Senate debates
Monday, 22 July 2019
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Temporary Chairs of Committees (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 12, I lay on the table a warrant revoking the warrant nominating Senator McCarthy as a Temporary Chair of Committees.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the following general business orders of the day be considered today at the time for private senators' bills: No. 23 Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending the Poverty Trap)...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- 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 and make a short statement. Leave granted. The document read as...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Age Pension (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Last week in an interview with 3AW's Neil Mitchell, the minister described the age pension as 'generous'. An...
- Taxation (10 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Minister Cormann. Can the minister update the Senate on how many people have already lodged their tax returns and received their income...
- Immigration Detention (16 speeches)
My question is to Senator Reynolds, the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs. The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Rt Hon. James Marape, said today he would like to see 'the...
- Australian Defence Force: Middle East (8 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for Defence. Can the minister update the Senate on how Australia's military contribution to the Middle East is supporting efforts to increase security and...
- Environment (12 speeches)
My question is for the Leader of the Government, representing the Prime Minister. On Thursday last week, the Bureau of Meteorology said that the drought that the Murray-Darling Basin was...
- Superannuation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Reports in today's Australian newspaper reveal that at least seven members of the government,...
- Environment (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator McKenzie, representing the Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management. As a servant to the people of Queensland and...
- Agriculture Industry (8 speeches)
McDONALD () (): My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Can the minister update the Senate on how the government is getting on with the job of securing Australia's future by protecting...
- Earle Haven Retirement Village (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. The Earle Haven Retirement Village on the Gold Coast in Queensland recently closed, with more than 70...
- Trade (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator Birmingham. How is the government getting on with the job of delivering for the Australian people by increasing trade...
- Immigration Detention (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Reynolds. Minister, I refer you to comments of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Marape, who said he would like to...
- Earle Haven Retirement Village (26 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. People Care Pty Ltd is the company contracted to operate the Earle Haven aged care facility. Can the minister...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Age Pension (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Families and Social Services (Senator Ruston) to a question without notice asked by Senator Farrell today, relating to...
- Environment (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) to a question without notice asked by Senator Di Natale today, relating to drought. On Thursday...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Appointment (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate concurs with the resolutions of the House of Representatives contained in messages 2 to 15 relating to the appointment of joint committees. Question agreed to.
- Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received letters nominating senators to be members of committees.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Coleman, Mr William Peter, AO (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 31 March 2019, of William Peter Coleman, a former minister and member of the House of Representatives for the division of...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on the next sitting day, I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senators Bilyk and O'Neill for today, 22 July, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: (1) That consideration of the business before the Senate on the following days be interrupted at approximately 5 pm, but not so as to interrupt a senator speaking, to enable senators to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate calls on the Federal Government to approve urgently needed nation-building projects that will lower the costs of energy generation and deliver water security to the people...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (24 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today five proposals were received in accordance with standing order No. 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Road Vehicle Standards Legislation Amendment Bill 2019; Second Reading (3 speeches)
As I was saying earlier today, the Road Vehicle Standards Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 has been a long time coming—17 years since the Motor Vehicle Standards Act, which it's replacing,...
- Road Vehicle Standards Legislation Amendment Bill 2019; 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.
- Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019; Second Reading (6 speeches)
The opposition is pleased to support the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019, as we have a proud record of bipartisanship when it comes to aviation safety. We supported the bill when it was passed...
- Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019; In Committee (8 speeches)
I'm extremely disappointed that, given the legitimate questions about this bill about watering down and undermining the role of CASA as a safety regulator, the bill didn't get sent to a...
- Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019; Third Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- National Rental Affordability Scheme Amendment Bill 2019; Second Reading (4 speeches)
At the very outset, I'd like to say that Labor supports the National Rental Affordability Scheme Amendment Bill 2019. In fact, the National Rental Affordability Scheme, or NRAS, as it's commonly...
- National Rental Affordability Scheme Amendment Bill 2019; In Committee (2 speeches)
The opposition opposes schedule 1 in the following terms: (1) Schedule 1, item 6, page 6 (lines 24 to 27), TO BE OPPOSED. (2) Schedule 1, item 17, page 10 (lines 1 to 6), TO BE OPPOSED. (3)...
- National Rental Affordability Scheme Amendment Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (26 speeches)
I understand that the government, having now finished what was not a particularly controversial piece of legislation, is proposing to move to the address-in-reply. Can I indicate to the...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (4 speeches)
DONALD () (): I move: That the following address-in-reply be agreed to: To His Excellency the Governor-General MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY— We, the Senate of the Commonwealth of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Senator Sterle) () (): With the indulgence of the Senate, I understand that the whips have agreed to the Senate considering further committee memberships. The President has received a letter...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Earle Haven Retirement Village (1 speech)
Before we adjourn tonight, I would like to make a contribution about some extremely distressing events which we saw unfold on the Gold Coast in Queensland a bit over a week ago at the Earle Haven...
- Parbo, Sir Arvi, AC (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to a titan of Australia's resources sector. On 1 May this year Australia lost one of its greatest contributors to our nation's mining and resources industry with the...
- Newstart Allowance (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight on the lived experiences of people in our community receiving Newstart and youth allowance. Today in this chamber we started debating the Greens' fifth bill to try and...
