Senate debates
Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, and pursuant to the notice given on 20 March 2024, I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the third report of 2024 of the Selection of Bills Committee and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION OF...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That— (a) the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Child Support and Family Assistance Technical Amendments) Bill 2024 be considered from 12.15 pm today; (b) government business...
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senator McCarthy for 20 and 21 March 2024, on account of ministerial business; and (b) Senator O'Neill from...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (5 speeches)
I move: That, noting the recommendation of the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee report into the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Vaccine...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Parkinson's Disease (1 speech)
I rise to speak about Parkinson's disease, a progressive disease that affects movement and mood. While many of us have heard of Parkinson's disease and might know some of the symptoms, general...
- Tasmania State Election (1 speech)
It's been 10 long years and the Liberal state government hangs on by a thread in my home state of Tasmania. Tasmanians face a stark choice this Saturday: they can vote for a majority Labor...
- Workplace Bullying, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault (1 speech)
Today, I want to speak about a group of vulnerable, insecure workers who are standing up for their rights in South Australia. 'Perfection 12', as they are popularly known, is a group of very...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Like our medical industry, our financial industry has been captured by the big end of town. