Senate debates

Wednesday, 6 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.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Bill 2022; Second Reading (6 speeches)
    by leave—I withdraw the amendment moved by Senator Dodson.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (11 speeches)
    I move: That on Wednesday, 6 December 2023— (a) the hours of meeting be 9 am till adjournment; (b) subject to paragraph (c), bills be considered under limitations of debate under standing...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Repudiation) Bill 2023; Second Reading (28 speeches)
    In the very short time I've got available to me, I will just recap what we've seen from this government—the chaos, the dysfunction, the complete inability to act decisively on these issues,...
  • Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Repudiation) Bill 2023; In Committee (25 speeches)
    We've obviously now moved into the committee stage of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Repudiation) Bill 2023. I want to respond to a number of points that have been made to date...
  • Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Repudiation) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
  • Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    Pursuant to the order agreed to earlier today, the time allotted for the second reading of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill has...
  • Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023; In Committee (6 speeches)
    Obviously, we're now debating the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023. We've been unable to have the second reading stage. We are in...
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Education (1 speech)
    Last night, the 2022 OECD Program for International Student Assessment results was released. Australia's results were relatively stable in reading, science and mathematics, but, as Lisa De...
  • Women in Sport (1 speech)
    In 2023, women's sport took Australia by storm. The Matildas made history, leaving all of Australia on the edge of our seats. Their clash against England became Australia's most watched TV...
  • Schools (1 speech)
    Senator O'Sullivan is correct in saying that the PISA results were handed down last night, but I think he has misinterpreted what they mean. What they tell us is that the Australian school system...
  • First Nations Australians (1 speech)
    This morning I had the privilege of sitting with a child sexual abuse and child and family counsellor who has dedicated her life to working with some of the most vulnerable and hurt people in our...
  • Western Australia: Planning and Development Legislation (1 speech)
    It gives me great pleasure, in these two minutes I have, to share with the Senate a magnificent achievement of the Cook Labor government in Western Australia. They've introduced what they call...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    The National Disability Insurance Scheme is in trouble. When it was established, Australians were told it would support 'reasonable and necessary' assistance to people living with a disability....
  • Parliament (1 speech)
    Over the past fortnight, I've had the privilege of hosting a young university student as an intern in my office. It was an opportunity for me to provide insights into the intricacies of...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    Last week, the Liberal National Party members, who supposedly represent regional Queensland, voted against the Albanese Labor government's closing the loopholes bill in the House of...
  • Waste Management and Recycling: Soft Plastics (2 speeches)
    Governments must play a critical role in breaking our plastic addiction and reducing plastic pollution. Christmas is a time when the amount of waste Australia produces increases by 30 per cent. I...
  • Local Government (1 speech)
    The left-leaning Yarra Council has introduced a new flag policy—a policy that has Marxism written all over it. This new policy will see 20 minority flags, including nine different 'LGBTQI...
  • Murphy, Ms Peta Jan (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on the incredible legacy of Peta Murphy, for whom we've heard moving condolences in the other place today. The impact that Peta's passing has had on the parliament, her...
  • Carers (1 speech)
    How much does it cost to care? The truth is that it isn't costing us enough. My office in Launceston is located in a working-class area. I've noticed it's a carers hub. I'm smack bang between a...
  • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Bill 2022, First Nations Australians (1 speech)
    This morning we saw the Australian government vote down the rights of Indigenous people in this country. Yes, the Labor Party voted down our right to determine our own destiny. They voted down...
  • South Australia: Climate Change (1 speech)
    This week, South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer, Professor Nicola Spurrier, proclaimed that SA was in a state of 'permacrisis'. How frightening! Coincidentally, I recently suggested some...
  • International Volunteer Day (2 speeches)
    Yesterday, 5 December, marked International Volunteer Day. This important day recognises and celebrates the efforts and dedication of volunteers across the globe, including the millions of...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Immigration Detention (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. In an extraordinary press conference today, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Ministers Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles...
  • Health Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. Before the 2022 general election, Labor committed to opening 50 Medicare urgent care clinics...
  • Immigration Detention (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. A front-page report in today's Adelaide Advertiser headlined 'Crime pays for released asylum seekers: Albo's free...
  • Assange, Mr Julian Paul (33 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Well, I will put it to the Minister for Foreign Affairs then. The recent UK court decision...
  • Housing (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Senator Farrell. After a decade of delay and dithering on housing, the Albanese government has...
