Senate debates
Thursday, 10 August 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
Does any senator wish to have the question put on those proposals? There being none, we will proceed to business.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on Monday, 14 August 2017, I shall move: That the following matters be referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications to report back by Tuesday, 5...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the eighth report of 2017 of the Selection of Bills Committee and 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 as well as government business order of the day No. 2, Fisheries Legislation Amendment...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1, relating to a reference to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, be postponed to the next Tuesday...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator McCarthy for 14 August 2017, for personal reasons. Leave granted. Question agreed to.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- World Elephant Day (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 12 August 2017 is World Elephant Day, (ii) World Elephant Day was launched in 2012 to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African...
- Dental Health (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) this week is the Australian Dental Association's Dental Health Week, (ii) this year's theme is Oral Health for Busy Lives, (iii) 16 per cent of...
- Suspension of Standing Orders (18 speeches)
Pursuant to contingent notice, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Senator Di Natale moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a...
- Energy (1 speech)
I, and also in the name of Senator Macdonald, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) a report commissioned by the Minerals Council of Australia, released in July 2017, states a high...
- National Security (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Australian Government has a fundamental duty to take all reasonable steps to ensure that air travel in Australia is safe from malicious or...
- Asylum Seekers (24 speeches)
I move: That the Senate agrees that Australia's detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru are not safe and that every person who has sought asylum in Australia, and is currently in Papua New...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2017; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Labor supports the Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2017. Labor recognises that there is a genuine risk that our higher education system could be...
- Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Integrity and Other Measures) 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.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposal and Other Measures) Bill 2017; Second Reading (6 speeches)
Labor supports this bill, which makes five changes to the Customs Tariff Act 1995. These changes are comparatively minor. They go to fixing a mistake the government made in the subheading in the...
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposal and Other Measures) 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.
- Australian Immunisation Register and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017; Second Reading (4 speeches)
Labor is pleased to support the Australian Immunisation Register and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017, which makes two minor changes to the No Jab, No Pay arrangements. Firstly, it adds four...
- Australian Immunisation Register and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
- Safe Work Australia Amendment (Role and Functions) Bill 2017; 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.
- Safe Work Australia Amendment (Role and Functions) Bill 2017; Second Reading (4 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— Safe Work Australia was...
- Safe Work Australia Amendment (Role and Functions) 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.
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Representation) Bill 2017; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Labor supports the Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Representation) Bill 2017. The purpose of the bill is to strengthen the engagement of recreational Indigenous fishers in the management of the...
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Representation) 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.
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017; Second Reading (5 speeches)
These bills, the Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017 and the Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017, will ensure that tobacco products in...
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017; 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.
- Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017; Second Reading (3 speeches)
After listening to Senator Cash for the last few days coming after the CFMEU with many spurious arguments, we now have the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 here,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Yesterday in question time the minister told the Senate that 'by any measure, inequality has not worsened in recent years'. Wages...
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General update the Senate on the disrupted terrorism plot last week and what the government is doing to keep Australians safe?
- Housing Affordability, Homelessness (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the report by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, which reveals that 1.3 million...
- Immigration Detention (13 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the immigration minister, Senator Cash. Senator, I refer you to the humanitarian crises your government has created on Manus Island and Nauru. Do you...
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Yesterday, the minister delivered on the centrepiece of his energy policy: a cup of tea with energy executives....
- Land and Environment Planning (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government and Territories and the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Senator Nash....
- Workplace Relations (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on what the Turnbull government is doing to ban corrupt practices in Australian workplaces?
- Citizenship (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Cash, the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. As outlined in a recent letter to the minister, my office has been informed by a...
- Television Sports Broadcasts (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications and Minister representing the Minister for Sport, Senator Fifield. The government plans to give $30 million to subscription television: …...
- Energy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister apprise the Senate of how the Turnbull...
- Marriage (12 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Special Minister of State, Senator Cormann. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Turnbull and Minister Cormann announced that the government would direct the Australian Bureau...
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Can the minister outline how ASEAN has supported stability in the region and how Australia is contributing to these efforts?
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Housing Affordability, Homelessness (12 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 me today relating to homelessness. This was a question that...
- Marriage (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Acting Special Minister of State (Senator Cormann) to a question without notice asked by Senator Moore today relating to the postal...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Giles, Senator Patricia Jessie AM (6 speeches)
Senators, it is with deep regret that I inform you of the death on 9 August this year of Patricia Jessie Giles AM, a senator for the state of Western Australia from 1981 until 1993. I call upon...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics References Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Economics References Committee, I present the report on the home, strata and car insurance industries, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Red Tape Select Committee; Consideration (1 speech)
On 11 October 2016, the Senate established the Select Committee on Red Tape with a wide-ranging brief to inquire into, and report on, the effect of regulatory restrictions and prohibitions on the...
