Senate debates
Tuesday, 26 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I advise the Senate that Senator Cash, the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, will be absent from question time today, Tuesday, 26 June, until Thursday, 28 June, inclusive due to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann, who once said he liked my accent better than his, so let's try this out. United States Republican Senator and...
- Health Care (33 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister outline to the Senate how the Turnbull government's record investment in hospitals across...
- Taxation (16 speeches)
My simple question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. It was revealed in March that in the Business Council of Australia's letter to senators, Australia's...
- Defence Procurement (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Minister Payne. The 2016 Defence white paper says the government would be acquiring seven Triton drones at a cost of between $3 billion and $4 billion....
- Health Care (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator McKenzie, representing the Minister for Health. When does the government intend to respond to important Senate health inquiries? One example is the report of the inquiry...
- Taxation (29 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. A secret survey conducted by the Business Council of Australia found that fewer than one in five chief...
- Australian Defence Force (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Can the minister advise the Senate how the Turnbull government is strengthening Australia's ability to monitor and protect our borders...
- Child Care: Fraud (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Minister, on 12 June, while attending a meeting of the red tape committee in Brisbane, I was present when the...
- Energy (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. The Prime Minister has expressed his government's commitment to a technology agnostic approach to energy. Why then...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the gallery of a parliamentary delegation from Vanuatu, led by the Hon. Jothan Napat MP. On behalf of all senators, I wish you a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (17 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Minister Fifield. Can the minister update the Senate on the range of measures the Turnbull government and regulators have introduced to boost...
- Questions to the President (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Security (3 speeches)
I would like to respond to the question asked by Senator Wong in the chamber last Thursday, following reports in the media relating to a member of the public being asked to remove or cover up...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Taxation (7 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, Sterle and Collins today relating to...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
I rise to take note of answers to my questions asked to the defence minister, Minister Payne. And while we're on the subject of throwing around a couple of hundred billion dollars of taxpayers'...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Berinson, Hon. Joseph Max QC (5 speeches)
It is with regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 2 June 2018 of the honourable Joseph Max Berinson QC, a former minister and member of the House of Representatives for the division of...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 893 standing in my name for today relating to euthanasia.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Refugees (4 speeches)
At the request of Senator Singh, I move: That the Senate— (a) remains deeply concerned by the continued crisis facing Rohingyan refugees, especially the 500,000 children currently living in...
- Goods and Services Tax (14 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Western Australia receives a much lower proportion of goods and services tax (GST) revenue per capita than any other state –...
- Australian Football League in Tasmania (7 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Williams, O'Sullivan, Abetz, Bushby, Colbeck, Duniam, McKim, Whish-Wilson, Polley, Singh, Urquhart, Bilyk and Brown, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:...
- United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator McKim, move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges that today, the 26th of June, marks the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture;...
- Visit by the President of the United States of America (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the President of the United States of America, President Donald Trump, has expressed interest in visiting Australia in November; and (b) calls upon...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Broadband (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) on 4 June 2018, Mr Bill Morrow told the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) that NBN Co was considering...
- Downer, Hon. Alexander JG, AC (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Australian Financial Review published on 25 June 2018 an opinion piece by the Hon Alexander Downer entitled "An undemocratic...
- Middle East (13 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 891 standing in my name for today relating to Ms Khalida Jarrar be taken as a formal motion.
- Live Animal Exports (14 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the recent suspension of Emanuel Exports export licence by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, which is an appropriate...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Income Tax (14 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today two proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot....
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (3 speeches)
by leave—I present to the Senate a petition that is not in conformity with the standing orders, which has 129,140 signatures, calling for a phase-out of all live exports in Australia. I...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present five reports from legislation committees as listed at item 14 on today's Order of Business in respect of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Hume, I present additional information received by the committee in its inquiry into the provisions of the Treasury Laws...
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; Report (5 speeches)
I present the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Advisory report—Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2017, and I move: That the Senate take...
- Procedure Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Procedure Committee, I present the first report of 2018—Hours of meeting and routine of businessand I move: That the report be adopted. Senators would recall...
- Environment and Communications References Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Environment and Communications References Committee, I present the committee's report on the waste and recycling industry in Australia, and I move: That the Senate...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Gallacher, I present the report on the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme on the provision of hearing services under the NDIS, together with...
- Government Response to Report (1 speech)
I present four government responses to committee reports as listed on today's Order of Business. In addition, I present two government responses to advisory reports of the Parliamentary Joint...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Bennetts, Ms Maureen Elizabeth (1 speech)
I rise this evening to commemorate the life of a mother, a wife, a friend and a Liberal, Maureen Elizabeth Bennetts, who died aged 51 on 16 June this year—far, far too young. Maureen is the...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about residents of Kalgoorlie's experiences with the cashless welfare card. I visited Kalgoorlie over the weekend, specifically to hold a public meeting, to talk to people...
- Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
I rise tonight to express my admiration and support for the thousands of Iranians who have taken to the streets over recent months to demand respect for their basic rights and their dignity as...
- Asbestos (1 speech)
Tonight, I rise to speak about the scourge of asbestos in this country. I want to start by going back and just reminding people that it was actually back on 31 December 2003, under then Minister...
- Iran: Human Rights (2 speeches)
I rise to speak about the huge significance of the uprising in Iran as well, along with Senator Paterson, Senator Singh and probably Senator Moore as well, which began on 28 December 2017....
- Greens Western Australia (1 speech)
The Greens movement is founded on the belief that, when people come together, change is possible, and we live that belief in everything we do. From our time on the streets in the community,...
- Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
Like a number of senators this evening, I'm putting a focus on the issue of human rights in Iran. I remember very clearly when I heard, as a young woman, about the emancipation of women in Iran....
