Senate debates
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
- 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)
- Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce (6 speeches)
I table the 2023 annual report of the implementation of the recommendations from the Set the standard report. Today on the second anniversary of the adoption of the Set the standard report, I...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (20 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to general business notice of motion No. 451, as circulated. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice standing in the name of Senator Waters, I...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Defence Capability Assurance and Oversight Bill 2023; Second Reading (8 speeches)
I will continue my contribution on the Defence Capability Assurance and Oversight Bill 2023. As I began with my short contribution at the end of last year, I want to put on record my support for...
- Defence Capability Assurance and Oversight Bill 2023; In Committee (7 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (7) on sheet 2289 together: (1) Title, page 1, (lines 2 to 4), omit ", the Inspector-General of Defence Capability Assurance and the Parliamentary Joint...
- Defence Capability Assurance and Oversight Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023; Second Reading (16 speeches)
Ladies and gentlemen and businesses across Australia, here we go again. Welcome to 2024. The Albanese government, just as it did in 2022 and again in 2023, now, at the very beginning of 2024, is...
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- O'Donoghue, Dr Lowitja, AC, CBE, DSG (1 speech)
I rise to inform the Senate of the passing this week of an incredible Australian and wonderful leader for First Nations people, Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue. Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue was born in 1932. She...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
I rise to speak in this place for the first time in 2024. I would like to begin by acknowledging the incredible amount of nonsense, gymnastics and shallow political stunts the Albanese government...
- Human Rights (1 speech)
Today I'm wearing a jacket today that was gifted to me by Shakila, an Afghan Hazara refugee. Shakila joined her husband, Juma, in Australia mid last year. Thank you, Shakila. The jacket is...
- Queensland: Floods (1 speech)
Everybody knows how proud regional Queenslanders are and the incredible sense of community they hold. That sense of community has never been more apparent than it was on 13 December, when Far...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Yesterday 50 regional communities from across Australia gathered on the lawns of parliament to peacefully protest the haphazard manner in which the Labor government are conducting their renewable...
- Tasmania: Medicare (1 speech)
If you're an adult with no concession card and you're looking for a bulk-billing doctor in Northern Tasmania, how many options do you reckon there are? None. Bulk-billing isn't supposed to be for...
- Taxation (1 speech)
I think it's important to know—because of the scaremongering which has already started on that side of the chamber in relation to the announcement of the Albanese Labor government's tax cut...
- Ukraine (1 speech)
Make no mistake: the world is witnessing two wars at the moment. We are in the shadow of conflict. While the war in Israel and Gaza is dominating the headlines, we cannot forget the ongoing...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about the climate crisis. We are witnessing its consequences around the world and in our own country, and there is no good news when we look at the tipping points that...
- Health Care, Australian Centre for Disease Control (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about the Australian Centre for Disease Control. This is an exciting development for Australia, and I really welcome the government's commitment to establishing the...
- Skin Cancer (2 speeches)
During the break, I went and had some skin cancers removed—a normal process that you go through. There are many big issues we deal with, and some we don't know. I went and saw a...
- Channel Museum (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure to present our national flag to the Channel Museum, based in Margate, Tasmania. This museum keeps the memories of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel area alive. I was...
- Taxation (1 speech)
We know that hardworking Australians are feeling the pinch. It's clear that every single taxpayer deserves a tax cut, so that's exactly what we're doing. Under our plan, 87 per cent of...
- Middle East (1 speech)
Israel's invasion of Gaza is catastrophic, with over 27,000 deaths in 123 days of war, many of them women and children, who too often bear the brunt of war. The women, girls and people who...
- Australia Day (1 speech)
Along with most Australians, I celebrate Australia Day because it's a day to reflect on our wonderful country, which we are all truly blessed to be in. Sadly, because of the Left, this day is...
- Tyler, Ms Lorraine Elizabeth, OAM (1 speech)
Today I want to put on the record the remarkable legacy of my friend Lorraine Tyler. Lorraine left us on 12 January this year. She passed away at the end of what has been a long and difficult...
- Energy (1 speech)
The World Economic Forum warned Australians, 'You will own nothing and be happy.' What they didn't say was that they'd use your smart meter to turn off your air conditioning and cut your lights...
- Taxation (6 speeches)
We know that the Prime Minister likes to speak out of both sides of his mouth. He loves an each-way bet, fighting Tories and playing political games. On over a hundred occasions, the Prime...
- Medicare (1 speech)
Going to the GP should be free. Medicare should cover your brain and your teeth. As I reflected on the 40th anniversary of the existence of Medicare, I couldn't help but reflect on the way in...
- Taxation (1 speech)
This Labor government is telling anyone who will listen—anyone at all—that it's going to legislate a tax cut for everybody. But what they didn't tell you is that they broke a promise...
