Senate debates
Monday, 16 October 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
Does any senator wish to have the question put on any of those proposals? If not, we will proceed with business.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017; Second Reading (5 speeches)
Labor supports the Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 because, in principle, we support transparency in the operations of the Department of Immigration and Border...
- Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017; In Committee (4 speeches)
by leave—I move the amendments standing in my name on sheet 8251: (1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (lines 9 to 31), omit the definition of Immigration and Border Protection information,...
- Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits Review) Bill 2017; Report of Legislation Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits...
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits Review) Bill 2017; Second Reading (21 speeches)
Thank you, Senator Smith, for actually making a timely tabling of the committee report on this bill, the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits Review) Bill 2017. The...
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits Review) 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.
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill 2017; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill 2017. I will detail why Labor will oppose schedule 6 of this bill. Our proposed amendment is to remove...
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill 2017; In Committee (6 speeches)
The opposition opposes schedule 6 in the following terms: (1) Schedule 6, item 1, page 31 (lines 1 to 5), Schedule 6, TO BE OPPOSED. Labor moves this amendment to the bill because of the matters...
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Labor supports this bill, the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016, which was under consideration by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the Senate that Senator Sinodinos will be absent from question time until later this year on medical leave. In Senator Sinodinos's absence, Senator Cash will represent the Minister for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Following the release of the Finkel review, the Prime Minister sold the clean energy target, telling Australians...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call the next questioner, can I draw to the attention of senators the presence in the President's gallery of a delegation from the parliament of Indonesia. Welcome to Australia and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Senator Birmingham. I ask: can the minister update the Senate on the...
- Trade Unions (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Is the minister aware of reports of intimidation, threats or harassment of Australian workers and their families by members of...
- Energy (18 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, representing the Prime Minister. Minister, since your government came to office and abolished the price on carbon, the wholesale...
- Hadgkiss, Mr Nigel (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. On 13 September, the minister told the Senate that she first became aware of the illegal behaviour of the former commissioner of the...
- Defence Personnel (8 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Our Defence Force is made up of men and women willing to put their lives on the line to defend and protect Australia, as well as...
- Trade Unions (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. In light of the minister's responses to questions from Senator O'Sullivan, is the minister aware of reports of violence being...
- Hadgkiss, Mr Nigel (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. On 29 September the Federal Court handed down its decision in relation to the illegal behaviour of the former commissioner of the...
- Manufacturing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on what the Turnbull government is doing to assist Australia's...
- Immigration Detention (14 speeches)
My question is to Senator Cash, the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Minister Dutton has decided that Australia's Manus Island immigration prison will...
- Private Health Insurance (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Minister Nash. Last week the government announced changes to private health insurance which the Prime Minister promised would...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a personal explanation. Leave granted. Today in question time Minister Cash made imputations that I had improper motives and she personally reflected on my conduct as a...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Energy (11 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to questions asked by Senator Moore and myself today. Today in question time, Senator Brandis was...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Senator Cash) to a question without notice asked by Senator...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Bilyk for the parliamentary week beginning today for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Chisholm, I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 511 relating to a statement by Senator O'Sullivan.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the following general business orders of the day be considered on Thursday, 19 October 2017 at the time for private senators’ bills: No. 65 Medicinal Cannabis...
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senator Fierravanti-Wells from 16 October to 18 October 2017, on account of ministerial...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Medicare (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with subsection 10B(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Senate approves the Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Determination 2017 made under...
- National Carers' Week (1 speech)
I, and on behalf of Senators Brockman, Siewert and Smith, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 15 to 21 October 2017 is National Carers Week and that it is estimated that there are...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Voting Age (18 speeches)
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 lot....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee on the protection of personal Medicare information, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2017, Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2017; Report of Legislation Committee (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the committee's report on the Migration Amendment (Regulation of...
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2017; Report of Legislation Committee (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the committee's report on the Anti-Money Laundering and...
- Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Fringe Benefits Tax Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax Rates Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Non-concessional Contributions Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Untaxed Roll-over Amounts Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 1) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 2) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Treasury Laws Amendment (Untainting Tax) (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Nation-building Funds Repeal (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017; Report of Legislation Committee (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, I present the committee's report on the Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme...
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2017; Report of Legislation Committee (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the committee's report on the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That government business order of the day no. 4, the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016, be postponed till a later hour. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Trade with Japan, INPEX Ichthys LNG Project (1 speech)
The relationship between Australia and Japan is our closest and most mature in Asia, so it's fundamentally important for our shared strategic and economic interests that we continue to strengthen...
- Pacific Women's Parliamentary Partnerships Forum (1 speech)
This evening I rise to speak on the recent Pacific Women's Parliamentary Partnerships Forum, held in Honiara on the Solomon Islands. Sixty women from 17 Pacific parliaments came together for the...
- Myanmar (1 speech)
Recently in Sydney I met members of the Rohingya community. Their sadness was immense. One man told me that he had just heard that both his brother and his father had been killed. Others were...
- Schools (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about the important role chaplains play in young Australian lives in schools, particularly in my home state of Western Australia. All too often in this place, as we have...
