Senate debates
Monday, 7 December 2020
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Child Care (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Under the Morrison government's current childcare scheme a family with a full-time policeman and a physio...
- COVID-19: Employment (10 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator Cash. Can the minister please update the Senate on the state of the labour market following COVID-19 and...
- Pensions and Benefits (12 speeches)
My question as to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. As early as January 2017, when Mr Morrison was the Treasurer, the government was aware that up to 86 per cent...
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Will the minister update the Senate on the importance of Australia's relationship with South-East Asia and the ways in which the...
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. The 2019-20 bushfires resulted in about 450 deaths due to direct injury and air pollution exposure and they sent...
- COVID-19: People with Disability (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability's report into...
- Gas Industry (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to Senator Ruston, who is representing the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. The Australian government used the weakest gas laws in the world to...
- COVID-19: Defence (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Can the minister update the Senate on what support Defence has provided to international partners across the Indo-Pacific during COVID-19?
- COVID-19: International Travel (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Laura, who is stranded in Spain and wants to come home, has had her status changed by DFAT to 'not seeking to return to...
- COVID-19: Health Care (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. Could the minister advise the Senate how the Morrison government's health response to COVID-19 is helping to...
- Youth Employment (30 speeches)
My question this afternoon is to the Minister for Youth and Sport, Senator Colbeck. A report out today from the Brotherhood of St Laurence states that youth unemployment was 'already stubbornly...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Child Care (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Birmingham) to a question without notice asked by Senator Chisholm today relating to childcare. It is...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (Senator Cash) to a question without notice asked by Senator Siewert today...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to various bills, allowing them to be considered during...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators for personal reasons: (a) Senator Wong for Monday 7 December 2020; and (b) Senator Brown from Monday 7 December...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 854 standing in my name for today. Just to be clear, there was confusion about the postponement of this notice. It's been sorted out with the...
- Postponement (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Northern Australia Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Chisholm and Dean Smith, move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia on its inquiry into the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Economy (5 speeches)
At the request of Senator Gallagher, I move: That the Senate notes that— (a) quarterly and annual wages growth are both now at the lowest level in the history of the Australian Bureau of...
- Conduct of Senators (23 speeches)
At the request of Senator Wong, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that, during a hearing of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee's inquiry into issues affecting...
- Energy (4 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Faruqi, move: That the Senate— (a) opposes oil or gas drilling off the coast of Sydney; (b) notes that through Advent Energy's own admission on 29 December...
- Electric Vehicles (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend business notice of motion No. 919. Leave granted. I amend the motion in the terms circulated in the chamber and move the motion as amended: That the Senate— (a) notes...
- Australian Defence Force (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Brereton report alleges there were 39 murders and two instances of 'cruel treatment' carried out by 25 Australian perpetrators, either as...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Senate Temporary Orders (2 speeches)
I move: That paragraph (a) of the temporary order agreed to on 18 June 2020 relating to the consideration of formal motions be varied to provide that: (a) minor party and independent senators are...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (20 speeches)
I inform the chamber that Senator O'Neill will also sponsor the motion. At the request of Senators Farrell, Wong, McAllister, Gallacher, Marielle Smith and O'Neill, I move: That the Senate—...
- Defence Procurement (7 speeches)
At the request of Senator Gallacher, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) before the 2016 Federal election, the Government claimed that over 90% of the Future Submarines work would...
- Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
I'd like to inform the chamber that Senator McKim will be co-sponsoring this motion with me. I, and also on behalf of Senator McKim, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 2020 has been...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That the Senate— (a) calls on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to respond in a timely manner to the questions placed on notice at...
- Australian Defence Force (6 speeches)
At the request of Senators Birmingham, Wong and Reynolds, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that on 19 November 2020, the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) released a public version the...
- China-Australia Relationship (3 speeches)
I remind senators that last Thursday after 4.30 pm a division was called for on a motion moved by Senator Roberts relating to China. I understand that it suits the convenience of the Senate for...
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (59 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today 23 proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020, Recycling and Waste Reduction (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020, Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (General) Bill 2020, Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Customs) Bill 2020, Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Bill 2020; Second Reading (7 speeches)
For the last three years, the government have presided over bushfires, climate change, mass extinction and a major waste crisis without taking meaningful action. Meanwhile, our oceans, our...
- Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020, Recycling and Waste Reduction (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020, Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (General) Bill 2020, Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Customs) Bill 2020, Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Bill 2020; In Committee (40 speeches)
I'll warn senators that I might be talking for a while. It doesn't mean I won't call a quorum, so don't count your chickens! I have a number of amendments to move tonight. The government has...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mining Industry (1 speech)
I'll use the adjournment time allotted to address a few concerns that I've had for a long time. They're challenged in this chamber almost every day, particularly by the members of the Australian...
- Online Dating (1 speech)
Online dating apps have changed how an entire generation meets and how they connect with each other. Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble have become part of young people's lives. They allow them...
