Senate debates
Thursday, 9 February 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
Does any senator wish to have the question put on any proposal? There being none, we proceed to business.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
I seek leave to make a two-minute statement in regards to the forced deportations of detainees on Manus Island that are currently underway.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Pursuant to notice given on 8 February, 2017, I withdraw: business of the Senate notice of motions No. 1, 2 and 3 standing in my name for today proposing the disallowance of three instrument made...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (13 speeches)
I present the first report of 2017 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That— (a) government business orders of the day as shown on today's order of business be considered from 12.45 pm today; and (b) government business be called on after consideration...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Whish-Wilson, I move: That the following matter be referred to the Standing Committee of Privileges for inquiry and report: Having regard to the material tabled by the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Housing Affordability (4 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Cameron, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the proportion of Australians leasing in the private rental housing market is the highest in...
- Australia Day (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges: (i) that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the First Peoples of these lands and waters, (ii) that 26...
- Resources Industry (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the substantial contribution to the economic health of North Queensland provided by the resources industry; (b) acknowledges that the resources industry:...
- Closing the Gap (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 186, standing in my name for today, relating to the presentation of annual reports concerning the Closing the Gap initiative. Leave...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Australians use life insurance to financially protect themselves and those close to them. Many Australians take out life insurance for the peace of mind that, if the worst happens, there will at...
- Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016; Third Reading (1 speech)
There being no colleagues interested in a committee stage, I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Corporations Amendment (Professional Standards of Financial Advisers) Bill 2016; Second Reading (7 speeches)
Labor will be supporting the Corporations Amendment (Professional Standards of Financial Advisers) Bill 2016. The bill makes amendments to the Corporations Act to raise the education, training...
- Corporations Amendment (Professional Standards of Financial Advisers) Bill 2016; 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.
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2016 Measures No. 2) Bill 2016; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution on the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2016 Measures No. 2) Bill 2016. The bill being considered by the Senate this afternoon involves the...
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2016 Measures No. 2) Bill 2016; 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 it to be considered in the Committee of the Whole.
- Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Bill 2016, Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Levy Bill 2016; Second Reading (2 speeches)
The Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Bill 2016 and Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Levy Bill 2016, before us today, bring the hazardous waste...
- Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Bill 2016, Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Levy Bill 2016; 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.
- Statute Update (A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations) Bill 2016; Second Reading (2 speeches)
This bill, the Statute Update (A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations) Bill 2016, will ensure that 18 Commonwealth acts continue to apply to the ACT following the sunset of...
- Statute Update (A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations) Bill 2016; 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.
- Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2016; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Labor supports the Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2016, which continues work undertaken by the former Labor government. The principal act, which this bill implements in part in...
- Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2016; 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.
- Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016; Second Reading (5 speeches)
Labor supported the Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014, which introduced measures which were the first substantive update of the visa cancellation provisions...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the Senate that Senator Canavan, the Minister for will be absent from question time today. In Senator Canavan's absence, Senator Sinodinos will represent the Resources and Northern...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Affairs (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Yesterday in question time, the minister claimed the Audit Office audit of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy 'makes very...
- Australia Post (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Can the minister update the Senate on the issue of executive remuneration at Australia Post?
- Housing Affordability (14 speeches)
My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister, who on 25 January said in relation to housing affordability: We believe that...
- Energy (8 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Minister, given that the laws of physics mean that burning coal produces pollution and that pollution is not only...
- Defence Properties (36 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. When did the minister first become aware of the need for expansion of the Shoalwater Bay Training Area and Townsville Field...
- Queensland: Sugar Industry (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Nash, the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Minister, foreign-owned company Wilmar Sugar holds a monopoly on the Burdekin region in...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I draw the attention of senators to the presence in the gallery of former Senator Santoro. Welcome to the Senate.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Food Labelling (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Sinodinos. Can the minister explain how the government's country-of-origin-labelling reforms will help consumers make...
- Immigration Detention (8 speeches)
This is a question to the Attorney-General. Attorney, this question relates to the storming this morning, under cover of darkness, of Fox compound in the Lombrum RPC on Manus Island by Papua New...
- Housing Affordability (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Treasurer, who yesterday accused Labor of supporting, 'higher house prices'. I also refer to the...
- Regional Australia: Energy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Senator Nash. Can the minister outline what the coalition government is doing to ensure that regional businesses and households have...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Housing Affordability (23 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers provided by Senator Brandis to the questions without notice asked today by myself and Senator Singh. I noticed in one of the weekend papers that...
- Immigration Detention (17 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of Senator Brandis's response to my questions relating to the forcible deportation of people from Manus Island. I am glad Senator Brandis has remained in the...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Bosman, Mr Leonard Lewis (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 6 February 2017, of Leonard Lewis Bosman, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of St George, New South Wales,...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Senators' Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Bilyk, I present the Register of Senators' Interests, incorporating statements of registrable interests and notifications of alterations lodged between 8 October 2016 and 31...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Proposed Additional Expenditure (1 speech)
I table particulars of proposed additional expenditure for 2016-17 and seek leave to move a motion to refer the documents to legislative and general purpose standing committees. Leave granted. I...
- Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (1 speech)
I also table the portfolio additional estimates statements 2016-17 in accordance with the list circulated in the chamber.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Defence Industry (1 speech)
On behalf of the Minister for Defence Industry, I table a ministerial statement on defence industry.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Public Transport (30 speeches)
At the request of Senator Gallagher, I move: That the Senate condemns the failure of the Turnbull Government to invest in public transport infrastructure across Australia. Here were are some...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Select Committee on Wind Turbines; Report (2 speeches)
by leave—I thank the chamber for its indulgence to speak on the government's response to the report of the Senate Select Committee on Wind Turbines. I know I am amongst friends on both...
- Joint Standing Committee on Treaties; Report (1 speech)
I rise to speak on Report 167 of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. The report deals with a number of treaties, but I intend to focus my remarks this evening on the extradition treaty with...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Western Australia: Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
Our farmers play an important role in our society, not only because they put food on our tables but because they hold a crucial place in our economy and in our culture. For many years our...
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
In many of our capital cities and surrounding regions, home ownership is a pipedream for young Australians. Home ownership is declining, while the number of Australians in rental accommodation is...
