Senate debates

Tuesday, 14 August 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 continue.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015; Second Reading (12 speeches)
    I rise today because I believe that we all have the right to die with dignity. There are no easy decisions at the end of life, and they are decisions that no-one makes lightly. They are the most...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Taxation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. I refer to the minister's comments yesterday when he said, 'We are absolutely committed to taking business tax...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the gallery of the Australian Political Exchange Council's 17th delegation from Japan. On behalf of all senators, I wish you a warm...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Employment (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. Following upon her success and the success of her government in creating some 400,000 jobs last year—
  • Energy (38 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Less than a year ago the Prime Minister said, 'We have no plans to build a coal-fired power station.' Does the...
  • Taxation (8 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister representing the Treasurer. On 30 May at Senate estimates I asked the ATO whether Goldman Sachs Australia entities had filed a tax return between...
  • Energy (28 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Senator Birmingham. When asked yesterday about the Energy Security Board's modelling of the impact of the...
  • Defence Exercises (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Can the minister advise the Senate of the ADF's recent activities and close work with our allies and partners right across the Indo-Pacific?
  • Child Sexual Abuse (7 speeches)
    My question is to Minister Fifield, representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Dutton. As everyone in this chamber knows, I've been calling for a national public child sex offender register...
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation (10 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. On Sunday, ABC Insiders program tweeted a comment critical of the government's lack of due diligence prior to...
  • Indigenous Employment, Indigenous Advancement Strategy (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Given that it is National Science Week this week, could the minister please advise what the coalition government is doing...
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation (35 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Today's Daily Telegraph reveals that the Great Barrier Reef Foundation treated private sector CEOs and executives...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Energy (6 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) and the Minister for Education and Training (Senator Birmingham) to questions without notice...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Sinodinos from 13 August to 20 September 2018, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That consideration of the business before the Senate on Tuesday, 14 August 2018, be interrupted at approximately 5 pm, but not so as to interrupt a senator speaking, to enable Senator...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Cambodia: General Election (7 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Wong, I move: That the Senate: (a) expresses its serious concerns with Cambodia's 2018 national election and welcomes assurances that the Government has made Australia's...
  • Dying to Know Day (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Bilyk, move: That the Senate: (a) notes that:   (i) 8 August 2018 was Dying to Know Day,   (ii) Dying to Know Day promotes death literacy and...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Reporting of Gas Reserves) Bill 2018; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, and for related purposes. Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse...
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Reporting of Gas Reserves) Bill 2018; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted. I table an explanatory memorandum and I seek leave to have...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Goods and Services Tax (4 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate: (a) notes that:   (i) in contrast to New Zealand's comprehensive GST, Australia's GST does not apply to a significant range of products, such as various...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Intelligence Services Amendment (Enhanced Parliamentary Oversight of Intelligence Agencies) Bill 2018; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Intelligence Services Act 2001, and for related purposes. Intelligence Services Amendment (Enhanced Parliamentary...
  • Intelligence Services Amendment (Enhanced Parliamentary Oversight of Intelligence Agencies) Bill 2018; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted. I table an explanatory memorandum and I seek leave to have...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade on its inquiry into PFAS contamination be extended to 25 October...
  • Select Committee into the Obesity Epidemic in Australia; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Select Committee into the obesity epidemic in Australia be extended to 26 November 2018. Question agreed to.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (4 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— a. notes that:   i. the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission) has...
  • Dairy Industry (11 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate: (a) notes that:   (i) Coles is still advertising $1 per litre milk, and Woolworths $1 per litre milk is shown as temporarily unavailable,   (ii) both...
  • Paris Agreement (5 speeches)
    ) ( ): I move: That the Senate: (a) notes that the United States of America has withdrawn from the Paris Climate Agreement; and (b) calls upon the Australian Government to also withdraw from the...
  • Multiculturalism (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate: (a) notes that 11 August marked the 45th anniversary of the late former Minister for Immigration Mr Al Grassby's launch of multiculturalism at a Melbourne symposium; (b)...
  • Climate Change (11 speeches)
    By the law of diminishing returns, I ask that general business notice of motion No. 942 standing in my name for today, relating to the national emissions guarantee, be taken as a formal motion.
  • Child Sexual Abuse (7 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate: (a) acknowledges that:   (i) it has been almost 15 years since Daniel Morcombe, a 13-year-old boy with his entire life ahead of him, was abducted and murdered...
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration by Estimates Committees (11 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 937 standing in my name for today concerning an order relating to company tax returns. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended:...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Multiculturalism (17 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate:   (a) pays tribute to the outgoing Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane;   (b) recognises Dr Soutphommasane's advocacy for...
  • Leyonhjelm, Senator David (48 speeches)
    I ask that general business notice of motion No. 950, relating to a censure motion, standing in my name for today be taken as a formal motion.
• First Speech (0 speeches)
  • (4 speeches)
    Order! Before I call Senator Anning, I remind honourable senators that this is his first speech; therefore, I ask that the usual courtesies be extended to him.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee, Economics References Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
    I present additional information received by committees as listed in item 13 of today's order of business in relation to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee and Economics References...
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator Macdonald, chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on the...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Consideration (2 speeches)
    I don't know if this is going to be helpful, but I think it might be helpful in the bigger picture. There is ongoing confusion around the way documents are listed. When people read documents,...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Economics References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the report of the Economics References Committee on a national radioactive waste management facility at Kimba and Hawker, South Australia, together with the Hansard record of...
  • Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator Smith, the Chair of Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present report No. 474, the annual report of 2017-18, as well as executive minutes and responses on...
  • Law Enforcement Committee; Corrigenda to Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present a corrigendum to the report of the Joint Committee on Law Enforcement on its inquiry into crystal methamphetamine (ice).
  • Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I present the government's response to the report of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee on its inquiry into the provisions of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing...
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    Regarding the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee's inquiry into current and future regulatory requirements that impact on the safe, commercial and recreational use of...
  • Economics References Committee; Report (4 speeches)
    by leave—I take note of the report into the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility. I'd like to thank the committee for the work it did in relation to this particular inquiry. I'd...
• Petitions (0 speeches)
  • Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
    by leave—I table a nonconforming petition. I advise the chamber that it has been submitted through the normal processes and has been approved by the whips. The petition contains 5,539...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island; Report (3 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I rise to take note of the interim report of the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
  • Economics References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This is the Economic References Committee report into the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility. Given the time and the...
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    In respect of the government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee report Gender segregation in the workplace and its impact on women's economic equality,...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Amendment Bill 2018; Explanatory Memorandum (1 speech)
    I table an addendum to an explanatory memorandum relating to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Amendment Bill 2018.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Customs Amendment (Illicit Tobacco Offences) Bill 2018, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2018, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018; First Reading (1 speech)
    These bills are being introduced together. After debate on the motion for the second reading has been adjourned, I shall move a motion to have the bills listed separately on the Notice Paper. I...
  • Customs Amendment (Illicit Tobacco Offences) Bill 2018, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2018, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— CUSTOMS AMENDMENT...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation (1 speech)
    I table a response to a question taken on notice during question time on 13 August 2018 asked by Senator Keneally, relating to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018; Report from Committee (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial...
  • Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015; Second Reading (21 speeches)
    When debate was interrupted before question time today, I was reflecting on the experiences of an advocate for euthanasia in Western Australia, Clive Deverall. He had said that he had been...