Senate debates

Thursday, 8 September 2022

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Community Affairs References Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration of Legislation (13 speeches)
    BIRMINGHAM (—) (): I seek leave to move a motion in relation to the routine of business for today. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice of motion standing in my name I move:...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    The question is that the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Shoebridge be agreed to.
  • Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022; In Committee (27 speeches)
    by leave—I move Australian Greens amendments (1) to (3) on sheet 1616 together: (1) Clause 10, page 5 (line 10), omit "43%", substitute "at least 75%". (2) Clause 10, page 5 (line 16), omit...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    HOEBRIDGE () (): Pursuant to notice of intention given yesterday, I, and also on behalf of Senator Tyrell, now withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in our names for the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the fourth report for 2022 of the Selection of Bills Committee and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration Of Legislation (1 speech)
    I move: That— (a) government business order of the day no. 6 (Military Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment (Incapacity Payments) Bill 2022) be considered from...
  • Leave Of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Farrell for today, on account of ministerial business. Question agreed to.
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Postponement (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator. I shall now proceed to the discovery of formal business.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration Of Legislation (9 speeches)
    I move: That on Thursday, 8 September 2022— (a) from 12.15 pm, consideration of the Climate Change Bill 2022 and the Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 have precedence over...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    On behalf of senators Cash, McKenzie and Davey, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister by no later than midday on 13 September 2022: (a) briefing...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Environment and Communications References Committee, National Capital and External Territories Joint Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    I have received letters requesting changes in the membership of committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022; 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.
  • Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    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 r ead as follows— Every worker in...
  • Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022; In Committee (54 speeches)
    The committee is considering the Climate Change Bill 2022 and a related bill, and amendments (1) to (3) on sheet 1616, moved by Senator Waters.
  • Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question is that the remaining stages of the bills be agreed to and the bills be now passed.
• Ministry (0 speeches)
  • Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
    I inform the Senate that Senator Farrell, the Minister for Trade and Tourism, will be absent from question time today. I will take questions relating to the trade and tourism portfolio. Minister...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Solomon Islands: Election (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to her failure yesterday to address the specific question of whether the government of the Solomon Islands...
  • Climate Change (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Wong. Can the minister please update the Senate on the Albanese government's progress on ending the...
  • Child Care (45 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Watt, the Minister representing the Minister for Early Childhood Education. Minister, under Labor's proposed childcare changes, what will the increase in childcare...
  • Economy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, yesterday's national accounts showed that profits share of national income hit a new record high and that...
  • International Relations: Timor-Leste (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Yesterday Australia and Timor-Leste signed a defence cooperation agreement. Can the minister update the Senate on how the...
  • Superannuation (10 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer, Minister Gallagher. APRA's review of super fund marketing expenditure found that 12 funds spent $87 million on marketing...
  • Ministerial Conduct (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. I refer to the government's Code of Conduct for Ministers. Clause 3.11, under Shareholdings, states: In recognition...
  • Energy (15 speeches)
    My question is to Minister Wong, representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister name one country in the world where a higher share of solar and wind power has led to lower electricity prices?
  • Australia: Natural Disasters (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management, Senator Watt. How is the government working to improve Australia's resilience, response and recovery ahead of the 2022-23 high-risk...
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (31 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Gallagher. Given today's announcement that the Labor government has appointed a working group on the...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, Solomon Islands: Election (1 speech)
    I have two additional answers. In question time yesterday, I undertook to provide further information in response to questions asked of me by Senator Hume in my capacity as Minister representing...
  • Child Care (1 speech)
    I'd like to provide answers to the questions I took on notice from Senator Hughes today. I'm advised that a family with one child earning $60,000 a year currently faces out-of-pocket costs of...
• Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
  • Question Nos 99 and 100 (2 speeches)
    I seek an explanation from the minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Watt, of the minister's failure to answer questions on notice 99 and 100, which are now overdue. In...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Ministerial Conduct (9 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer by Senator Wong to the question which I asked today relating to the Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus. Might I say that I'm absolutely gobsmacked by...
  • Economy (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Procedure Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I present the Procedure Committee's second report of 2022 and I move: That the Senate adopt the recommendation of paragraph 1.10 of the report with effect from the first sitting day in October...
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
    I present additional information received by committees relating to estimates: Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee— Budget estimates 2017-18 (Supplementary)—Hansard...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Human Rights Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights I present Human rights scrutiny report: report 3 of 2022.
  • Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Education and Employment Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022 and a related bill, together...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    Today I want to inform the Senate of an extraordinarily inspiring event that I was privileged to be part of this morning. This morning, seven-year-old Jeremy Carr from North Brighton in South...
  • Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I seek to speak to the government response to the Intelligence and Security Joint Committee's Interim report: inquiry into extremist movements and radicalism in Australia. The government has...
• Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
  • Report No. 3 of 2022-23 (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I rise to take note of the Auditor-General's report, Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Department of Health and Aged Care. This report is...
  • Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (1 speech)
    I wish to continue my remarks on the interim report of the Royal Commission on Defence and Veteran Suicide. The royal commission's interim findings are both shocking and sobering—deeply...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Pensions and Benefits; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    With reference to Senator Smith's return to order motion of 6 September 2022, I table documents relating to three orders for the production of documents concerning pension changes.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022; 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.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    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— The introduction of the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Standards Joint Select Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    The President has received a message from the House of Representatives agreeing to the Senate resolution proposing an extension of time for the Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Standards...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    I rise today to make a contribution on the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022. This matter has a lengthy history. A decision was made in this place 25 years ago to pass the Euthanasia Laws Act...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Torres Strait: Masig Island (1 speech)
    Order! I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Torres Strait Islander Council Conference Anniversary (1 speech)
    A few weeks ago, on 23 August, Torres Strait Islander regional leaders came together on Masig Island to mark an important milestone, the 85th anniversary of the first ever Torres Strait Islander...
  • Israel (1 speech)
    As the clouds of war enveloped the world in 1939, a long-forgotten Irish truism was that democracy, freedom and liberty must always be defended and that Southern Ireland, as it was, should...
  • Indigenous Australian: Free Trade Agreements (1 speech)
    This evening I rise to speak on Australia's processes regarding free trade agreements and the importance of Australia pushing for Indigenous inclusion chapters. Australia's free trade agreement...
  • Jobs And Skills Summit (1 speech)
    On Monday last week I was pleased to attend the Australian government's building community forum in Hobart, followed later in the day by the Hobart Jobs and Skills Summit. I was joined at the...
  • Vietnam Veterans' Day, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (1 speech)
    We mark Vietnam Veterans' Day on 18 August, a solemn occasion on the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan that honours the service and sacrifice of the many thousands of Australians who fought...