Senate debates
Wednesday, 14 June 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)
- Workplace Relations: Transport Industry, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (1 speech)
It saddens me, as someone who worked in the transport and exporting industries before coming to this place, that we see fuelled by the gig economy a race to the bottom and a deplorable lack of...
- Holocaust Remembrance Day (1 speech)
Every year on the 27th of the Jewish month of Nisan, Jews and non-Jews around the world observe Holocaust Remembrance Day, or, as it's known in Israel, Yom HaShoah. This year it was commemorated...
- Environment (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the important issue of Australia's environment laws. The laws of this country currently allow for the approval of big new fossil fuel projects—coalmines, gas wells...
- Ward, Mr John Desmond, OAM, Noonan, Mr David (4 speeches)
I rise to pay my respects to the late John Ward OAM. John will be remembered as a rare individual and a thoroughly decent person. He was one of few who truly deserve the moniker of 'pillar of the...
- Health: Smoking (4 speeches)
I'm going to let Senator Sheldon's slight slip by—
- First Nations Australians: Public Sector Governance (1 speech)
I have already spoken about the management of the National Indigenous Australians Agency this week. I often ask myself: how do these Aboriginal bodies operate in greater secrecy than our national...
- Workplace Relations: Maritime Industry (1 speech)
Yesterday the International Transport Workers Federation, the ITF, launched its Nowhere to Hide campaign. They're announcing it in the parliament today, but they actually kicked it off in the...
- Environment (1 speech)
I'd like to talk about a very concerning pattern which is emerging around the Albanese government's approach to environmental laws and what it means for our nation's environment and, importantly,...
- Albanese Government: First Nations Australians (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the difference between voices and actions. Actions speak louder than any voice. The Albanese Labor government has been in power now for over a year, and there is so much...
- Nuclear Weapons (1 speech)
Today is 28,457 days since the detonation of the world's first nuclear weapon in a New Mexico desert. Since that day there have been no less than 2,058 detonations, as part of either testing or...
- Pharmaceutical Industry (1 speech)
There are many Australians out there who think that many people in this place spend too much time using politics as a weapon against the other party. But deep down, most of us in this place want...
- Albanese Government (2 speeches)
What a terrific opportunity this is. I was just wondering, when listening to Senator Lambie, whether she was inviting the minister to put his big-boy pants on before pulling the wool over her and...
- Western Sydney City Deal (1 speech)
PAYNE () (): In estimates we canvassed infrastructure investment in Western Sydney. Our government knew the importance of working with local councils at the epicentre of Australia's growth on...
- Childs, Mr Bruce Kenneth (1 speech)
I'd like to make a contribution today on the life of the late Bruce Childs. I wasn't in this place, believe it or not, when he served here. Why I'm speaking about this, on somebody who served the...
- Pakistan (1 speech)
Pakistan is experiencing some of the most intense political, economic and climate turmoil it has seen in decades. The nation is caught in a debt spiral and the economy is in a nosedive. Pakistan...
- Organic Industry (1 speech)
or DAVEY (—Deputy Leader of the Nationals and Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (): I rise today to highlight the power and potential of Australia's organic industry, which...
- Jobs and Skills Councils (1 speech)
I'm very proud to say that I saw an announcement today from Brendan O'Connor, the Minister for Skills and Training, that the Albanese Labor government has delivered three more Jobs and Skills...
- One Nation (1 speech)
In the months ahead One Nation will explain our vision for this beautiful country of ours. We will explain what we mean when we talk of one Queensland community and one nation with one flag that...
- Pride Month (1 speech)
What does it say about us as a society when we commemorate our Anzacs on a single day and yet we get a whole month for pride? What is Pride Month? In case you've been living under a rock, haven't...
- Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure of representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry at the 2023 Victorian vegetable innovation field days in Catani, Victoria. 'What exactly is a...
- Barunga Festival (1 speech)
I had the honour of attending the Barunga Festival on the weekend and being the only non-government parliamentarian to make the trek to the regional Northern Territory town, 83 kilometres outside...
- Tasmania: Economy (1 speech)
Whenever someone says to me that the economy is doing well, my questions are always 'For who?' and 'Are we talking about the money economy or the social economy?' Economists and the Tasmanian...
