Senate debates
Wednesday, 22 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Motor Vehicles (1 speech)
WN (—) (): Earlier this year I spent some time visiting logistics and road safety organisations in Victoria. Thanks to the assistance of Peter Anderson from the Victorian Transport...
- Goods and Services Tax, Trade (1 speech)
enator BROCKMAN () (): I rise to speak about a couple of issues that are vitally important to my home state of Western Australia. I'll start with the GST sharing arrangement. The GST sharing...
- Iran (1 speech)
Since Jina Mahsa Amini's murder in custody six months ago we've seen brave women and allies stand up against the oppressive Iranian government. Hundreds have been killed and thousands have been...
- New South Wales Election (1 speech)
This Saturday the people of New South Wales are going to the polls. When you enter that booth, you'll be presented with a choice between giving the reheated leftovers of the Liberals and...
- Spinal Cord Injuries (1 speech)
It only takes a second—a single second—for our lives and the lives of our families to be changed forever. It could be a car accident, a sporting injury, a fall from a roof or a swim...
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: Protests (1 speech)
I'm so proud of my home state of Tasmania today. A few days ago, on the steps of Parliament House in Spring Street in Melbourne, we saw a pathetically small group of transphobes standing next to...
- Laverty, Mr Declan, Northern Territory: Crime (1 speech)
I'd like to update the Senate on an incredibly tragic event that occurred in the Northern Territory in the past couple of days. On Sunday night, 20-year-old Declan Laverty went to work—a...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
Today I have a personal story to convey, and it involves both my niece and her son. When she was four years old, my niece Sarah was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Her readings were hard to...
- Iraq War: 20th Anniversary (1 speech)
March this year is the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, led by the United States and its lackeys, including, shamefully, this country. The Iraq war was bloody, aggressive and illegal. It...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
The ABS published data today showing that nearly one in 200 people were homeless on census night in 2021. The data shows that 122,494 people were estimated to be experiencing homelessness at the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- New South Wales State Election (1 speech)
G () (): I'd like to make some statements about the New South Wales election on Saturday. I think it is a very important opportunity for people across New South Wales to make a judgement for our...
- Juvenile Arthritis (1 speech)
Some 3.6 million Australians of all ages are living with arthritis. Many of them are in fact children, and it is a leading cause of pain and disability in children. Arthritis is a musculoskeletal...
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: Protests (1 speech)
It has been a very tough time for the trans community. This weekend we saw a vile alliance of hate between transphobes, Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists on the streets of Melbourne. Last...
- Education (1 speech)
One of the great joys of my role as the shadow minister for education is to meet so many inspiring teachers and educators who are working so hard in our schools and university campuses to...
- National Road Safety Action Plan (1 speech)
Earlier this year the Albanese government released the first National Road Safety Action Plan under the National Road Safety Strategy. The action plan focuses on delivering tangible, measurable...
- Electric Vehicles (1 speech)
Labor's aspiring New South Wales Premier Chris Minns apparently had a bit of a problem on the campaign trail yesterday. His electric campaign bus, full of staffers and reporters, ran out of...
- Energy (1 speech)
The latest report by the Australian Energy Market Operator, AEMO, confirms our worst fears—that Labor is driving Australia headlong towards a gas and energy crisis. This latest report...
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
I rise today to speak to the admirable works of nine religious leaders who have openly endorsed the Voice to Parliament and the 'yes' campaign. This referendum campaign will need the voices of...
- Alice, Aunty (1 speech)
Today I want to acknowledge the passing of a strong blak matriarch, Aunty Alice. She was a strong woman born on the rabbit-proof fence, and she spent her whole life fighting for First Nations...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
There's a famous saying in politics, and that is: 'Never let a good crisis go to waste.' There's an argument to be made that the bank failures we are seeing could be used as an excuse to usher in...
- Criminal Code Act 1995 (1 speech)
As a boy I read as much as I could about Simon Wiesenthal. He was a survivor of Nazi concentration camps and he was a survivor of a Nazi death march. As a survivor of the Holocaust, he spent his...
- Kids Helpline (1 speech)
I said I'd use my position in this place to elevate the voices in our communities. Today I want to share something with you from yourtown's Kids Helpline. They do really important work with young...
- Queensland: Child Incarceration (1 speech)
I rise to speak about recent events in what they now call Queensland, where new laws have been passed to bring more and more young people into contact with the criminal legal system and be locked...
