Senate debates

Monday, 13 February 2017

• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    When this debate adjourned last week I was speaking about the nature of this bill, the Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill, specifically about the fact that...
  • Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016; In Committee (25 speeches)
    I wanted to firstly ask the minister how, or in fact whether, the provisions contained in the Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill around expanding the...
  • Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016; Second Reading (9 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016on behalf of the opposition. The opposition will be supporting this legislation. We welcome this bill which has been...
  • Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016; In Committee (31 speeches)
    I have a couple of questions that I would like to put to you, Minister Fierravanti-Wells, recognising that you are here in a representative capacity. Firstly, regarding the issue that we just...
  • Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to.
  • Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016 on behalf of the opposition and I indicate at the outset that, with amendments, the opposition will be supporting...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Pauline Hanson's One Nation (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Sinodinos. I refer to his statement in relation to One Nation: The One Nation of today is a different beast …...
  • Economy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Australian economy has been performing in comparison to other advanced economies?
  • Western Australian State Election (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Prime Minister who, in relation to the Western Australian Liberal Party's decision to preference...
  • Native Title (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General update the Senate on the full Federal Court's recent decision in relation to the single Noongar Settlement?
  • Climate Change (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the resignation of Professor Clive Hamilton from the Climate Change Authority. Professor Hamilton...
  • Defence Land Acquisition (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. On what date did the minister's department first advise her of the possibility of compulsory acquisitions as part of the expansion of...
  • Climate Change (26 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Environment and Energy, Senator Birmingham. As servants to the people of Queensland and Australia, I and people in the One Nation...
  • Dairy Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is to Minister for Resources and Northern Australia representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Canavan. I have just completed chairing a series of...
  • Banking and Financial Services (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. The damning report of the Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, into the big banks found...
  • Child Care (10 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister inform the Senate what the government is doing to support working parents through its Jobs for...
  • Renewable Energy (26 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to media revelations today of departmental advice to the government that the cause of blackouts in South...
• Questions to the President (0 speeches)
  • Photography in the Chamber (2 speeches)
    Madam Deputy President, I wonder whether the President has made a ruling in light of a recent event to do with photographs being taken within the chamber. Perhaps it might be pertinent at some...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Pauline Hanson's One Nation (27 speeches)
    I move— That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science (Senator Sinodinos) and the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to questions...
• 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...
  • Postponement (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That general business notice of motion No. 201 standing in my name for today, relating to Port Augusta ash dams, be postponed until the next day of sitting. Question agreed to.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Moore for Wednesday 15 February 2017, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    Thank you, Clerk. I remind senators that the question may be put on any of those proposals at the request of any senator. There being none, we will move on.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Bowel Cancer Australia (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 189 standing in my name for today, relating to Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the...
  • Carers, Grandparents (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Smith, I move: That the Senate— (a) congratulates Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren Western Australia (GRGWA) on winning the group category in the Western...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Restoring Shortwave Radio) Bill 2017; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983, and for related purposes. Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Restoring Shortwave Radio) Bill 2017; Second Reading (1 speech)
    by leave—I present an explanatory memoranda and I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have a second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Palliative Care Tasmania (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice motion No. 193 standing in my name and in the name of Senator Polley for today. Leave granted. I, and also on behalf of Senator Polley, move: That...
  • Myanmar (4 speeches)
    At the request of Senators Fierravanti-Wells, Moore and Smith, I move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges the advancements toward democratisation made by Myanmar's civilian government, which...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Xenophon, move: That the Senate— (a) affirms its support for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as the national broadcaster; (b) calls on the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Joint Standing Committee on Treaties; Meeting (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Fawcett, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties be authorised to hold private meetings otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1), private...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • AFL Women's League (1 speech)
    ) ( ): I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 204 standing in the name of Senator Rice for today, relating to the AFL Women's League, before asking that it be taken as a...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill Select Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    At the request of Senators Fawcett and Pratt, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Select Committee on the Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage)...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Indigenous Incarceration (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the adult incarceration rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples increased by 77.4 per cent from 2000 to 2015; (b) acknowledges the...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Perth Freight Link; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 186 standing in my name for today relating to the Perth Freight Link. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Illicit Drugs (2 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 190 standing in my name for today relating to illegal substances. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate—...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Roe Highway; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 202 standing in my name for today concerning an order for the production of documents relating to the Roe Highway extension, before...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Housing Affordability (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) Melbourne is currently facing a housing crisis, with record numbers of people experiencing homelessness and sleeping rough in...
  • President of the United States of America (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) the Trump Presidency is causing deep concern and unease in the Australian community, and   (ii) the Speaker of the House...
  • Schools (4 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Collins, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes:   (i) the Turnbull Government's $30 billion cut from our schools which broke an election promise to match...
  • Electricity Infrastructure (4 speeches, 1 comment)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the spectacular failure of privatisation of the electricity network in South Australia; and (b) calls on the Federal Government to explain its own...
  • Schools (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes:   (i) the Government's refusal to commit to the final two years of Gonski funding, which has established a funding cliff in 2018, will cut...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Western Australian State Election (36 speeches)
    I inform the senate that at 8.30 am today Senators Gallagher, Roberts and Siewert each submitted a letter to the President in accordance with standing order 75 proposing matters of public...
• Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
  • Audit report no. 37 of 2016-17; Consideration (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I would like to speak to this document and seek leave to continue my remarks later. Leave granted; debate adjourned.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Attorney-General's Department; Consideration (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I seek leave to continue my remarks later. Leave granted; debate adjourned.
  • Roe Highway; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I table a document relating to the order for the production of documents concerning the Roe Highway extension.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Transport Security Amendment (Serious or Organised Crime) Bill 2016; 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.
  • Transport Security Amendment (Serious or Organised Crime) Bill 2016; Second Reading (1 speech)
    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— The Government has no...
  • Transport Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading (1 speech)
    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— It is important that the...
  • Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill 2016; Report of Legislation Committee (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Hume, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill...
  • Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, I rise to strenuously oppose the Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016. This bill amends the Criminal Code Act 1995...
  • Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; In Committee (18 speeches)
    by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) to (3) on sheet 8037 together: (1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (lines 4 to 8), omit the item, substitute: 1 Subsections 360.2(1) and (2) of the...
  • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Bill 2016; Second Reading (12 speeches)
    I rise to speak in opposition to the latest government attempt to reduce wages and conditions and set up a system that exposes young workers to exploitation and exposes existing employees to...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Bombing of Darwin (1 speech)
    Tonight, I would like to speak on a significant event in the Northern Territory's history, or indeed in Australia's history: the bombing of Darwin in 1942. This weekend on 19 February, we will be...
  • Homelessness (1 speech)
    Last Friday, I stood in Rundle Mall with Steve, a vendor for The Big Issue, to help him sell this fortnight's edition of the magazine. It was 38 degrees that day, but you would not have known it...