Senate debates
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a procedural motion about the consideration of a bill. Leave granted. I move: That consideration of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 may...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Doszpot, Mr Steve (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to my great friend and colleague Steve Doszpot. Steve—or Dozzy, as he will forever be known—died last week after a battle with liver cancer at the age of...
- Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a very important issue that's affecting one of the most iconic towns in my electorate: Katherine. On the Stuart Highway, a three-hour drive south of Darwin, sits the town of...
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
I would like to speak to the Senate today about the latest release of the Rental Affordability Index, which has been produced by National Shelter and Community Sector Banking. As the name...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- North Korea (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Brandis. I refer to North Korea's latest launch of a missile, which occurred early this morning and is...
- National Security (10 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General update the Senate on the national security implications of media reports this morning in relation to foreign...
- Donations to Political Parties (27 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to reports that Mr Turnbull dined with a Chinese political donor, Mr Liu, four days after one of Mr Liu's...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the chamber of a parliamentary delegation from the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam led by Her Excellency...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Sexual Harassment (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Minister, yesterday you told the ABC that you'd be raising the issue of sexual harassment within the media industry. I assume...
- Child Care (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Birmingham, the Minister for Education and Training. Will the minister please update the Senate on implementation of the government's new childcare package, particularly...
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water. Over the weekend, the South Australian Premier announced that a royal commission will be established into the...
- Health Care (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific representing the Minister for Health, Senator Fierravanti-Wells. Will the minister outline to the Senate the Turnbull...
- Space Activities (14 speeches)
I believe there is a better way for Bennelong.
- Turnbull Government (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Yesterday, the Leader of the House, Mr Pyne, said that disunity is death. In response, veteran New South Wales...
- Employment (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate about how the Turnbull government is working to create more job opportunities for Australians?
- Queensland Election (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Last month, the minister said: … there's no doubt that One Nation are an emerging threat in Queensland...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (10 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Prime Minister (Senator Brandis) to a question without notice asked by Senator McAllister today relating to...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the following general business orders of the day be considered on Thursday, 30 November 2017 at the time for private senator's bills: No. 70 Public Governance, Performance and...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senators Gallacher, Dastyari, Farrell and Sterle for today, 29 November, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
by leave—I give notice of my intention at the giving of notices on the next sitting day to withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in my name for 7 December 2017...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Documents (3 speeches)
I move: That— (a) the Senate adopt the recommendation at paragraph 4.10 of Scrutiny Digest 13 of 2017 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, proposing an amendment to standing...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Australian Information Commissioner (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 (AIC Act) establishes three independent statutory office holders: (A) the Information...
- 85th Anniversary of Holodomor (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Bernardi, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that commemorations are underway for the eighty-fifth anniversary of Holodomor, to mark an enforced famine in...
- Egypt: al Rawdah Mosque (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Singh, I move: That the Senate— (a) condemns the appalling and cowardly attack on worshippers in the al Rawdah Mosque in Egypt's Northern Sinai region; (b) extends...
- Mental Health Services Funding: LGBTIQ Community (7 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Siewert, move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) that the vast majority of Australians voted for marriage equality in the recent postal survey, (ii) that the...
- Sexual Harassment (14 speeches)
I have an amendment that I wish to make to this motion. Could I seek leave to do that, at the request of the opposition?
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the latest publicity stunt from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, also known as PETA, who have called for taxpayers to build a memorial to...
- Tesla (10 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes claims, published in Newsweek on 26 November 2017, that Tesla, a US-listed company with Mr Elon Musk as its CEO, has sacked 700 workers and stands accused...
- Sexual Harassment (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 615 standing in my name, and in the name of Senator Moore. Leave granted. I, and on behalf of Senator Moore, move the motion as...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (8 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Hanson-Young, move: That the Senate— (a) notes Triple J's decision to move its iconic Hottest 100 from 26 January to the fourth weekend in January; (b)...
- Animal Welfare (4 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Singh and Rhiannon, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 7.30 recently aired footage of hens having their feet torn off and being boiled alive at the...
- Medicare (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) figures released by the Department of Health this week show that people living in regional Australia are less likely to be bulk-billed for a GP...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 612 standing in my name for today relating to New Zealand's offer to settle 150 refugees. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended:...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (10 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Macdonald, McKenzie, Seselja, Williams, McGrath, Paterson, Duniam, Reynolds, Fifield, Abetz, Bushby and Brockman, move: (1) That the Senate: (a) notes that...
- South Australia: Government Advertising (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business of motion No. 617 relating to taxpayer funding to One Community. Leave granted. At the request of Senator Birmingham, I move the motion as amended: That the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Operation Manitou; Tabling (1 speech)
I table a document relating to the order for the production of documents concerning the joint training exercise between the Royal Australian Navy and its Saudi Arabian counterpart.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- First Speech (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Pursuant to order I now call Senator Steele-John to make his first speech, and I ask of honourable senators that the usual courtesies be extended to him.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the following general business orders of the day be considered on Thursday, 30 November 2017 at the time for private senators' bills: No. 68, Nuclear Fuel Cycle (Facilitation) Bill...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Rohingya Refugees (2 speeches)
Order! It being 7:20, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise today to call the Senate's attention to what I consider to be a gross mismanagement of public funds. Every day the government hands over nearly $1 million to line the coffers of Telstra, a...