- Prime Minister (5 speeches)
I want to tell a story about a bloke who's a blatant and unapologetic—I can't say the word, but it rhymes with 'fire' and begins with the letter 'l'. This someone is a purveyor of untruths.
- Fibromyalgia (1 speech)
Almost one million Australians, including many people close to me, are affected by fibromyalgia, and yet it's still a misunderstood condition. It affects people of all ages—mostly women but...
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1 speech)
This country signed on to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1948, in the aftermath of the Holocaust. According to the convention, we have the duty to do...
- Business Investment (1 speech)
In the government for vested interests, there are many skewed priorities. One of the most skewed priorities in recent months has been the government's decision to review the professional investor...
- Queensland: Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
Recent weeks have been incredibly tough for many Queenslanders, following ex-tropical cyclones Jasper and Kirrily in the far north, the severe storms that lashed parts of Logan and the Gold Coast...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Minister Wong. The Prime Minister said last night: I was pretty up-front in December. I said we were looking at ways for...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Bushby, Mr David (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge that former Senator David Bushby is in the chamber. I'm not sure what he thinks of the standard of question time. Hopefully, it will improve. Welcome.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Women's Economic Security (10 speeches)
It will improve right now. My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Can the minister please inform the Senate how the Albanese government is helping to combat...
- Taxation (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, can you inform the Senate of how much extra in taxes Australians will pay over the next 10 years because...
- Gas Industry (8 speeches)
I rise to ask a question of the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, Minister Farrell. The government is currently developing its future gas strategy, which is using the gas...
- Taxation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. All Australian taxpayers will get a tax cut under the Albanese Labor government's tax cut plan. That's all 13.6 million taxpayers, not...
- Climate Change: Agriculture (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Wong. Minister, what percentage of Australian greenhouse gas emissions result from agriculture in...
- Motor Vehicles (26 speeches)
(): My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. The Australian Automotive Dealers Association has...
- Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (18 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Attorney-General, Minister Watt. We are in a black deaths in custody crisis, with 558 deaths since the 19991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal...
- Taxation (8 speeches)
My question is to Minister Watt, representing the Minister for Early Childhood Education. We know that hardworking Australians are doing it tough and the cost of living is putting pressure on...
- Ukraine (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Wong. Thirty thousand Ukrainians are killed or wounded every month in the counteroffensive against the Russian...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by coalition senators today. Obviously, I want to come to this issue of the Taipan helicopters....
- Climate Change: Agriculture (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Wong) to questions without notice I asked today. When the World Economic Forum launched their...
- Gas Industry (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) to a question without notice I asked today. I asked the minister about the future gas...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Lightfoot, Mr Philip Ross (5 speeches)
Senators, it is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 11 January 2024 of Philip Ross Lightfoot, a senator for the state of Western Australia from 1997 to 2008.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Minister for the Environment and Water; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Davey, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on Monday, 26 February...
- Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, Minister for the Environment and Water, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Murray Darling Basin Authority, Commonwealth Environmental Water Office; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Davey, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than 5 pm on Monday, 26 February...
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Department of the Treasury, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, GHD, ACIL Allen; 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. 458 relating to an order for the production of documents as circulated. Leave...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Address by Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Chisholm, I move: That— (a) on Thursday, 8 February 2024, the sitting of the Senate be suspended from 9.30 am till the ringing of the bells, to enable senators to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (5 speeches)
I move: That, noting the issue of excess mortality in Australia has not been adequately investigated, the following matters be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator Davey, I move: That on Wednesday, 7 February 2023, general business notice of motion no. 453, standing in the name of Senator Davey relating to a request to the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General: Water (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator Davey, I move: That the Senate requests the Auditor-General to perform a comprehensive review and analysis of all water recovery programs made to date by the current...
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Australian Government (9 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter from Senator Lambie: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move "That, in the opinion of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation (24 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Dean Smith: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The failure...
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- President (1 speech)
Before we proceed to the next item, I advise the Senate that the President will be temporarily absent at the commencement of our sitting tomorrow. In accordance with standing orders, the Deputy...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (23 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the consideration of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice, I move:...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- International Court of Justice (5 speeches)
I seek leave to table a non-conforming petition of over 32,000 signatures urging Australia to stand against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (3 speeches)
I seek leave to make a short statement.
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Proposed Expenditure (1 speech)
I table the following documents: Particulars of estimates proposed additional expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2024 [Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2023-2024]. Particulars of...
- Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (2 speeches)
I table portfolio additional estimates statements for 2023-24 for the Department of Parliamentary Services.
- Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (0 speeches)
- Address to Parliament (1 speech)
The President has received a message from the House of Representatives inviting senators to attend a meeting of the House on Thursday, 8 February 2024, for an address by the Hon. James Marape MP,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
