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, three senators each submitted letters in accordance with standing order 75. Senator Siewert proposed a matter of urgency, and Senators Gallagher and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Department of Communications and the Arts; Consideration (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. The report of the Department of Communications and the Arts on the prohibition of advertisements of interactive gambling services is required...
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd; Consideration (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. As we know Aboriginal Hostels provide a vital service to accommodate Aboriginal people in remote areas and also in urban areas. It is a wholly...
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (29 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the hours of meeting for today. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from moving a motion to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
