Senate debates
Tuesday, 12 November 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Over the past week New South Wales and Queensland have been devastated by bushfires, leading to three people...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Before I come to you Senator McGrath, I would like to draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the chamber and gallery of a delegation from the Cook Islands, led by the Hon....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Reynolds. Can the minister update the Senate on what assistance the Australian Defence Force is providing to the current firefighting effort?
- Dairy Industry (28 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator McKenzie. In a deal with One Nation, the minister has finally released the draft dairy code of conduct for consultation. Key elements of...
- Australian Bushfires (8 speeches)
My question's to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Today, a member of the government, Mr Barnaby Joyce, said, 'I acknowledge that the two people who died were most...
- South Australia: Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Senator Birmingham. In recent months the Australian Energy Market Operator warned that the outage of...
- Aged Care (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. The devastating interim report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has confirmed the...
- Australian Bushfires (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Natural Disaster and Emergency Management, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister please provide an update on the bushfires in New South...
- Questions to the President (0 speeches)
- Parliament House (9 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Attorney-General. Apparently nearly 2,400 people have direct access to Parliament House with a sponsored security pass. Getting one of these...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Sport Australia (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sport, Senator Colbeck. Prior to the election, Sport Australia CEO, Kate Palmer, twice stated that Senator McKenzie, as sports minister, had only awarded...
- No Money for Terror Conference (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Can the minister please update the Senate on recent international consultations about countering terrorism?
- Housing Affordability (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. In an article in yesterday's Australian Financial Reviewentitled 'First home buyer risk riles banks' it is...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (9 speeches)
This is a ripping question, so I thank you for that. My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Can the minister please update the Senate on any recent...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That— (1) Following the motion of condolence relating to former Senator Mehmet Tillem, and the Placing of Business, the routine of business for the remainder of today...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (11 speeches)
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 Wong today relating to bushfires in New South...
- Parliament House (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Payne) and the President to questions without notice asked by Senator Lambie today relating to...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, I give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices on the next sitting day, to withdraw business of the Senate notice of...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Tillem, Mr Mehmet (7 speeches)
Yesterday I informed the Senate of the untimely death, on 9 November, of Mehmet Tillem, a senator for the state of Victoria from 2013 to 2014, who served with many of us in this chamber.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator. There being none, I'll move on.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Disallowance Motions (6 speeches)
I ask that government business notice of motion No. 1, standing in Senator Ruston's name for today, be taken as a formal motion.
- Banking Code of Practice (6 speeches)
We will now move to business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1, standing in the name of Senator Roberts, pursuant to order. Senator Roberts, you are free to move your motion, and I understand...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires: Climate Change (10 speeches)
I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, nine proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Geoghegan, Mr Robert William (Bob) (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak and offer my condolences to the family of Bob Geoghegan, who died on 21 October. Bob was a very well-known member of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party and...
- Newstart Allowance (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the number of people receiving Newstart who have a partial capacity to work. When people have been assessed as having a partial capacity to work, it means that they...
- Timber Industry (1 speech)
Tasmanians know better than anyone what happens when the Labor Party decides inner-city green votes are more important than timber workers. In 2010, the Tasmanian Labor Party formed government...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I'm pleased to rise this evening to commend the work of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association, the Transport Workers Union and the Australian Workers Union who together are...
- Hong Kong (1 speech)
For decades, the city of Hong Kong has been considered one of the freest and most prosperous cities in the world. Due to its strong commitment to the rule of law, judicial independence, free...
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
As I speak in the Australian Senate tonight, communities around this nation, especially in New South Wales and Queensland, are bracing for catastrophic fire conditions, some of the worst fire...
- Industrial Relations (1 speech)
It seems that not a day goes by without a new story of serious wage theft in our country. It can take a lot of courage for workers to speak out and fight for what they're owed. As each new story...
- Northern Australia: Insurance (3 speeches)
Tonight I rise to talk about a topic I've spoken about a number of times in the Senate—that is, the high cost of northern Australia insurance and what the government is failing to do to fix...
- South Australia: Statutes Amendment (Decriminalisation of Sex Work) Bill 2018 (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak regarding a matter of concern in my home state of South Australia. I speak in relation to a bill which seeks to decriminalise prostitution, that being the Statutes...
- Newstart Allowance (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the Newstart payment and the inadequacy of this payment for Australians who are working at trying to get a job and to get ahead in life. I am asking for those on...
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
Tonight, all across our country, from the city to the bush, communities are being buried beneath some of the most intense firestorms that we have seen in the history of our country. Beneath the...
- Defence Industry (5 speeches)
The Australian submarine enterprise is approaching a significant decision milestone: where will the full-cycle dockings for the Collins class submarines be done in the future? Will it be in...
- Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1 speech)
I just bring to the attention of the Senate and to the Australian parliament that we are obviously looking at serious concerns in terms of the bushfire threats in New South Wales, Queensland and...
- Disability Services (1 speech)
I look back at how people with disability used to be treated and I can't help thinking we've made enormous progress in some aspects of care and treatment yet in others we've got such a long way...
- Farm Household Allowance (1 speech)
Farmers are still the backbone of this country. One Nation and I will continue to fight to make sure farmers who are struggling financially due to the impact of this extended drought get the...
- Mining (1 speech)
As a servant of the people of Queensland and Australia, I speak of my concerns tonight for the security of all Australians and to acknowledge the bravery of some very special hardworking...
- Horseracing (1 speech)
It has been less than a month since Australia saw the brutal vision of racehorses being beaten, abused and cruelly slaughtered. Like most people who saw the footage, I was absolutely sickened and...