- Tasmania: Midland Highway, Tasmania: Energy (1 speech)
I very much look forward to making my contributions in this little part of the Senate agenda for the day. My favourite topic is of course the state of Tasmania, which is what I'm going to talk...
- Duncraig Senior High School (2 speeches)
I recently visited a class of year 11 politics and law students at Duncraig Senior High School, in my home state of Western Australia. Apart from an unwelcome reminder of how short I am, I was...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Can the minister name anywhere in Australia where power prices have been reduced since Labor have been in government?
- Housing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Today new homelessness data has been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics...
- Taxation (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Yesterday during question time the Minister for Finance said: 'The fact is stage 3 tax cuts have been legislated...
- Climate Change (32 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Responding to the latest IPCC synthesis report yesterday, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said there should be no new...
- Banking and Financial Services (12 speeches)
My question to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher, follows calls from concerned constituents and relates to Labor's bank deposit guarantee element of the Financial Claims Scheme....
- Cost of Living (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Earlier this week the Prime Minister said: It has been a good 10-month period because what we've been doing is...
- First Nations Australians: Mining Industry (8 speeches)
PE () (): My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Australians. A recent FOI exposed a dirty secret report to the National Indigenous Australians Agency that...
- Manufacturing Industry (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Farrell, the Minister representing the Minister for Industry and Science. What are the government's plans to build a strong and growing manufacturing industry in Australia?
- Perth Mint (12 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. I refer the minister to the confronting revelations exposed though a recent Four Corners expose on Perth Mint, which...
- Queensland: Floods (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management, Senator Watt. Over the last week, remote communities in my home state, and in your home state, of Queensland have had devastating...
- Questions to the President (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Conduct (2 speeches)
Madam President, a matter was raised by Senator Thorpe earlier about a senator taking photographs. Can I just ask that you address that directly and report back to the chamber? I seek assurance...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (9 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by Minister Farrell to the questions without notice asked by Senator Cadell today on the cost of living. Senator Cadell is my good friend...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) to a question without notice asked by Senator Waters today relating to climate...
- First Nations Australians: Mining Industry (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for the Public Service (Senator Gallagher) to a question without notice asked by Senator Thorpe today relating to a report on...
- 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 National Health Amendment (Effect of...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That general business order of the day no. 30 (Northern Territory Safe Measures Bill 2023) be considered on Thursday, 23 March 2023 at the time for private senators' bills. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reporting Date (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on this 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...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 192 and I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that order for the production of documents no. 135, relating to the goods and services tax, was...
- Leader of the Government in the Senate; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
I move: That— (1) There be laid on the table by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, no later than 5 sitting days after 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October each year, a letter...
- Attorney-General's Department; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
At the request of Senator Cash, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than 5 pm on 27 March 2023: (a) briefing notes, legal advice...
- Department of the Treasury; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator Birmingham, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by 9.30 am on Friday, 24 March 2023: (a) the complete email and any...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
I inform the Senate that Senator McKenzie has withdrawn the matter of public importance which she had proposed for today.
- Energy (16 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Babet: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: Australia must...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Parliament: Procedure (2 speeches)
I will now move to Senator Thorpe, who wishes to make a one-minute statement. Leave has been agreed.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (7 speeches)
On behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Marles, I table a ministerial statement on the AUKUS nuclear powered submarine pathway.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Legislation Committee; Report (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Walsh, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Housing Australia Future...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That divisions may take place between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm today for the purposes of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the sitting hours of the Senate be varied so much that the adjournment occur on the motion of a minister. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mobile Black Spot Program (3 speeches)
I rise today because I want to express my profound disappointment in the Labor Party's attitude towards regional Australia and the desperate need to address mobile connectivity. It is no secret...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
Right now homeless people across Tasmania and Australia are doing it tough. It really is tough for them. They're sleeping rough of a night, and these summer nights are not going to last for much...
- Biosecurity: Pet Importation Permits (3 speeches)
Labor has backflipped on its pet permit implementation bungle after being grilled about its dog act by the Nationals in Senate estimates. We recently received some great news about Maximus and...
- National Indigenous Australians Agency (1 speech)
As Australians would be aware, the Liberal Party today struck a deal with Labor to give the government the numbers to pass the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022. In effect,...
- New South Wales Election (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the upcoming state election, on Saturday, in New South Wales, my home state. It's a state that's desperate for a fresh start, and a Minns Labor government is a recipe for a...
