Senate debates
Wednesday, 26 October 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021; Second Reading (13 speeches)
I rise today to speak to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021, introduced by the Greens, a bill that we are incredibly proud of, standing...
- Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023, Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023; First Reading (1 speech)
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. by leave—I move: That the...
- Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023, Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023; Second Reading (8 speeches)
I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech es read as follows— SUPPLY BILL...
- Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023, Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023; In Committee (5 speeches)
I move Greens amendment (1) on sheet 1689: (1) Page 6 (after line 1), at the end of Part 2, add: 9A Beetaloo Basin Drilling Program No amount appropriated by this Act is to be spent on the...
- Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023, Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022; Second Reading (10 speeches)
To those who perpetrate family and domestic violence: it is the government's view that providing a universal national entitlement to this benefit would not be in line with community expectations....
- Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022; In Committee (14 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments RU110 and PF105 together: (1) Schedule 1, page 6 (after line 4), after item 21, insert: 21A After paragraph 536(2)(b) Insert: ; and (c) not include any...
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Skill Shortages (2 speeches)
Last night's budget delivers the plan the Australian people voted for. This budget is right for the times and ready for the future. Our budget will do three things: provide responsible...
- Budget (1 speech)
Yesterday the new Labor government handed down its first budget. This budget had some very welcome measures, such as the measures of our natural disaster relief and changes to paid parental...
- Wages (1 speech)
Tomorrow, the Albanese government will introduce a bill to address the greatest challenge Australia faces: the decade of systematic wage decline that the Liberal-National governments have...
- Orphanage Trafficking (1 speech)
It's always good to be able to stand in this place and provide good news to the chamber, and today I rise to do exactly that, on a significant milestone in the global fight against orphanage...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Brighton is getting a walk-in health clinic. We pushed the heart of this through the election campaign, so I give a huge shout-out to my buddy Troy Pfitzner, who ran with us for Lyons. He was out...
- Heavy Vehicle Rest Areas (2 speeches)
It gives me great pleasure to rise today to talk about something I'm very passionate about, which is heavy vehicle rest areas or truck bays. A lot of people in suburban Australia would have no...
- Smith, Sir David Iser, KCVO, AO (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the sad passing and also the very significant life contributions of a great Australian, Sir David Smith. Sir David died in August at the age of 89. For many, both here in...
- Budget: Education (3 speeches)
I rise to speak today about the crisis in funding in our public schools. Private schools funding across the forward estimates will now be $1.7 billion more than the amount Scott Morrison...
- Budget (1 speech)
Nine years under the LNP government have set a very low bar, so Labor's budget is better than we have had for a long time, but there is so much more that could have and should have been done to...
- Deakin Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
Last night we heard the federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, deliver his first budget. He delivered a solid and sensible budget, one that delivers for the Australian people—where the Australian...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
Later today a billboard will go live in Rockhampton with the words, 'Start the projects, stop ALP politics; Rockhampton needs the ring road to proceed'. This has been organised by local...
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (1 speech)
ADHD significantly impacts the lives of around one in 20 Australians, and yet it remains fundamentally misunderstood. The medical profession fails to recognise it properly, and last night's...
- Tamar Valley Writers Festival (1 speech)
The Tamar Valley in Tasmania's north is home to a successful wine-growing area and a multitude of agribusinesses, but this fertile region is also where the Tamar Valley Writers Festival is based....
- Human Rights: Iran (1 speech)
The death of Mahsa Amini has shocked the world but it probably hasn't surprised it because we know that women in Iran live daily in a regime that clearly does not see or value them as equal. The...
- Thorpe, Senator Lidia (1 speech)
Later today I will be moving an attendance motion. This motion will call on Senator Thorpe to attend this chamber and give a full explanation as to why she, as a voting member of the Law...
- Davey, Mr Paul, AM (2 speeches)
I rise to note the passing of a stalwart of the Nationals, Paul Davey AM. A self-described 10-pound Pom, his decades-long contribution to our party began when he left the ABC to join the staff of...
- Global Polio Eradication Initiative (1 speech)
At the beginning of the week, on Monday 24 October, we had World Polio Day, an occasion aimed at drawing global attention to the importance of continued international commitment to polio...
- Turvey, Cassius (1 speech)
Today I rise for a 15-year-old First Nations child, Cassius Turvey. Cassius Turvey was a loved member of the Noongar community who ran his own lawn-mowing business and would let community members...
- State of Israel (1 speech)
When your foreign policy is being praised by terrorists, you might want to rethink it. That's exactly what the Albanese government should do regarding their snap decision to no longer recognise...
- Budget (1 speech)
Having looked through the budget documents last night, in looking through budget paper 2 and the glossies, it's very strange that the missing piece here is a plan to promote private investment...
