Senate debates
Thursday, 4 August 2022
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Australian Sign Language (1 speech)
Before I call the Clerk, I wish to make a quick statement. This week a historic occasion occurred in our Senate, with the presence of an Auslan interpreter for both Senator David Pocock's and...
- 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 (63 speeches)
I rise to again explain to the chamber the strong measures being undertaken by the Albanese government in response to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Indonesia. I welcome this opportunity...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (32 speeches)
I present the third report of 2022 the 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 the following senators: (a) Senator Wong for today, on account of parliamentary business; and (b) Senator Stewart, from 22 August 2022...
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That— (a) government business order of the day no. 3 (Governor-General's Opening Speech—Address-in-reply) be considered from 12.15 pm today; and (b) general business notice of...
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senator McDonald for today, on account of parliamentary business; and (b) Senator Payne, for 3 and 4 August...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (10 speeches)
As I was reflecting upon this government's agenda when I began this contribution the day after the Governor-General had given his speech—
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Queensland: Trade Unions (1 speech)
I believe in freedom of association. I believe in the right of Queensland nurses and Queensland teachers to choose who represents them in the workplace. Therefore, I am absolutely appalled at the...
- Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
It's nice to follow Comrade Scarr after his passionate embrace of unionism. I join the Senate today as the Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef on an incredibly important day for the reef....
- Mining Industry (1 speech)
ALLMAN-PAYNE () (): The world is in the process of transitioning away from fossil fuels towards a decarbonised economy fuelled by renewable energy. Coal is on the way out already, and we must...
- Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the repeal of the cashless debit card, which is used by over 4,000 fellow Western Australians in both the goldfields and the east Kimberley. Anyone—anyone—who has...
- Landcare Week (4 speeches)
This week is Landcare Week, and I'm pleased to make a contribution about a cause and organisation that is close to my heart.
- Aged Care (1 speech)
This is not my first speech. The cost of everything is going up—lettuce, fuel, your mortgage repayments. It's tough out there to make ends meet. Do you know what isn't going up, though?...
- Brisbane Olympic Games (1 speech)
If the new Treasurer and finance minister genuinely want to protect the budget, they will ensure that the Brisbane Olympic Games sporting infrastructure body that was part of the fifty-fifty...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
It was just over 10 weeks ago that the people of Australia voted for change—voted to put the heart and hard work back into government. Just 10 weeks ago, new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
- Australian Defence Force: Review, India: Jammu and Kashmir (1 speech)
This week the government announced a review into the Australian Defence Force, but we don't need a review to tell us what we already know. Former chief of the ADF Chris Barrie has made it clear...
- Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 (1 speech)
This has been a history-making week. Today the House of Representatives passed the government's climate change bill, legislating for the first time a 2030 and a 2050 target. Yesterday, the House...
- Register of Members' Interests (1 speech)
I rise to pass on my extraordinary congratulations to the Australian Labor Party and the Greens—and no, Mr Acting Deputy President Smith, I haven't lost my mind, arguably! Yesterday both of...
- Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
The Australian Institute of Marine Science annual report has found that the Great Barrier Reef central section and northern section now have record coral cover. A natural event, a crown-of-thorns...
- Working Women's Centres (1 speech)
Like so many women across Australia, including women here in this chamber, I've experienced sexual harassment in more than one workplace. I know firsthand that when such a thing happens there's...
- Alcohol Abuse (1 speech)
or NAMPIJINPA PRICE () (): In 2007, prior to what was declared an emergency in the Northern Territory, alcohol and sexual abuse were put on a national platform, shocking the rest of the nation....
- Transport Industry (5 speeches)
More than one thousand people have died in truck crashes since the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal was abolished by the Liberal-National government in 2016. There's a whole lot of blood on the...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (3 speeches)
I wish to advise the chamber of changes to ministerial arrangements for today. Senator Wong is absent from question time on account of ministerial business overseas. In her absence I will...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Operation COVID Shield (29 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. I refer the minister to the announced cessation of Operation COVID Shield from 1 August. I ask the minister: could...
- Climate Change (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Gallagher. How is the Albanese government helping to put the climate wars behind us after a decade...
- Superannuation (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. I refer the minister to the very sensible question asked by Senator Lambie on Tuesday this week. Are there any...
- Assange, Mr Julian Paul (22 speeches)
SHOEBRIDGE () (): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. The Prime Minister has said that the government has been working behind the scenes and engaging...
- Biosecurity: Foot-and-Mouth Disease (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Watt. Exotic diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease have the potential to pose a very...
- Aged Care (8 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Minister Gallagher. Minister, there are a lot of elderly people in my neck of the woods who rely on community...
- Murray-Darling Basin (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. In 2012, when announcing an additional 450 gigalitres of water recovery over and above sustainable diversion...
- Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Gallagher. Minister, the CSIRO states that energy production is the largest contributor to...
- Commonwealth Games (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Australia is a proud sporting nation, and I'm sure senators right across the chamber are closely watching the...
- Trade (31 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for—wait for it!—Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. I refer the minister to the importance of technical innovations in land management, agronomics and...
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- Environment and Communications References Committee (1 speech)
On a matter of privilege, by a letter dated 25 May 2022, the chair of the Environment and Communications References Committee, Senator Hanson-Young, has raised a matter of privilege relating to...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Operation COVID Shield (1 speech)
In question time today, in response to a question from Senator Ruston about the rates of third and fourth doses in residential aged care, I undertook to come back to the senator with the figures....
- Employment (1 speech)
Yesterday in question time, Senator Hanson asked Senator Wong whether the government would: … legislate for age pensioners to be able to take on more work without penalty to their benefits,...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Trade (29 speeches)
As much as it pains me, because the minister has been so kind today, I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) to a question...
- Assange, Mr Julian Paul (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) to a question without notice he asked today relating to Mr Julian Assange. The...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
I present additional information received by committees relating to estimates: Environment and Communications Legislation Committee— Budget estimates 2020-21—Additional information...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (1 speech)
I rise to speak on document No. 11: the unfortunate response of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to foot-and-mouth disease. He has been caught flat-footed since the disease...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 24 of 2021-22 (1 speech)
I rise to take note of Auditor-General report No. 24 of 2021: Performance report:addressing superannuation guarantee non-compliance. I understand that it's not printed in the Notice Paper for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Taxation (11 speeches)
S (—) (): I move: That the Senate agrees that corporate super profits taxes could offset the cost of providing cost-of-living relief, including the provision of free childcare, truly free...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Education Workforce, Domestic and Family Violence (3 speeches)
I rise to put on the record my response to some material that I received by correspondence and which has also been handed to me in consultations that I've had while I've been here in these first...
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
I was pleased to hear about the Albanese Labor government's decision, on 1 July this year, to approve the Grace Tame Foundation for deductible gift recipient status. This means Australians can...
- Tasmania: Australian Football League (1 speech)
This month the AFL will make a decision on the Tasmanian bid for an AFL team—a 19th team, a standalone team. To put it simply, Tasmania should have a team in the AFL. We are in fact a...
- Chandler, Mr William OAM (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight to remember and celebrate the life of Bill Chandler OAM, who passed away peacefully on 24 July. At his funeral on Monday, Bill was described as 'a giant in the world of...
