Senate debates
Monday, 26 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. There being none, I shall move on.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committee Powers; Tabling (1 speech)
I table for the information of senators a judgement made in the High Court on 22 November this year affirming the power of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list. I seek leave to have the document incorporated into Hansard. Leave granted. The document read as follows— MORRISON...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
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I seek leave to make a short statement relating to my political party status. Leave granted. I am now no longer a member of KAP and am sitting as an Independent. I also advise the Senate that I...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 172nd report of the Senate Standing Committee of Privileges, entitled The disposition of materials seized under warrant. Ordered that the report be adopted. I seek leave to continue...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the following general business orders of the day be considered today at the time for private senators' bills: No. 97, Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund Bill 2018...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Victorian State Election (8 speeches)
My question without notice is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Following the disastrous result for the Liberals in the Victorian election on Saturday, Treasurer...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister update the Senate on independent assessments of the strength of the Australian economy?
- Victorian State Election (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. I refer to reports that the Prime Minister held crisis talks with Victorian Liberal MPs about the Liberals' horror...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the gallery of the Polish-Australian Parliamentary Friendship Group. On behalf of all senators, I wish you a warm welcome to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asia-Pacific (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Following the APEC meeting in Papua New Guinea can the minister update the Senate as to how Australia is increasing its...
- National Integrity Commission (8 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, representing the Prime Minister. Minister, almost nine years ago, the Greens introduced the first bill to establish a broad based...
- Victorian State Election (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. I refer to reports following the disastrous result for the Liberals in the Victorian election that fingers are...
- National Security (10 speeches)
My question is for Minister Cash, representing the Minister for Home Affairs. The government has announced it wants to make it easier to strip dual citizens convicted of terrorism related...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I'd like to draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the chamber today of the Inter-parliamentary Study Program for Speakers of Pacific Parliaments, hosted, as they are, by...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Training Awards (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 about the Australian Training Awards, which...
- Victorian State Election (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Following the disastrous result for the Liberals in the Victorian election, Victorian shadow Attorney-General John...
- Queensland: Economy (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Can the minister update the Senate on any new developments in the resources sector and explain how these are...
- Mining (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Birmingham. Over the weekend, we learned that another megacoalmine in the Galilee Basin, located just above...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Victorian State Election (6 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. I begin by just making clear that due acknowledgment of the...
- National Integrity Commissioner (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...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
On behalf of Senators Brown and Kitching, I withdraw general business notices of motion No's 1200 and 1216, standing in their names for today.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senators Martin, Paterson and Sinodinos from 26 November to 6 December 2018 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Western Australia: State Flag (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate notes that— (a) 3 November 2018 was the 65th anniversary of the Western Australian (WA) State flag, as it appears today; (b) the original design of the State flag,...
- Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate notes that— (a) 15 November 2018 marks 12 months since the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 was introduced into the Senate; (b) the...
- Pittsburgh: Attacks (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Sterle and Griff, move: That the Senate— (a) condemns the shocking attack on worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 27...
- Universal Children's Day (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator Singh, I move: That the Senate— (a) observes that 20 November 2018 is Universal Children's Day, commemorating the UN General Assembly's same-day adoption of the...
- Climate Change (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the Flinders University research published in Nature's Scientific Reports, which shows that 'climate change and human activity are dooming species at an...
- Renewable Energy (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Australia in blessed with world-class renewable energy and energy storage resources, (ii) the price of renewable energy continues to decline,...
- Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1224 standing in my name for today, relating to the submission to the banking royal commission. Leave granted. I move the motion as...
- Order for the Production of Documents (8 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1225 standing in my name for today. Leave granted. I amend the motion in the terms circulated in the chamber and move the motion as...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 1223, standing in my name for today, relating to the UN global compact on refugees.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Australian Greens (3 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1212 standing in my name and the name of Senator O'Sullivan for today relating to behaviour within the Greens political party before...
- Suspension of Standing Orders (8 speeches)
Pursuant to contingent notice and at the request of Senator O'Sullivan, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me moving a motion that general business notice...
- Australian Defence Force (8 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Whish-Wilson, move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) that Defence Force personnel and veterans put their lives and wellbeing at risk in service of our...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1214 standing in my name for today, relating to carbon pricing, be taken as a formal motion.
- International Development Assistance (3 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) affirms that the best way to support our Pacific neighbours is through genuine aid and development funding and meaningful action on climate change; (b) notes...
- National Security (4 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1209 relating to radical Islam be taken as formal.
- Suspension of Standing Orders (46 speeches)
Pursuant to contingent notice relating to formal business, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me moving a motion: That general business notice of motion No....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Fire and Emergency Personnel (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Australia's fire and emergency (F&E) personnel have a long and proud record of serving overseas, assisting local efforts during times of...
- Coal-Fired Power Stations (2 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator O'Sullivan, move: That the Senate notes that— (a) throughout the world, 2440 coal-fired power stations with a capacity of at least 30 megawatts continue to...
- Farm Production (8 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the National Farmers' Federation states that one Australian farmer produces enough food to feed 600 people, including 450 people overseas, (ii)...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (27 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today seven proposals were received. In accordance with standing order 75, the question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
I table a response to the question taken on notice during question time on 12 November 2018 asked by Senator Farrell relating to Tourism Australia and seek leave to have the document incorporated...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Centrelink; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This order for the production of documents relates to the review of the Serco pilot program by KPMG, which the government is...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Federal Anti-Corruption Commission (1 speech)
The President has received a message from the House of Representatives agreeing to the Senate resolution relating to the establishment of a national anti-corruption commission.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Pakistan: Human Rights (1 speech)
There is a lot of intolerance in the world, but nothing, really, could be more intolerant than punishing somebody simply for their beliefs. A core facet of a democracy is the importance of...
- Mabo, Mrs (1 speech)
Today I was given the tragic news of the passing of Mrs Mabo. I will not use her first name out of respect for her family. It was only last year that I gave a speech to honour the 25th...
- Great Australian Bight (1 speech)
I agree with the motivation behind the Green's Great Australian Bight Environment Protection Bill 2016, debated this morning. The Great Australian Bight is a unique Australian asset and is worth...
- Outback Queensland Tourism, Shark Attacks (1 speech)
We are blessed in so many ways in my home state of Queensland. It's a great big state, a vast expanse of a state. It has a cornucopia of marvels across it. We are the Sunshine state. We are where...
