Senate debates
Thursday, 30 November 2017
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Dastyari, Senator Sam (32 speeches)
by leave—I rise to make a short statement. Let me begin at the outset by saying that I have never had a briefing by any Australian security agency, ever. I have never passed on classified...
- Party Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Nick Xenophon Team (1 speech)
by leave—I wish to advise the Senate that, following the resignation of my colleague Senator Kakoschke-Moore, I will be acting as the whip for the Nick Xenophon Team.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Dastyari, Senator Sam (39 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to Senator Dastyari. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice standing in my name, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (20 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion to vary the hours of meeting and routine of business for the sitting week commencing Monday, 4 December 2017 to provide for the consideration of bills. Leave not...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I advise the Senate that Senator Birmingham will be absent from question time today. In Senator Birmingham's absence, Senator Payne will represent the Minister for Education and Training, and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Banking and Financial Services (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Prime Minister, who only eight days ago, said, 'No, we're not having a banking royal commission.'...
- National Security (11 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General update the Senate on the national security implications of media reporting over the last 24 hours relating to...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! Before I proceed to the next question, I'd like to draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the President's gallery of a delegation made-up of officials from Cambodia,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- DASTYARI, Senator Sam (10 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Brandis. I refer to TheSydney Morning Herald, which last year stated: Chinese businessmen with links to...
- Banking and Financial Services (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Senator Cormann, the letter from the bank CEOs to the Treasurer was dated this morning. Did you make a decision to call...
- Aged Care (25 speeches)
My question is to Senator Fierravanti-Wells, representing the Minister for Aged Care, the Hon. Ken Wyatt. Aged-care bed licences are allocated each year through the aged-care allocation round at...
- Private Health Insurance (10 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific representing the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the Senate the Turnbull government's commitment to...
- Medical Devices (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Fierravanti-Wells, representing the Minister for Health. I refer the minister to the prostheses pricing agreement with the Medical Technology Association of Australia,...
- Banking and Financial Services (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister confirm that the letter from the four major Australian banks supporting a royal commission was...
- New South Wales Government (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Can the minister advise the Senate of how past New South Wales governments have interacted with the resources...
- Donations to Political Parties (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Prime Minister's statement in February of this year where he said: In the course of this current...
- Telecommunications (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications and the Minister for the Arts, Senator Fifield. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Turnbull government is delivering much-needed...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (9 speeches)
by leave—I move: (1) That in the week commencing Monday, 4 December 2017, the following bills shall have precedence over all government and general business until proceedings on the bills...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Banking and Financial Services (22 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister representing the Prime Minister (Senator Brandis) and the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to questions asked by...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (4 speeches)
I present the 14th report for 2017 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hutchins, Mr Stephen Patrick 'Steve' (27 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 24 November 2017 of Stephen Patrick Hutchins, a senator for the state of New South Wales from 1998 to 2011. I call the Leader of...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the order of general business for consideration today be as follows: (a) general business notice of motion no. 619, standing in the name of Senator Hinch, relating to dying with...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Euthanasia (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) congratulates Victoria on the recent passage of voluntary assisted dying legislation; (b) encourages all Australian states to follow suit; and (c) calls upon...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mining (1 speech)
Much has been said about the result of the Queensland state election last weekend—many times in this chamber and of course in many other places in my home state of Queensland. As with any...
