Senate debates

Tuesday, 24 August 2021

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Corporations and Financial Services Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Titles Administration and Other Measures) Bill 2021, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2021; In Committee (45 speeches)
    The committee is considering the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Titles Administration and Other Measures) Bill 2021 and the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage...
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Titles Administration and Other Measures) Bill 2021, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2021; Third Reading (3 speeches)
    I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    I rise to speak to the Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021. This bill undertakes largely technical amendments via two schedules. The first concerns the regulation of charities...
• Statements (0 speeches)
  • Hodgens, Mr Howard (1 speech)
    [by video link] I rise to acknowledge the recent passing of Howard Hodgens, who died peacefully on 31 July, aged 96. Howard was a well-known identity of Melbourne's east, particularly among...
  • Victoria: COVID-19 (1 speech)
    I rise to speak to the people of Victoria to give them hope, which, after 200 days of lockdown, they're fast running out of. I address the businesses there that are missing out on proper support,...
  • Australian Research Council (1 speech)
    The Australian Research Council has an absurd new rule prohibiting the citing of preprints in grant applications. A preprint is a research paper that has been submitted to an academic journal...
  • Afghanistan, Assange, Mr Julian (1 speech)
    [by video link] As we see the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and Kabul, the inevitable end of a 20-year conflict and the occupation of a foreign country, it's an opportune time to...
  • Business Investment (1 speech)
    [by video link] Later this year we will pass an amazing milestone when an Australian designed and made satellite will be launched into space using an Australian designed and made rocket and...
  • Autism (1 speech)
    I have been increasingly disturbed over the early childhood pathway program in the NDIS and its reluctance, if not outright blatant opposition, to supporting best-practice therapy. We know what...
  • Intellectual Property (1 speech)
    [by video link] The wheels of government, like justice, turn slowly, and never more so than when the privileges of special interest groups are threatened. We see this with the government's...
  • Yadu Health Aboriginal Corporation (1 speech)
    [by video link] Today I call on the government and particularly the health minister, Greg Hunt, and the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, to immediately step up and fund Yadu Health Aboriginal...
  • Minor Parties (1 speech)
    [by video link] Just quickly about the Yadu health centre, I suggest since it's a gold-plated area for the cashless debit card you would probably want to get down there and stick by what you...
  • Hillman, Mrs Joan (1 speech)
    I rise this afternoon in the Australian Senate to take a moment to acknowledge an exemplary community leader. Her name is Mrs Joan Hillman. She has recently concluded her four-year term as the...
  • Freedom of Information (1 speech)
    [by video link] Freedom of navigation is a customary international law under which ships flying a flag of any sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other states, except in exemptions...
  • Tokyo Paralympic Games (1 speech)
    [by video link] I want to wish all our Paralympians the best of luck ahead of the Paralympic Games starting tonight. Australia is behind you all the way, and we are so proud of your achievements....
  • Afghanistan (1 speech)
    [by video link] Australia has now evacuated hundreds of people from Afghanistan. I was in touch with 11 of them over the weekend as they were in the crushing chaos outside Kabul airport: a group...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
    Around Australia there are a lot of people struggling with the pandemic. There is the anxiety of not knowing whether there will be a spike in cases that could threaten your health; the stress of...
  • Prime Minister (1 speech)
    () (): Today is an important three-year anniversary. It's the three-year anniversary of this Prime Minister's ascension to the top office of this country, and it's a three-year anniversary of...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Afghanistan (8 speeches)
    [by video link] My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Afghans who worked with the ADF are reporting that their applications for safe haven have been...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (43 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Colbeck. Can the minister update the Senate on Australia's vaccination rollout to combat the COVID-19...
  • COVID-19: Australian Defence Force (8 speeches)
    [by video link] My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Last week the New South Wales government announced that 800 Australian soldiers would be...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (22 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Colbeck. Following a visit to the Dubbo Aboriginal Medical Service in April this year, I wrote to the...
  • Defence Personnel, Veterans (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Senator Payne. Can the minister advise the Senate on what measures are available to support serving members of the...
  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021 (11 speeches)
    [by video link] My question is to the Minister for Finance and Special Minister of State, Senator Birmingham. The Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021 would...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (12 speeches)
    My question this afternoon is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Colbeck. How many children with a disability in Australia have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19?
  • Vocational Education and Training (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, Minister Cash. With this week being the 11th National Skills Week, can the...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Mr Morrison has failed to deliver on his promise to vaccinate all people working and living in residential aged...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (17 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 Watt today relating to the COVID-19 vaccine...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (3 speeches)
    On behalf of Senator Ruston, I move: That, on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, the notice of motion proposing the disallowance of the Industry Research and Development (Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Australian Research Council; Order for the Production of Documents (4 speeches)
    I inform the chamber that Senator Carr will also sponsor the motion. At the request of Senators Faruqi and Carr, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister...
  • Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Waters, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Water, by no later than 1 pm on Thursday, 26 August 2021, the...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    I give notice that on the next sitting day I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered during...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Covid-19 (13 speeches)
    I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, eight proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Australian Research Council; Consideration (3 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I understand that Senator Faruqi would like to make some comments.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Senator Kitching, I present additional information received by the committee during its inquiry into the TPI...
  • Environment and Communications References Committee; Report (12 speeches)
    I present the interim report of the Environment and Communications References Committee on oil and gas exploration and production in the Beetaloo basin, and I move: That the Senate take note of...
  • Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the fifth and sixth reports of 2021 of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Climate Change, Pensions and Benefits; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I table documents relating to orders for the production of documents concerning the summary for policymakers for the sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and...
  • Pensions and Benefits; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. Minister Stoker just tabled a response to the resolution of the fourth interim report of the Community Affairs References Committee into the...
  • Climate Change; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    In respect of the document related to the IPCC, I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I seek leave to continue my remarks later. Leave granted; debate adjourned.
• Statements (0 speeches)
  • (1 speech)
    [by video link] After discussion with the President of the Senate and the Clerk of the Senate, I understand that a comment I made in my contribution this morning could be interpreted as impugning...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    I rise to make a contribution to the debate on the Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021. Schedule 1 of this bill introduces changes requiring an institution to be either a...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Darcey, Mrs Beth (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to pay tribute to a remarkable woman, an inspiring teacher, a selfless community contributor and a fearless Liberal, Mrs Beth Darcey, who passed away on 9 August 2021. I've...
  • Children's Ground (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to talk about an organisation that I've been following for a significant period. It's an innovative, exciting project that is taking a 25-year approach. Children's Ground is a...
  • Superannuation (3 speeches)
    I rise tonight to address the Senate on the question of superannuation policy. People will be aware that New South Wales has been enduring a very lengthy lockdown. One of the major issues that...
  • Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
    I've got to stop myself from laughing at that contribution. It's hard to take it seriously. I rise to speak on a critically important matter for Australia's not-for-profit and charities sector,...
  • Hobart: Roads (1 speech)
    It is with some level of bewilderment and frustration that I make this contribution this evening. It is a frustration I carry on behalf of commuters across greater Hobart, because, as anyone...
  • COVID-19: Human Rights (1 speech)
    [by video link] As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, my remarks will be on the most basic of human rights: freedom to protest. State premiers have declared a war on peaceful...
  • Afghanistan (1 speech)
    [by video link] It was only nine days ago that the Taliban arrived in Kabul. It was only nine days ago that the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, flew out. In the last nine days, there has been a...