- Tasmania: Floods (1 speech)
It's been a really difficult few weeks for Tassie. Hundreds of homes and businesses have been hit hard by the floods. To everyone affected, my heart goes out to you. Tammy and I are here to help...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Today I want to speak to both the federal government's and also the Victorian government's decision to open up vast amounts of sacred whale sea country near the 12 Apostles for exploration...
- Northern Territory: Environment (1 speech)
I recently had the honour of hosting the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Peter Dutton, in the Northern Territory. I aimed to show him firsthand the challenges we face, which I'm grateful for,...
- Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (1 speech)
The Australian government has a strong commitment to Antarctic science, and the budget handed down last night included over $900 million in funding over the forward estimates for the Australian...
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (2 speeches)
Yesterday we saw the Treasurer deliver a solid and responsible budget that draws the line under the drift, decline and decay of a decade of the coalition in government. Of particular note for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (119 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Before the election, the now Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations said: People will be seeing in their...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister For Health and Aged Care, Senator Watt. The contract the European health agency signed with Pfizer for the purchase of the COVID vaccine...
- Budget (34 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. The budget has forecast that gas prices are set to rise by 40 per cent over the next two years. How does cutting...
- Health Care (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Gallagher. Can the minister please advise whether the government believes the demand for state and territory hospital...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Building and Construction Industry (1 speech)
In relation to question time yesterday, I undertook to provide further information in response to questions asked of me by senators Cox and David Pocock, in my capacities as the Minister...
- Budget (2 speeches)
I rise to the point of order. Consistent with standing order 191, I invite Senator Gallagher to provide an explanation to the Senate in relation to the answers she gave to senators Hume and Cash....
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
In question time yesterday I took elements of a question asked by Senator Paterson on notice. I've written to Senator Paterson to provide a complete answer and I now table that answer for the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (20 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers to all the questions asked by coalition senators to the government today. It's only in Labor's illogical, bizarre world that we could get a budget...
- Budget (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) to a question without notice she asked today relating to the budget. Budgets matter. They are...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation and its chair, Linda White, I give notice of the intention at the giving of notices on the next sitting day to...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Spender, Mr John Michael, KC (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 13 October 2022 of Mr John Michael Spender KC, a former member of the House of Representatives for the division of North Sydney,...
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator Colbeck, I move: That the order relating to estimates hearings for 2022 be amended to read as follows: (1) That the 2022-23 Budget estimates hearings be scheduled as...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Thorpe, Senator Lidia (5 speeches)
I move: (1) That Senator Thorpe be required to attend the Senate chamber immediately after the conclusion of formal motions on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 to make a statement of not more than 15...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend government business notice of motion No. 1. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That: (1) On Wednesday, 26 October 2022: (a) the hours of meeting be 9 am till...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 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 works be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (4 speeches)
At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That the Senate requires the Economics Legislation Committee to invite the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Ombudsman of the Australian Financial...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (20 speeches)
PRESIDENT (): The following proposal from Senator David Pocock has been received under standing order 75: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee; Delegated Legislation Monitor (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I present the Delegated legislation monitorNo. 7 2022 together with ministerial correspondence...
- Public Works Joint Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing on Public Works, I present the committee's fourth report of 2022.
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee (1 speech)
I present the Scrutiny digest No. 6 of 2022 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. I move: That the Senate to take note of the report. Question agreed to. As chair of the Senate...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Regional Budget Statement (1 speech)
At the request of the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government I table the Regional Budget Statement.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Community Affairs References Committee, Cost of Living Select Committee, Economics Legislation Committee, Economics References Committee, Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Education and Employment References Committee, Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Environment and Communications References Committee, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation Joint Select Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Membership (1 speech)
by leave: I move: That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as set out in the document available in the chamber and listed on the Dynamic Red as follows: Community Affairs...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022; Returned from the House of Representatives (1 speech)
I move: That the message be considered in Committee of the Whole immediately. Question agreed to.
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022; In Committee (7 speeches)
The committee is considering message No. 59 from the House of Representatives, relating to the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) 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 (More Competition, Better Prices) 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. TREASURY LAWS AMENDMENT (MORE COMPETITION, BETTER PRICES)...
- Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022; In Committee (55 speeches)
When we hit the hard marker, Senator Cash had just asked a couple of questions. I've got some answers to those. I'd also like to clarify some evidence I provided earlier, now that we've had an...
- Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- National Health Amendment (General Co-payment) Bill 2022; Second Reading (4 speeches)
The opposition is very pleased to support the National Health Amendment (General Co-payment) Bill 2022, because it enables the implementation of a key coalition election commitment—a...
- National Health Amendment (General Co-payment) Bill 2022; In Committee (1 speech)
by leave—I move amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 1684 together: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute: (2) Page 6 (after line 13), at the end of the Bill, add:...
- National Health Amendment (General Co-payment) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022, Jobs and Skills Australia (National Skills Commissioner Repeal) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022. The coalition understands that this legislation will become law and we will be supporting the bill. However, in my second reading...
