Senate debates
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (84 speeches)
ROBERTS () (): by leave—I move: That— (a) the Senate requires the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to attend the Senate at 9.30 am on Thursday, 4 August 2022 to...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (7 speeches)
I move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, allowing it to be considered.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Transport Industry (1 speech)
These contributions where senators are able to actually make a statement about matters of import are really very important parts of the way the chamber functions. Today, I'm really pleased to be...
- Federal Election: Liberal Party of Australia (1 speech)
On the first opportunity that I have had in this new parliament, I rise to make a few reflections on the election campaign and the election result of a few months ago, and to pay tribute to the...
- Federal Election (1 speech)
On 21 May 2022, Australia voted for a better future. For only the fourth time since the end of the Second World War, they voted for the Labor opposition and, in doing so, voted for an Albanese...
- Ukraine (1 speech)
History is littered with unfathomable acts of evil, acts so vile, when reflected upon, that one is forced to consider the moral deficiencies of mankind. If we do not stand against those who act...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Today, Wednesday 3 August, the Albanese Labor government has introduced its climate legislation. I can understand why a number of Australians are excited and optimistic that we are seeing some...
- Australian Constitution: First Nations Voice (2 speeches)
The creation of a voice to parliament will not, as the Prime Minister would have us believe, be a unifying moment. I've already been contacted by elders on traditional lands who say they do not...
- Transport Industry (1 speech)
What a delight to go on after Senator Hanson! On Thursday 28 July, I had the privilege of meeting with a parliamentary delegation led by the Transport Workers Union. The TWU are calling for...
- Sudan (1 speech)
This is the first opportunity I've had to rise in this place, in the new parliament, to speak about a very moving community event I attended on 25 June 2022 with members of the Queensland...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
One in three Australian women experience abuse in their lifetime. It's not just a statistic; it's people's lives. When this violence intersects with our broken income support system, we see...
- Economy (2 speeches)
I note this is not my first speech. I rise here today to speak about the disastrous economic situation we now find ourselves in due to high levels of government debt, which is approximately $963...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Games (1 speech)
Today, as we stand here, day 5 of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham is coming to a close. I want to take this opportunity to recognise all of our amazing athletes competing in Birmingham. Four...
- Origin Energy (1 speech)
I visited Ballina and Lismore at the weekend in my capacity as Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery. I met with mayors and general managers of many local councils from the Northern Rivers, plus...
- Shark Mitigation and Deterrent Measures, Assange, Mr Julian Paul (1 speech)
Australia is the last country left in the world that, to kill sharks, still uses lethal shark nets and drum lines. They are weapons of mass destruction to protected marine life. I hope that in...
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Pensioner and Veteran Workforce Participation) Bill 2022 (1 speech)
There are two immediate challenges facing our country. First, no matter where you live, whether it be in our cities, in our suburbs, in our regional towns or in our rural and remote communities,...
- Transport Industry (2 speeches)
I think it's timely that we know there are shortages of staff and labour and all that. I've got to bring this to the attention of the Senate. This dropped in my lap a couple of days ago. It is an...
- Forestry Industry (1 speech)
Our Australian forestry industry is one of Australia's largest manufacturers, employing around 80,000 hardworking people across the value chain and contributing more than $24 billion of economic...
- Australian National Audit Office (1 speech)
I want to again address the issue of the Auditor-General's Leppington Triangle report that came out two years ago. One of the criticisms, of course, was the fact that there was a lack of...
- Australian Constitution: First Nations Voice (1 speech)
Before I start, please note this is not my first speech. I rise to express my support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart and to express my support for voice, for treaty and for truth. I...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
There's rightly a lot of talk about workforce shortages. For example it's estimated the aged-care sector is now facing an annual shortage of 35,000 workers just to meet the basic care needs of...
- Energy (1 speech)
I note this is not my first speech. I rise here today to speak of the negative environmental consequences of moving towards so-called green energy, namely solar panels and batteries. Many have...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
I commend Senator Babet for his contribution in acknowledgment of what is actually involved when it comes to renewables and solar panels production going into landfill, and the complete lack of...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I take this opportunity in the few minutes I have to thank our health workers and clinicians across the country who keep us focused on the fact that we are still in a pandemic. In particular, I...
- Commonwealth Games (1 speech)
I note that this is not my first speech. The Hunter region of New South Wales is known for many things—its wine agriculture, it's coal and energy generation, its beaches, and its...
- Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
A defining moment for the Great Barrier Reef occurred almost a century ago. In 1975, the Gough Whitlam Labor government made the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act, which was established to...
