Senate debates

Thursday, 24 November 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)
  • Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022; Second Reading (8 speeches)
    BROCKMAN () (): I rise today to make a short contribution on the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022. Matters of conscience are always those in this chamber where we do hear very heartfelt...
  • Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022; In Committee (31 speeches)
    I do want to make a contribution. This is a significant issue. I want to start by commending all senators for their conduct in this debate. It is so important to so many people on all sides of...
  • High Speed Rail Authority Bill 2022; In Committee (2 speeches)
    I did ask the assistant minister this question last night in committee, and I'm still yet to receive a clear response. I hope officials who've been beavering away overnight will actually respond....
  • High Speed Rail Authority 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.
  • Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2022; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    The coalition takes Australia's international obligations to protect the marine environment from pollution from ships very seriously. This bill aligns Australia's domestic legislation with its...
  • Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2022; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022; Second Reading (7 speeches)
    On behalf of the coalition, I am pleased to rise to state the coalition's position relating to the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022. I'm pleased to say at the outset that the...
  • Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I thank senators for their contributions and commend the bill to the Senate. I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    Pursuant to notice given on 23 November 2022, on behalf of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 for...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (13 speeches)
    I present the seventh report of 2022 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That— (a) the following government business orders of the day be considered from 12.15 pm today: Atomic Energy Amendment (Mine Rehabilitation and Closure) Bill 2022 Veterans'...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
  • Public Works Joint Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
    by leave—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...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2022; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I present the bill and move: That this...
  • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill and to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Infrastructure; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) order for production of documents no. 69 (the order) agreed by the Senate on 27 October 2022, requiring the Minister representing the Minister...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media; Appointment (1 speech)
    I move: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media, be established to inquire into and report on the risk posed to Australia's...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Brockman, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, by no later than 5 pm on Tuesday, 29...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That Senator Babet be granted leave of absence for the period 24 to 25 November, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022; Second Reading (6 speeches)
    I'll return to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022. I have just a few more paragraphs of my contribution to add in conclusion. In government, the coalition's Future...
  • Atomic Energy Amendment (Mine Rehabilitation and Closure) Bill 2022; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    I'm speaking in continuance from the debate last night, and I'd like to conclude my remarks on the Atomic Energy Amendment (Mine Rehabilitation and Closure) Bill 2022. The coalition supports the...
  • Atomic Energy Amendment (Mine Rehabilitation and Closure) Bill 2022; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2022; Second Reading (7 speeches)
    Our veterans are important. Their service was important, and parliamentarians in both houses in this place and on both sides recognise the contribution they have made. That is why the Veterans'...
  • Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) 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.
  • Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Amendment Bill 2022; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    It's good to make a contribution to the debate on the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Amendment Bill 2022. I state at the outset that the coalition strongly supports the government's...
  • Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Amendment Bill 2022; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    As with so many policy issues that we have seen since the change of government, regional and rural Australians are once again the forgotten people in this legislation, the Treasury Laws Amendment...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Dodson for 25 November 2022 on account of parliamentary business. Question agreed to.
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Tasmania: Northern Cancer Support Centre (1 speech)
    Not much else in this world is more chilling to hear than a cancer diagnosis. Cancer can feel like, and may well be, a death sentence. It can mean that the creature comforts of everyday life are...
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (1 speech)
    Thank you, Senator Askew, for that contribution. I know it's shared with senators on this side as well. We appreciate you addressing the Senate on that today. The Fair Work Legislation Amendment...
  • Youth Voice In Parliament Week (1 speech)
    I'm delighted to have been asked to read out the speeches of several intelligent, passionate and articulate young people from Queensland as part of the Raise our Voice in Parliament campaign....
  • Western Australia: Juvenile Detention (1 speech)
    I rise to bring to the attention of the Senate a national disgrace in how our young people in Western Australia are being treated. Imagine if you were a parent of a 12-year-old boy and you saw...
  • Ukraine (1 speech)
    I was pleased to meet this week with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia, His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko, to receive an update about the situation in Ukraine. As chair and former deputy...
  • Aged Care (1 speech)
    We have seen the horror stories about sludge on a plate—meals you wouldn't even feed to your dog. This is the food being fed to our elderly and vulnerable in aged-care facilities—to...
  • Youth Voice in Parliament Week (2 speeches)
    I rise to speak on behalf of Harrison Mather, a 17-year-old school senior and proud resident of Moncrieff in Queensland. He says: What is democracy without integrity? Integrity is the core...
  • Youth Voice in Parliament Week, Defence Equipment (1 speech)
    Today I will be sharing a speech written by 15-year-old Angelina as part of the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign, a campaign that gives young female and non-binary people from all...
  • Tourism Industry: First Nations (1 speech)
    During the pandemic, many of us used this opportunity to explore our own backyards, get out bush or go up the coast. Some people may or may not know just how many of our tourism businesses are...
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (1 speech)
    I rise to speak in relation to the government's proposed industrial relations bill, which I think represents a great threat to businesses—small and medium-sized businesses in...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    I've just come from a presentation by Dr Jordan Peterson. He's done a lot of work exposing the Left's infestation of the West's education systems, as well as defending free speech and championing...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    On Wednesday last week, Deliveroo abruptly shut down its Australian operations, leaving around 15,000 riders out of work, with no warning. For the thousands of riders who had relied on Deliveroo...
  • Defence Personnel (1 speech)
    In March this year, the former government announced that the Australian Defence Force would be grown by 18,500 uniformed personnel by 2040. This investment is an important step in increasing our...
  • Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
    As part of the Raise Our Voice program Youth Voice in Parliament Week, I would like to use my time to amplify the voice of a young woman from Canberra, Grace Eveille, and read a speech she has...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Workplace Relations (49 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. I refer the minister to two statements the department put out on Tuesday night...
  • Domestic and Family Violence (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, and the 16 days of activism that follow,...
  • Workplace Relations (50 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. The tourism industry directly employed over 666,000 Australians in the June quarter of this year, many of them being...
  • Waste Management and Recycling (16 speeches)
    My question is to Senator McAllister, representing the Minister for the Environment and Water. In recent weeks Australians were shocked and bloody angry when news broke—
  • Housing (10 speeches)
    nator PRATT (—) (): My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Senator Farrell. Can the minister explain how regional Australia is benefiting...
  • Tasmania: Health Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. The government has budgeted for national urgent care clinics, with three promised to be...
  • Victoria: Suburban Rail Loop (49 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator Watt. The Victorian Parliamentary Budget Office says the...
  • Workplace Relations (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. The Albanese government has committed to getting wages moving with its workplace...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Answers to Questions (33 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by ministers to questions without notice today. I look around and I see an Australia that's getting smarter and smarter, an Australian that's...
  • Waste Management and Recycling (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the responses to my questions to Senator Wong today. I'm very proud to be standing in the Senate today and asking, on behalf of the Australian Greens, the...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That Senators may make statements relating to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and that speaking times be as follows: 10 minutes for...
• Statements (0 speeches)
  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (27 speeches)
    Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which also commences 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. It's a time when we come together across...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022; Second Reading (15 speeches)
    I was saying earlier that I can't support the Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022 because it is again the Albanese government rejecting rural and regional Australia. I was...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022; In Committee (30 speeches)
    There are two amendments that we are going to be debating tonight, both of which have been put forward by the Greens and by Senator David Pocock. I move amendment (1) on sheet 1746 revised: (1)...