Senate debates

Thursday, 7 September 2023

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee, Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I remind senators that there is a deferred vote this morning, which I intend to put now. The deferred vote to be taken is on the motion moved by the Leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party,...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Ending Poverty in Australia (Antipoverty Commission) Bill 2023; Second Reading (29 speeches)
    The Ending Poverty in Australia (Antipoverty Commission) Bill 2023 is an incredibly important, constructive step towards ending poverty in Australia. If passed, the proposed antipoverty...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Bill 2023; Second Reading (10 speeches)
    I have a great deal of pleasure in talking about the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Bill 2023 because it has critically important aspects, even though some of them...
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Bill 2023; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments have been circulated, but does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I'm delighted to have the opportunity to rise to speak in relation to the Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023. At the outset, we should all remember that...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (18 speeches)
    I present the 10th report of 2023 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave Of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Faruqi for today for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That general business notice of motion No. 320 be considered during general business today. Question agreed to.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Government Appointments; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
    I move: That the order of the Senate of 24 June 2008 for the production of documents relating to departmental and agency appointments and vacancies, as amended on 12 May 2009, be further amended...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements; Appointment (2 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 322 before seeking to have the motion taken as a formal motion. Leave not granted. At the request of the Leader of the Government in...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023; Second Reading (9 speeches)
    I rise to speak to the Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023. The Greens will be supporting this bill. However, there are improvements that we would like to see made...
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Health Care: Genetic Testing (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about genetic discrimination, an issue that has potentially dire consequences for Australians impacted by hereditary diseases. In its current form, the Commonwealth...
  • Threatened Species Day (1 speech)
    Today is Threatened Species Day, a day to remember that we live on the most incredible continent, a megadiverse country with unique flora and fauna—that is not doing well. We are a world...
  • Brindley, Mr Fraser Charles (3 speeches)
    I want to pay tribute to my dear friend and adviser Fraser Brindley, who died on 9 August, exactly one month before his 50th birthday. Fraser was one of a kind, an immense intellect combined with...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    The Leader of the Opposition should stop being sneaky when he talks about Qantas and Alan Joyce. It's really incredible how deceptive the opposition leader is. On the one hand he's lobbying on...
  • Aviation Industry (1 speech)
    When I was asked by the media on Monday what I thought about the government knocking back Qatar Airways' request for more flights in Australia, I said I wasn't sure. I said that I was worried...
  • Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
    I've previously participated in the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program, which offers members of parliament the opportunity to visit Australian Defence Force units. We reciprocate each...
  • Melville Island: MV-22B Osprey Crash (1 speech)
    On 27 August an Osprey helicopter crashed on Melville Island during military training, Exercise Predators Run. Twenty-three US Marines were onboard when it crashed, and three US Marines lost...
  • BAE Systems (1 speech)
    Last week, on behalf of the Greens, I referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission the $45 billion procurement of Hunter class frigates from the United Kingdom arms dealer BAE Systems. Let...
  • Goyder, Mr Richard (1 speech)
    There have been some stinging contributions in the Financial Review over the last week exposing Qantas chairman Richard Goyder for his involvement in Qantas's woeful performance and overall poor...
  • Special Purpose Flights (1 speech)
    I rise to raise my profound concerns about the use of special purpose aircraft by the Deputy Prime Minister and member for Corio. Mr Marles needs to come clean. As each day passes, this...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, I asked the question: Can you feel the winds of change? Leading climate alarmists are deserting their ship. UN...
  • Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
    The Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program exchange is an excellent initiative with profound benefits in broadening the horizons of both Defence Force members and parliamentarians. The...
  • Coxhead, Mr Ian and Mrs Liz (3 speeches)
    This weekend, members of my party, the National Party of Australia's New South Wales branch, will be coming from all corners down to Canberra for the federal conference of the National Party.
  • South Australia: Women's Reproductive Health (2 speeches)
    Bringing a healthy baby into our world is a life-changing, miraculous experience, but, as anyone who's done it or held the hand of someone who's done it knows, it can be bloody tough too. The...
