Senate debates

Thursday, 10 February 2022

• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Environment And Communications References Committee; Order for the Production of Documents (28 speeches)
    I understand that, pursuant to an order agreed by the Senate, I have been asked to attend the chamber in relation to a number of government responses to Senate Environment and Communications...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services (6 speeches)
    Mr President, I find myself here again under order of the Senate—an order of the Senate that is highly politically motivated in terms of the relentless politicisation of matters in relation...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (9 speeches)
    I present the first report of 2022 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— The report was...
• 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...
• Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Greater Transparency of Proxy Advice) Regulations 2021; Disallowance (7 speeches)
    I ask that business of the Senate notice of motion No. 4 be taken as a formal motion.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Days And Hours Of Meeting (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Ruston, I move: That on Tuesday, 29 March 2022 the hours of meeting be midday to 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm to adjournment and the routine of business from 8.30 pm be: (a)...
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Ruston, I move: That on Tuesday, 29 March 2022, the notices of motion proposing the disallowance of the following instruments be called on together after formal motions,...
  • Consideration Of Legislation (21 speeches)
    I 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 this period of sittings: Appropriation...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework 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.
  • Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures 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— Schedules 1 to 4 to the...
  • Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures 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.
  • Parliamentary Workplace Reform (Set the Standard Measures No. 1) Bill 2022; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    I rise to speak to the Parliamentary Workplace Reform (Set the Standard Measures No. 1) Bill 2022. The Greens will be supporting this bill as it is a tiny step in the right direction by...
  • Parliamentary Workplace Reform (Set the Standard Measures No. 1) Bill 2022; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated. If no senator requires a committee stage, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021; In Committee (14 speeches)
    The committee is considering the Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 and amendment (12) on sheet 1519 moved by Senator Canavan. The question is that sections 28F and 28G in...
• Statements (0 speeches)
  • Budget (1 speech)
    GALLAGHER (—) (): I'd just like to make a few comments about the government's latest desperate attempt to launch a lame new scare campaign. We saw it yesterday, with the finance minister...
  • Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
    Last night I spoke in the chamber about the significant risk that a Labor-Greens alliance poses to Australian jobs and the national economy if ever Labor were to be elected. The Greens' proposed...
  • Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
    As I said in my first speech, we've been tackling the issue of violence against women all wrong. We have to stop thinking of this as a women's-only issue; it's a societal issue that...
  • Boothby Electorate (1 speech)
    The message I'm hearing really strongly across South Australia is clear: people want real climate action, they want more jobs and they want cheaper power. This is especially true in the seat of...
  • Covid-19 (8 speeches)
    [by video link] I have to speak about the millions of Australians that feel that they are being discriminated against with regard to COVID. At present, we have thousands of Australians that are...
  • Tasmania Zoo (1 speech)
    Hidden in the hills behind Launceston, not far from the Tamar River, is the Tasmania Zoo. This family owned business has one of the largest collections of primates in any Australian private zoo....
  • Environment (1 speech)
    The government will soon release the new State of the environment report, an independent five-yearly assessment of our environment. Unfortunately, this report will very much make for grim...
  • McGregor, Mr Craig Rob Roy (1 speech)
    I rise to offer my condolences to the family of Craig McGregor and to speak about his remarkable contribution to journalism and to Australian writing. Craig started his career at the Herald, but...
  • Western Victoria Transmission Network Project (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on the Victorian government and AusNet's contentious Western Victoria Transmission Network Project. This project seeks to construct an electricity transmission network through 190...
  • Aged Care (1 speech)
    There's been a lot of talk about the aged-care minister choosing to spend three days at the cricket while the aged-care sector was, and does remain, in crisis. He did this instead of turning up...
  • Higher Education (2 speeches)
    Providing quality education is the core business of our universities. I've met with university representatives and locals about the proposed move of the Hobart campus of the University of...
  • Widjabul Wiyabal People (1 speech)
    Thank you, Acting Deputy—black—President. Aboriginal land and our people were stolen, and we want our land back. Not joint management—joint management is not our land back; it's...
  • Northern Australia Reinsurance Pool (1 speech)
    Labor's critics of the reinsurance pool don't live in the north, and they don't reflect the lived experience of thousands of people in the north. In the north we pay more for electricity,...
  • Prime Minister (1 speech)
    It was another own goal by the Prime Minister of this country when he failed to attend the National Press Club luncheon yesterday to hear the addresses by Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins....
• Ministry (0 speeches)
  • Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
    by leave—I advise the Senate that Senator Reynolds will be absent from question time today for medical reasons. In Senator Reynolds's absence, Senator Ruston will represent the Minister for...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Prime Minister's Office (8 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said, 'All four of my grandparents were orphaned and...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • Papua New Guinea (1 speech)
    I would like to draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the gallery of the Minister for Health for Papua New Guinea, the Honourable Jelta Wong, and the Papua New Guinea High...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Indo-Pacific Region (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Will the minister update the Senate on the visits to Australia by our key partners this week and broader engagement by the...
  • Senior Australians: Cost of Living (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Senator Colbeck. Minister, the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics selected living costs index was...
  • Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (22 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General. Minister, I just read this headline from the ABC, 'Government shelves religious freedom bill indefinitely'. Can you confirm that you no longer plan to...
  • Aged Care (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Senator Colbeck. Does the government collect data on how many shifts in aged care in Australia are going unfilled...
  • Covid-19 (8 speeches)
    [by video link] My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. In the event the coalition is returned to government at this year's federal election, will the...
  • National Security (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Cash. In light of the Director-General of Security's annual threat assessment speech yesterday, can you please update the Senate on how our...
  • Oil and Gas Exploration (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. In December last year, the Prime Minister made an unprecedented announcement of the Commonwealth's intention to...
  • Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Senator Colbeck. Last week, a 79-year-old woman who had waited 3½ hours for her pain medication to be provided...
  • Tonga (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator Seselja. Can the minister please update the Senate on how Australia is supporting Tonga following the recent...
  • Aged Care (11 speeches)
    N () (): My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Senator Colbeck. In an article entitled '"Yelling out for help": the atrocious conditions inside Australia's...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (7 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That today—   (a) the hours of meeting be 9.30 am till adjournment;   (b) the routine of business from 3.30 pm be consideration of the...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Senior Australians: Cost of Living (1 speech)
    I table data that was sought by Senator Sheldon in his question today.
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Aged Care, Senior Australians: Cost of Living, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services (4 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 today by Senators Sheldon,...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021; In Committee (30 speeches)
    The: CHAIR (): The committee is considering the Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 and the amendment on sheet 1540, moved by Senator Ciccone at the request of Senator...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration Of Legislation (3 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion to extend the consideration of the Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 to 5 pm. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of standing orders be...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021; Second Reading (7 speeches)
    When we were debating the Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021 late last year, I was making the point that this bill is the latest attempt to capitalise on the COVID pandemic...
  • Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021; In Committee (4 speeches)
    by leave—I move the amendments in my name on sheet 1472 revised together: (1) Schedule 2, item 11, page 23 (line 22), before "A company", insert "(1)". (2) Schedule 2, item 11, page 23...
  • Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021; Third Reading (3 speeches)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
  • Appropriation (Coronavirus Response) Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022, Appropriation (Coronavirus Response) Bill (No. 2) 2021-2022; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
  • Appropriation (Coronavirus Response) Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022, Appropriation (Coronavirus Response) Bill (No. 2) 2021-2022; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    I move: That these bills be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
  • Appropriation (Coronavirus Response) Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022, Appropriation (Coronavirus Response) Bill (No. 2) 2021-2022; Third Reading (3 speeches)
    The question is that the remaining stages of the bills be agreed to and the bills be now passed. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Foreign Influences and Offences) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Authorisations) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (COVID Enfranchisement) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    by leave—I move opposition amendments on sheet 1556: Opposition's circulated amendments (1) Schedule 1, item 2, page 4 (after line 5), after subsection 321D(5A), insert: (5B) If an...
  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Foreign Influences and Offences) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Authorisations) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (COVID Enfranchisement) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bills be agreed to and the bills be now passed. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Superannuation Outcomes For Australians and Helping Australian Businesses Invest) Bill 2021; First Reading (7 speeches)
    I move: That this bill be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Superannuation Outcomes For Australians and Helping Australian Businesses Invest) 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.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Standards Joint Select Committee; Appointment (1 speech)
    I move: That—   (1) A Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Standards be established to inquire into and report on matters relating to the development of codes of conduct for...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Sex Discrimination and Other Legislation Amendment (Save Women’s Sport) Bill 2022; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to sex discrimination in sport, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I present the bill and...
  • Sex Discrimination and Other Legislation Amendment (Save Women’s Sport) Bill 2022; 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...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Job Security Select Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I move: That the time for the presentation of the final report of the Select Committee on Job Security be extended to 30 March 2022, so that the committee may inquire into possible privilege...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Fair Work Act 2009, and for related purposes. Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022. Question...
  • Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022; 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...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Environment And Communications Legislation Committee, Human Rights Committee, Parliamentary Standards Committee, Rural And Regional Affairs And Transport Legislation Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    Order! I have received letters requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Proposed Expenditure (1 speech)
    I table particulars of proposed and certain additional expenditure for 2021-22: Particulars of proposed additional expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2022 [Appropriation Bill...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia Funding Legislation Amendment Bill 2021, Religious Discrimination Bill 2021, Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; First Reading (2 speeches)
    RUSTON (—) (): 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.
  • Religious Discrimination Bill 2021, Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I table a replacement explanatory memorandum and revised explanatory memoranda relating to the Religious Discrimination Bill 2022 and related bills and move: That these bills be now read a second...
  • Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia Funding Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the bill be listed as a separate order of the day. Question agreed to.
• Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
  • National Gallery of Australia (1 speech)
    I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the Senate approves the proposal by the National Capital Authority for capital works within the Parliamentary Zone, relating...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Days And Hours Of Meeting (1 speech)
    I move: That: (a) the Senate, at its rising, adjourn till Tuesday, 29 March 2022, at midday, or such other time as may be fixed by the President or, in the event of the President being...