Senate debates

Thursday, 17 June 2021

• 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, we will move on.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
    The debate was closed last night on the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020 and the...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020; In Committee (73 speeches)
    I rise to ask a couple of questions of the Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy about this. But, before we get there, it is worth reflecting on where we are in...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    I move: That this bill now be read a third time.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
    Pursuant to the order adopted yesterday, the debate has concluded, so I'll put the question on the second reading. The question is that the bill be read a second time.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020; In Committee (4 speeches)
    I don't intend to detain the chamber long on this question, but I rise to move the amendment circulated in my name on sheet 1237: (1) Page 2 (after line 12), after clause 3, add: 4 Review of...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020; Third Reading (4 speeches)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    The question is that the bill be read a second time. Question agreed to.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021; In Committee (21 speeches)
    by leave—I move the government amendments on sheets PM122 and QJ145 together and table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to the government amendments moved to this bill:...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
• 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 business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 for three sitting days...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (13 speeches)
    I present the sixth report of 2021 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...
• 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; and (b) government business be called on after consideration...
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Askew for today for medical reasons. Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    Labor supports the Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021. This bill makes administrative changes to the Higher Education Support Act and the Education Services for...
  • Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated, so, unless a senator requires that we go into the committee stage, we will move to the third reading.
  • Competition and Consumer Amendment (Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme) Bill 2021; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    No matter what make or model of the car they own, Australians should be able to choose where they get their car serviced or repaired. For years car manufacturers and large dealerships have...
  • Competition and Consumer Amendment (Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Labor will support the Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021. This legislation makes sensible amendments to extend the extension of the FEE-HELP...
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment 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.
  • Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    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— I am pleased to...
  • Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2021; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    Labor supports the Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2021. There still remains much to be done in the emerging area of the therapeutic use of medicinal cannabis. The legislation...
  • Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Private Health Insurance Amendment (Income Thresholds) Bill 2021; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    Labor supports the Private Health Insurance Amendment (Income Thresholds) Bill 2021 and has not sought to delay its passage through the parliament. Unfortunately, the government failed to meet...
  • Private Health Insurance Amendment (Income Thresholds) Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Portability Extensions) 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 Legislation Amendment (Portability Extensions) Bill 2021; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    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— This Bill amends the...
  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Portability Extensions) Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2021 ensures that a number of nationally significant sites in the Sydney Harbour area will remain publicly owned and managed by the Sydney...
  • Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Online Safety Bill 2021, Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    I rise today to highlight in particular the concerns that the Greens have heard from the LGBTIQ+ community about the Online Safety Bill 2021 and the related bill. As my colleagues have said, the...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (14 speeches)
    I asked you whether this is the first time that you have been advised this.
  • Economy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister inform the Senate on how the Morrison government's economic recovery plan is working to create...
  • Employment (36 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, Senator Ruston. In recent days, the Morrison government has announced significant...
  • Climate Change (22 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Ruston, acting for the resources minister. I've worked very hard to make this question very short and very straightforward.
  • National Security (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, and relates to whistleblowers. The Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth provides a two-stage test that must be satisfied before a prosecution is...
  • Employment (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, my fellow senator from WA, Senator Cash. Can the minister please update the...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (12 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the minister for health, Senator Colbeck. Yesterday the Acting Premier of Victoria, James Merlino, said, 'Victorians have turned out in their thousands...
  • Fuel (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Senator Seselja. Given the importance of diesel to Territorians, particularly those in remote...
  • Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Minister for Government Services (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Senator Reynolds. In defending her heartless failure to pick up the phone and personally apologise to the family of...
  • Welfare Reform (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Can the minister please update the Senate on the rollout of the cashless debit card?
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services (Senator Colbeck) to a question without notice asked by the Leader of the...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Families and Social Services (Senator Ruston) to a question without notice asked by Senator Whish-Wilson today relating...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on the proposal at the request of any senator. There being none, we will move on.
  • Procedure Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    I present the Procedure Committee's second report of 2021. I move: That the Senate adopt the recommendation in paragraph 1.2 of the report. In June 2020, the Senate adopted temporary orders...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    On behalf of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill...
  • Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the Human rights scrutiny report 7 of 2021.
  • National Broadband Network - Joint Standing; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network, I present a progress report of the committee, and I move: That the Senate take note of the report. As the progress...
  • Environment and Communications References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I thank the Senate and the environment and communications committee for an excellent report into the impact of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environment. I'm very proud that the...
  • Northern Australia Agenda Select Committee; Report (6 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the report of the Senate Select Committee on the effectiveness of the Australian Government's Northern Australia agenda. This coalition government is filled with doers,...
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I rise to speak to the government response on the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report into the performance of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. As...
• Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
  • Report No. 39 of 2020-21; Consideration (1 speech)
    I rise to speak to Auditor-General report No. 39 of 2020-21, Performance audit—COVID-19 procurements and deployments of the National Medical Stockpile: Department of Health; Department of...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Women's Budget Statement 2021-22; Consideration (1 speech)
    by leave—The Women's Budget Statement is a $3.4 billion package that's focused on supporting all Australian women. It's investing in facilitating respect, dignity, choice, equality of...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Timor-Leste (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) in 2004 Australia, during 'good faith' sea boundary negotiations with Timor-Leste, one of the poorest countries in the world, spied on their...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Paradise Dam (1 speech)
    Labor in Queensland are not building dams; they are tearing down dams. It has been 632 days since the farmers of the Wide Bay-Burnett region were told that the Palaszczuk Labor government would...
  • Superannuation (1 speech)
    Today we've seen the latest in a long line of government attacks on superannuation in Australia—dirty deals done that ripped up the business of this chamber in order to ram through...
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on the failed IPO of software company Nuix that left thousands of investors devastated and yet made many in a very exclusive club vastly rich. It pocketed Macquarie Bank...
  • Western Australia: Environs Kimberley (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to talk about one of the world's most remarkable regions—the Kimberley, in Australia's north-west—and to celebrate the 25th anniversary and the work of Environs...