Senate debates
Monday, 20 March 2023
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Iraq War: 20th Anniversary (15 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the 20th anniversary of the illegal US-led invasion of Iraq as circulated. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice standing in the name of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Independent Members of Parliament, Regional Funding (1 speech)
I rise to address some key misinformation that is out and about. As we all know, the voters of New South Wales go to the polls at the end of the week. This misinformation was out, loud and clear,...
- Gender And Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
Respect and acceptance have long been core components of Australian culture, regardless of an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status. Recent events in my home state...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
-YOUNG () (): I rise today to speak on the catastrophe that is unfolding in outback New South Wales right now, in the western part of that state: the environmental catastrophe on the...
- Aukus (1 speech)
The coalition welcomes the announcement of the next steps in the AUKUS partnership. Put simply, US is good, UK is good, AUKUS is good and nuclear submarines are good. This is building on the work...
- New South Wales Election (1 speech)
I rise today just to point out to the chamber the details of a sleazy preference deal that has been reached in New South Wales between the Liberals and the Greens. The deal, which has been kept...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
As a servant to the many amazing people who make up our one Queensland community I note that in the last few weeks we have seen with the failure of Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank what is...
- Air Force Association (1 speech)
At the end of last year I had the great pleasure of visiting the Australian Air Force Association, known as RAAFA, in Bull Creek. RAAFA is a fantastic organisation that offers retirement...
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (1 speech)
Last week's AUKUS announcement marked a transformational moment for our nation, our Defence Force and our economy. The significance of this announcement to my home state of South Australia cannot...
- Queensland: Housing and Homelessness (1 speech)
A report released today by the Queensland Council of Social Service confirms what anyone who's been paying attention already knows: Queensland is in a housing and homelessness crisis. The report...
- Mineral Exports (1 speech)
BABET (—) (): The Labor and Greens coalition and the teal Independents are pushing a clean, green renewable energy fantasy that is going to bankrupt this nation. They will never be able to...
- Let Women Speak (1 speech)
On Saturday a rally designed to let women speak was held in Melbourne, at which women's rights advocates and MPs like Victorian MP Moira Deeming spoke. The movement is rightfully concerned about...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
Earlier this month we celebrated International Women's Day, and as part of the Albanese Labor government I'm so proud that we are the first majority-female government in this country's history....
- Indigenous genocide (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the genocide this country is guilty of over the last 200 years and also the fact that in 2023 this country continues to commit genocide. The Labor government allows genocide...
- Western Australian Government (1 speech)
Celebrate not! In Western Australia, we're at the halfway mark of the McGowan government's second term, and there is no cause for celebration. Western Australians have buyer's remorse after...
- Parliamentary Friends of Nutrition (2 speeches)
It's been a great morning here at Parliament House. This morning I launched the Parliamentary Friends of Nutrition, and we heard from very passionate advocates from Dietitians Australia,...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (3 speeches)
I seek leave to make a statement concerning ministerial arrangements. Leave granted. An opposition senator: There's been a coup. No, there hasn't been a coup. Opposition senators...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (30 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Minister, prior to the election, now Prime Minister Albanese said: … if I ever do make a mistake, I'll put...
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (8 speeches)
Given that Senator Farrell is doing a fine job, my question is also to Senator Farrell, as the Acting Leader of the Government in the Senate and representing the foreign affairs minister. Senator...
- Superannuation: Taxation (29 speeches)
My question is to Senator Farrell, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Was Mike Hirst, former CEO of Bendigo Bank, correct when he said recently that taxing unrealised gains is going to...
- Aukus (18 speeches)
My question is directed to the Hon. Don Farrell in his capacity representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Defence. Since becoming foreign minister, Senator Wong has...
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (8 speeches)
SMITH () (): My question is to the Minister for Finance and Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Last week, the Albanese government announced the details of the optimal pathway...
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. The updated strategic directions statement from the National Indigenous Australians Agency, which falls under the...
- Energy (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. AEMO explicitly named regulatory approvals, price intervention and a mandatory code of conduct as key...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, you and other members of your government consistently say that it is the financial position you inherited...
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Skills and Training, Senator Watt. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Albanese Labor government's AUKUS submarine program's...
- Menindee Lakes: Fish Kill (27 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and Minister for Emergency Management, Senator Murray Watt. Minister, what assets does the Commonwealth have which could be...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Workplace Safety: Engineered Stone (1 speech)
In question time on 9 March, I took elements of a question asked of me by Senator Shoebridge on notice. I have written to Senator Shoebridge to provide a complete answer, and I now table that...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (12 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of all answers provided by the government today to questions without notice from the opposition We have heard here today a number of issues canvassed which go to...
- AUKUS, Economy (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by Minister Farrell to questions without notice asked today by both Senator McKim and me, and of answers given by the Minister Gallagher to...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave Of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senator Farrell for 22 March 2023, on account of ministerial business; (b) Senators Green and McCarthy for...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
by leave—I withdraw business of Senate notice of motion No. 178 because the documents have arrived.
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Gender Dysphoria (16 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter, dated 20 March, from Senator Hanson: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move "That, in...
- Regional Security (11 speeches)
The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator Birmingham: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: The need for the Senate to recognise that AUKUS...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Gifford, Ms Judith Ann (Judy), OAM (3 speeches)
I rise this evening mindful that the Gifford family are actually watching this tribute to their beautiful mum Judy, and I'm very pleased to be joined in the chamber by Senator Tim Ayres, who...
- Tasmania: Mental Health Services (1 speech)
KEW (—) (): It does not matter who you are: making the choice to speak about your mental health challenges takes courage, as does seeking support. Since early 2020, we have endured multiple...
- Harmony Day (1 speech)
Every year, 21 March marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, or IDERD—at least, it does in every other country in the world. Here in Australia, it's...
