Senate debates
Wednesday, 7 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Queensland: Local Communities (1 speech)
During the so-called Christmas break that parliamentarians allegedly have, when we take a couple of months off on holidays, as many of the public believe is the case, I and I know a lot of other...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise today to stand very proudly with the Oaky North coalminers, a group of people who have been locked out from their workplace for far too long. I'm very pleased that today we're joined in...
- Australia Day (1 speech)
The near genocide in Van Diemen's Land, the massacres to the south of Sydney, the massacre of the Wiradjuri in 1824, the massacre at Fremantle in 1830, the massacre at Pinjarra in 1834, massacres...
- Desert Fireball Network (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to share the remarkable story of an extraordinary team of Western Australian women who are leading the world in the exploration of our solar system. Last week at Curtin...
- Mining, Gender Equality (1 speech)
I want to start today by acknowledging the presence in the gallery a few minutes ago of the Glencore workers. These workers have been locked out their workplace for over 200 days—in fact,...
- South Australia: Palliative Care (1 speech)
As the saying goes: nothing is certain except for death and taxes. But while taxes will always remain painful, death doesn't need to be. Pain and symptom management, along with being surrounded...
- Tasmanian State Election (1 speech)
It is my pleasure to rise during senators' statements today to talk about something from my home state of Tasmania, a very important date that's coming up: 3 March. It's not The Taste of Tasmania...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
I rise to make a contribution on a matter of special interest to me and, I think, to millions of Australians, and that is road safety. When the Prime Minister makes a contribution on the radio or...
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Language (1 speech)
Before we move to question time, I'd like to make a short statement following issues that arose yesterday. As senators well know, standing order 193 prohibits the use of offensive words,...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- Hospitals (29 speeches)
My question is to Senator McKenzie, the Minister representing the Minister for Health. I refer to reports today that leaked COAG documents reveal that the Turnbull government intends to lock in...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Before I call the next question, I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the chamber of the Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, the Rt Hon. Trevor Mallard...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Queensland: Regional Economy, Mining (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. As one of the only regional senators in Queensland, I am constantly hearing about the need for more jobs in...
- Defence Procurement (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. On 30 January the Minister for Defence Industry said that the definition of local build was a minimum of 60 per cent Australian content....
- Murray-Darling Basin (12 speeches)
) ( ): My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Canavan. On Monday, a group of prominent scientists and economists released the...
- Employment (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, Senator Cash. Can the minister outline the recent ABS jobs figures released...
- Defence Industry (8 speeches)
My question is to Minister Payne, representing the Minister for Defence Industry, and relates to definitions around sovereign defence industry. In last week's release of the government's Defence...
- Defence (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. First of all, I'd like to congratulate her on her answer yesterday to Senator Di Natale's question; mine is also in relation to defence....
- International Development Assistance (5 speeches)
Making it three from three, my question is to the Minister for Defence, representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. On Friday, US pop star Robyn Fenty, aka Rihanna, tweeted to the foreign...
- Goods and Services Tax (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Yesterday, the minister told the Senate that there is no proposal to cut the distribution of GST revenue to South...
- Child Care (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister update the Senate on the government's new childcare package? How many families will benefit from...
- Taxation (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. I refer to the Prime Minister, who on Sunday said, 'We have already provided middle-income tax relief.' The...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax (21 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 Farrell today relating to the distribution of GST...
- Murray-Darling Basin (3 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia (Senator Canavan) to a question without notice asked by Senator Hanson-Young today...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I give notice of my intention on the next sitting day to withdraw business of the Senate notice of motions Nos. 5 and 6 standing in my name for 28 March 2018 proposing the disallowance of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Brown for 8 February for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That general business order of the day no. 63, Customs Amendment (Safer Cladding Bill) 2017, be considered on Monday, 12 February 2018 at the time for private senators' bills. Question...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Employment (4 speeches)
At the request of Senator O'Neill, I move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges that: (i) Liberal Governments across the country are causing inequality to increase in Australia by...
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day (1 speech)
At the request of Senators Smith and Griff, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that 27 January 2018 was International Holocaust Remembrance Day which remembers the atrocities committed by...
- Palliative Care (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises that: (i) access to appropriate pain and symptom management and being surrounded by family are most important to people who are dying,...
- Telecommunications (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Internet access is now an essential service and has been declared as such in several countries, including Canada, Spain, and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Hamilton, Professor Clive (4 speeches)
I move: (1)That the Senate notes— (a) the claims by academic Mr Clive Hamilton, author of the unpublished book, Silent Invasion, that he is experiencing difficulty proceeding with...
- Australia's Population (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) in a recent survey of voters, conducted by the Australian Population Research Institute, it was found that 74 per cent of...
- Molan, Senator Jim (10 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes with concern: (i) recent revelations about Senator Molan's personal views, particularly his support of racist material through social media,...
- Shark Conservation (8 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 691 standing in my name, relating to shark conservation. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate— (a) notes...
- Reproductive Health Services (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend the motion standing in my name and in the names of Senators Urquhart and Brown for today relating to reproductive health services. Leave granted. I, and also on behalf of...
- Rail Industry (5 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Carr, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the NSW government has awarded $4 billion in contracts to build the Intercity and Waratah train...
- Productivity Commission Report (5 speeches)
I, and also on behalf ofSenators Bilyk, Wong, Singh, Gallacher, Polley, Farrell and Brown, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that, on 3 January 2018, the Treasurer (Mr Morrison) announced...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation (12 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today six proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot....
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman; Consideration (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the documents. These documents all relate to Commonwealth Ombudsman's reports regarding people who are in immigration detention for prolonged...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (15 speeches)
Before I begin my valedictory statement, may I acknowledge the distinguished presence in the President's gallery of a number of visitors, including the Chief Justice of the High Court, the Hon....
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Archer, Councillor Elsia (1 speech)
The Kimberley in Western Australia's north is by every definition grand: it's grand in its size and its scope, it's grand in its perspective and natural beauty, and it's grand in its possibility....
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (1 speech)
Tonight I take this opportunity to voice my ongoing concerns about the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility. The Turnbull government has a very poor record when it comes to North...
- Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
Corporate donations are a stain on our democracy, our politics and our parliament. The Greens believe our democracy should never be for sale, and we need to act to get big money from big...
- Indigenous Housing (1 speech)
I rise tonight to put on record my serious concerns about the funding for building housing and for maintenance in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. There are grave fears...