- Justice Reinvestment (1 speech)
tor THORPE () (): I rise to speak about the government's commitment to justice reinvestment. Around $6 billion of federal funding is spent every year on prisons and police, on a violent, harmful...
- Schools (1 speech)
On election night, the Prime Minister said: I want Australia to continue to be a country that no matter where you live, who you worship, who you love or what your last name is, that places no...
- Maugean Skate (2 speeches)
I want to stand up in the federal parliament today and introduce to my fellow senators the ancient endangered Maugean skate. Dubbed by the scientists who discovered it in Tasmania nearly 40 years...
- Cybercrime (2 speeches)
I rise today to share with you a terrifying message received by a 14-year-old Adelaide boy recently. Imagine, as a child, parent or grandparent, receiving this message: Hey this is the end of...
- Human Rights: Pakistan (1 speech)
Recently, I have been contacted by my constituents about concerns they hold for the people of Pakistan, and so I would like to take this opportunity to raise their concerns in this place. I've...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Standards (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. Minister, yesterday in your statement to the Senate you addressed the issue of your role in the Commonwealth settlement. You said:...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Can the minister outline how the Albanese government's second budget addresses the cost-of-living pressures facing...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (26 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. Yesterday, in answer to a question from Senator Birmingham, the minister said that in the week prior to 15 February the minister...
- Maugean Skates (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong representing the environment minister. My question is about to government's zero extinctions pledge. Two weeks ago in Senate estimates, Dr Helene Marsh, the Chair...
- Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. People on low and modest wages have the least capacity to deal with the rising cost...
- Indigenous Organisations (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Gallagher. I refer to a report in the Australian Financial Review on 6 February 2023 which highlighted...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (30 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. Minister, on 7 June 2023, in an interview on ABC RN Breakfast, journalist Hamish Macdonald put the following statement to you:...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (38 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Attorney-General. I have repeatedly asked the government to provide the legal advice they received around the impacts of the Voice to Parliament...
- Housing (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Housing and the Minister for Homelessness, Senator Farrell. Following a decade of inaction and delay by the former coalition...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (12 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Wong. Minister, aside from the briefings provided by former Senate President Ryan, were you aware of any other aspects of...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (38 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked today. I find this government very intriguing, as they seem unable to be able to look in the...
- Maugean Skates (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Wong) to a question without notice asked by Senator Whish-Wilson today relating to maugean...
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management (Senator Watt) to a question without notice I...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senator Ciccone for 13 and 14 June 2023, for personal reasons; and (b) Senator Green from 14 to 16 June...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Staley, the Hon. Anthony Allan (Tony), AO (7 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 3 May 2023 of the Hon. Anthony Alan (Tony) Stanley AO, a former minister and member of the House of Representatives for the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That the following matter be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting day in 2024: Australia's...
- Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by the first sitting Thursday in March 2024: Equitable access to diagnosis and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Economy; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
ASKEW (—) (): 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, 15 June 2023: (a) a...
- Fisheries Industry, Macquarie Island Marine Park; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I ask that general business notices of motion 237 and 238 be taken as formal. Leave granted. I move: GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 237 That there be laid on the table by the Minister...
- Forestry Industry; Order for the Production of Documents (4 speeches)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, by no later than midday on Wednesday, 21 June 2023: (a) a list of the dates of formal meetings and...
- Infrastructure; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, by no later than Thursday, 22 June...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (5 speeches)
I seek leave to amend government business notice of motion No. 1, relating the hours of meeting and routine of business. Leave granted. I move motion as amended: That to facilitate consideration...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living: Students (9 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter from Senator McKim: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today the Australian Greens propose to move "That,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Labor Government (7 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Scarr: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: Labor's broken...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme) Bill 2023, Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Bill 2023; 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.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme) Bill 2023, Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Bill 2023; 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 speech es read as follow s HEALTH INSURANCE...
- Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023, Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023; 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.
- Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023, Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023; 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— TRADE SUPPORT...
- Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2023; Report from Committee (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Green, I present the committee's report on the Crimes and Other...
- Family Law Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023; Report from Committee (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Green, I present the committee's report on Family Law Amendment...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Members of Parliament: Conduct (2 speeches)
President, earlier today I made some comments in relation to another senator. The Deputy President referred the matter to you, and you requested me to withdraw those remarks. In order to comply...
- Bills (0 speeches)