- Arnold, Mrs Julie (1 speech)
Earlier this week, I spoke about the retirement of the Flinders Council mayor, and today I'd like to acknowledge the mayor of another idyllic Tasmanian island, the King Island, Mrs Julie Arnold....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates, Fuel (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. How much extra will an average mortgage holder be paying in monthly repayments as a result of the recent interest...
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Can the minister outline steps the government is taking to ensure Australia's security?
- Budget (35 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Will the level of government spending in the Albanese government's first budget be higher or lower than was projected...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Uibo, Ms Selena Jane Malijarri (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge that we have Minister Uibo, the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Northern Territory, in the gallery. Honourable senators: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling Basin (25 speeches)
My question is to Minister Wong, representing both the Prime Minister and the Minister for the Environment and Water. Four hundred and fifty gigalitres of water was promised under the...
- Productivity (12 speeches)
This is not my first speech but it is my first question! My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Can the minister outline the findings of the Productivity...
- Employment (8 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. We are constantly hearing from businesses, farmers and industries that they can't get workers. In the meantime,...
- Economy (53 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. I refer to the Treasurer's statement that you will be going through the budget line by line and making sure that...
- Abortion (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Women, also representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Minister Gallagher. Polling released today by Fair Agenda confirms that there's strong public...
- Tourism Industry (31 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. Can the minister provide an update on the condition of the tourism sector and tourism jobs?
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Homelessness (1 speech)
Yesterday in question time, in response to a question from Senator Pocock, I undertook to provide some further information in response to his question on housing and homelessness. I understand...
- Health Care, Superannuation (1 speech)
I also have two matters to follow up from question time this week. On 1 August, during question time I undertook to come back and provide further detail to Senator Ruston in relation to questions...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Economy, Tourism Industry (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) and the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) to questions without notice asked...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I rise to take note of the answers given by Senator Wong to my questions in relation to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and the 450 gigalitres that was promised to South Australia, that is legally...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator. We shall now proceed to the discovery of formal business.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Senators' Interests Committee; Reference (5 speeches)
I move: That the following proposed amendment to the resolutions relating to senators' interests be referred to the Standing Committee of Senators' Interests for inquiry and report: Resolution 3...
- Public Works Joint Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Northern Australia Joint Committee; Appointment (1 speech)
I inform the chamber that Senators Green, McGrath, Roberts and Dean Smith will also sponsor the motion. I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 10 in the terms circulated in...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- COVID-19; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services, by no later than 10 am on 4 August 2022, a statement outlining the following information...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Hanson, I move: (1) That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect. (2) That the Australian Education Legislation...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Work and Care Committee; Appointment (1 speech)
I move: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Work and Care, be established to inquire into and report on: (a) the extent and nature of the combination of work and...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (13 speeches)
I inform the Senate at 8.30 am today, 35 proposals were received in accordance with standing order 35. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot. As a...
- First Speech (0 speeches)
- Pocock, Senator Barbara (2 speeches)
Pursuant to order, I now call Senator Barbara Pocock to make her first speech. I ask senators that the usual courtesies be extended to her. I call Senator Barbara Pocock.
- Babet, Senator Ralph (3 speeches)
Pursuant to order, I now call Senator Babet to make his first speech, and I ask senators that the usual courtesies be extended to him.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
by leave—I present to the Senate a petition relating to the Australian governments' climate change policies, which is not in conformity with the standing orders.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Economy (1 speech)
I rise to echo the comments of Treasurer Jim Chalmers about what the Australian economy is facing right now and what Australians are facing, including increased cost-of-living pressures being...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
People are doing it really tough. Many are left with the choice of putting food on the table, paying rent or going to the dentist, and all the while they are still trying to cope with the...
- Young Australians, Western Australia (1 speech)
Before I start, please note this is not my first speech. I've learned that the hard way! I'm honoured to be here in this place as the youngest member of the Senate in the 47th Parliament. Under...
- Australian Secret Intelligence Service: 70th Anniversary (1 speech)
I rise to recognise the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, ASIS. In May 1952 the horrors of World War II were fresh in the minds of many...
- Transport Industry (1 speech)
I rise tonight on adjournment to discuss the important issue of safe rates for the transport industry. The last couple of years have highlighted in particular just how important the transport...
- Budget, Sri Lanka (1 speech)
nator McGRATH () (): Fellow taxpayers of Australia, I bring you some breaking news from Canberra, where it was confirmed today in the Senate by the Minister for Finance of this new Labor...
