Senate debates
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
Does any senator wish to have the question put on any of those matters? No.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Bill 2016; Second Reading (23 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the budget. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Senator Whish-Wilson moving a motion to give...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Bill 2016; In Committee (50 speeches)
I move Nick Xenophon Team amendment (1) on sheet 8034 revised: (1) Schedule 2, page 5 (after line 27), at the end of the Schedule, add: 5 At the end of Part 7 Add: 243A Review of operation of...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Bill 2016; Third Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017; Second Reading (4 speeches)
The Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017, introduced by the government to the other place on 15 February this year, amends the Native Title Act in an effort to...
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Holocaust Remembrance Day (1 speech)
Every year on the 27th day of the month of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar, the world observes Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the six million men, women and...
- Schools (5 speeches)
I said yesterday in taking note of answers in question time that I planned to spend this week focusing on education and, in particular, the way the government is conning the public with its...
- Budget (11 speeches)
It is always important, after expressions of sadness, that we throw some joy and light into our lives, and that is what I have chosen to do. I woke up today one of the most excited men in the...
- Turnbull Government (22 speeches)
Can I say—and I have said it before, Senator O'Sullivan—being loud does not make you right. And if you want to talk about the budget and what the budget did, could someone come in...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
I returned last week, as members may know, from a trip to Manus Island. While I was on Manus Island I spoke to a number of the people who have been detained there by Australia, many of whom have...
- Brain Cancer (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an issue that has with it much emotion and much passion and about which so much more needs to be done, and that is brain cancer. At the outset, I want to pay tribute to our...
- Budget (2 speeches)
Today I want to talk about the unfair budget that was delivered last night that delivers tax handouts to multinationals and millionaires while hurting Australian families. The reality is that the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (75 speeches)
My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister explain to Australians earning as little as $21,655 why they are facing a tax hike, while the...
- Family Law (8 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General please update the Senate on what the government is doing to improve the family law system as part of the budget?
- Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches, 3 comments)
My question is to Senator Ryan, Minister representing the Minister for Social Services. The Parliamentary Budget Office recently calculated, at my request, that Australian taxpayers provide $15...
- Budget (35 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister confirm that, under the Turnbull government, gross debt will pass half a trillion dollars in coming...
- Employment (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister advise the Senate how the Turnbull government's Skilling Australians Fund is providing long-term...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Veterans (1 speech)
Senator Lambie yesterday asked me if the government's proposal extending the gold card to atomic veterans covers their children. I can advise Senator Lambie that these arrangements do not extend...
- Budget (1 speech)
I have some additional information to add to the question I had from Senator Siewert earlier today. Risk profiling will be used to identify particular characteristics that indicate a higher risk...
- Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Question Nos 408 and 410 (48 speeches)
Pursuant to standing order 74(5), I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Brandis, for an explanation as to why an answer has not been provided to question No....
- Budget (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) and the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to questions without notice asked by Opposition...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Jones, Gerry Norman Francis (6 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 21 April this year, of Gerry Norman Francis Jones, a senator for the state of Queensland from 1981 until 1996. I call the Leader...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I give notice of my intention to, on the next sitting day, withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in my name for 8 August 2017, proposing the disallowance of the Export...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator O'Neill for tomorrow, Thursday, 11 May 2017, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Reference to Committee (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Fifield, I move: That— (1) To ensure appropriate consideration of time critical bills by Senate committees, the provisions of all bills introduced into the House...
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered during this period of sittings: Parliamentary Business...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- World Multiple Sclerosis Day (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator O'Neill, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) World MS Day takes place on 31 May 2017 with the theme "Life with MS", and (ii)...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Week (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Xenophon, move: That the Senate— (a) recognises that: (i) International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Awareness...
- Brain Cancer Action Month (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Bilyk, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the month of May is Brain Cancer Action Month, (ii) brain cancer is the leading cause...
- Adani Carmichael Coalmine (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate calls on the Federal Government and the board of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility to not hand over public funds to prop up the Adani Carmichael coal mine project.
- Journalism (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that independent journalism and a diverse media landscape play a vital role in informing public debate and maintaining a strong democracy; (b) recognises...
- Food Allergy Week (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) next week, 14 to 20 May 2017, is Food Allergy week, (ii) 1 in 10 babies born in Australia today will develop a food...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 26 May 2017 marks the 20 year anniversary of the historic report, Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Public Interest Journalism (5 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Ludlam, Xenophon and Lambie, move: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism, be established...
- Immigration Detention (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 309 standing in my name for today relating to Nauruan cadmium levels. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That notice of motion No. 2 standing in my name for today, relating to a reference to the Education and Employment References Committee, be postponed to the next day of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Food Labelling (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises that: (i) many Australian consumers deliberately choose free range labelled eggs to avoid the horrific cruelty of factory-farmed eggs,...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the Platform Papers publication entitled, Missing in Action: the ABC and Australian Screen Culture, in which former ABC (Australian Broadcasting...
- Republic of Chechnya (10 speeches)
) ( ): I ask that general business notice of motion No. 319, standing in my name for today, relating to the persecution in the Republic of Chechnya of men who are presumed to be gay or bisexual,...
- Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Service (10 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Griff and Kakoschke-Moore, move: That— (a) the Senate notes that: (i) on 20 April 2017 it was announced that the Makk and McLeay Aged Mental...
- National Reconciliation Week (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that National Reconciliation Week is from 27 May to 3 June 2017 and the theme is "Let's Take the Next Steps"; (b) acknowledges that: (i) the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (14 speeches)
I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, three proposals for a consideration in accordance with standing order 75 were received. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report 170 of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Social Security AgreementNew Zealand; Nuclear Research Cooperation Agreement; Loan AgreementInternational Monetary Fund;...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present reports on legislation, as listed at item 20 on today's Order of Business, together with the documents...
- Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present report number 461, Commonwealth risk management, as well as executive minutes on various reports. I seek leave to...
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee; Delegated Legislation Monitor (1 speech)
I present Delegated Legislation Monitor 5 of 2017 of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances. Ordered that the report be printed.
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report (1 speech)
On behalf the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the fourth report of 2017,Human rights scrutiny report. Ordered that the report be printed. I seek leave to have the tabling...
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Government Response to Report (2 speeches)
I present the government's response the second interim report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee on its inquiry into increasing use of so-called...
- Community Affairs References Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Community Affairs References Committee on the complaints process under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, together with the Hansard record of proceedings...
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Scrutiny Digest (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Polley, I present Scrutiny Digest No. 5 of 2017 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, dated 10 May 2017. Ordered that the report be printed. Senate adjourned...