  • Indigenous Organisations (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Gallagher. I have previously asked questions and written to the Prime Minister and to Ministers Burney...
  • National Security (43 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, this week we learnt that a detainee that your government released into the community had been charged with...
  • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (31 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Attorney-General, Minister Watt. This morning, your government voted down my private senator's bill to establish a legislative pathway to...
  • National Cabinet (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Today in Canberra, National Cabinet met and made important progress on key reforms. Can the Minister outline to the...
  • Economy (12 speeches)
    My question—
• Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
  • Question Nos 2333 and 2336 (2 speeches)
    Pursuant to standing order 74(5), I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Defence for an explanation of why answers have not been provided to questions on notice Nos 2333 and 2336 asked...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Question Nos 2333 and 2336; Order for the Production of Documents (4 speeches)
    LAMBIE () (): I move: That there be laid on the table by no later than midday on 7 December 2023 the answers to questions on notice Nos 2333 and 2336. You guys have had this since August, and...
  • Australian Army: Jervis Bay Incident; Order for the Production of Documents (7 speeches)
    Pursuant to standing order 164 and, by coincidence, genuinely by coincidence, with the previous motion, I seek an explanation from the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Answers To Questions (13 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked today. Well, it is almost four o'clock. We're actually about an hour past question time and,...
  • Indigenous Organisations (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) to questions without notice asked by Senator Hanson today relating to Indigenous...
  • Assange, Mr Julian Paul (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 Shoebridge today relating to Mr Julian...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal; Withdrawal (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator Cash, I withdraw general business notice No. 429.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (3 speeches)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senator Brown for 5 and 6 December 2023, on account of ministerial business; (b) Senator McAllister for 7...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 June 2024: Supporting the development of sovereign...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Attorney-General's Department; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Cash, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than midday on 7 December 2023, a copy of the final report...
  • Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, by no later than 5 pm on 6 February 2024, the following documents: (a) all correspondence between...
  • Department of Defence; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, by no later than 1 pm on 7 December 2023, the following: (a) a detailed summary of how much money...
  • Snowy Hydro 2.0; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 434 standing in my name relating to an order for the production of documents. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That there...
  • Department Of Finance, Department Of Health and Aged Care; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 435 standing in my name relating to an order for the production of documents. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That there...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Fawcett, I ask that general business notice of motion 437 be withdrawn.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Telecommunications; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Dean Smith, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on 20 December 2023, in relation to the Pareto...
  • Department of Defence; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    Before asking that it be taken as a formal motion, I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 439 relating to a reference to an order for the production of documents. Leave...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Select Committee on Supermarket Prices; Appointment (4 speeches)
    I move: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Supermarket Prices, be established to inquire into and report on the price setting practices and market power of major...
  • Select Committee on the Transparency of Political Processes; Appointment (2 speeches)
    I move: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the Transparency of Political Processes, be established to inquire into and report on the appropriateness of the...
• Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
  • Proposed Works (1 speech)
    I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the Senate approves the proposal by the National Capital Authority for capital works within the Parliamentary Zone, relating...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference (2 speeches)
    At the request of Senator Cash, I move: That the following matter be referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 6 May 2024: The Commonwealth...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Services Australia; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services, by no later than 1 pm on 7 December 2023, the following: (a) the full closure report...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference (3 speeches)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Colbeck, move: That, noting that as the National Electricity Grid is rapidly transitioning to more dispersed methods of generation, transmission and storage, and...
  • Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of Senator Walsh, I present the statement of the Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security on its review of the 2023 relisting of two organisations as terrorist organisations...
• Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
  • Albanese Government (40 speeches)
    The President has received the following letter from Senator Hanson: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move "That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following...
  • Housing (12 speeches)
    The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator David Pocock, which has also been circulated and is shown on the Dynamic Red. Is consideration of the proposal supported? More than the...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Department of Defence; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I seek leave to vary the order for the production of documents agreed to early today relating to the OneDefence Data Program so that the documents will be due on the 11th rather than on the 7th....
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023; In Committee (5 speeches)
    The committee is considering the amendments on sheet 2307 moved by Senator Roberts. The question is that the amendments be agreed to.
  • Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Identity Verification Services Bill 2023, Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023; Second Reading (13 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and the Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023. This legislation came forward in strange circumstances...
  • Identity Verification Services Bill 2023, Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bills be agreed to and the bills be now passed.
  • Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    I will now put the questions on the remaining stages of the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023.
  • Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. Senate adjourned at 19:38