• Statement by the President (0 speeches)
  • Questions Without Notice (1 speech)
    Towards the end of question time on Tuesday I called Senator Henderson to order. I remind senators that Senate question time on Tuesday was particularly disorderly. This is evidenced on the...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Aviation Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister and the Minister the Foreign Affairs, Senator Farrell. Does the Albanese government believe there are specific risks to the safety...
  • Trade with China (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. Last month the Australian government announced that China would remove the 80.5% anti-dumping and countervailing duties on...
  • Workplace Relations (46 speeches)
    ator CASH (—) (): My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. In an interview this week with Andrew Clennell on Sky News, when asked...
  • Defence Procurement: Submarines (28 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. With opposition growing in the US Congress to passing any legislation that allows Australia even one Virginia-class nuclear...
  • Aviation Industry (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator Watt. I refer to the Albanese Labor government's...
  • Tertiary Education (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Watt. Mandatory unpaid student placements are placing severe financial stress on students. We are seeing to...
  • Aviation Industry (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. In defending the government's policy of protecting a certain carrier and slugging travellers with high-cost airfares,...
  • Health Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Gallagher. Minister, are you aware of the status of the WHO's article 59 International Health Regulations amendments...
  • Health Care: Urgent Care Clinics (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Gallagher. Can the minister provide an update on how the Albanese government is delivering on its...
• Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
  • Native Title (1 speech)
    In question time yesterday, Minister Gallagher took elements of a question asked by Senator Hanson on notice. I have written to Senator Hanson to provide a complete answer, because the matters...
• Statements (0 speeches)
  • Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: First Anniversary (2 speeches)
    Senators, I acknowledge that 8 September marks the first anniversary of the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. With concurrence of the Senate, I invite senators who wish to do so to...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements; Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received letters nominating senators to be members of a committee.
  • Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements; Appointment (47 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion relating to the Select Committee on Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice, I move: That so much of the...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Answers to Questions (5 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by opposition senators today. Eighteen months ago, on this side of the chamber, we told the...
  • Defence Procurement: Submarines (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Special Minister of State (Senator Farrell) to a question without notice I asked today relating to the Virginia class submarines....
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration By Estimates Committees (1 speech)
    On behalf of the respective chairs, I present additional information received by legislation committees, relating to estimates: Budget estimates 2022-23 (October and November)— Environment...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Human Rights Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present Human rights scrutiny report No. 9 of 2023.
  • Treaties Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the 211th report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties.
  • Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements; Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received a letter nominating a senator to be a member of Select Committee on Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This is the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency quarterly report for the period of 1 January to 31 March 2023, and it's an...
  • Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (3 speeches)
    This is the account takeover warrants report for 2022-23 under the Crimes Act 1914. Cast your mind back to December 2020. Minister Dutton was sitting in Home Affairs and running a scare campaign...
• Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
  • Report No. 1 of 2023-24 (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on Auditor-General's report No. 1 of 2023-24, Governance of the Northern Land Council. This audit is part of a series on the Northern Territory's land councils and is the...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Treaties Joint Committee; Report (5 speeches)
    I wanted to make some comments in relation to the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Government Response to Report (5 speeches)
    by leave—I rise to take note of the government response to the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade entitled Inquiry into international armed...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator White, I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 322 standing in her name.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Aviation Industry (17 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate expresses its concern at the Albanese Labor Government's rank hypocrisy when it comes to its promises of being a more accountable and transparent government, as...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
    I rise to make some comments this evening in relation to a very disturbing article that appeared in the Australian today, 7 September 2023, in which there was debate as to whether or not a...
  • Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023, Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2023 (1 speech)
    enator ROBERTS () (): As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, I draw the Senate's attention to the New South Wales parliament, where independent MP...
  • Jones, Mr Jeremy, AM (1 speech)
    Filip Muller, a sonderkommando in Auschwitz whose enslavement task was to carry the bodies of murdered men, women and children from the gas chambers to the crematoria, bore witness to one of the...