Senate debates
Monday, 4 September 2023
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Senate Procedure (1 speech)
Senators, on the last sitting day I mentioned a precedent for a senator moving a motion with the intention of voting against it. The Clerk recalled the precedent as being from 1991; in fact, the...
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Temporary Chairs of Committees (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 12, I lay on the table a warrant nominating Senator Grogan as an additional temporary chair of committees.
- 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)
- Artsakh (1 speech)
Artsakh has been under attack and under a blockade by Azerbaijan for over 250 days now. There are 120,000 Armenians trapped there, often without access to electricity or medical and food...
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
Last week was a momentous occasion across Australia when we saw the Prime Minister announce the date for the referendum. This referendum to recognise Australia's First Nations people in our...
- Australian Society (1 speech)
Buzzwords are a safe haven for the left's weak of mind. You know the words I'm talking about—words like 'microaggressions' and 'social constructs'. If I hear another person use the term...
- International Relations (1 speech)
I've spoken many times in this chamber and I'm privileged to be the Chair of the Parliamentary Friendship Group of Lithuania. In that capacity I've engaged with Lithuania's ambassador to...
- Environment (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people that make up our Queensland community, three weeks ago I travelled the Atherton Tablelands, known locally as the Garden of Eden. The area is amongst the...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
The Prime Minister is out of touch. Since the Prime Minister announced the referendum date last Wednesday, he has toured around Australia desperately trying to sell his divisive Canberra Voice....
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
I rise to promote the importance of voting in support of the Voice on 14 October. It is essential for our nation to come together, and I'm very proud to be part of a government that wants to...
- Tasmania: Environment (1 speech)
I'd like to do a quick shoutout in the Australian Senate for all those peaceful protesters who are heading to Tarkine's ancient rainforests this week. They're heading to the rainforest this week...
- Government and Society (1 speech)
I've got a confession to make. Listen up. I'm a country music fan, that's what I am, and I have been for a long time. How about that? I know it might come as a shock to some people watching at...
- Western Australia: Regional Communities (1 speech)
I had the privilege this last week of attending two regional shows in Western Australia. Probably the biggest regional show in WA, the Dowerin Field Days, took place this month. There was a...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
A cup of tea made exactly the way you like it, your favourite song playing in the background and a friendly face singing along with you: these little things make all the difference to residents...
- Education: Funding (1 speech)
NAPLAN results have been another stark reminder of the destruction of our public education system. Everyone is looking for a teacher, student or pedagogy to blame to explain why student...
- Taxation (1 speech)
I rise today to speak to the issue of transfer pricing in Australia, in particular transfer pricing of profits sent offshore. I thought I'd go through a bunch of companies that I don't...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
It can't come soon enough: that was the message from Central Queensland coalminers Simon and Ron. Over three years, Simon and Ron have been standing side by side in calling for urgent action on...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
Before we go to question time, I will draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the gallery of the 2023 Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program exchange participants. I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aviation Industry (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Yesterday the Queensland Labor government's Acting Premier stated that, if the decision to approve or reject Qatar...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. I was pleased to see last week in Adelaide the Prime Minister announce that a referendum on a Voice to Parliament...
- Aviation Industry (16 speeches)
My question is of the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. In just seven weeks, the government ministers have given seven different excuses for Minister King's decision to stop...
- Live Animal Exports (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Watt. Minister, heartbreaking footage on ABC 7.30 shows exported sheep collapsed from exhaustion and cowering in...
- Cost of Living (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. The cost of living is continuing to hit many Australians hard, despite moderating inflation. People are often raising...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Senator Watt. Why is the ABC receiving funds from potential agents of foreign influence for its fact-checking...
- Aviation Industry (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism. Will airfares to and from Australia be higher or lower as a result of the government's decision to block Qatar Airways' applications for 28...
- Human Rights: Tibet (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, about Tibet. Decisions regarding the selection, education and veneration of Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders are exclusively spiritual...
- Vocational Education and Training (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Skills and Training, Senator Watt. This week, we celebrate National TAFE Day, a time to highlight the achievements of our public TAFE...
- Special Purpose Flights (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, how are the media, the public or the parliament meant to hold ministers to account for travel via special...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (6 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked today. I want to start by talking about the competitiveness of our aviation sector. What...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
I rise to take note of the answers the government gave today in relation to foreign influence of the RMIT-ABC Fact Check partnership. As anybody who has been put in Facebook jail knows, the...
- Live Animal Exports, Human Rights: Tibet (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Watt) and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Wong) to questions...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators for today: (a) Senator Cadell, for personal reasons; and (b) Senators Reynolds and Fawcett, on account of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Aviation Industry (17 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator McKenzie: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: In the midst...
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (12 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter, dated 4 September 2023 from Senator McKim. That the government has already approved five new coal projects this year...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 4 of 2023-24 (1 speech)
(): In respect of Auditor-General's report No. 4 of 2023-24, Performance audit: accuracy and timeliness of welfare payments, I move: That the Senate take note of the document. The...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Green, I present the report of the committee in respect of the 2023-24 budget estimates, together...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Export Control Amendment (Streamlining Administrative Processes) Bill 2022; Second Reading (2 speeches)
As I was saying before debate was suspended, it is pleasing to see that the Labor government have finally brought in a bill and measures that will actually have positive outcomes for our...
- Export Control Amendment (Streamlining Administrative Processes) Bill 2022; In Committee (1 speech)
The question is that the bill stand as printed. Question agreed to. Bill agreed to. Bill reported without amendments; report adopted.
- Export Control Amendment (Streamlining Administrative Processes) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023. The coalition will be supporting this legislation. This legislation implements...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023; In Committee (3 speeches)
As I flagged in my contribution in the second reading debate, I would like to move the amendments that have been circulated in my name in regard to continuous disclosure obligations. I seek leave...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the bill be read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (3 speeches)
The opposition welcomes the opportunity to put its views on the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023. The...
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023; 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.
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Controlled Trials and Other Measures) Bill 2022; Second Reading (3 speeches)
We are going quickly through some big business this evening. I'm happy to step up and assist the chamber by speaking to the Customs Legislation Amendment (Controlled Trials and Other Measures)...
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Controlled Trials and Other Measures) Bill 2022; In Committee (5 speeches)
The question is that the bill stand as printed, but I understand that Senator Jordon Steele-John has an amendment.
- Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023, Financial Accountability Regime (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 and the Financial Accountability Regime (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023. These bills establish the Financial Accountability...
- Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023, Financial Accountability Regime (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023; In Committee (4 speeches)
I am seeking the call to move my amendments, but, before I do that, I'll say: I am not sure who wrote that rubbish for you, Senator Watt, but I have rarely heard such an insipid excuse for such a...
- Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise on behalf of the coalition this evening to make a contribution on the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022. This bill...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Larmenier Catholic School (1 speech)
I rise this evening to talk about a wonderful school in my home city of Launceston. Last Friday 1 September, I had the immense pleasure of visiting Larmenier Catholic School at St Leonards in...
- Defence (1 speech)
( The DSR—that is, the Defence Strategic Review—highlights the importance of Australian's northern bases. Our bases in the Northern Territory and in the north-west of Australia in...
