Senate debates

Monday, 20 August 2018

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Intelligence and Security Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any question at the request of any senator.
• Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
  • New South Wales (1 speech)
    Senators, I have received, through the Governor-General, from the Governor of New South Wales a copy of the certificate of the choice by the houses of parliament of New South Wales of Dr Mehreen...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    Pursuant to standing order 78(1), I give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices today, to withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in my name for today proposing...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Reporting of Gas Reserves) Bill 2018; Second Reading (42 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Reporting of Gas Reserves) Bill 2018. Australia is blessed with a huge amount of natural resources. It's even in...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan No. 2) Bill 2017; Second Reading (14 speeches)
    In the absence of Senator Steele-John, who may be on his way, I thought I would jump the gun, if I can put it that way, and speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan No. 2) Bill...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Energy (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Last week the Prime Minister celebrated his victory in the coalition party room, claiming his energy policy...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the chamber of a parliamentary delegation from New Zealand led by Gareth Hughes MP. On behalf of all senators, I wish you a...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Energy (29 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Senator Birmingham. How is the coalition government shifting the balance of the electricity market in...
  • Employment (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Turnbull government's policies are helping young Australians into employment?
  • Economy (9 speeches)
    My question is for the Leader of the Government representing the Prime Minister. Minister, today the government has acknowledged the failure of our privatised and deregulated energy market and...
  • Energy (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence Industry, Senator Payne. This morning, Minister Pyne said that there is overwhelming support in the party room for the...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    Order! I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the gallery of a parliamentary delegation from the National Assembly of Vietnam, led by His Excellency Mr Nguyen Duc Hai MP....
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Financial System Inquiry (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Minister, the current royal commission into misconduct in the financial sector has opened the eyes of all...
  • Drought (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Canavan. Minister, what is the coalition government doing to aid drought-stricken farmers...
  • Turnbull Government (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Last week Senator Cormann sought to reassure the Senate about Minister Dutton's support for the government's policies, saying, 'Don't...
  • Indigenous Employment (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. I ask the minister if he could he tell the Senate what the government is doing to support jobs for Aboriginal and Torres...
  • Immigration Detention (33 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, representing the Minister for Home Affairs. Minister, I refer you to the 119 children currently in offshore detention on Nauru, and specifically...
  • Turnbull Government (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Fifield. On Thursday, Minister Dutton told 2GB radio: … I'm not bagging my colleagues or my Prime Minister...
  • Drought (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Rural Health, Senator McKenzie. Will the minister outline to the Senate how the coalition government is supporting the mental health of Australians living in...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Energy (9 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Defence (Senator Payne) to a question without notice asked by Senator Bilyk today relating to energy policy. Oh my...
  • Immigration Detention (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Communications (Senator Fifield) to a question without notice asked by Senator McKim today relating to children in...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (2 speeches)
    On behalf of Senator Bernardi, I withdraw notice of motion No. 977.
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Pratt for today, 20 August, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Paterson for today for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Select Committee on Electric Vehicles; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Storer, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Select Committee on Electric Vehicles be extended to 4 December 2018. Question agreed to.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Mining (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) in September 2017, the Douglas Shire Council in Far North Queensland formally opposed the Adani Carmichael mine project and any new...
  • Abortion (4 speeches)
    I ask that general business notice of motion No. 972 standing in my name for today relating to proposed abortion laws be taken as a formal motion.
  • Suspension of Standing Orders (38 speeches)
    Pursuant to the contingent notice standing in my name relating to formal business, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the motion being moved immediately and...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Turnbull Government (13 speeches)
    I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am 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. As a...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Investment Statement 2018 (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment I table a ministerial statement on the 'Investment statement 2018: five good years for Australia'.
• 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 16 August 2018 asked by Senator Keneally relating to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and seek leave to have the document...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2018, Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018, Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) Bill 2018; First Reading (1 speech)
    I indicate to the Senate that these bills are being introduced together. After debate on the motion for the second reading has been adjourned, I will be moving a motion to have the bills listed...
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2018, Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018, Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) 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 TARIFF...
• Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
  • Social Security (Administration) (Trial of Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2018, Social Security (Administration) (Trial — Declinable Transactions and Welfare Restricted Bank Account) Determination 2018; Disallowance (5 speeches)
    I move: That the following legislative instruments, made under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, be disallowed: (a) the Social Security (Administration) (Trial of Cashless Welfare...
  • Social Security (Administration) (Trial of Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2018; Disallowance (6 speeches)
    I move: That sections 7 to 9 of the Social Security (Administration) (Trial of Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2018, made under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, be...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan No. 2) Bill 2017; Second Reading (14 speeches)
    In March, I went on Sky News and offered a compromise. I told Samantha Maiden I would vote for company tax cuts to 27.5 per cent and eventually to 25 per cent for Australian companies with a...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Community Development Program; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I table the response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Community Development Program.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Lyons, Dame Enid Muriel, AD, GBE (1 speech)
    It is an honour indeed to reflect this evening in this chamber on one of the most momentous events in the political history of our nation, for 75 years ago, on 21 August 1943, the Tasmanian...
  • Trade Unions (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to talk about the importance of the union movement in Australia. I want to start by declaring myself to be a proud supporter of the trade union movement. I've enjoyed a long...
  • Koalas (1 speech)
    I'd like to speak tonight about the crisis facing the iconic Australian animal the koala, particularly in the regions of Queensland, northern New South Wales and the ACT. That koala populations...