Senate debates

Thursday, 14 November 2019

• Statement by the President (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Behaviour (1 speech)
    Good morning, senators. Given matters that arose yesterday regarding language used earlier this week in debate and in question time yesterday, I'd like to take this opportunity to again speak to...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019; In Committee (111 speeches)
    I want to, first of all, thank the Labor senators who made a contribution to the debate on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019, because it...
• Business (0 speeches)
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019; In Committee (1 speech)
    I would like to ask the minister whether she is comfortable with the decision that has just been made by her government to effectively gag this debate and therefore silence the very many...
• Petitions (0 speeches)
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senators Bilyk and Gallacher for today, 14 November, on account of parliamentary business for Senator Bilyk and personal business for...
• Notices (0 speeches)
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    I present the eighth report of 2019 of the Selection of Bills Committee and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF...
• Notices (0 speeches)
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants (4 speeches)
    I, and also on behalf of Senators Siewert, Hanson, Lambie, Brown and Griff, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i.) 16 November 2019 marks the 10 year anniversary of the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
    I seek leave to make a short statement.
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Sterle, I move: That the following matter be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 18 June 2020: The...
• Business (0 speeches)
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend government business notice of motion No. 2 standing in Senator Ruston's name for today, relating to estimates hearings for 2020, by omitting 'Friday, 6 February' in...
• Documents (0 speeches)
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • National Relay Service (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i.) the National Relay Service (NRS) allows deaf and hearing impaired Australians to make and receive telephone calls through the use...
  • Western Australian Education Awards (0 speeches)
  • Education (12 speeches)
    I seek leave to make a short statement.
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities (0 speeches)
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Australian Bushfires (3 speeches)
    I seek leave to make a short statement.
• Documents (0 speeches)
• Motions (0 speeches)
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Health Amendment (Safety Net Thresholds) Bill 2019; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I thank senators for their contributions, and I commend the bill to the Senate. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
  • National Health Amendment (Safety Net Thresholds) Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Education Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Labor will not oppose this bill, the Education Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019. It provides sensible measures to make sure that students taking up aviation courses are not...
  • Education Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Defence Service Homes Amendment Bill 2019; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    I'm pleased to speak on the Defence Service Homes Amendment Bill 2019. The bill will amend the Defence Service Homes Act 1918 to expand eligibility for the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme...
  • Defence Service Homes Amendment Bill 2019; Third Reading (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (International Tax Agreements) Bill 2019; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I thank Senator Brown for her contribution on the Treasury Laws Amendment (International Tax Agreements) Bill 2019. This bill amends the International Tax Agreements Act 1953 and will give the...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (International Tax Agreements) Bill 2019; Third Reading (0 speeches)
  • Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2019; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    The Labor Party will be supporting the Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2019, which seeks to improve the operation of indemnity insurance following a first principles...
  • Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019; In Committee (9 speeches)
    Labor will be supporting this government amendment. This amendment compels the chief executive officer of the NDIA and the NDIS quality and safeguards commissioner to provide data and information...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019; Third Reading (0 speeches)
  • Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Air Pollution) Bill 2019; Second Reading (1 speech)
    In the few minutes I have left I'd like to talk about my personal connection with the ocean. One of the first things I talked about in this chamber was marine pollution. Indeed, in my first...
• Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. In releasing the interim report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the commissioner's...
  • Emergency Services (8 speeches)
    My question is to Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Cormann, representing the Prime Minister. Two years ago the combined emergency services put in a business case to the federal...
  • Steel Industry (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, and concerns the government's support for steel manufacturing in Whyalla. Is it not the case that,...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Senator Ruston. Can the minister update the Senate on the rollout of the NDIS and how the...
  • Aged Care (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety's interim report identified that the home care...
  • National Broadband Network (8 speeches)
    Thank you very much, Mr President—no relation to the other Senator Smith. My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, my friend...
  • Aged Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. In evidence given at the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, held in Mudgee just last week,...
  • Forestry (8 speeches)
    I'm very pleased to ask a question of the Minister for Agriculture, a fellow Victorian, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister outline how the Victoria Labor government's ban on native forestry will...
  • Community Sport Infrastructure Grants Program (7 speeches)
    My question, unsurprisingly, is to the Minister for Sport, Senator Colbeck. This week, in response to my questions in the Senate regarding the Community Sport Infrastructure Grants Program, the...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, Aged Care (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians (Senator Colbeck) to questions without notice asked by Senators Keneally, Marielle...
  • Emergency Services (0 speeches)
• Committees (0 speeches)
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Independent Health Advice Panel; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    I table documents relating to orders for the production of documents concerning the Independent Health Advice Panel, the Regional Jobs and Investment Packages and a government response relating...
  • Regional Jobs and Investment Packages; Order for the Production of Documents (0 speeches)
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Exports (5 speeches)
    Senator Patrick, you urged me not to flick the light off, but I have to tell you that I think your problem is that the light was never on. You have a vision of the Australian economy that dates...
  • Water (7 speeches, 2 comments)
    I move: That the Senate acknowledges that the construction of a Bradfield-type scheme in Queensland would create far-reaching, positive outcomes in regards to water security, economic growth, the...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers; Consideration (3 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I rise to take note of the grandparent carers resolution of 18 September and the letter to the President of the Senate from the Victorian...