Senate debates

Wednesday, 30 November 2022

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
• Statement by the President (0 speeches)
  • Workplace Bullying, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault (1 speech)
    Senators, today is the first anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner's report Set the standard: report on the independent review into Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces, and I...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bills be considered at the time for private Senators' bills this week: the Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022 today and the Commonwealth Electoral...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022; Second Reading (21 speeches)
    As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, my Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022 was drafted in response to exploitation of casual coalminers in central...
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; Second Reading (14 speeches)
    Senator Pocock, yes! This happened to me last night, and I rise in continuance on the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022. This is a bill that will deliver secure...
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • National Anti-Corruption Commission (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about why we need a national anti-corruption commission, and the main reason is Scott Morrison. To introduce into law in Australia an independent anti-corruption commission is a...
  • Australian Marine Complex (1 speech)
    Mr Acting Deputy President Sterle, today I rise to talk about something that is desperately needed in our own home state of Western Australia—upgrades to the Henderson industrial precinct....
  • Australian Music Industry (1 speech)
    I rise today to acknowledge the amazing work and life that the Australian music industry brings to each and every one of us in this country. The Australian music industry—the artists, the...
  • Myanmar: Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    In the very few minutes that remain—it's a great shame I only have a few minutes, because the topic I wanted to talk about is a matter of great importance to our region and a matter of...
  • Education (2 speeches)
    The most recent OECD data on the disciplinary climate has Australia ranked 70th out of 77 countries, meaning we have some of the most-disruptive classrooms by international standards. Disruptive...
  • National Anti-Corruption Commission (1 speech)
    I rise to celebrate the passage of the National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation, which passed the Senate last night and which, in just the last hour, has been back through the House of...
  • Valedictory (1 speech)
    This year, 2022, has been a year of really mixed emotions for me—a bit of a roller-coaster, you might say. As travel opened up, I was ecstatic to be able to visit my ammi in Pakistan and my...
  • Victoria: Election (1 speech)
    It gives me great pleasure to rise and talk about the Saturday election in Victoria, where it wasn't a 'greenslide' so much as a 'natslide'. The Victorian National Party had our most successful...
  • Member for Cook (1 speech)
    The response we saw in the House from former prime minister Scott Morrison to the findings of the Bell inquiry and the censure motion against him requires calling out, because there was an...
  • Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
    I rise to speak to an alarming report published in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday about a massive increase in the number of Australian adolescents being treated for gender dysphoria. The causes...
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (1 speech)
    Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has betrayed Western Australia by backing the Albanese government's radical shake-up of the industrial relations system. Mr McGowan should be telling Mr...
  • Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
    Tonight is the parliamentary launch of Sydney World Pride—a celebration but also a reminder that we have much more work to do to dispel longstanding myths about LGBTIQ people. I take this...
  • Schools (1 speech)
    Federal and state governments are due to negotiate a new funding agreement for our schools, and it's a critical time in those negotiations. It comes at a time when private schools are receiving...
  • Victoria State Election (1 speech)
    To all the UAP candidates and volunteers who worked very hard during the Victorian election, although not the result that we all wanted to see, I say thank you. It gives us a target to work...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
    Racially charged attacks and offensive language have no place in a national conversation on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament, not at any time. Before we even have the...
  • Ukraine: Holodomor (1 speech)
    Earlier this week I presented a notice of motion to the Senate noting Holodomor. Today, I wish to acknowledge that last Saturday, 26 November, was the 89th anniversary of the enforced famine...
  • International Day of People With Disability (1 speech)
    ( Disabled people are awesome. This year on International Day of People With Disability, our Australian disability community is more politically engaged than ever before. This year's global theme...
  • United Nations Climate Change Conference (1 speech)
    I was hoping to give a 10-minute piece on this but the government did away with senators' statements, so I will try and do it in two minutes. Visiting COP27 in Egypt the other week was a...
  • Road Safety (2 speeches)
    I know people are looking forward to a well-deserved break over this holiday season. This holiday season I'm asking drivers on our roads to drive so others survive. Over 1,200 families will be...
• Statement by the President (0 speeches)
  • Workplace Bullying, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault (1 speech)
    PRESIDENT (): Just before we move to question time: this morning in my statement I implied that the codes had not been presented to the parliament, but I advise the Senate that they were indeed...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Senate Estimates (34 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the words of the late Harry Evans, the longest-serving Clerk of the Senate: The value of...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce (1 speech)
    Before I call you, Senator Dodson, it would seem to be an appropriate time to draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the gallery of Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Closing the Gap (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Can the minister update the Senate on the findings of the Closing the gap report 2022?
  • Department of Human Services (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services, Senator Farrell. I refer to media reports today that over 1,000 contractors have been axed with little notice,...
  • Infrastructure (16 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Watt, the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. In this government's first budget, $1.9 billion in...
  • Parliament House: Staff (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. In asking it, I acknowledge the early educators, disability workers and hospo workers from the United Workers Union in the gallery...
  • Gender and Sexual Orientation (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Gallagher. Contrary to the claims of Labor Senator Pratt this afternoon, clinical evidence shows that puberty blockers...
