Senate debates

Monday, 4 December 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.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents (8 speeches)
    I have previously outlined to the Senate details of the government's claim for public interest immunity over documents related to the NDIS Financial Sustainability Framework. I refer senators to...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; Second Reading (17 speeches)
    As stated earlier by Senator Ruston, the coalition is supporting the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 for what's in it and the harm minimisation scheme, but I want to talk...
  • Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; In Committee (75 speeches)
    Just before we move to Senator Canavan, who has some amendments that he wishes to move, I am keen to get some broader information. I'm just wondering: how does the government model the use of...
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Cost of Living (2 speeches)
    This time of the year is supposed to be a happy time where families come together to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. However, for many Australians, the joy of Christmas has been stripped...
  • Islamophobia (1 speech)
    I rise today to put on the record the alarming rise of Islamophobia in Australia. I know that the cruel and relentless violence still unfolding in Gaza is having significant impacts on our...
  • Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
    I rise today to, sadly, recognise that we've had a fifth woman in South Australia allegedly murdered at the hands of her husband. This is in a matter of 18 days—five women murdered, killed...
  • Order for the Production of Documents: Murray-Darling Basin Plan (1 speech)
    I rise to talk about the issue of transparency and this government's absolute contempt for this chamber. Last Friday afternoon, one day after the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill...
  • Brain Cancer (1 speech)
    Brain cancer day kills more adults under 40 in Australia than any other cancer, and more children than any other disease. While we have seen many great advances in other areas of medical research...
  • Albanese Government (8 speeches)
    Last Thursday, on music band T-shirt day, the Prime Minister chose to wear a T-shirt from Australian band Radio Birdman, perhaps for the uncanny commentary their song titles make on the Prime...
  • Digital ID Bill 2023 (1 speech)
    The government's already been found out in spreading misinformation about its digital ID bill. Last week the minister in this place claimed the bill had nothing to do with digital identity when...
  • Leader of the Opposition (1 speech)
    We know many working families are doing it tough right now. That's why the Albanese government has invested $23 billion in relieving the cost-of-living pressures, including through our Energy...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    () (): It's the final week in the Australian parliament in 2023, just a few weeks from Christmas, and what have we learnt? We've learnt that 2023 is going to be the warmest year on record after...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    I'm sure that some of you in this place think there's no way that you could ever be on Santa's naughty list. But Santa sees through your pompous, self-righteous hypocrisy, especially when it...
  • Cost of Living (2 speeches)
    Hasn't the Prime Minister shown his true colours? In the 16 months leading up to the Voice referendum, Anthony Albanese was able to flit around the world on his Airbus, 'Albanese Airlines', the...
  • Tasmania: Employment (1 speech)
    The Tasmanian government's jobs hubs are the right pathway to implementing a place based approach in a rebuilt Commonwealth employment services system. The deployment services system. The...
  • Supermarkets (1 speech)
    It's time that Coles and Woolworths, the corporate supermarket giants in Australia, were called to account. Millions of Australians are struggling to put food on the table, struggling to afford...
  • Australian Society (1 speech)
    Many public figures like politicians, sportspeople and celebrities feel the need to signal virtue to the hard left lest they be cancelled or taken to task. To me their overtures come across as...
  • Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (2 speeches)
    This morning I joined with Senator Louise Pratt with Arthritis Australia and the Australian Rheumatology Association for the Parliamentary Friends of Arthritis to launch the juvenile idiopathic...
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Member for Dunkley (2 speeches)
    by leave—It is my sad duty to inform the Senate that a short time ago the Prime Minister confirmed the death of our beloved colleague, the member for Dunkley, Peta Murphy. We offer our...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Nuclear Energy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to statements by French President Emmanuel Macron that 'nuclear energy is a source that is...
  • Health Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. There are now 47 Medicare urgent care clinics open across Australia. These clinics are...
  • Immigration Detention (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, how many detainees, including paedophiles, rapists, murderers and a contract killer, have now been released...
  • Climate Change (12 speeches)
    Before I start my question I want to, on behalf of the Greens, convey my deep condolences to all of you for your loss. I'm so sorry to hear of Ms Peta Murphy's passing. My question is to the...
  • Cost of Living: Christmas (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Minister Watt. Minister, now that we are in December it's officially the festive season and families around the country are...
  • Cybersecurity (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. ABC reports in July revealed that hackers were able to exploit loopholes in the government's myGov system and, as of February 2023,...
  • Economy (17 speeches)
    My question to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Should Australians prepare to live with interest rates being higher for longer, as forecast by ANZ CEO Shayne Elliot?
  • Endangered Species (16 speeches)
    WHISH-WILSON () (): My question is to Senator Wong, Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water. Last year your government announced its commitment to a zero extinctions...
  • Trade (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. Since being elected, the Albanese Labor government has been commended for its careful and considered management of...
  • Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator Watt. Last week, we had the extraordinary spectacle of...
