Senate debates
Thursday, 28 July 2022
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (8 speeches)
I present the second report of the 2022 Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF BILLS...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Dodson for today for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That— (a) general business notice of motion No. 9 be considered during general business today; and (b) the following bills be considered at the time for private senators' bills on...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: (1) That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect. (2) That the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
PRESIDENT (): I have received letters requesting changes in the membership of committees.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- China (1 speech)
I rise in this place this afternoon to address a particular issue, and that is the disjointed reporting and the use of language under the general theme of 'an aggressive China'. We see an awful...
- Australia: Natural Disasters (13 speeches)
It's a great honour to be appointed Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery. Whether it's floods, bushfires or storms, when natural disasters hit Australians look to us to work collaboratively and...
- Education (1 speech)
Please note that this is not my first speech. Public school teachers are some of the hardest-working people in Australia. Throughout the pandemic, they have been beacons of reliability,...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
The last time Labor was in government, it delivered no funding for mobile base stations—not a dollar for new or upgraded mobile infrastructure—and delivered the NBN to just 51,000...
- Education (1 speech)
enator GROGAN () (): I rise today to recognise the role of education in strengthening our democracy and to celebrate the efforts of teachers throughout the state, my state of South Australia, to...
- Tasmania (1 speech)
This is not my first speech. I'll need a teensy little bit more than just a couple of minutes for that. But I couldn't pass up a chance to stand up here and say a big thank you thank all the...
- Wellcamp Quarantine Facility (1 speech)
Senator Tyrrell, it wasn't your first speech but it was a very good speech. It was very gracious, and I'm sure you'll do your party proud and continue Senator Lambie's great work, especially in...
- Abe, Mr Shinzo (1 speech)
Earlier this week I wasn't able to make a contribution on the passing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but I just want to make a very short contribution right now. Like everyone in...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
This is not my first speech. A new parliament is a chance for new politics, and voters have told us loud and clear that the old two-party system that delivered for the big end of town, while...
- National Security (1 speech)
This is not my first speech. I was very pleased to hear the Attorney-General has stopped the prosecution of Bernard Collaery. The Attorney-General's action ended the unjust prosecution of a man...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Brave farmers in the Netherlands are protesting their government's draconian and tyrannical climate policies and, through peaceful protests, they're defending their livelihoods and their liberty....
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
As servants to the people of Queensland—or our states—and Australia, we have a sworn duty to tell the people the truth rather than what people would like to hear. Responding to...
- Nuclear Waste Management (1 speech)
OCOCK () (): I note this is not my first speech. On Tuesday, we were welcomed to country and parliament in a powerful and beautiful ceremony. So many Australians want to tell the truth about our...
- Northern Australia (2 speeches)
I rise to remind the Labor Party that northern Australia matters. It matters to me, to my coalition colleagues and to the 1.3 million people who call it home. On 2 June I said I feared the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Biosecurity: Foot-And-Mouth Disease (59 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Watt. Yesterday in question time, when pressured on how many passengers have walked through sanitised foot mats,...
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Can the ministers advise the Senate on the state of the economy following the Treasurer's economic statement today?
- Young Australians: Cost of Living (46 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Youth, Senator Watt. On Tuesday night, on the 7.30 program, the Prime Minister said, 'We intend to honour our promises.' The Prime...
- Economy (8 speeches)
We will try again, and finally. My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Minister Gallagher—and, Minister, congratulations on your ministerial appointments. Two weeks ago,...
- Biosecurity: Foot-and-Mouth Disease (8 speeches)
It gives me great pleasure to ask a question of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Watt. Minister, the emergence and rapid spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Indonesia...
- Domestic and Family Violence (9 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. I'm just going to be really sensitive here. It is about domestic violence. My heart...
- Pensions and Benefits (21 speeches)
Thank you, Madam President. My question is to Senator Farrell, the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services. The sites of the current CDC income support programs were put in place...
- Economy (12 speeches)
Yes, it is; thank you, President. My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Can the minister update the Senate on what the government is going to do to reduce...
- Food and Beverage Exports (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. Australian exporters are struggling with the combined impact of 10 years of neglect on the world stage and the additional...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Webster, Hon. James Joseph (5 speeches)
Honourable senators, it is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 3 April 2022 of the Hon. James Joseph Webster, a Senator for the state of Victoria from 1964 to 1980.
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Workforce Australia (1 speech)
by leave—I present a non-conforming position relating to the suspension of Workforce Australia payment cut-offs, from 31,425 signatories, which I understand has been agreed to by the whips.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Report (17 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee report entitled The performance and integrity of Australia's administrative review system. This is...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the report. In speaking to this report today, I'm very happy to be able to summarise for the chamber the key findings of the NDIS joint standing committee's...
- COVID-19 Select Committee; Report (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the report. As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, I note that government mismanagement of COVID has fuelled rampant inflation, has created a...
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
I rise to note the Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee report, 489th reportDefence major projects. Firstly, I note that this is not my first speech. With inflation at record levels and a...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Economy (13 speeches)
On behalf of the Treasurer, Dr Chalmers, I table a ministerial statement on the economy, and I seek leave to make a short statement in relation to the document. Leave granted. I am tabling the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Australian Building and Construction Commission (8 speeches)
What an excellent motion this is from my friend Senator Ruston. I hope that the Senate supports it, and I stand today in this place firmly on the record with my support for it. I'm actually...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Environment, Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
On 19 July the 2021 State of the environment report was released. The report was provided to the Minister for the Environment last year, in 2021, which is when it should have been provided, but...
- Environment (1 speech)
Australia's native forests are unique and beautiful. They are the home of so many of our iconic and our threatened species, like the koala and the walert, the Leadbeater's possum. They are...
- Wages, Cost of Living (1 speech)
In the lead-up to the 2019 election, even before the economic devastation from the COVID-19 pandemic, former Labor leader Bill Shorten stated: 'Everything is going up except your wages.' After...
- Telecommunications (3 speeches)
I reject the assertion just made by the senator opposite. I'm interested in the facts. I'm interested in the fact that the new Labor Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland has already had a...
