Senate debates
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Thorpe, Senator Lidia (1 speech)
President, I seek leave to make a one-minute statement about my new status as an Independent. Leave granted. I inform the Senate that yesterday I resigned as a member of the Australian Greens and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Western Australia Justice Association (1 speech)
Over the break I had the pleasure of meeting with Aisha and Steven from the Western Australia Justice Association. WAJA are university students studying across a range of academic fields with a...
- Western Australia: Floods (1 speech)
Not just a chance to rebuild, but a chance to improve. Last month, WA's west Kimberley region, an area of my state I know particularly well, experienced what has been described as a...
- Human Rights: Iran (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak in solidarity with the brave people of Iran, whose lives are on the line as they fight for their human rights. I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of 22-year-old...
- Poussard, Mr Horrie, OAM (1 speech)
I rise on behalf of my colleague Senator Raff Ciccone and myself as co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Landcare. We remember the life of Horrie Poussard, an environmentalist who dedicated...
- Starlight Children's Foundation (1 speech)
Did you know that every minute of every day across Australia a child is going into hospital? Our children in Australia sometimes find that not to be the best of experiences. Sometimes it can be...
- Manufacturing Industry: Cadbury (1 speech)
If you eat Cadbury chocolate—let's be honest; I reckon most of you do—odds are that a Tassie family farmed the dairy to make that chocolate. I think that's pretty cool. Did you know...
- Crime (1 speech)
Many Australians had what should otherwise have been a blissful summer ruined by the scourge of violent crime. On Boxing Day, Emma Lovell, a mum of two, was fatally stabbed by violent criminals...
- Papua New Guinea (2 speeches)
As a senator for Queensland, particularly one from the Far North, I am incredibly proud of the unique and special relationship our state shares with Papua New Guinea. Often in my travels to PNG,...
- Boochani, Mr Behrouz, Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge someone very special in the chamber with us today: Mr Behrouz Boochani. Behrouz is an author who lives in New Zealand, but his journey here from Iran has been long and it's...
- Steffen, Emeritus Professor William Lee (Will) (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to a great scientist, a great communicator and a great Canberran, the late Emeritus Professor Will Steffen. William Lee Steffen was a gifted scientist and a powerful...
- National Injury Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I rise, as the former minister for the NDIS, to discuss a piece of what I see as unfinished business, and that is the introduction of the NIIS, the National Injury Insurance Scheme. In 2011, the...
- Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
I rise to express dismay at the abysmal state of health services available to Australians living in remote areas. I refer to an article in the Courier Mail newspaper this week which referred to...
- Australia Day: First Nations Australians (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about truth-telling. Australia has a dark past, and as a nation we need to acknowledge our shared history and the hurt and trauma that this history continues to cause. Only...
- Andrews, Mr Fred (1 speech)
Show societies the length and breadth of this country are a vital part of their communities and the people that make up the largest volunteer network in the land. On behalf of the RNA, I would...
- Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
On in day in 2009 in Victoria, Australia's deadliest bushfire disaster began. There were 173 lives lost in the Black Saturday bushfires along with more than 2,000 homes destroyed and $1 billion...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Ministry List (1 speech)
WONG (—) (): For the information of senators I table a revised ministry list, as tabled yesterday by the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives. It reflects a small alteration to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Northern Territory: Crime (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and other remote towns across the Northern Territory have endured the failures of this...
- Turkiye: Earthquake (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. In recent days, the world's been confronted with devastating scenes following earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria. Can the minister...
- Pensions and Benefits (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Farrell. As reported by the West Australian newspaper today, in the WA Goldfields town of Laverton, formerly...
- Donations to Political Parties (10 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, representing the Prime Minister. Last week's annual donations data release revealed around $2 million in donations from fossil fuel companies and lobbyists to both...
- Cost of Living (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Can the minister please update the Senate on the work the Albanese government is doing to ease the cost-of-living...
- Environment (13 speeches)
I have a question to the Minister representing Minister for the Environment and Water, Minister Watt. Australia is a world leader in many things that we celebrate, but one international title we...
- Cost of Living (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. In April last year, the now Treasurer said: This is a full-blown cost of living crisis … a triple whammy of...
- Childhood Cancer (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. Before I start, I want to thank former Senator Griff for the work he did on cancer in the...
- Iran: Human Rights (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Could the minister please provide an update to the Senate on the actions Australia has taken to increase pressure on the Iranian...
- Rural and Regional Australia: Workforce Shortages (51 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Watt. Workforce shortages are currently putting serious pressure on...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits, Cost of Living (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) and the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) to questions without notice asked...
- Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Prime Minister (Senator Wong) to a question without notice I asked today relating to donations to political...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Standards, Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That on Wednesday 8 February 2023, at 9 am: a minister may move a motion relating to the draft behaviour standards and codes, as presented in the final report of the Joint...
- Rearrangement (4 speeches)
by leave—I move: That government business notice of motion no. 3 be called on after formal motions today, and debated for not more than 60 minutes, after which the question be put. Question...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reporting Date (1 speech)
Thank you, Clerk. I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Public Works Joint Committee; Reference (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Gallagher, 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...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Department Of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development And Local Government (1 speech)
McKENZIE (—) (): I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) order for production of documents no. 50 (the order) agreed by the Senate on 25 October 2022, requiring the Minister...
