Senate debates
Monday, 5 February 2018
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- New South Wales (1 speech)
I inform the Senate that I have received a letter from Senator Dastyari resigning his place as a senator for the state of New South Wales. Pursuant to section 21 of the Constitution, I have...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list reflecting changes to the ministry made on 20 December 2017. I seek leave to have the document incorporated into Hansard. Leave...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
by leave—I advise the Senate that as of this day forward I will be sitting as an Independent senator.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That general business order of the day No. 49, the Productivity Commission Amendment (Addressing Inequality) Bill 2017, be considered today at the time for private senators' business....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
by leave—I inform the Senate of my appointment as Leader of the Government in the Senate, the appointment of Senator Fifield as Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Medicare (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann—and I too congratulate him on his new position. Yesterday, when asked about the impact of his government's...
- Economy (11 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for Finance representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann, and may I also extend my congratulations on his new appointment. Can the minister provide an update to...
- Employment (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann—and could I also add my congratulations to your elevation to leader of the Senate. On Sunday, when asked why...
- Education (8 speeches)
My question is Senator Birmingham. Will the minister update the Senate on the Commonwealth funding for preschools in 2019 and their achievements under the national partnership agreement for...
- Climate Change (13 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. I congratulate Senator Cormann on his recent appointment and wish Senator Brandis...
- Turnbull Government (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister representing the Treasurer. On 3 January, the Treasurer announced that the Turnbull government had extended the deadline for the Productivity...
- Environment (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Birmingham, representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Australia has sovereignty over its...
- Mining (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Canavan. Can the minister please advise the Senate what is standing in the way of the development of Adani Carmichael mine and opening up the Galilee Basin?
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Birmingham, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy. I congratulate him on his promotion. It's good to finally see a South Australian in a...
- Mental Health (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator McKenzie, the Minister for Rural Health. Will the minister update the Senate on the coalition government's measures to support mental health?
- Defence Industry (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, also representing the Minister for Trade, Senator Payne. My question is about your government's plan to provide a six-fold increase of weapons and...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Medicare (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to a question without notice asked by Senator Collins today relating to the Medicare levy....
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to a question without notice asked by Senator Di Natale today relating to climate change....
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Mental Health (2 speeches)
I want to correct the record to an answer I gave to Senator Williams. Leave granted. I answered 'more than $4.3 billion' had been invested in mental health at the last budget. 'Almost $4.3...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Bjelke-Petersen, Lady Florence (Flo) Isabel (13 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 20 December 2017 of Lady Florence Isabel Bjelke-Petersen, a senator for the state of Queensland from 1981 until 1993. I call the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (6 speeches)
I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 634 standing in my name relating to statutory office holders established under the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators for personal reasons: (a) Senator Cash for today and 6 February 2018; and (b) Senator Sinodinos from 5 February...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (10 speeches)
I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, four proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation to India (1 speech)
by leave—I present the report of the Australian parliamentary delegation to India, which took place from 28 October to 4 November 2017. I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Norther Australia Infrastructure Facility; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. These documents are in response to an order of the Senate moved by my Greens colleague Senator Rice in November last year requiring the tabling...
- Disability Services; Consideration (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the response by the Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services, Ms Prentice, dated 4 December 2017, to the Senate resolution on...
- Environment; Consideration (1 speech)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to document 40, the response by the New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries, Mr Blair, dated 4 December 2017. Leave granted. I move: That the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of committees.
- Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism; Report (4 speeches)
I present the report of the Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee. Ordered that the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Molan, Senator Andrew James 'Jim', AO, DSC (1 speech)
I begin by saying that this is not my first speech. It is, however, my first day, and it's going really well and just gets better. A newspaper article was published today with the headline 'New...
- Tasmanian Election (1 speech)
I rise tonight to share with the Senate the exciting opportunity Tasmanians will have at the upcoming state election in voting for a Bec White Labor government. The Tasmanian state election has...
- Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (1 speech)
I would like to speak tonight about matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in my own state of Queensland. I begin by reinforcing a point I made in my formal first speech...
