Senate debates
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
Does any senator wish to have the question put on any of those proposals? There being none, I'll proceed.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (20 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Deputy Prime Minister, Senator Nash. I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister, who has previously stated: It's quite clear under Section 44, you can't...
- Australian Defence Force (12 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Defence, Minister Payne. Can the minister please update the Senate on how the Turnbull government is strengthening the Australian Defence Force support to...
- Deputy Prime Minister (16 speeches)
My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the minister told the Senate: The facts of Mr Joyce's case are much clearer to us than were the facts...
- Aged Care (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Aged Care, Senator Nash. According to the Aged Care Act 1997, aged-care providers must maintain an adequate number of appropriate...
- Murray-Darling Basin (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. On 24 July 2017 Four Corners aired explosive allegations of theft and corruption in the management of the...
- Trade Unions (8 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on recent reports regarding payments from registered organisations to activist groups?
- Veterans (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Given that this Friday is Vietnam Veterans Day, what historical lessons has the government learnt in creating...
- Rail (8 speeches)
Mr President, may I acknowledge the presence in the gallery of rail job delegates and thank them for their service to the country. My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science, Senator...
- Building and Construction Industry (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on why the Australian Building and Construction Commission is vital to maintaining the rule of law...
- Foxtel: Grants (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, representing the Minister for Sport, Senator Fifield. I refer to the government's decision to give $30 million to Foxtel. Whose decision was...
- National Science Week (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. I note that the minister launched Science Week last Thursday. Can the minister apprise the Senate of what Science Week involves?
- Judiciary (13 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Senator, in February the Attorney-General appointed Judge Myers to an Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry, creating a vacancy at the...
- Indigenous Affairs (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Can the minister update the Senate on how the government is working in partnership with Indigenous Australians to deliver...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (33 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers to questions asked by Senators Watt and Chisholm in question time today. Colleagues, today we had a government that excelled to new heights in the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Pursuant to notice given on 14 August 2017, I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in my name for today, proposing the disallowance of the Legislation (Exemptions and...
- Postponement (10 speeches)
I give notice that we will be postponing business of the Senate notices of motion No. 4 and No. 6 to the next sitting day.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Menstrual Hygiene (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the importance of women and girls managing their menstruation hygienically, with confidence, dignity and without stigma, (ii)...
- Bigotry and Racism (4 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Watt, move: That the Senate— (a) notes, with concern, the prevalence of bigotry and racism in recent public speech around the world, (b) condemns statements...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Federal Anti-Corruption Commission (14 speeches)
I move: That the Senate supports the immediate creation of a Federal Independent Commission Against Corruption (Federal ICAC).
- Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
) ( ): I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Australia's biggest ethanol producer, Manildra, has donated over $4.1 million to political parties since 1998-99 and was...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (15 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Gallagher. Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The latest...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Law Enforcement Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like practices.
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Bushby, I present the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security titled Review of administration and expenditure: no. 15...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present Report 6/2017: referrals made March 2017. I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I seek leave to continue my...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme; Report (6 speeches)
I present the report of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme on the Provision of services under the NDIS for people with psychosocial disabilities related to a...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Report (7 speeches)
I present the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on Australian veterans, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Solomon Islands (2 speeches)
by leave—On behalf of the Prime Minister, Mr Turnbull, I table a ministerial statement on the conclusion of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands. I move: That the Senate take...
- Veterans (1 speech)
On behalf of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Dan Tehan, I table a ministerial statement on veterans and their families. The statement read as follows— As the Prime Minister has said,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Veterans (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a statement from the opposition on the veterans and their families. Leave granted. Serving as a member of the Australian Defence Force involves risk and sacrifice. In...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Walker, Miss Willow (1 speech)
I rise tonight with a heavy heart to reflect upon a tragedy that has happened in recent weeks that resulted in the loss of a little angel named Willow Walker in the Central West part of my home...
- Futsal Tasmania (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the importance of sport in our community, particularly for people with disability. Last Saturday, I was fortunate enough to be invited by Futsal Tasmania to a game for...
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
I rise to speak because yesterday the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released the latest report in which it listed 85 proposed changes to the law. The issue...
- Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
The title of my address tonight will be 'The ongoing saga of the Marella Jubes'. Back in 1994 in what I humbly say was one of my better speeches, I told the Senate about how, while being addicted...
- Freedom (1 speech)
The attitude of a lot of Australians towards freedom these days reminds me of the old tale of boiling a frog. The story goes that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it jumps out. But if...
- Tasmania: Tourism (1 speech)
It's my pleasure tonight to rise to speak about a very dedicated and enthusiastic group of locals who are dedicated to seeing the beautiful community of Waratah and surrounds preserved and put on...
- Share the Dignity (1 speech)
A few weeks ago, I had the great privilege of meeting with Rochelle Courtenay, who is the founder of Share the Dignity, a charity that distributes menstrual hygiene products to women and girls in...
- Halls Creek Post Office (1 speech)
Post offices play an important role in our communities, especially across Australia's rural and regional communities, where they are places to meet and gather and, most importantly, places where...
- Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (1 speech)
I rise to put on the record this week, before too much more time passes, a reaction to a speech given in this place by Senator McKim yesterday. He used a speech on the Fair Work Amendment...
- Tasmania: Industry (1 speech)
I want to speak in relation to the trip I took around Tasmania, when I went to visit, speak with and listen to people from within the agriculture sector, the aquaculture sector, the tourism...
- Montara Oil Spill (1 speech)
On Monday next week, 21 August, it will be eight years since the Montara oil spill disaster off the coast of Western Australia. Thousands of barrels—in fact, we don't know the final...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a matter of profound importance to Australia's identity as a compassionate and fair nation. This country's migration policy for refugees and asylum seekers has become an...
- CanTeen (2 speeches)
There are some organisations that we come across that we realise do incredible work within our communities. One of those is CanTeen. They do an amazing job providing support and services for...
- Food Certification, El-Mouelhy, Mr Mohamed (12 speeches)
I concur, Mr Acting Deputy President. I was recently reading the Australian government's response to the report of the inquiry by the Senate Economics References Committee into the third-party...
- Queensland: Day for Girls (1 speech)
Last Saturday I joined more than 200 women and some men at Maroochydore in Queensland to celebrate the first birthday of the Maroochydore Day for Girls program. It was a joyous event, and it was...
- Charlottesville: Attacks (1 speech)
I want to speak about the appalling acts of violence by Nazis in Charlottesville in the US on the weekend and to speak about the death of Ms Heather Heyer, a brave 32-year-old who lost her life...
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, New South Wales: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Mr John Wilson made a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into whistleblower protections in the corporate, public and not-for-profit...
- Australia-United States Relationship (1 speech)
Should Australia distinguish between wars of choice and wars of necessity, as my colleague Senator Xenophon argued in this place yesterday? Should Australia be in charge of its own destiny and...
- Solomon Islands (1 speech)
I seek leave to table and incorporate a document. Leave granted. I formally table the document that contains the speeches of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, as indicated in...