- Budget (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) order for production of documents no. 55 (the order) agreed by the Senate on 26 October 2022, requiring the Minister representing the Prime...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
On behalf of Senator Hume, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Finance, by no later than midday on Wednesday, 8 February 2023: (a) a copy of the current Budget Process...
- Queensland: 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 for...
- Australian Defence Force; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
I move general business notices of motion Nos 127 and 128 together: GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 127 That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for...
- Commonwealth of Australia Credit Rating; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Hume, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on Thursday, 9 February 2022: (a) a copy of all reports...
- Australian Public Service Employee Census 2022 — Highlights Report; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister for the Public Service, by no later than 2 pm on Thursday, 9 February 2023, the Australian Public Service employee census 2022 highlights...
- Answers to Questions on Notice; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Cash, I move: That— (a) the Senate notes that, as at 9 am on Monday, 6 February 2023, 567 questions on notice from the October and November 2022-23 Budget...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Alice Springs: Crime (8 speeches)
Senator Nampijinpa Price has submitted a proposal under standing order 75 today, as shown at item 12 of today's Order of Business: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I...
- Global Biodiversity Framework (12 speeches)
The Senate will also consider the proposal from Senator McKim. Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today the Australian Greens propose to move "That, in the opinion of the Senate,...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
by leave—I table a non-conforming petition in relation to the circumstances of Majid Kazemi under execution in Iran.
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (4 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I rise to speak on the Annual Climate Change Statement 2022. This morning, as we always do, we acknowledged the traditional owners of the land...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration By Estimates Committees (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Nita Green, I present the report of the committee on the 2022-23 budget estimates.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Molan, Senator Andrew James (Jim), AO, DSC (1 speech)
On 14 February 2018, Senator Jim Molan made his first speech in this place. It's far too soon, only five years almost to the week, to have honoured him in the condolence motion on Monday. As the...
- Gas Industry (1 speech)
Last month I joined the fearless and staunch Gamilaraay people in Coonabarabran in their ongoing fight against Santos's Pilliga Narrabri gas project. The Gamilaraay people had gathered alongside...
- Delaney, Ms Nessa (1 speech)
I rise to make a contribution in the chamber on the life of the wonderful Nessa Delaney, who tragically passed away on 30 October 2022, aged 58, in Ireland. I want to acknowledge in the gallery...
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (2 speeches)
Today I rise to speak about Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. It's held in February every year. I also want to acknowledge the amazing work of Ovarian Cancer Australia. I give a particular...
- Radioactive Material (1 speech)
Last month in my home state of Western Australia, a small amount of radioactive material went missing somewhere near the Pilbara. Under the so-called 'care' of fossil fuel giant Rio Tinto, this...
- Women's Safety (1 speech)
I rise to speak today on the important issue of women's safety. Any government and any policy that allows a violent male rapist to choose to be placed in a women's prison has profoundly lost its...
- Interest Rates (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about interest rates. Interest rates are something that we've talked a lot about over the last few years. You would have heard time and time again those on this side of the...
- Cost of Living, Turkiye and Syria: Earthquake, Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Interest rates went up again today. For those with a mortgage, these constant rises are brutal as budgets are squeezed to keep paying off a home. For renters, prices are already astronomical and...
- Bennett, Mr John P, AM (1 speech)
For decades, the hard work of John Bennett AM was done in the shadows—in the soft grey light of early morning and the pitch black of cold Tasmanian evenings. Day in, day out, rain, hail or...
- Communism (1 speech)
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher prophetically said: Communism never sleeps, never changes its objectives, nor must we. While the rhetoric has changed, the ethos is still alive and well and the...
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (1 speech)
I rise every February, ever since I've been in this place, to speak on Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, being February, and the devastating effect that ovarian cancer has on women and their...
- Reserve Bank of Australia (1 speech)
At last year's G20 summit in Bali, the leaders' declaration contained an innocuous statement, in paragraph 30: G20 central banks are strongly committed to achieving price stability …...
- Brain Cancer (2 speeches)
BIE () (): Tonight I'm presenting a speech written by Ken Fleming, father of Jack, who passed away at 21 from brain cancer. While this isn't an easy speech to read or hear, it's too important not...
- Human Rights (1 speech)
The Australian Greens believe that universal human rights are fundamental and must be respected for all people in all countries. That principle informed my approach as the Greens foreign affairs...
- Economy (1 speech)
I rise this evening to make some remarks in relation to the essay which was written by the Hon. Jim Chalmers, MP, the member for Rankin in my home state of Queensland. The article was entitled...
- Esther House (1 speech)
Sexual assault allegations, reports of gay conversion therapy, forcible restraint and unqualified pharmaceutical treatment providers are very unfortunately just a few examples of experiences...
- Human Rights (1 speech)
It's a welcome addition to this parliament that there's been a noticeable improvement in the level of interest that Australian parliamentarians have been giving to the issue of human rights. I...
