Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

• Statement by the President (0 speeches)
  • Wearing of Campaign Material in the Senate (1 speech)
    I have a statement regarding a point of order raised by Senator Bernardi yesterday with respect to badges. Holding up newspapers or placards or displaying items such as badges with slogans is...
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (8 speeches)
    I seek leave to make a personal statement. Leave granted. Senator Cameron has now misrepresented me several times as a result of a question that I asked during Senate budget estimates earlier...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Every State and Territory Gets Their Fair Share of GST) Bill 2018; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    In my last remaining minutes, I'll go back and summarise my speech from last night. I started my speech talking about the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and the very famous Australian literary...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Every State and Territory Gets Their Fair Share of GST) Bill 2018; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
  • My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018; Second Reading (17 speeches)
    When the My Health Record controversy erupted four months ago, the government's first instinct was to bury its head in the sand and pretend there was no problem. It dismissed not just Labor's...
  • My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018; In Committee (9 speeches)
    by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 8556: (1) Clause 3, page 2 (after line 11), at the end of the clause, add: Note: The provisions of the My Health Records (National...
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
    Labor's ugly and opportunistic politics of division need to be outed. In recent times, we've seen Labor promote the politics of envy, jealousy and resentment of one Australian against their...
  • Borroloola: Housing (1 speech)
    Borroloola is a community almost 1,000 kilometres south-east of Darwin, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Borroloola is home to four language groups; to the Yanyuwa, the Garrwa, the Marra and the...
  • Australian Society (1 speech)
    It seems that almost every day we are met with a new far-right conservative movement. The spectrum ranges from straight-up neo-Nazis, or fascists masquerading as libertarians, to the tinfoil hat...
  • Australian Greens, Rural Australia (3 speeches)
    I came in here with the intention of talking on a subject, but the senator who spoke before me has just aided me to go on a new front. What an outrageous contribution from the Greens! Mind you,...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    It was good to see Senator O'Sullivan finish as he started. I, too, want to talk about an issue that confronts, increasingly, regional Australia. Acting Deputy President Duniam, I know the...
  • Fire and Emergency Services (1 speech)
    Nightly on the news we're seeing the carnage in California as that state suffers the deadliest bushfires in its history. The death toll has now climbed above 40. Hundreds of people are still...
  • Western Australia: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
    I just want to put on the record that I've not been colluding with Senator Hinch. I'd also like to talk about the Australian honours system and honour some very, very important Western...
  • Aged Care (5 speeches)
    I can't count the number of times that I've spoken in this place about the Abbott-Turnbull-and-now-Morrison governments' pathetic record on ageing and aged care. They have broken every single...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Trade with Indonesia (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Yesterday Senator Cormann denied that Mr Morrison's reckless decision to junk longstanding bipartisan foreign...
  • Small Business (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on the Liberal-National government's measures to...
  • Prime Minister (37 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. The Auditor-General's audit of Tourism Australia, covering the period now Prime Minister Morrison was its managing...
  • Climate Change (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, representing the Prime Minister. Today, global gas giant Woodside joined the mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP in calling for a carbon...
  • Small Business (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Regional Services, Sport, Local Government and Decentralisation, Senator McKenzie. How is the Liberal-National government delivering for regional Australia...
  • Energy (9 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Canavan, representing the minister for the environment and energy, and relates to energy costs. Minister, I listened intently at February estimates as you boasted that...
  • Papua New Guinea: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Can the minister update the Senate on APEC, which will shortly be hosted by our closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea?
  • International Development Assistance (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, released their 41st quarterly report on 30 October, revealing that...
  • Minister for the Environment (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Canavan. I refer to the opinion piece of the minister's close colleague Senator Fierravanti-Wells in The...
  • Resources Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is to the , Senator Canavan. Could the minister please inform the Senate of any upcoming developments in the resources industry?
  • Indigenous Housing (8 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. On 6 November, special envoy Tony Abbott announced a 'new initiative in preparation for housing in Borroloola.'...
  • Broadband (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Senator Fifield. How is the Liberal National government's rollout of the National Broadband Network helping Australian small businesses?
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Trade with Indonesia, Minister for the Environment (9 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance and the Public Service (Senator Cormann) and the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia (Senator Canavan)...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance and the Public Service (Senator Cormann) to a question without notice asked by Senator Di Natale today relating...
• Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
  • (2 speeches)
    I seek leave to make a personal explanation. Leave granted. I appreciate the Senate providing me the opportunity to respond to the personal statement by Senator Molan where he claimed that I have...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    I give notice of my intention to withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in my name for 11 sitting days after today, proposing the disallowance of the Census and...
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    Does any senator wish for the question to be put on any of those notifications? If not, we will proceed to formal business. I understand business of the Senate motion No. 1 will be debated later...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Yemen (2 speeches)
    I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1195, standing in my name for today, relating to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, be taken as a formal motion.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund Bill 2018; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to provide for a Parliamentary Joint Committee to investigate establishing an Australia Fund, and for related purposes....
  • Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund 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 seek leave to have the...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • International Pathology Day (1 speech)
    At the request of Senators Bilyk, Polley and Brown, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 14 November 2018 is International Pathology Day, (ii) 35,000 people work in Australia's...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Fair Work Amendment (Restoring Penalty Rates) Bill 2018 [No. 2]; First Reading (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Cameron, I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Fair Work Act 2009, and for related purposes. Fair Work Amendment (Restoring...
  • Fair Work Amendment (Restoring Penalty Rates) Bill 2018 [No. 2]; 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)
  • World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (4 speeches)
    At the request of Senators Sterle and Gallacher, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 18 November 2018 is the United Nations World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR)...
  • World Toilet Day (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises World Toilet Day 2018 on 19 November, as the day to recognise the importance of sanitation; (b) notes that:   (i) an estimated 4 billion...
  • World Diabetes Day (4 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) 14 November 2018 is World Diabetes Day,   (ii) the theme of World Diabetes Day 2018 is 'Family and Diabetes',...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Select Committee into Fair Dinkum Power; Reference (5 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1199, standing in my name for today, relating to the establishment of a select committee. I understand the amendments have been...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Gender Equality (4 speeches)
    I wish to inform the chamber that Senator Cameron will also be sponsoring the motion. I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1202, standing in my name and the name of Senator...
  • Australia Network (11 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1080, standing in my name, relating to the funding of the Australia Network. I understand that the amendment has been circulated in the...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that investors, industry and the Parliament all acknowledge that a future carbon price, in some form, is inevitable, with companies already factoring...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Centrelink; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Human Services and Digital Transformation, by 10 am on 26 November 2018, the independent review by KPMG of...
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, by 26 November 2018: (a) all documents or correspondence...
  • Gretals Australia Pty Ltd; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Carr, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann, by 10 am on 26 November 2018, all documents regarding the...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Whaling (10 speeches)
    I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1203, standing in my name for today, relating to whaling, be taken as a formal motion.
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (2 speeches)
    by leave—I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the Senate— (a) notes the Flinders University research published in Nature's Scientific Reports, which...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Manufacturing (14 speeches)
    I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today 11 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)
  • Regulations and Ordinances Committee; Delegated Legislation Monitor (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator Williams, the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, I present Delegated Legislation Monitor No. 13 of 2018.
  • Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Scrutiny Digest (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator Polley, the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, I present Scrutiny Digest No. 13 of 2018.
  • Electoral Matters Committee; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I present the government's response to reports of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters and seek leave to incorporate the document in Hansard. Leave granted. The document read as...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of committees.
• Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
  • ASIC Corporations (Banking Code of Practice) Instrument 2018/700; Disallowance (8 speeches)
    I move: That the ASIC Corporations (Banking Code of Practice) Instrument 2018/700, made under the Corporations Act 2001, be disallowed. I put this disallowance up because a most unusual situation...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference (27 speeches)
    I, and on behalf of Senator Hanson-Young, move: That the following matter be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 March 2019: The...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • No-one Deserves A Serve Campaign, Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    I'm a strong supporter of the trade union movement, and tonight I rise to lend my support to the national No-one Deserves a Serve campaign being run by my union, the SDA. No-one Deserves a Serve...
  • Gender Equality (1 speech)
    It's still better to be a bloke in this day and age when it comes to your salary. This week, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency released its annual data, and it shows we still have a shocking...
  • Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
    I have repeatedly called for the terms of reference for the royal commission into banking to be extended to include examination of the conduct of administrators and insolvency practitioners,...