Senate debates

Thursday, 23 March 2017

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Meeting (34 speeches)
    Does any senator wish to have—Senator Macdonald?
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take-Home Pay) Bill 2017; Second Reading (58 speeches)
    The Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take-Home Pay) Bill will protect the take-home pay of 700,000 low-paid workers, and this is at a time when inequality is at a 75-year high under this coalition...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    Pursuant to notice given on 22 March 2017, I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in my name for 30 March 2017, proposing the disallowance of the Financial Framework...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (31 speeches, 1 comment)
    I present the third 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 the order of general business for consideration today be as follows: (a) general business order of the day no. 45 (Banking and Financial Services Commission of Inquiry Bill 2017);...
  • Consideration of Legislation (2 speeches)
    I move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017, allowing it to be considered during this period of sittings.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) 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.
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016; Second Reading (7 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— The Family Assistance...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • London: Attacks (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Today Australians woke to the horrific news of an attack at Westminster in London. On behalf of all Labor...
  • Child Care (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister inform the Senate how the government's reforms to child care will simplify arrangements for families?
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (41 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Does the minister agree with the Deputy Prime Minister who says in relation to amending section 18C of the Racial...
  • Energy (8 speeches)
    Thank you, Mr President— A government senator: How did you get a question? The reason I have a question is because Senator Hanson was unable to ask hers, and so this is truly without...
  • Trade Unions (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Is the minister aware of any secret payments between big business and unions, which have been hidden from union members?
  • Housing Affordability (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann—no proverbs today. In a piece in today's Sydney Morning Herald titled 'How Turnbull can kill stamp duty and...
  • Taxation (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to reports in The Australian indicating that the Turnbull government is preparing to shelve most of its...
  • Infrastructure (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. As I travel through Queensland, my constituents talk to me about jobs and the need for water infrastructure...
  • Child Care (9 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. I refer to your plan to reduce by half the number of childcare hours accessed by vulnerable children. When asked in...
  • Innovation and Science (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Sinodinos. Can the minister update the Senate on how the government is serving as an exemplar in the science and...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Taxation (11 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to a question without notice asked by Senator Farrell today relating to company tax cuts. I rise to...
  • Housing Affordability (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to a question without notice asked by Senator Whish-Wilson today relating to housing...
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
    I present additional information received by committees relating to the following estimates: Budget estimates 2016-17 (Supplementary)— Education and Employment Legislation...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Senator McAllister, I present the committee's report on the Operation of the Administrative Arrangements...
  • Economics References Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Economics References Committee, Senator Ketter, I present the committee's report 'Lifting the fear and suppressing the greed': penalties for white-collar crime and...
  • Joint Standing Committee on Migration; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I present the government’s response to the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Migration on its inquiry into the business innovation and investment program. I seek leave to...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Last Veterans' Mission to Korea (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, I table a ministerial statement on the last veterans' mission to Korea.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Western Australia: Perth Freight Link; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I table a document relating to the order for production of documents concerning the Roe Highway Extension.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Membership (2 speeches)
    Order! The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Education and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2017, Health Insurance Amendment (National Rural Health Commissioner) Bill 2017, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2017; 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.
  • Education and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2017, Health Insurance Amendment (National Rural Health Commissioner) Bill 2017, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2017; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I table revised explanatory memoranda relating to the Health Insurance Amendment (National Rural Health Commissioner) Bill 2017 and the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2017, Diverted Profits Tax Bill 2017; 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.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2017, Diverted Profits Tax Bill 2017; Second Reading (1 speech)
    ( I table the revised explanatory memoranda relating to the bills and I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard....
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Crimes Legislation Amendment (International...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Banking and Financial Services Commission of Inquiry Bill 2017; Second Reading (37 speeches)
    This bill is big. This bill is bold. Only once before in our parliament's history have we ever commissioned an inquiry in the way that this bill, the Banking and Financial Services Commission of...
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    I rise tonight to speak on the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016 as put forward by the government. This, of course, is a bill that has been...
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016; In Committee (37 speeches)
    I would like to refer interested senators to the Greens amendment on sheet 8109. This is in relation to lifting the number of hours in the safety net from 12 to 15. We have heard consistently...
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016; Third Reading (3 speeches)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time.