Senate debates
Monday, 19 June 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
Does any senator wish to have the question put on any of those proposals? There being none we will proceed to business.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017; Second Reading (27 speeches)
I rise to continue my remarks on this bill, which the Greens see as a fantastic opportunity for the GST to be removed from tampons and sanitary pads. We have had statements from both sides of...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017; In Committee (13 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) through (4) on sheet 8153 together: (1) Schedule 1, page 24 (after line 35), after item 53, insert: 53A At the end of Division 177 Add: 177 -20...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017; Third Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2017-2018, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018; 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.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2017-2018, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018; Second Reading (5 speeches)
I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— APPROPRIATION...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2017-2018, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018; 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.
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2017; Second Reading (4 speeches)
Today Labor supports the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2017. As the chamber knows, this legislation continues the implementation of the...
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2017; 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.
- Enhancing Online Safety for Children Amendment Bill 2017; Second Reading (9 speeches)
I am pleased to continue my remarks, which are directed at amending the Enhancing Online Safety for Children Act 2015 to broaden the function and the title of the statutory Office of the...
- Enhancing Online Safety for Children Amendment Bill 2017; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments have been circulated, does any senator wish to have a committee stage before I ask the minister to move that the bill be now read a third time? As no-one does, I call the minister.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Major Bank Levy Bill 2017 and related bill, together with the Hansard...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Security (1 speech)
Senators, could I indicate to you all here, as I have you as a captive audience at 2 pm, that all building occupants have been advised today by the Speaker and me that there will be a lockdown...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Schools (32 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Yesterday it was revealed that the Turnbull government's own documents, reportedly provided to the Senate...
- Building and Construction Industry (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. Can the minister outline what the government is doing to make Australian buildings safe?
- Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, Minister for Health and Minister for Sport, Minister for Human Services (14 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Attorney, I refer to comments made by three of your colleagues in The Australiannewspaper last week which resulted in them being called before the...
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Last week the minister told the Senate: … since the election of the coalition government in 2013 the price...
- Carbon Pricing (8 speeches, 1 comment)
As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, my question is to Senator Birmingham representing the Minister for Environment and Energy. Is the Minister aware—yes or no—of...
- Leader of the Opposition (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. It relates to developments in questions asked last week in question time. Can the minister further update the Senate on recent reports...
- Energy (16 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Sinodinos. Can the minister confirm that the assumptions about demand built into the modelling for the...
- Social Security (10 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Ryan. In the government's recent budget it announced drug testing trials for 5,000 new income support...
- Energy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. On the same day the Chief Scientist presented his review into the future security of the National Electricity...
- Shangri-La Dialogue (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Could the minister update this Senate on the discussions on regional security held at the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Budget Officer (2 speeches)
Senators will recall that on 13 February this year the Speaker and I announced that Mr Phil Bowen, the inaugural Parliamentary Budget Officer, will be retiring from the position when his term...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Energy (1 speech)
I wanted to add to an answer to a question from Senator Carr. He asked me about the demand modelling in Finkel. Jacobs Group, who did the modelling for Finkel, used the AEMO—that is the...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I have some further information I said I would come back to the chamber with for an answer I gave Senator Kakoschke-Moore last Thursday. I have been advised that the NDIA works closely with...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Schools (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) and the Minister for Education and Training (Senator Birmingham) to questions without notice asked...
- Social Security (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Special Minister of State (Senator Ryan) to a question without notice asked by Senator Siewert today relating to a proposed trial of...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 78(1), I give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, to withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2 standing in my name...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Senator Abetz be granted leave of absence for the entirety of this week for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Elder Abuse (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the release of the Australian Law Reform Commission Report on elder abuse which coincided with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 June 2017, (ii)...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Mining (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 356 standing in my name for today relating to the Adani Carmichael coalmine. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the...
- Cashless Welfare Card Trial Sites (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) two extra trial sites of the cashless welfare card were funded in the 2017-18 Budget, (ii) the locations being considered to date for these...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (10 speeches, 1 comment)
I inform the Senate that, at 8:30 am today, two proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Ballarat (1 speech)
I rise this evening to reflect on the fantastic work done in my home state of Victoria, specifically in Ballarat. As a senator for Victoria, it is an honour to represent the hardworking people of...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
The recent federal budget saw a lack of investment in educational infrastructure. In the case of infrastructure $1.6 billion was cut this financial year, and over four years investment declines...
- Gun Control (1 speech)
The Turnbull government have announced the first national gun amnesty since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. With great fanfare, the government is attempting to use this gun amnesty to project a...
