Senate debates

Thursday, 13 May 2021

• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration of Legislation (21 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion to provide for the consideration of the Biosecurity Amendment (No Crime to Return Home) Bill 2021. The motion has been circulated in the chamber. Leave not granted....
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021; Second Reading (19 speeches)
    As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, Senator Hanson and I are passionate about developing the northern part of our country. The 2015 government white paper clearly articulated...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    Pursuant to notice given yesterday on behalf of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I withdraw notices of motion proposing the disallowance of 15 legislative...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration of Legislation (4 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That a motion relating to the consideration of legislation may be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate. (Quorum formed)
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    I present the fifth report of 2021 of the Senate Standing Committee for Selection of Bills and seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That— (a) government business orders of the day as shown on today's Order of Business be considered from 12.45 pm today; (b) government business be called on after consideration of...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 November 2021: The purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support...
  • Reference (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Ruston, I move: That— (1) To ensure appropriate consideration of time critical bills by Senate committees, the provisions of all bills introduced into the House of...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19: International Travel (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senators Wong and Keneally, I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1100, which relates to Australians returning from overseas, be taken as a formal motion.
  • New South Wales: Mining (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Ayres, I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1102, which relates to Hunter Valley mining, be taken as a formal motion.
  • World MS Day (2 speeches)
    I, and at the request of Senators O'Neill and Davey, ask that general business notice of motion No. 1103, relating to World MS Day, be taken as formal.
  • Regional Australia: Labour Shortage (2 speeches)
    I, and on behalf of Senators McKenzie, Canavan, Davey and McDonald, ask that general business notice of motion No. 1104, relating to the labour shortage in the Northern Territory and regional...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment (No New Fossil Fuels) Bill 2021; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997, and for related purposes. Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment (No New Fossil...
  • Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment (No New Fossil Fuels) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted. I table an explanatory memorandum, and I seek leave to have...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Questions on Notice; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Keneally, I move: That— (a) the Senate notes at the time of lodgement of this notice of motion: (i) 2,214 questions on notice from the 2020-21 additional estimates...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Sex Education (8 speeches)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Waters, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Australian school students are crying out for clear and direct education on sex and consent, (ii) the...
  • Rotary Australia (4 speeches)
    I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1108, relating to Rotary Australia, be taken as formal.
  • Climate Change (11 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) we are in a climate emergency and need to rapidly reduce emissions to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial...
  • National Reconciliation Week (2 speeches)
    I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1110 be taken as a formal motion.
  • Catherine House Inc. (4 speeches)
    Before moving general business notice of motion No. 1112, I ask that the names of Senators Wong, Marielle Smith and Patrick be added to the motion. I, and also on behalf of Senators Wong,...
  • World MS Day, Workforce Participation, Rotary Australia (4 speeches)
    I seek leave to move general business notices of motion Nos 1103, 1104 and 1108 together and that the motions be determined without amendment or debate. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of...
  • COVID-19: International Travel, Coal Mining, Reconciliation Week (14 speeches)
    I seek leave to move motions 1100, 1102 and 1110 and that they be determined without amendment or debate. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (8 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion to vary the order agreed to earlier today. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice standing in my name, I move: That so much of standing orders be suspended...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021, Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) Bill 2021; First Reading (5 speeches)
    I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time.
  • Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021, Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) Bill 2021; Second Reading (13 speeches)
    I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021 and move: That these bills be now read a second time. I...
  • Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021, Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question is that the remaining stages of the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021 be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
  • Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021, Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    Pursuant to Senator McKim's request earlier, I will now put the questions regarding the Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) Bill 2021. The first question is that...
  • Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021, Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) Bill 2021 be agreed to and the bill be now passed. Question agreed to....
  • Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Health Insurance Amendment (Prescribed Fees) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Assistance and Other Measures) Bill 2021; 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.
  • Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Assistance and Other Measures) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021; Second Reading (26 speeches)
    The question is that the second reading amendment on sheet 1284, moved by Senator Watt, be agreed to.
  • Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The final matter is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Colbeck. On Tuesday the Treasurer said: The assumption is that every Australian who wants to get two shots of the...
  • Budget (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment—
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Colbeck. Who was right? Was it Minister Hunt, when he promised that all Australians would be vaccinated...
  • Middle East (14 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the foreign minister, who I understand is Minister Birmingham. Minister, in recent weeks violence has engulfed Israel and Palestine following the...
  • Budget (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Reynolds. Queensland is the most decentralised state in Australia and in...
  • Foreign Investment (10 speeches)
    Actually, I can answer Murray Watt's question there: get the Labor Party out of the way from roadblocking a lot of the federal government funding in Queensland. That's what you need to do.
  • Budget (36 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Senator Seselja. Can the minister outline how the Morrison government's 2021-22 budget secures...
  • Economy: Digital Economy Strategy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy, Senator Hume. How is the Morrison government securing Australia's recovery by implementing policies...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services, Senator Reynolds. Yesterday the Prime Minister said that the Australian Federal...
  • Budget (11 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator Seselja. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Morrison government's budget will help create a...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services (Senator Colbeck) to questions without notice asked by Senators Kitching and...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    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 Hanson-Young today relating to climate change....
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Procedure Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the Procedure Committee first report of 2020, and I move: That the Senate adopt the recommendations in paragraph 1.6 of the Procedure Committee's first report of 2021, proposing that...
  • Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present Human rights scrutiny report: reportNo. 6 of 2021 and the committee's annual report for 2020.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional Forest Agreements) Bill 2020; Report from Committee (1 speech)
    I present the report of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional Forest Agreements) Bill 2020,...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Budget (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Mr McCormack, I table a ministerial statement on rural and regional budget outcomes.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of committees.
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Budget (4 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This year's budget is a budget for the bush. It follows on from the regional budget of last year to cement our government's...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021; 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.
  • Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021; 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 Education...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Budget (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Gallagher, I move: That the Senate notes that the 2021-22 Budget: (a) is yet another marketing exercise that cannot re-brand the mismanagement and missed opportunities...
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Statement and Documents (4 speeches)
    I seek leave to have the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate's 2021-22 budget reply speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— INTRODUCTION The Leader of...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    I table a document relating to the order for the production of documents concerning the government response to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade's inquiry into...