Senate debates

Tuesday, 26 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. There being none, I call the Clerk.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; In Committee (74 speeches)
    In respect of the Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, I move amendment (1) on sheet 8823: (1) Clause 2, pages 2 and 3, table items 2 to...
  • Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Aged Care (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. Yesterday, the government announced 10,000 additional aged-care home packages. Aged and Community Services...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    I acknowledge former Senator Storer in the gallery. Welcome back to the Senate. Honourable senators: Hear, hear!
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Aged Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians. Minister, how many Australians have died whilst waiting for their home package in the last financial year?
  • Banking and Financial Services (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. The Westpac CEO resigned this morning. I think we in this chamber can all agree that the Westpac money-laundering...
  • Medical Research Future Fund (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. Can the minister outline to the Senate how the Morrison government's strong and stable economic management...
  • Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. After four years of operation and four reviews, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has released...
  • Mental Health (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Can the minister advise the Senate what the Morrison government is doing to tackle the unemployment of young...
  • Immigration (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Minister Cash. Last week the government resettled a Rwandan refugee who was accused of murdering eight Western tourists...
  • Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Shortly before question time it was revealed that detectives from the New South Wales Police Force State Crime...
  • Infrastructure (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Can the minister please outline how the Liberal-National government is providing stability and certainty to...
  • Australian Capital Territory: Imprisonment of 'Alan Johns' (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General. Minister, can you confirm that a person known to the courts as 'Alan Johns', who is also known as 'Witness J', was secretly...
  • Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industrial Relations, Senator Payne. In a speech to the Business Council of Australia, Prime Minister Morrison announced that his...
  • Energy (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Senator Birmingham. How is the government working with the states to capture new energy opportunities...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (22 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion to provide for the consideration of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019; Second Reading (17 speeches)
    Labor opposes the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019 in the strongest possible terms. It's bad law and it's bad policy. Despite its name, this...