Senate debates
Wednesday, 13 September 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 call the minister.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Smart Cities Plan (1 speech)
Australia is unquestionably in its first urban century, and our future will be defined by our cities. Like the rest of the world, Australian cities are not only the engines of our economies but...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise today to tell the story of one individual, but it tells a much bigger story. I want to tell the story of Shane O'Neill, who worked for UGL and the ExxonMobil offshore plant in Victoria for...
- Housing (1 speech)
Australia has long recognised the importance of universal access to health care and education. It doesn't matter whether you're struggling to make ends meet or you're relatively well-off. We know...
- Economy (1 speech)
Last week, we learnt that Australia has posted 104 successive quarters of economic growth. This should be a cause for celebration for our nation. It is a world record, after all, and we've...
- Democracy (1 speech)
As a proud senator for Western Australia and having worked for many Australian and international democratic institutions over the course of my career, I've often had cause to reflect on the...
- Freedom of Speech (1 speech)
Following the overthrow of King James II in 1688, the English parliament passed a bill that established the framework of our modern system of government. The Bill of Rights of 1689, influenced by...
- Beef Industry (3 speeches)
I had intended to speak on other subject matter today, but we're seeing some evolving responses from within the beef supply sector in response to the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and...
- Apprenticeships (4 speeches)
I concur with Senator O'Sullivan's comments. I add that whatever this new cattle house is, unlike the system that they have been in, it is the committee's absolute determination to see a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Yesterday, when asked to confirm that the average Sydney household is paying $1,000 more on their energy bills...
- Building and Construction Industry (15 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Is the minister aware of any recent court decisions relating to unlawful conduct in the building and construction industry?
- Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (28 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. This afternoon, the minister announced the resignation of Nigel Hadgkiss as commissioner of the Australian Building and Construction...
- Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Can the minister confirm that, after months of leadership tussle, Tony Abbott is now back leading the Liberal...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I acknowledge the presence in the President's gallery of former Senator Allison and former Chief Justice Gleeson. I welcome you both to the Senate. Honourable senators: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs representing the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Scullion. Can the minister update the Senate on any recent...
- Defence Procurement (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. With total contract values adding up to $32.7 billion for the last financial year, Defence is by far the largest procuring agency in the Commonwealth....
- Higher Education (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister outline how the Turnbull government is ensuring that the higher education student loan scheme...
- Taxation (15 speeches)
My question is to Senator Cormann, representing the Treasurer. Labor has withheld their PVA costings on alternative tax policies. Can you please advise whether the Labor's proposed increase in...
- Energy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Deputy Prime Minister, Senator Nash. Today Deputy Prime Minister Joyce claimed that Delta Electricity had 'put an expression of interest out today...
- Pacific Islands Forum (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator Fierravanti-Wells. Can the minister update the Senate on Australia's participation in the 48th Pacific...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (8 speeches)
Under standing order 74(5)(a), I seek an explanation from the Minister for Training and Education, Senator Birmingham, as to why question Nos 912, 914, 915, 917, 923, 925, 928, 934, 937, 942, 946...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Energy, Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. Well, what a day it has been! We have seen the government's...
- Energy (1 speech)
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 Hanson-Young today relating to energy policy. I rise...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Pratt for 19 October 2017, on account of parliamentary business. Question agreed to.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
by leave—I present to the Senate a non-conforming petition. It's signed by 153 detainees on Manus Island.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Lands Acquisition Amendment (Public Purpose) Bill 2017; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Lands Acquisition Act 1989, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I present the bill and move: That this bill...
- Lands Acquisition Amendment (Public Purpose) Bill 2017; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum and to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as...
- Yemen (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the consequences of the ongoing conflict in Yemen between Houthi rebels and the coalition forces supporting the recognised President...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (12 speeches)
I move: That the government business order of the day relating to the consideration of the Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minster (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate: (a) acknowledges that there is a crisis in the management of the Murray-Darling Basin which has led to the theft of water and depleted the environmental health of the...
- Homelessness (5 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Rice and Cameron, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Australian Human Rights Commission estimates that one in four of the 20,000...
- Energy (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) considers coal-fired power stations in Australia will need to close in order to deal with climate change; and (b) notes that the Government must have a plan for...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (18 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion to vary the hours of meeting and routine of business for today to provide for the consideration of the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Management of Protected Species (12 speeches)
I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, five proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
