Senate debates
Thursday, 21 June 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. There being none, we will move on.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (23 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion to vary the order of the Senate of 20 June 2018 relating to consideration of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018. Leave not granted....
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Hanson, Senator Pauline; Censure (54 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion to censure Senator Hanson for misleading the Senate by stating that she will not financially benefit from the government's proposed income tax cuts. Leave not...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (2 speeches)
Senator Whish-Wilson, I am advised that you are seeking to withdraw a matter.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (10 speeches)
I present report No. 6 of 2018 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 BILLS...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (4 speeches)
I seek leave to withdraw a disallowance notice. Leave granted. Pursuant to standing order 78(1), I give notice of my intention at the giving of notices on 21 June 2018 to withdraw business of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (40 speeches)
I move: That— (a) government business orders of the day as shown on today's order of business, except for the Aged Care (Single Quality Framework) Reform Bill 2018, be considered from 12.45...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the Senate that Senator Canavan will be absent from question time today for personal reasons. In Senator Canavan's absence, Senator Scullion will represent the Minister for Resources and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Income Tax (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister inform the Senate how much someone on a salary of over $200,000, like Senator Hanson, who's not in the...
- Tasmania: Employment (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate about what the government is doing to create jobs, particularly in the great state of Tasmania?
- Income Tax (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Yesterday Senator Hanson sided with the Turnbull government to give herself a tax cut of $7,000 a year. Did the minister explain to...
- Energy (20 speeches)
My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate, representing the Prime Minister. Bloomberg New Energy Finance released their global New Energy Outlook 2018 earlier this week, and...
- Murray-Darling Basin (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Scullion, representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. The National Partnership Agreement on Implementing Water Reform in the Murray-Darling...
- Child Care (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister update the Senate on the progress under the Turnbull government's family day care enforcement action?
- Income Tax (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. As the minister will remember, Treasury secretary John Fraser acknowledged in budget estimates that Treasury's estimates for the...
- Great Barrier Reef (21 speeches)
I ask the Minister for Jobs and Innovation: can the minister confirm that there was no consultation with Australia's premier public research organisations, the CSIRO and the Australian Institute...
- Welfare Reform (8 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Fierravanti-Wells. Could the minister update the Senate on what the government is doing to assist people on...
- Minister for Jobs and Innovation (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. I refer to the minister who, on 30 May, said, in relation to the Australian Federal Police investigation into leaks about an...
- Rural and Regional Health Services (9 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Rural Health, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister outline the Turnbull government's commitment to ensuring access to essential health services for all Australians...
- Questions to the President (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in my name for today, proposing the disallowance of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Concessional...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Income Tax (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to questions without notice asked by Senators Keneally and Chisholm today relating to the...
- Energy (2 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 Di Natale today relating to the National Energy...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Canavan for today, on account of parliamentary business. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
I present additional information received by committees relating to estimates: Additional estimates 2016-17—Education and Employment Legislation Committee—Additional information...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report (5 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the fifth report of 2018, Human rights scrutiny report, together with the committee's annual report for 2016-17, and I...
- Intelligence and Security Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the three reports of the committee listed at item 14 on today's Order of Business, entitled...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Report (3 speeches)
I present the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on Australia's trade and investment relationships with the countries of Africa, together with the Hansard...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the order of general business for consideration today be as follows: (a) general business order of the day no. 80 (Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering Voting Age and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Select Committee on Red Tape; Report (1 speech)
I rise to take note of the interim report of the Senate Select Committee on Red Tape on the effect of red tape on health services. The Select Committee on Red Tape was established in October 2016...
- Privileges Committee; Report (1 speech)
On page 20 of today's Notice Paper, at item No. 4, there is an order of the day which relates to a motion to adopt the Privileges Committee report Parliamentary privilege and the use of intrusive...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Refugee Week (1 speech)
I rise tonight to recognise that this is Refugee Week, a week to celebrate the contribution refugees have made and continue to make to the social and economic fabric of Australia. But it is also...
- Victoria: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise this evening to offer my most sincere and heartfelt congratulations to those recipients of this year's Queen's birthday honours. Those recognised in these honours are Australians from all...
- National Library of Australia (1 speech)
This afternoon in the Mural Hall, the National Library brought along some of its special treasures to share with the people in our Parliament House. It was a really fitting afternoon. Our...
