Senate debates

Thursday, 27 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)
  • Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    The coalition acknowledges that the Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 continues in part the work of the fundamental and generational reform of the aged-care system to...
  • Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022; In Committee (69 speeches)
    I'd like to ask the minister a few questions before I move my amendment. Minister, could I get some clarification in relation to the budgeting around this particular measure? I note in the...
  • Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
    PRESIDENT (): The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (AFP Powers and Other Matters) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    The time allotted for debate on the bill has now expired. The question is that the bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
  • Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (AFP Powers and Other Matters) Bill 2022; Third Reading (5 speeches)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    or URQUHART (—) (): by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator McCarthy for today on account of ministerial business. Question agreed to.
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    Pursuant to notice given on 26 October 2022 on behalf of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion Nos 1, 3, 4 and 5 for...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (34 speeches)
    I present the sixth report of 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— SELECTI ON...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That today— (a) government business orders of the day as shown on today's Order of Business be considered from 12.15 pm; (b) government business then be called on and considered...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Economics References Committee; Reference (5 speeches)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting day in June 2024: The capacity and capability of the Australian...
  • Education and Employment References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Education and Employment References Committee for inquiry and report by 22 March 2023: The national trend of school refusal or 'School...
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 21 November 2022: The efficacy of previous and ongoing...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference (8 speeches)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Lambie, move: That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 December 2022: The...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Infrastructure; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, by no later than midday on 3 November...
  • COVID-19; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    I move: (1) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than 5 pm on Monday, 21 November 2022, all minutes of, and health advice or other written...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2022; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    I rise to give a brief contribution on the Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2022. This bill amends the Health Insurance Act 1973, the National Health Act...
  • Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2022; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    The opposition will not be opposing this legislation, the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022. Indeed, it was coalition policy in government—part of a...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Electoral Matters Joint Committee; Appointment (2 speeches)
    A message has been received from the House of Representatives forwarding a resolution agreed to by that House proposing a variation to the resolution of appointment of the Joint Standing...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment 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.
  • Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment 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— When the Albanese...
  • Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    I rise to speak on behalf of opposition senators to put the opposition's position on the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 on the...
  • Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022; In Committee (18 speeches)
    I move amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 1604: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute: (2) Page 9 (after line 31), at the end of the Bill, add: Schedule 2 —...
  • Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Tuart Place (1 speech)
    In the Senate today I want to share some meaningful thoughts from a rally I attended in Perth for Tuart Place. Tuart Place, of which I'm proud to be a patron, supports survivors of institutional...
  • Budget: Women (1 speech)
    Today in this place we launched the Women's Budget Statement, a feature of the budget which has been missing for a decade since former Prime Minister Abbott appointed himself Minister for Women...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    I would like to talk about the question of roster justice, an issue that affects so many Australian workers, one we have heard so much about in our Select Committee on Work and Care. We all use...
  • Western Australia: Health Care (1 speech)
    Five long years of the McGowan government have driven the Western Australian healthcare system to breaking point. Labor inherited a world-class system from the Liberal Barnett government: a $7...
  • Cost of Living (1 speech)
    If there's one thing we can all agree on, it is that Aussies have been doing it absolutely tough. Australian workers have suffered through nine years of wage decline, and we've suffered a decade...
  • Australian Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant Program (1 speech)
    It hasn't been easy for our local wine producers these last few years. They've been trying to grow their businesses, but how can they? There have been COVID lockdowns and low tourism. There have...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    SCARR (—) (): Senator Reynolds, I'll give you a call as well next time I'm in Tasmania! In the lead-up to the last federal election Labor made a promise, and I'll quote it. This is from...
  • Victoria: Floods (1 speech)
    Sadly, the floods continue to have a severe impact right across the eastern states of Australia and in my home state of Victoria. The Australian government has moved very quickly to provide...
  • Budget, New South Wales: Floods (1 speech)
    These are just three of the messages my office has been sent in the lead up to the budget: I've used pliers to rip out a fractured tooth because I didn't have the money for the dentist. I can...
  • Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill, Senate Committees (1 speech)
    Yesterday, it was a huge honour to be in the chamber as the Senate passed the Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill. This is a hugely important reform that will help...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    Thanks to Labor, Australia is facing a cost-of-living crisis. It was always clear that they were devoid of an economic plan, but this has been reinforced by a forgettable, empty, nothing budget....