  • Energy (28 speeches)
    My question is to Minister Wong, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the secret Labor government report based on October data titled 'Estimated impacts of CFPS'—coal...
  • Asylum Seekers (26 speeches)
    My minister—
  • Pacific Region (12 speeches)
    Earlier this week I met with participants in the Pacific Australia Emerging Leaders Summit. My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Can you tell us how the Albanese...
  • Dividend Imputation (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. During the federal election campaign the now Prime Minister and now Treasurer promised there would be no changes to...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Department of Human Services (1 speech)
    During question time, I committed to Senator Liddle to provide additional information, which I now do. In the cybersecurity space within Services Australia there are day-to-day operations as well...
  • Australia Post (1 speech)
    or WATT (—) (): In question time last week, I took elements of a question asked by Senator Hanson to me on notice. I've written to Senator Hanson to provide an answer. I now table that...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Answers to Questions (3 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked today. I'm going to start with the responses from Senator Wong to Senator Birmingham's...
  • Energy (3 speeches)
    I am indeed, Deputy President. I rise to take note of the answer to the question to Minister Watt about power generation, something which I know something about. Like some on the other side, I...
  • Asylum Seekers, Asylum Seekers, Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers from the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs (Senator Watt) to questions without notice asked today by Senator Cox, relating to...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, to withdraw business of the...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Ayres for today, for personal reasons. 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.
• Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
  • Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2022 (1 speech)
    I move: That, in accordance with subsection 10B(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Senate approves the Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment (Indexation) Determination...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Education and Other Legislation Amendment (Abolishing Indexation and Raising the Minimum Repayment Income for Education and Training Loans) Bill 2022; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to higher education, vocational education and training, social security and student assistance, and for...
  • Education and Other Legislation Amendment (Abolishing Indexation and Raising the Minimum Repayment Income for Education and Training Loans) 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. Leave granted. I table an explanatory memorandum and seek leave to have the...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Environment; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Whish-Wilson, move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than 8 pm on 30 November...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022; First Reading (1 speech)
    I inform the chamber that Senator Babet will also sponsor the motion and the bill. I, and also on behalf of Senators Antic and Babet, move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an...
  • Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) 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. Leave granted. I table an explanatory memorandum and seek leave to have the...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Australian Broadcasting Commission; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Henderson, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) at the estimates hearing of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee (Committee) on 8...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Henderson, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) at the estimates of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee (Committee) on 8 November...
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    I move: (1) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than 10 am on Thursday, 15 December 2022, all correspondence, emails, briefings, notes,...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Days And Hours Of Meeting (9 speeches)
    by leave—I amend Government Business notices of motion No. 1 and No. 2 relating to the days of meetings for 2023 and estimates, as circulated. I move the motions as amended: That the days...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Australia's Disaster Resilience Select Committee; Appointment (6 speeches)
    I seek leave for general business order of the day No. 3, relating to the establishment of a select committee on Australia's disaster resilience, to be considered immediately. The whips have...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I seek leave to move a motion to provide for consideration of formal motions tomorrow. In the constructive and consultative way that we are seeking to work with the chamber, it was inadvertently...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (5 speeches)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by the first sitting day in March 2023: The use of puberty blockers in...
  • Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
    At the request of the Chair of the Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Senator Sheldon, I present additional information received by the committee on its inquiry into provisions of...
  • Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee; Delegated Legislation Monitor (2 speeches)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I present the Delegated legislation monitor 9 of 2022, together with ministerial correspondence...
  • Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Scrutiny Digest (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator Dean Smith, I present Scrutiny digest No. 8 of 2022 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I seek leave to have...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Closing the Gap (7 speeches)
    On behalf of the Prime Minister, I table the annual report on Closing the Gap and accompanying ministerial statement, and I seek leave to make a very brief statement relating to the documents....
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Responses to Senate Resolutions (1 speech)
    I table documents relating to orders for the production of documents concerning unanswered questions on notice, superannuation payment disclosure requirements, crypto asset secondary service...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Australia's Disaster Resilience Select Committee, Foreign Interference Social Media, Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Membership (1 speech)
    The President has received letters nominating senators to be members of committees. by leave—I move: The motion was unavailable at the time of publishing. Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Bill 2022, Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia Funding Legislation Amendment 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.
  • Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Bill 2022, Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia Funding Legislation Amendment Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    ator CHISHOLM (—Assistant Minister for Education, Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (): I move: That these bills be now...
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021; 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.
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I table a revised explanatory memorandum relating to the bill, and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave...
  • Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Reform (Closing the Hole in the Ozone Layer) Bill 2022, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2022, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment 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.
  • Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Reform (Closing the Hole in the Ozone Layer) Bill 2022, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2022, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
    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 speeches read as follows— The speeches...
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; Second Reading (23 speeches)
    Acting Deputy President Sterle, I note how keen you were to take the chair for my speech in continuation tonight! You wore one of your favourite ties for the occasion! I would like to talk about...
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; In Committee (65 speeches)
    I table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to the government amendments to be moved to this bill.