Senate debates
Tuesday, 13 November 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (22 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion to provide for consideration of the Discrimination Free Schools Bill 2018. Leave not granted.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (28 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. After Prime Minister Morrison was sacked as managing director of Tourism Australia, sources close to the board...
- Small Business (13 speeches)
My question is to—
- Prime Minister (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. I refer to the minister's letter to the President responding to questions taken on notice yesterday in relation to...
- Whaling (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Senator Payne, your New Zealand counterpart, Winston Peters, put out a press statement today about the fact that the Japanese whaling fleet had...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Fifield. Will the minister update the Senate on how this government supports Australians with a...
- Trade with Indonesia (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. In September Prime Minister Morrison told the Indonesia-Australia Business Forum: I am here to put more grunt into...
- Electricity (8 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Energy, Senator Canavan. Can the minister advise the Senate what the government is doing to reduce power prices for Australian...
- Migration (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Cash. In response to a question without notice yesterday concerning the need to prevent immigration from...
- Member for Dunkley (26 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Senator Canavan. Is the minister aware that the member for Dunkley, Mr Chris...
- China (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Can the minister provide an update on the Australia-China bilateral relationship and how Australia is seeking to increase...
- Ministerial Staff (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education, Senator Cash. Reports breaking today indicate that Senator Cash's former chief of staff has now been...
- Drought (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Local Government and Decentralisation, Senator McKenzie. Could the minister provide an update on a drought communications program that is supporting our...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance and the Public Service (Senator Cormann) to questions without notice asked by Senators Cameron and Sterle and...
- Whaling (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Payne) to a question without notice asked by Senator Whish-Wilson today relating to whaling...
- Ministerial Staff (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education (Senator Cash) to a question without notice asked by Senator...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Sinodinos from 15 October to 15 November 2018 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
by leave—At the request of Senator Whish-Wilson, I move: That business of the Senate notice of motion no. 2 standing in the name of Senator Whish Wilson for today, proposing the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Outback Queensland Tourism (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises the importance of regional tourism to the Australian economy, and especially so in the state of Queensland, where last year alone there were 2...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Nauru; Order for the Production of Documents (8 speeches)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, by 5 pm on 14 November 2018, all documents or correspondence between the Government of the Republic of Nauru, the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Fifield, I move: That, on Monday, 3 December 2018— (a) the address-in-reply be presented at 10 am to His Excellency the Governor-General by the President and such...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Federal Anti-Corruption Commission (4 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of senators Farrell, Hinch, Storer and Patrick, move: That— (a) the Senate calls on the Federal Government to establish a national anti-corruption commission; and (b)...
- Centenary of Armistice (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Cormann, Cash, Reynolds, Brockman, Georgiou, Lines, Sterle, Pratt and Dodson, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) this year's...
- Community Development Program (5 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1172, standing on the Notice Paper in my name, be taken as formal.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Polley, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Awareness (PANDA) Week, acknowledging perinatal anxiety...
- Kiernan, Mr Ian Bruce Carrick, AO (4 speeches)
I move That the Senate— (a) notes the passing of Mr Ian Kiernan, AO on 16 October 2018; (b) further notes that Mr Kiernan: (i) competed in an around-the-world yacht race in...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (6 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1181. Leave granted. I amend the motion in the terms as circulated in the chamber and move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:...
- Domestic Violence Against Women (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) since the last Senate sitting period, there have been 5 women killed by violence in Australia, bringing the total of women killed by...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Foodbank (7 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1187 standing in my name for today relating to the funding of Foodbank. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Employment (11 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8:30 today eight proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Gichuhi, I present additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into the Social Security...
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Bushby I present the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 and a related bill. Ordered...
- Education and Employment References Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the chair of the Education and Employment References Committee, Senator Marshall, I present the report of the Education and Employment References Committee on the exploitation of...
- National Capital and External Territories Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories, I present the report of the committee on Commonwealth approvals for the ACT light rail.
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
With the leave of the Senate, I would be pleased to make some comments on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security's advisory report. As I mentioned, I'm pleased to speak to...
- Education and Employment References Committee; Report (1 speech)
On indulgence, I did neglect to thank the secretariat for the work that they did and the Hansard reporters for the work that they did. I appreciate the opportunity to place on record the thanks...
- Government Response to Report (1 speech)
I present five government responses to committee reports as listed on today's Order of Business. In accordance with the usual practice, I seek leave to have the documents incorporated in Hansard....
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Member for Dunkley, Prime Minister (1 speech)
I table responses to questions taken on notice during question time on 12 November 2018 asked by Senators Carr and Farrell relating to the eligibility of the member for Dunkley and to Tourism...
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Petition: Modern Slavery Legislation (1 speech)
Yesterday I joined with Labor's shadow minister for justice, Ms Clare O'Neil MP, to receive a petition signed by tens of thousands of people from around the world who are calling on the...
- Stansfield, Mr Brad (3 speeches)
It's my pleasure tonight to rise in the adjournment debate to speak about someone in Tasmania who has made a massive contribution to Liberal politics in our state. Often we don't hear much about...
- Tasmania: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about the catastrophic state of the health system in my home state of Tasmania under the incompetent Hodgman Liberal government. Long gone are the rose-tinted days...
- Melbourne: Attacks (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I tonight reflect on the horrific tragedy that occurred in Bourke Street in Melbourne just last week. This is not the first time that such an attack has struck...
- Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the motion of apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, as I was unable to make a contribution yesterday. There are few crimes that are more...
- Singapore: Workplace Relations (1 speech)
A few weeks ago I met a Singaporean man, Jolovan Wham—or, as he introduced himself, Jo—who was in Australia as a guest of United Voice, Amnesty International and the SEARCH...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the lived experiences of people in our community living on Newstart and other income support payments. During Anti-Poverty Week, the Greens bill to raise Newstart and...
- Norman, Mr Peter, Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
I rise to recognise the anniversary of one extraordinary Australian. All of us, in some way, wish we had the talent and dedication to represent our current country at the Olympic Games, but few...
- Endeavour Industries (1 speech)
I have in my possession a voluntary administrators report to creditors for Endeavour Industries, a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and a registered charity in the Hunter Valley...
- Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Eating Disorders (1 speech)
I'm sure you'll be as surprised as I was, Mr Acting Deputy President Brockman, to find out that when children aged nine to 11 were asked to draw a scientist two-thirds of them drew a man. Did you...
- Transgender Day of Remembrance, Victorian State Election (1 speech)
Tuesday, 20 November, is Transgender Day of Remembrance. It's a day to acknowledge, to commemorate and to remember those in the trans community whom we've lost to violence or to suicide. It's a...
- Central Queensland (1 speech)
Last week, it was my great pleasure to again travel through Central Queensland, an area I have spent a lot of time in over the past couple of years as the Labor duty senator, particularly in the...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the issue of suicide in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently revealed that the suicide rate in 2017 spiked by nine per cent to 3,128 deaths last year....
- Politics (1 speech)
It is pretty incredible to think that today marks a full year since we began this journey together, after I was catapulted into this place completely by accident. I call this a journey for one...
- Mining Industry (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to raise a number of concerns about South Australian constituents who, as investors, have been financially affected by the passing of the Mining Amendments (ICAC Operations Jasper...
