Senate debates

Monday, 9 September 2019

• 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 Representation (0 speeches)
  • Victoria (1 speech)
    I inform the Senate that Senator Fifield resigned his place as a senator for the state of Victoria on 16 August 2019. Pursuant to the provisions of section 21 of the Constitution, the...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That general business order of the day No. 29, National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2), be considered today at the time for private senators' bills. Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2); Second Reading (12 speeches)
    I rise with great pleasure to speak on the National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2). This is the sixth time, over 10 years, that the Greens have introduced a bill for a federal...
  • National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2); Third Reading (3 speeches)
    I understand that no amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I will call Senator Waters to move the third reading.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2019; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    Thank you for the opportunity to speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2019. The bill contains two...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2019; 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.
  • Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Bill 2019; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Labor is pleased to support the Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Bill 2019. In 2013 this parliament amended the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to allow the chair of the Royal Commission...
• Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    Firstly, I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list and seek leave to have the document incorporated into Hansard. Leave granted. The document read as follows—...
• Shadow Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    by leave—I advise that the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Albanese, has appointed Senator Pratt as shadow assistant minister for employment services in addition to her responsibilities as...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Economy (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. The coalition has now been in office for more than six years. Can the minister confirm that, under Mr Morrison and...
  • Australian Bushfires (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Will the minister update the Senate on how the government is supporting those Australians affected by bushfires...
  • Economy (20 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. The 2019 HILDA Survey revealed that, since the coalition was elected in 2013, median household incomes in...
  • Bushfires (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister please update...
  • Climate Change (18 speeches)
    My question is to Senator McKenzie, the Minister for Agriculture, representing the minister for natural disaster and emergency management. This morning on Radio National the minister for natural...
  • Infrastructure (13 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The Reserve Bank governor, Dr Lowe, has called for an increase in infrastructure investment seven times in the...
  • Immigration Detention (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Cash. Six days ago the Department of Home Affairs announced it was terminating its contract with Paladin...
  • International Maritime Security Construct (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Reynolds. Can the minister please update the Senate on the importance of the stability of the global rules-based order that's behind the...
  • Economy (20 speeches)
    I would like to firstly acknowledge the Northern Territory Minister for Primary Industry and Resources, Paul Kirby, in the gallery. My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for...
  • Migration (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister Representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Cash. Can the minister please advise the Senate on the importance of stability and certainty in our migration...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Answers to Questions (7 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked today. The performance today from the Leader of the Government in the Senate and his...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for Natural Disaster and Emergency Management (Senator McKenzie) to a question without notice asked...
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Fischer, Mr Timothy Andrew (Tim), AC (11 speeches)
    It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 22 August 2019 of the Hon. Timothy Andrew 'Tim' Fischer, AC, former Deputy Prime Minister and member of the House of...
  • Darling, Ms Elaine Elizabeth (1 speech)
    Senators, it is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 30 August 2019 of Elaine Elizabeth Darling, a former member of the House of Representatives for the division of Lilley,...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Birmingham for today and on 12 September 2019 on account of ministerial business. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    Before moving general business notice of motion No. 2 standing in my name, I ask that the names of Senators McCarthy and Siewert be added to the motion. I, and also on behalf of Senators McCarthy...
  • Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme; Appointment (1 speech)
    Before moving general business notice of motion No. 87 standing in the name of Senator Dodson, I ask that the name of Senator Siewert be added to the motion. At the request of Senators Dodson and...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Fossil Fuel Basins (5 speeches)
    On behalf of Senator Hanson-Young, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that, on 31 July 2019, offshore petroleum exploration acreage was released, containing 64 areas available for lease:...
  • Energy (8 speeches, 1 comment)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 88 standing in my name for today, relating to clean energy jobs. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate—...
  • jobactive (7 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) data released by the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business shows that nearly four in five jobactive...
  • Threatened Species Protection (4 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that recommendations handed down by the South Australian Department for Environment and Water, on 31 July 2019, call for 30 species be added to the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Kitching, Senator McCarthy, Senator Sheldon and Senator Patrick, move: (1) That the Senate notes that: (a) the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Economy (12 speeches)
    Order! I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, four proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was...
• Petitions (0 speeches)
  • West Papua (1 speech)
    by leave—I table a nonconforming petition relating to West Papua. Many thousands of decent Australians have called on the Australian government to support consideration of West Papuan...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • ParentsNext Program; Consideration (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I rise to take note of the document pursuant to continuing orders from the Department of Human Services, received on 5 September 2019. I urge...
• Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
  • Tourist Refund Scheme; Consideration (3 speeches)
    I rise to speak on Auditor-General's report No. 8 of 2019-20, entitled Management of the Tourist Refund Scheme. The Tourist Refund Scheme, otherwise known as the TRS, is in place so that...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Department of Home Affairs: Paladin Contracts; Consideration (5 speeches)
    I rise to—
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority; Consideration (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I rise to speak on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975, Great Barrier Reef outlook report for 2019. This is the five-yearly report that...
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Proposed Expenditure (1 speech)
    I table the following documents: Particulars of proposed and certain expenditure for the 2019-20 financial year. I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the documents. Leave granted. I move:...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment (Sunsetting of Special Powers Relating to Terrorism Offences) Bill 2019 (1 speech)
    I table a response to a question taken on notice during the consideration of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendments (Sunsetting of Special Powers Relating to Terrorism...
  • National Sports Tribunal (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
  • National Sports Tribunal (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— NATIONAL SPORTS...
  • Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019; 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.
  • Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— The Criminal Code...
  • Customs Amendment (Immediate Destruction of Illicit Tobacco) Bill 2019; 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.
  • Customs Amendment (Immediate Destruction of Illicit Tobacco) Bill 2019; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— The Government is...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference (12 speeches)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by the final sitting day of June 2020: Australia's relations...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Bill 2019; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Bill 2019. This is an important piece of legislation which will ensure that two current royal commissions, into aged care and...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • World Suicide Prevention Day (1 speech)
    Tomorrow, Tuesday 10 September, is World Suicide Prevention Day. World Suicide Prevention Day is organised by the International Association for Suicide Prevention. This year, the aim of World...
  • Homelessness (5 speeches)
    The homelessness crisis in Tasmania continues to worsen under the Hodgman and Morrison Liberal governments. The state government has failed to address the crisis adequately, and Tasmanians have...
  • Howard, Hon. John Winston, OM, AC (1 speech)
    I'm pleased to rise this evening to speak about former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard, OM, AC, who celebrated his 80th birthday in July. Sound economic management, gun reform and stability...