Senate debates

Monday, 28 November 2022

• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    I rise to speak on Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023 and Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023. The opposition will support the...
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023; In Committee (5 speeches)
    I move Greens amendment (1) on sheet 1770: (1) Page 6 (after line 30), at the end of Part 2, add: 11A Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct in the Northern Territory No amount appropriated...
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
  • Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2022; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    I rise on behalf of the opposition to support the second reading of the Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2022. The bill amends the...
  • Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) 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.
  • Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022; Second Reading (9 speeches)
    I rise to speak in favour of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022, but also to make a number of points with respect to how the opposition believes the bill...
  • Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022; In Committee (20 speeches)
    I move: (1) Schedule 1, item 14, page 5 (before line 17), before subsection 13G(2), insert: (1A) Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision. Note: Section 80U deals with civil penalty provisions...
  • Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) 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.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Bill 2022; Second Reading (10 speeches)
    The coalition will be supporting this bill, the Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Bill 2022. This bill implements a number of sensible measures of the previous coalition government....
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Bill 2022; In Committee (3 speeches)
    As I indicated during my second reading speech, I do have an amendment. This amendment is to strike out the so-called downsizer provisions from this legislation. I want to very quickly use this...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) 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.
  • 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; In Committee (26 speeches)
    GALLAGHER (—) (): by leave—In relation to the Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 3) Bill 2022, I move government amendments (1) and (2) on sheet ZA193 together: (1) Clause 2,...
  • 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; Third Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022, National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) 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. Bill read a first time.
  • National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022, National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bills and move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard....
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Iran (1 speech)
    I've just come from a hearing into the Iranian regime. What we heard loud and clear is that this government is absolutely useless when it comes to taking action against authoritarian regimes. For...
  • Wages (1 speech)
    The gig economy is both responding to and shaping our changing world. But, as the economy changes around us, too many workers are being left behind. Indeed, some of the global businesses...
  • Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (1 speech)
    In the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, experienced union delegates admitted the Albanese government's union-inspired industrial relations legislation will likely increase...
  • Environment (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk on the topic of greenwashing—a word that should have been made the word of the year. It is everywhere. It's in the products that we buy as consumers, it's in the...
  • Fitzroy Crossing: Petrol Sniffing (1 speech)
    Part of my role running through the Kimberley is working closely with communities throughout the Kimberley, as Senator O'Sullivan would know from my work and his work in Fitzroy Crossing. Fitzroy...
  • Victoria: Election (1 speech)
    At this morning's national prayer breakfast, a young Queensland servicewoman, a vibrant woman whose name I will post when it comes through, called on our leaders to show the power of love rather...
  • Veterans: Employment (1 speech)
    Transitioning from defence life to civilian life can be a difficult process. Military service is a unique experience and it brings with it a range of skills that can help our veterans navigate...
  • Middle East (1 speech)
    International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is on 29 November, and I want to express my solidarity with them and acknowledge their inviolable rights. Demonstrating my solidarity...
  • Assange, Mr Julian Paul (1 speech)
    It's the last week of federal parliament. It's the last week of federal parliament under a new Labor Albanese government. Sadly, and frustratingly, Australian Walkley Award winning journalist,...
  • Education (1 speech)
    Senator Whish-Wilson, I agree with you. Julian Assange needs to be brought back home. Australian education is in crisis. We are failing our students. We are failing the next generation. In...
  • South Australia: Floods (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about the rising floodwaters currently impacting my home area of the Riverland in South Australia. Modelling shows that the floods that are about to hit the Riverland are...
  • Tasmania: Housing (1 speech)
    It has been three years since I had Tasmania's housing debt waived. I haven't regretted my decision for a minute. I do believe that we need to go back and look at the stage 3 tax cuts. If I had...
  • Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
    Each year, for the past decade, the Counting Dead Women Australia researchers of Destroy the Joint have documented the deaths of women killed by violence. Their interrogation of media, police and...
  • Rostrum Voice of Youth (1 speech)
    Standing up in front of people and talking, whether it is for a job interview, lecture or conference, or even here in this chamber, can be daunting. The speaker must be calm, confident and...
