Senate debates

Wednesday, 28 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, we'll move on.
• Statement by the President (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Behaviour (5 speeches)
    Senators, when parliament resumed in August this year, we discussed certain events in June and committed to reflecting our better selves in this place, and the aspirations of those we represent...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016; In Committee (2 speeches)
    The committee is considering the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 and amendments on sheet MY124 moved by Senator Reynolds. Senators will recall that yesterday we...
  • Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to.
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Amendment (Indigenous Land Corporation) Bill 2018; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    I rise to speak in favour of this bill. It has been the subject of a fair amount of discussion between the minister's office and ours. I just want to be clear that I am speaking to the Aboriginal...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Amendment (Indigenous Land Corporation) Bill 2018; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to this bill have been circulated, I don't intend to go into Committee of the Whole unless any senator now requests that we do so. There being no such requests, I now ask the...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund Bill 2018, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    I rise to speak to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 and related bill. The bills establish a financial asset fund, the...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund Bill 2018, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
  • Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    I rise to speak to the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018. Labor will be supporting this bill because it makes a number of improvements to the existing regime for protecting the...
  • Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Modern Slavery Bill 2018; Second Reading (26 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Modern Slavery Bill. Today there are more than 40 million people around the world in slavery. That is more than at any time in human history. Two-thirds of those people are...
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Crime (1 speech)
    Protecting the community, and keeping Australians safe and secure is the greatest priority for any parliament and for any government. It's a commitment that I share and this government shares...
  • Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (1 speech)
    Last week I was in the Pilbara, in Karratha, to listen to the impact that financial institutions, particularly banks, administrators and liquidators, have had on local people during the boom and...
  • World AIDS Day (1 speech)
    This Saturday, 1 December, is World AIDS Day, a day held every year to raise awareness across the world and in the community about the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS, a day for people to show...
  • Centenary of Armistice (1 speech)
    I rise this afternoon to honour those who have served our nation in our defence forces and to recognise the historical significance of this year, which is the 100th anniversary of the World War I...
  • Australian Constitution (1 speech)
    Tomorrow this parliament will table a report that will lead to what I hope will be a very courageous, brave, bold, visionary direction in terms of First Nations policy, representation and...
  • Parliamentary Behaviour (1 speech)
    I had intended to raise a matter of pressing public importance today, but something has trumped that. I feel very disturbed by some of the comments that were made in this chamber this morning in...
  • Cost of Living (1 speech)
    Last week I drove from my home in Ayr to the sittings of parliament in Canberra, some 3,104 kilometres away. I did that because I like to get out to western Queensland as often as I can to let...
  • National Broadband Network (1 speech)
    I rise to make a statement today about the appalling state of the National Broadband Network rollout in parts of my duty electorate of Dickson. This is an issue that I have raised in the Senate...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Member for Chisholm (29 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Yesterday the Minister for Defence warned the now independent member for Chisholm, Julia Banks, that she would...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    Order! I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the chamber of members of a parliamentary delegation from Ireland led by An Leas Cheann Comhairle, Pat the Cope Gallagher TD....
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Government Services (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister update the Senate on how much expenditure on health, education, child care, aged care, the NDIS and...
• 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 26th Delegation from the People's Republic of China. On behalf of all...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Energy (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. When asked whether the government would work with Labor to deliver a National Energy Guarantee, the minister said:...
  • Immigration Detention (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Cash. Minister, I note that your government's finally caved to public pressure and has brought a number of...
  • Small Business (8 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education, Senator Cash. Minister, how is the Liberal-National government assisting small and family...
  • Woomera Test Range (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. Minister, can you confirm that the defence department has expressed strong opposition to siting a national radioactive waste...
  • Regional Australia: Small Business (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Regional Services, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister outline how a strong economy and responsible economic management will create jobs and other opportunities...
  • E-cigarettes (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Minister representing the Health Minister, Senator Scullion. The New Zealand government recently endorsed a Ministry of Health cabinet...
  • Energy (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann, who I understand missed me dearly earlier this week. In an article in this morning's Australian Financial Review...
  • Australian Export Awards (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister inform the Senate about the recently held 56th Australian Export Awards?
  • National Integrity Commission (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. For over 12 months, the government has resisted Labor's calls for the establishment of a national integrity...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Victoria: Rail (1 speech)
    I would like to update Senator Hinch with some answers to questions I took on notice. My advice from the Deputy Prime Minister is the port of Portland is Victoria's third largest grain port by...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Member for Chisholm (6 speeches)
    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 McCarthy today relating to the Member for...
  • Immigration Detention (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...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Procedure Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    I present the Procedure Committee's fourth report of 2018 on suspensions of standing orders and formal business. I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the report. Leave granted. I move:...
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any of those proposals at the request of any senator. There being none, we will move on.
• Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
  • Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Determination 2019 (1 speech)
    I move: That, in accordance with subsection 10B(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Senate approves the Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Determination 2019 made under...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Families and Communities Program; Order for the Production of Documents (4 speeches)
    At the request of the Senator McAllister, I move: (1) That the Senate notes that: (a) the Department of Social Services recently completed the tender process for grants for the Financial...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Jacaranda Community Centre (1 speech)
    Mr President, I ask that the name of Senator Lines be added to general business notice of motion No. 1243 standing in my name for today. I, and also on behalf of Senator Lines, move: That the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Electoral Matters Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1249 by omitting 'the last sitting day in March 2019' and substituting '29 March 2019'. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended:...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Halal Certification Transitional Authority Bill 2018; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to establish the Halal Certification Transitional Authority, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I present the bill and...
  • Halal Certification Transitional Authority 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 the explanatory memorandum and seek leave to have...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Climate Change (11 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the sharpest ever drop recorded in Australia's greenhouse pollution occurred during the two-year period of the carbon pricing mechanism, and...
  • Coalmines in the Galilee Basin (8 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) that MacMines Austasia 20,000-hectare China Stone thermal coal project in the Galilee Basin is one step closer to approval, (ii) that this mine is...
  • Minister for Home Affairs (5 speeches)
    I move motion No. 1103, standing in the name of Senator Pratt: That the Senate orders that— (a) the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs be required to attend the Senate on...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Live Animal Exports; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    I move: That the following documents be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, no later than 9.50 pm on 3 December 2018: (a) any draft...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Education (4 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Canberra school children will not attend school on 28 November 2018 and instead attend Parliament House to protest the 'climate emergency',...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That— (a) on Monday, 3 December 2018, a matter of public importance or urgency motion not be proceeded with and, instead, general business notice of motion no. 1227 standing in my...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Veterans (8 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) expresses its strong commitment to ensure that Australian military veterans who have served this nation overseas receive their full entitlements; (b) notes with...
  • Lady Cilento Children's Hospital (10 speeches)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Stoker, move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) Lady Phyllis Cilento's long and dedicated career as an obstetrician, paediatrician, author, columnist, ABC...
  • Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia (13 speeches)
    I, and also on behalf of Senators Dean Smith, Reynolds, Cash and Cormann, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia (PGA of...
  • National Firearms Agreement (17 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1253 standing in my name for today relating to the National Firearms Agreement. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the...
  • Saharawi People (9 speeches)
    I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1257 standing in my name for today, relating to the Saharawi people be taken as a formal motion.
  • Silicosis (4 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) silicosis is an incurable form of lung disease caused by exposure to toxic dust by breathing in unsafe levels of silica dust, (ii) diseases due...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Energy (11 speeches)
    I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today five proposals were received in according 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)
    I present Delegated Legislation Monitor 14 of 2018 of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances.
  • 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 14 of 2018 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, dated...
  • Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the 12th report of 2018, Human rights scrutiny report, and I seek leave to have the tabling statement incorporated into...
  • Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the 184th report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Nuclear cooperation UK.
  • Environment and Communications References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator Rice, the Chair of the Environment and Communications References Committee, I present a progress report of the Environment and Communications References Committee on the...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Trade (1 speech)
    I table a ministerial statement and related document and seek leave to have the statement incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The statement read as follows— Mr President, I am pleased...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Health Care (1 speech)
    I table a response to a question taken on notice during question time on 27 November 2018 asked by Senator Griff, in relation to the Prostheses List Advisory Committee, and seek leave to have the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Fair Dinkum Power Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received a letter requesting changes in the membership of a committee.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.
  • Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bill, and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018; Report from Committee (1 speech)
    Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the committee's report on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging...
  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018; Report from Committee (1 speech)
    Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, I present the committee's report on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income...
  • Modern Slavery Bill 2018; In Committee (12 speeches)
    The question is that the bill stand as printed.
  • Modern Slavery Bill 2018; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to.
  • Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2018; In Committee (5 speeches)
    The Greens oppose item 2 in schedule 2 in the following terms: (2) Schedule 2, item 2, page 17 (line 4) to page 18 (line 6), paragraphs 6 (5)(d) to (f) of schedule 3, TO BE OPPOSED.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
    One of the achievements of this coalition government which is of benefit to the majority but of inestimable value to the few is the enhancement of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the...
  • Aged Care (1 speech)
    Last week I had the pleasure of walking in the shoes of an aged-care worker as part of the health and community services campaign. I walked in the shoes of an aged-care worker at Tyler Village in...
  • Parliamentary Privilege (1 speech)
    The Senate has lost its mojo. I say that, noting that the UK parliament hasn't lost its. Last week, the chair of their parliament's culture, media and sports select committee invoked its power to...
  • Share This! Image Based Bullying. So Not OK (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on the Share This! campaign by the Alannah & Madeleine Foundation and the Supre Foundation. I acknowledge that this speech was largely developed by a participant in...