Senate debates
Thursday, 23 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.
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanation (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a personal explanation. Leave granted. Yesterday I accidentally posted a photo on my social media, which I am aware is not permitted within the standing orders. I apologise...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Parliament (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to an order for the production of documents regarding the transparency of official appointments. This motion has been circulated. Leave not granted....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (3 speeches)
I present the third report of 2023 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— S ELECTION...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That today— (a) government business orders of the day as shown on today's Order of Business be considered from 12.15 pm; (b) government business then be called on and considered...
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the National Health Amendment (Effect of Prosecution—Approved Pharmacist Corporations) Bill 2023,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2023; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I present the bill and move: That this bill may...
- Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2023; 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 the explanatory memorandum and I seek leave to have...
- Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) 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.
- Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022; Second Reading (1 speech)
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— This Government is...
- Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023; Second Reading (7 speeches)
I just have a few remarks remaining in my contribution on the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023. As I said, I want to keep it brief. It is a privilege to...
- Australia Council Amendment (Creative Australia) Bill 2023; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise to speak to on the Australia Council Amendment (Creative Australia) Bill 2023 today, a piece of legislation that the Greens will be supporting. But I want to put on the record first up...
- Australia Council Amendment (Creative Australia) Bill 2023; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Does any senator require the bill to be considered in Committee of the Whole? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) Bill 2022; Second Reading (4 speeches)
It is my pleasure to rise and speak on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) Bill 2022. I am very pleased to reiterate the...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) 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.
- Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023; Second Reading (2 speeches)
As I was saying earlier: in Australia, women earn 87c for every dollar that men earn. Full-time working women also earn $253.50 less than every man every single week. There is no justifiable...
- Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023; Third Reading (2 speeches)
PRESIDENT ( Senator Allman-Payne ) (): I understand no amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I call the minister to move the third reading.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the National Health Amendment (Effect of Prosecution—Approved Pharmacist Corporations) Bill 2023 be called on immediately. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- New South Wales State Election (1 speech)
tor CADELL (—) (): In my nine short months in this place, I've tried to keep it very apolitical and to never overstep the political boundaries. But, today, with two days to go until the...
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: Protests (1 speech)
Outside this parliament a rally is taking place that claims to be fighting for women's rights. A similar rally occurred in Melbourne last week. Let us be clear: what is happening out there today...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
The International Panel on Climate Change synthesis report is another shocking reminder that the writing isn't just on the wall for climate change; it's already in the embers and the mud of the...
- Prasad, Mr Surendra, OAM (1 speech)
It gives me great joy to rise in this place to recognise the outstanding contribution made by a wonderful Queensland citizen, Mr Surendra Prasad OAM. Surendra celebrated his 80th birthday last...
- Gender And Sexual Orientation: Protests (1 speech)
It has been a difficult week for members of the LGBTIQ community in this country. It has been difficult, as a queer person in this parliament, to watch anti-trans speakers with neo-Nazi links be...
- Media (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the recent reporting of the arrest of an Australian soldier for alleged crimes in Afghanistan. I'm not rising to speak on the conduct of the soldier or any of the...
- Education Workforce (1 speech)
As the shadow minister for education, I welcome the release of the 'Teacher education expert panel discussion paper'. It's an important part of a wider discussion on how we address the alarming...
- Aldi: Workplace Safety (1 speech)
Fifty-six people have died in truck crashes this year, including 15 truck drivers. Every one of those people was someone's mother, father, son or daughter. There is no job where you are more...
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: Protests (1 speech)
Protest is the language of the marginalised and those ignored by the political establishment. Protest is a tactic used by those who can't buy a political party or the decisions that they want,...
- Government Procurement (1 speech)
'Canberra' is often used as a synonym for the politicians who gather here, but it is so much more than that. This great city is full of smart, forward-thinking people working to make Canberra a...
- Western Australia: Homelessness (1 speech)
Tonight, 9,729 Western Australians will experience homelessness, and one in four of them will be sleeping rough. Despite all of the rhetoric and all of the stifling hubris from the McGowan...
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: Protests (1 speech)
ROBERTS () (): As a servant to the many different people who make up our one amazing Queensland community, I'm a representative for all Australians, including those with an XY chromosome and...
- Hogan, Ms Michelle Andrea (1 speech)
BARBARA POCOCK () (): I rise to remember my friend, union sister and passionate activist Michelle Hogan, who we sadly lost on 8 March. As I speak, the union and women's movements across South...
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: Protests (1 speech)
I spoke earlier this week on the disgraceful scenes we saw outside Victorian parliament on the weekend. Now today outside this parliament there was an extremely small rally against trans people...
- Vedanta Centre in Melbourne (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the Vedanta centre in Melbourne in Ringwood East in the electorate of Deakin. They were recipients of a $100,000 grant through the Community Development...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (30 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Yesterday in question time you stated, 'What is it that Prime Minister Albanese hasn't done to help the Australian...
- Housing (28 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. According to government analysis, by how much have rental rates gone up since the election of the Albanese Labor...
- Gambling Advertising (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Senator Watt. Across the country, state governments are proposing actions to limit gambling because of the harm it...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (8 speeches)
My question is to the Special Minister of State, Senator Farrell. On this historic day can the minister update the Senate about the progress to recognise First Nations Australians in the...
- Tasmania: Housing Australia Future Fund (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, Senator Farrell, and it has no preamble. How many homes will Tasmania get under the Housing Australia Future Fund in the...
- Energy (34 speeches)
My question is to Senator Farrell, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Yesterday during question time, you declared to the Senate: What Prime Minister Albanese says , he does. Mr...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Having previously denied a link between money-printing and inflation, RBA governor Dr Philip Lowe finally admitted...
- International Relations: Australia and India (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Watt. One of the largest Indian diasporas in Australia is in Victoria, and they're extremely interested in Prime...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers To Questions (11 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of all answers given to coalition questions by government ministers today. I move this motion with some reluctance, because I don't think that we could, with any...
- Gambling Advertising (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Watt) to a question without notice I asked today relating to gambling harm....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Excess Deaths (11 speeches)
I move: That the Senate acknowledges that: (a) there has been a concerning number of excess deaths in Australia in 2021 and 2022, as evidenced by recent all-cause provisional mortality data from...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Queensland: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Before I start my remarks, I note the presence of Minister Farrell, who has had a big week thus far this week. It's good to see you here at the end of today's sitting day, Minister Farrell. The...
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (1 speech)
I rise in the same parliament that failed to prevent Australia from going to war 20 years ago, a war based on lies. Right now, the same forces that campaigned for that failed, devastating war in...
- Albanese Government (5 speeches)
The Albanese government has a three-point plan for addressing the inflation challenges in our economy. It's about relief, repair and restraint. It's about responsible cost-of-living relief,...
