Senate debates

Thursday, 26 August 2021

• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration of Legislation (10 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That— (a) if consideration of the following bills has not concluded by 11.15 am, the questions on all remaining stages be put without debate: i. Electoral Legislation...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Counting, Scrutiny and Operational Efficiencies) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) Bill 2021; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Counting, Scrutiny and Operational Efficiencies) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) Bill 2021; Second Reading (29 speeches)
    I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— ELECTORAL...
  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Counting, Scrutiny and Operational Efficiencies) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) Bill 2021; Third Reading (7 speeches)
    The question is now that the remaining stages of the bills be agreed to and the bills be now passed.
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    [by video link] 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 10...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Counting, Scrutiny and Operational Efficiencies) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) Bill 2021; Third Reading (4 speeches)
    [by video link] by leave—Mr President, I would just like to record my opposition to the last vote, please.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (7 speeches)
    I present the 10th 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 12.15 pm today; (b) government business then be called on and considered till not...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any of those proposals at the request of any senator. There being none, we will move on.
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Postponement (4 speeches)
    Does any senator wish for the question to be put on this notification?
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference (9 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Lambie, I move: That, on 1 September 2021, after the publicly indicated completion of current rescue efforts at Kabul Airport, the following matters be referred to the...
  • Financing Critical Infrastructure and Sovereign Capability Select Committee; Appointment (8 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Canavan, I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1225 by omitting in paragraph (7) 'independent senators' and substituting 'any minority party or...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Energy Security Board; Order for the Production of Documents (4 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Waters, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, by no later than 10 am on Monday, 30 August...
  • Collinsville Coal-Fired Power Station; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Chisholm, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, by no later than 10 am on Monday, 30...
  • Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Watt, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, by no later than 10 am on Monday, 30 August...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Membership (2 speeches)
    I have received letters requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Improving Supports for At Risk Participants) 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.
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Improving Supports for At Risk Participants) 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 National Disability...
  • Foreign Intelligence 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.
  • Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    I table a revised explanatory memorandum and 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...
  • Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Governance and Other Measures) Bill 2021; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    The Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Governance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 acts on the advice of Dr Mal Washer, chair of the Organ and Tissue...
  • Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Governance and Other Measures) 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.
  • Customs Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021, Customs Tariff Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    I rise today to contribute to the debate on the Customs Tariff Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021 and the Customs Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021. I will...
  • Customs Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021, Customs Tariff Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments to the bills have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    I was wrapping up my remarks earlier. I'll just conclude by saying that Labor does judge that the Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 presents changes that are necessary, are...
• Statements (0 speeches)
  • Morrison Government (1 speech)
    [by video link] The Morrison government's growing list of scandals highlights the need for a powerful national anticorruption commission. So far we have had robodebt, sports rorts, car park...
  • Agriculture Visa (1 speech)
    [by video link] I rise to highlight the successful collaboration between the agricultural industry and the Morrison government to implement the new agriculture visa announced with much fanfare...
  • Afghanistan (1 speech)
    [by video link] Our 20-year war on Afghanistan is coming to a close, and the reality on the ground is that the country is now at the mercy of the Taliban. Australia entered this war at the behest...
  • COVID-19: Indigenous Health (1 speech)
    [by video link] As the chair of the First Nations caucus committee, I'd like to bring to the Senate our concerns for the First Nations communities in western New South Wales, who are facing a...
  • Bonner, Mr Neville, AO (1 speech)
    I rise to make some remarks about the 50th anniversary of the election to this place of Neville Bonner, who was the first Indigenous person to become a federal parliamentarian. Bonner became...
  • Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
    [by video link] The Morrison-Joyce government has yet again dragged Australia into the misguided and dangerous United Nations parallel universe. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has...
  • Women's Health (1 speech)
    [by video link] My office met recently with Professor Helena Teede, the director of Monash University's Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation. Professor Teede has an impressive...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
    [by video link] Over the last couple of days we've seen a concerted effort from Scott Morrison to push off blame for this bungled vaccine rollout. Over the last couple of days we've seen an...