  • Housing (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator Watt. Across regional Australia, local communities have...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Nuclear Energy (7 speeches)
    Does any honourable member wish to take note of answers?
  • Cybersecurity (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) to questions without notice I asked today relating to digital identity. If people want a...
  • Endangered Species (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water (Senator Wong) to a question without notice I asked today relating to...
• Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
  • Proposed Works (1 speech)
    In accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Act 1974, I present a proposal for works within the Parliamentary Zone, relating to the Senator Susan Ryan commemorative sculpture and...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    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 following bills, allowing them to be considered...
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Davey, pursuant to notice given on the last day of sitting in relation to the production of documents, I now withdraw general business notice of motion No. 423 standing...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (3 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senators Cox and Faruqi from 4 to 7 December 2023, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
  • Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
    I move: That the following general business orders of the day be considered this week at the time for private senators' bills: No. 12 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Environment and Communications References Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
  • Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Reporting Date (8 speeches)
    I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee on the provisions of the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 and the Nature Repair...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Australian Research Council; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Henderson, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) order for the production of documents no. 371, agreed to by the Senate on 7 November 2023, relating to...
  • Department of Education; Order for the Production of Documents (7 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Henderson, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 10 am on 5 December 2023, a copy of the...
  • Department of Veterans' Affairs; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, by no later than midday on 5 December 2023: (a) the current number of allocated and...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senators Cash and Paterson, I move: That, following the passage of the bill, the following matter be referred to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I move: That— (a) the Senate notes that: (i) order for the production of documents no. 407, agreed by the Senate on 28 November 2023, requiring the Minister representing the Minister for...
  • Department of Social Services; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Liddle, I move: That— There be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, by no later than 10 am on Tuesday, 5 December 2023,...
• Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
  • Social Security (Administration) (Enhanced Income Management Regime — Commonwealth Referrals And Exemptions) Determination 2023, Social Security (Administration) (Enhanced Income Management Regime — State Referrals) Determination 2023; Disallowance (2 speeches)
    I note this disallowance from Senator Rice, and I enjoyed engaging in the Senate committee process when the legislation to transition people off the BasicsCard was before the Senate. We heard...
• Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
  • Middle East (18 speeches)
    The President has received the following letter from Senator McKim today: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today the Australian Greens propose to move "That, in the opinion of...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Nuclear Energy (11 speeches)
    A letter has been received from Senator Cadell: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The need for...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (9 speeches)
    BIRMINGHAM (—) (): by leave—I move: That on Tuesday 5 December 2023: (a) the hours of meeting be 9.30 am to adjournment; (b) the routine of business until 1.30 pm be as follows: (i)...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations Funding Agreements, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Department of the Treasury, Immigration Detention; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I table documents relating to orders for the production of documents concerning the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, the Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations Funding Agreement, Indigenous cultural...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Australia's Disaster Resilience Select Committee, Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Community Affairs References Committee, Cost of Living Select Committee, Economics Legislation Committee, Economics References Committee, Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Education and Employment References Committee, Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Environment and Communications References Committee, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Law Enforcement Joint Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, National Disability Insurance Scheme Joint Committee, Perth Mint and Commonwealth Regulatory Compliance Select Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received a letter requesting changes in the membership of various committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023, Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023, Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) 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.
  • Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023, Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023, Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I table revised explanatory memoranda relating to the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023 and the Fair Work Legislation Amendment...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Report (2 speeches)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 and a related...
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
    As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, One Nation continues to support a fair outcome for all those in the Murray-Darling Basin in Queensland and...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (4 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That on Tuesday, 5 December 2023— (a) the hours of meeting be 9.30 am till adjournment; (b) the routine of business from 9.30 am till 1.30 pm be as follows: (i)...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference (9 speeches)
    I seek leave to finish my remarks. Leave granted. As I was saying, we need to understand the arrangements of the amendments that have been undertaken and the views and considerations of the...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    Pursuant to standing order 77(3), I withdraw the government business notice of motion given earlier today by Senator Gallagher relating to the routine of business for tomorrow, in light of the...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; In Committee (52 speeches)
    The committee is considering the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 and a related bill. The question is that the bill stand as printed.
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Tobacco Products (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to discuss the work the Albanese Labor government is doing to tackle the scourge of tobacco products. Today we've been debating a groundbreaking piece of legislation that will...
  • Middle East (1 speech)
    I rise once again to stress my support for the innocent Israelis illegally being held hostage by Hamas, my sympathy for those who have been brutally killed and my solidarity for the families and...
  • Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee (1 speech)
    Australia is a country that prides itself on being a land of opportunity, fairness and equality. We like to tell the world that everyone here gets a fair go. Yet, right now, over 3.3 million...
  • Defence Procurement: Submarines (1 speech)
    There is no question that we are facing significant shifts in geopolitics, safety and security. It is imperative that we as a nation take proactive measures to safeguard our sovereignty and...