Senate debates
Monday, 18 October 2021
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- President (11 speeches)
Mr Clerk, I remind the Senate that the time has come when it is necessary for the Senate to choose one of its members to become President. I propose Senator Brockman, and I move: That Senator...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Parliamentary Procedure (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the rules for remote participation in Senate proceedings recommended by the Procedure Committee in its first report of 2021 have effect during the sittings of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
ator BIRMINGHAM (—) (): I seek leave to move a motion relating to the hours of meeting. Leave granted. I move: That— (1) The hours of meeting for Monday, 18 October 2021 be 10 am to 8...
- Party Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the following bills be considered today at the time for private senators' bills: Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Improved Grants Reporting) Bill 2021;...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (2 speeches)
On Friday 15 October, Australia observed International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, a day to honour and remember all babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth and perinatal death. In...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week: Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise today to give voice to young Australians. As part of the Youth Voice in Parliament Week, run by Raise Our Voice Australia, I'm going to read a speech by Chloe Ames, a 14-year-old...
- International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (2 speeches)
[by video link] Friday 15 October was International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, when we remember the babies lost through miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death and acknowledge...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
[by video link] I rise to speak on the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the increasing risk to its sustainability. One Nation strongly supports the principle of the NDIS and ensuring that...
- International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I join Senator Keneally and others today in recognising last Friday's infant loss awareness day. As we've heard today, in Australia the number of families who suffer stillbirth, miscarriage or...
- Ryan, Senator Scott (1 speech)
[by video link] I would like to speak briefly about our outgoing President, Senator Ryan. Senator Ryan is well known for his deep political convictions, and initially there was a question of how...
- International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (1 speech)
[by video link] I too wish to recognise International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, commemorated on Friday 15 October, and I thank all the other senators for their contributions on...
- Tasmania: Health Care (1 speech)
[by video link] The federal government's promise to all Australians is that we'll get free, high-quality health care whenever we need it—by God, we pay enough taxes! But that's not how...
- Pathways Tasmania (1 speech)
Drug addiction is a scourge, as is homelessness. The plight of homeless drug addicted young men is stark, it's ugly and it demands empathy and willing hands to assist them to find a pathway out...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week: Inclusion (1 speech)
As has been mentioned, this week is Youth Voice in Parliament Week, so with your indulgence, Madam Acting Deputy President, I will be reading a short statement prepared by one of my constituents:...
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
Eight long years—that's how long this government has been in power. It's been eight long years of opposing action on climate change. It's been eight long years of the government running...
- Indigenous Heritage Protection (1 speech)
Last week I had the privilege of attending the Yamatji On Country forum in Carnarvon. Over the two days, people gathered from the Mid West, Murchison and Gascoyne to talk about their important...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
[by video link] As part of the Raise Our Voice campaign, I have the great honour of reading two speeches prepared by two outstanding young Victorians. The first is from Annabel Bryan: Hello my...
- Morrison Government, Climate Change (2 speeches)
It is eight days before COP26 in Glasgow, and what have we got from the Morrison government? Complete disarray on climate policy. After eight years and 21 policies, we still have nothing....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Deputy Prime Minister, Senator McKenzie. Indeed, Senator McKenzie is not here!
- Covid-19 (8 speeches)
Thank you, Mr President. It's just great to be back, I've got to say. My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. With Australians responding magnificently...
- Climate Change (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Deputy Prime Minister, Senator McKenzie. Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has said, 'It is quite clear that we should be looking to commit to net...
- Aukus (8 speeches)
Mr President, congratulations on your election. My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Can the minister explain the importance of the AUKUS announcement and how the...
- Climate Change (42 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The countries going to the climate summit in Glasgow that have significantly increased their 2030 targets in this critical decade are the US,...
- Covid-19 (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Colbeck. I note that the department of statistics data for Australian fatalities has not been updated...
- COVID-19: Income Support Payments (8 speeches)
Congratulations, Mr President, on your new role. My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister update the Senate...
- Climate Change (14 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister representing the Deputy Prime Minister, Senator McKenzie. Nationals senator Matt Canavan has said that Mr Morrison does not have a plan for net zero but is...
- Domestic and Family Violence (8 speeches)
Congratulations on your election earlier today, Mr President. My question is to the Minister for Women's Safety, Senator Ruston. Can the minister outline to the Senate how the Liberal and...
- Climate Change (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister and the Minister for Finance, Senator Birmingham. It is reported that Mr Morrison is preparing to fork out more than $20 billion to...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list. I apologise for not doing so at the start of question time, albeit there's no change to representation arrangements in this...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (1 speech)
I seek leave to correct the record about a statement I made in question time. Leave granted. I said to Senator Colbeck that my question on notice 3970 has been outstanding for 12 weeks. That was...
- Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Questions on Notice (4 speeches)
Under standing order 74(5)(a), and on behalf of Senators Wong, Gallagher, Watt and Kitching, I seek an explanation from the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham, as to why...
- Question No. 3985 (3 speeches)
Under standing order 74(5)(a), I rise to seek an explanation from the Minister representing the Prime Minister as to why question No. 3985 has not been answered.
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (20 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 Gallagher today relating to climate change...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
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 Senator Roberts today...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I give notice of my intention at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting to withdraw notices of motion...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senators Antic, Askew, Fawcett, Hanson, Lambie, McDonald and McMahon from 18 to 21 October 2021, on account...
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (13 speeches)
I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, 17 proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot....
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination, COVID-19: Children (1 speech)
I table responses to two questions taken on notice during question time on 25 February and 26 August 2021 asked by Senators Watt and O'Neill, relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. I seek leave to...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Northern Australia Joint Committee; Report (9 speeches)
I present the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia on the destruction of 46,000-year-old caves at Juukan Gorge and seek leave to move a motion in relation to the report....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Sport (1 speech)
For the last two years, I have been campaigning for the protection of women's single-sex sport. With the support of female athletes—from Olympic medallists through to women playing local...
- McCarthy, Mrs Thelma (1 speech)
Last Saturday, an icon of the New South Wales New England region, Mrs Thelma McCarthy, received life membership of the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party. It wasn't our traditional New...
- Amess, Sir David Anthony Andrew (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to Sir David Amess, the Conservative MP who was tragically murdered last week. He was the MP for Southend West, a town that I lived in for a short while earlier in my life....