  • Afghanistan (1 speech)
    [by video link] All of you who know me know that I'm not shy about the reality that sometimes Australia has to go to war. Sometimes we have to take hard measures to protect our country and put...
  • Victoria: Community Services (1 speech)
    [by video link] The Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the I Cook Foods affair has revealed more disturbing evidence, inviting a conclusion that the food-processing firm I Cook Foods was...
  • Parliamentary Process (1 speech)
    [by video link] I rise to talk about parliamentary process—bad parliamentary process. The Foreign Intelligence Legislative Amendment Bill 2021 was introduced to the House of Representatives...
  • Corporate Governance (1 speech)
    I rise to shed a little light on what's been described in the AFR as the worst IPO of the decade. The Nuix IPO released rivers of gold to those in the know, namely Macquarie Bank, $565 million;...
  • Anderson, Mrs Roselynne (7 speeches)
    [by video link] Today I'd like to pay tribute to Roselynne Anderson, long-term chair of the national women's alliance economic Security4Women, who, sadly, passed away suddenly on 15 August 2021....
  • Agriculture Visas (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about the recently announced agriculture visa—announced this week, in fact, by my colleague Minister David Littleproud. I congratulate him and everyone who has worked...
  • COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
    As we have so often said in this chamber, this Prime Minister has had two jobs this year: to get the vaccine rollout working and to build purpose-built quarantine stations. We've talked a lot...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19: Children (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Colbeck. Yesterday, in question time, the minister was unable to say what advice the Morrison-Joyce...
  • Afghanistan (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Can the minister update the Senate on the evacuation operation in Kabul?
  • Covid-19 (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education and Youth, Senator Reynolds. Reports suggest around 30 per cent of COVID-19 cases in New South Wales and 40 per cent of...
  • Climate Change (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Minister, the world has witnessed and experienced extreme weather in the last few months. We've had...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Government Services. In the three weeks since I highlighted the impending utilisation of vaccine certificates and pointed out the flaws in the government's own...
  • COVID-19: Economy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister advise the Senate how the Liberal and Nationals government is delivering its economic recovery...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (5 speeches)
    [by video link] My question is to the Minister for Government Services. In the three weeks since I highlighted the impending utilisation of vaccination certificates and the fact that the...
  • COVID-19: Biosecurity (13 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, Senator McKenzie. The Inspector-General of Biosecurity found that officials from the federal...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Senator Reynolds. Can the minister advise the Senate why the national plan, agreed by the national cabinet, is...
  • Infrastructure (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Regional Development, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister inform the Senate how the Liberal and...
  • COVID-19: Quarantine (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. A week ago the Prime Minister promised to build a new quarantine facility at Jandakot Airport in Western...
  • Tokyo Paralympic Games (10 speeches)
    Mr President, my question is to the minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Minister, with the Tokyo Paralympics underway, can you outline how the Paralympics and our...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Covid-19 (7 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services (Senator Colbeck), the Minister for Government Services (Senator Reynolds) and...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for International Development and the Pacific (Senator Seselja) to a question without notice asked by Senator Hanson-Young...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    [by video link] It's one of the duties of government to protect us all from the nefarious activities of those who would seek to terrorise and disrupt our society. To do so we have established...
  • Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 be agreed to and the bill be now passed. Question agreed to.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Australian Research Council, Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program, JobKeeper Payment; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    by leave—I table documents relating to three orders for the production of documents due today and I move: That the documents be listed on the Notice Paper for consideration. Question agreed to.
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19, COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
    by leave—I table a response to a question taken on notice during question time yesterday asked by Senator McAllister relating to the impact of COVID-19 on children and I move: That the...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Unproclaimed Legislation; Tabling (2 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That the documents be listed on the Notice Paper for consideration. Question agreed to.