  • Workplace Relations: Qantas (1 speech)
    I rise in solidarity with Teri O'Toole and the Flight Attendants Association. Last week, more than a thousand Qantas domestic flight attendants voted on whether to take industrial action. A...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Workplace Relations (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. I refer the minister to an answer he gave in question time last Thursday, when he...
  • Wages (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The Albanese Labor government went to the federal election with a commitment to get wages moving after a decade of...
  • Taxation (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, I refer to the Prime Minister's comments on 2 September 2022. When asked whether there would be a new...
  • Media Ownership (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Senator Watt. Following the result of the Victorian election and the disgraceful performance of sections of the...
  • Gender Equality: Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister of for Women. Can the minister inform the Senate on how the government's policy settings in workplace relations and gender equality are benefiting Australian women?
  • Renewable Energy (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Wong. With the large-scale penetration of renewables into the national grid over the past 20 years...
  • Health Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. The Distribution Priority Area classification system has been crucial in supporting the movement...
  • Environment (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister and also the climate and environment ministry, Senator Wong. Today, a report from the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders for...
  • Victoria: Infrastructure (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator Watt. Minister, how will the Albanese Labor government...
  • Iran: Human Rights (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Over the last three months, the Iranian regime has been accused of killing more than 300 civilians standing up for...
  • Covid-19 (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Gallagher. How are governments working together to meet the continuing health challenges presented by COVID?
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Taxation, Health Care (3 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) to questions without notice from Senators McDonald and Ruston. We have another Labor government...
  • Renewable Energy (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy (Senator Wong) to a question without notice asked by Senator Hanson...
  • Taxation (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Treasurer (Senator Gallagher) to a question without notice asked by Senator McDonald today relating to...
  • Health Care (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care (Senator Gallagher) to a question without notice asked by Senator Ruston...
  • Media Ownership (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management (Senator Watt) representing the Minister for...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senators McCarthy and O'Neill for today, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Community Affairs References Committee, Economics Legislation Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2, relating to a reference regarding high-voltage electricity infrastructure. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That...
  • Education and Employment References Committee; Reference (4 speeches)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Education and Employment References Committee for inquiry and report by the first sitting day in July 2023: The issue of increasing disruption...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Child Care; Order for the Production of Documents (4 speeches)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 2 pm on 29 November 2022, modelling and analysis that was conducted by the...
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 2 pm on 29 November 2022, legal advice that was provided to the Government...
  • Global Methane Pledge; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator McDonald, I move general business notices of motion Nos 98 and 99 together: GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 98 That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) order for...
  • Currency; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on Wednesday, 30 November 2022, any briefing notes, file notes, emails or other records...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Hobart Stadium (21 speeches)
    A letter has been received from Senator Lambie: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The Tasmanian State...
  • Assistant Treasurer (11 speeches)
    The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator Bragg: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee; Government Response to Report (1 speech)
    I present a government response to the 492nd report of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit relating to governance in the stewardship of public resources. I seek leave to have the...
  • Northern Australia Joint Select Committee; Government Response to Report (5 speeches)
    I present a ministerial statement and a government response to two reports of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia relating to the committee's inquiry into the destruction of...
  • Foreign Interference through Social Media Select Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received a letter from the Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate nominating senators to be members of the Select Committee on...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) 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.
  • Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) Bill 2022; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    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— From the computers we...
  • Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Bill 2022; First Reading (1 speech)
    AROL BROWN (—) (): I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.
  • Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Bill 2022; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    BROWN (—) (): 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...
  • Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) 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.
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    By leave—I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move a motion relating to the hours of meeting and routineofbusiness forthisweek.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    GALLAGHER (—) (): by leave—I move: That— (1) The hours of meeting on Monday, 28 November 2022 be from 10 am till adjournment, and the routine of business from 8 pm be government...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022, National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022; Second Reading (20 speeches)
    I rise to make a contribution to the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 and a related bill. The coalition supports the National Anti-Corruption Commission. Let me be clear: corruption...