  • Beef Industry (1 speech)
    Australian beef and, best of all, Queensland beef are here to stay as Australia's main source of protein. A recent CSIRO paper published in the journal Animal, found that pasture fed beef...
  • Gladstone Hospital (2 speeches)
    LMAN-PAYNE () (): The right to quality and accessible health care in this country should not be a postcode lottery. Health care is a right and it should be afforded equally to all. However, we...
  • Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
    Just this week the ABC's Four Corners program highlighted the prevalence—
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Budget (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. How much more will an average Australian household be paying in electricity and other costs this financial year?
  • Budget: Gender Equality (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. Can the minister please inform the Senate how women have been placed at the centre of the Albanese...
  • Budget: Health (21 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister for Women and the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Gallagher. I note you just boasted in a previous answer about your support for women....
  • Education (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Watt. Private schools funding across the forward estimates will now be $1.7 billion more than the amount the...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Senator Farrell. Can the minister outline to the Senate what the Albanese Labor government...
  • Budget: Medicare (8 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Minister Gallagher. Minister, the budget reinstated Medicare item 288. We wanted item 288 reinstated, but...
  • Budget: Infrastructure (26 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong, and relates to consistency in funding allocations. I refer the minister to the comments made by the Prime Minister in...
  • Energy (18 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Minister Wong. The Australian Energy Market Operator released a report which concludes that the closure of the Liddell coal-fired...
  • Pacific Region (14 speeches)
    Thank you very much, President. I appreciate that; it's a rowdy day. My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong. Minister, how is the Albanese Labor government making...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Answers to Questions (18 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. I would like to start by talking about infrastructure and how...
  • Education (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Watt) to a question without notice she asked today relating to funding for...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
    by leave—I incorporate a tabling statement in Hansard relating to Delegated legislation monitor 7 of 2022 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, which was...
  • Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the President and on behalf the Standing Committee on Appropriations, Staffing and Security, I present the committee's 65th report concerning the 2022-23 estimates for the Department...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Consideration (1 speech)
    Bear in mind that any documents to which no senator has risen will be taken to be discharged from the Notice Paper.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Work and Care Select Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about the interim report of the Work and Care Select Committee. On a day when the Labor governments has introduced one of the cornerstones of its election promises to reform the...
  • Economics References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I want to begin this contribution by making the observation that in reading the report, Australia's sovereign naval shipbuilding capability: All...
• Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
  • Report No. 3 of 2022-23 (1 speech)
    tor STEELE-JOHN () (): I wish to take note of Auditor-General report No. 3 of 2022-23, Performance audit—Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Department of Health and Aged Care.In...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Hells Gate Dam; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I table a document relating to the order for production of documents concerning the Hells Gate Dam. I table the documents responding to continuing orders.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 3) Bill 2022, Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2022, Income Tax Amendment (Labour Mobility Program) Bill 2022; 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.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 3) Bill 2022, Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2022, Income Tax Amendment (Labour Mobility Program) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— TREASURY LAWS...
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) 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.
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) 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— FAMILY ASSISTANCE...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Cost of Living Select Committee, Education and Employment References Committee, National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation Joint Select Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
  • Select Committee on Australia's Disaster Resilience; Appointment (8 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 78, relating to the establishment of a Select Committee on Australia's Disaster Resilience in the terms circulated before moving the...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    I rise to speak to the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022. I have listened carefully to the debate, and I will be opposing the passage of the bill. The arguments in favour of the passage of the...
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Statement and Documents (2 speeches)
    I seek leave to have the Leader of the Opposition's 2022-23 budget reply speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— INTRODUCTION We live in the best country...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Queensland Government (2 speeches)
    I would like to speak about a lovely, beautiful place in North Queensland, the Pioneer Valley. I had the privilege last week to travel up to Eungella and its surrounds around the Pioneer Valley...
  • Budget: Women, Human Rights: Women and Girls (1 speech)
    This week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Albanese Labor government's first budget. Throughout the term of the former government, women's voices were ignored. Women knew that the former...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about the first Albanese Labor federal budget, a proud moment after nine years of rorts and policy drift under the former Liberal government. Tuesday night's budget was a budget...
  • Human Rights: Women and Girls, Buddha's Light International Association of Queensland Loving Care Group (1 speech)
    Before I make my contribution, I would like to acknowledge the extraordinarily important points made by Senator Payman in relation to the plight of women in many parts of the world. In...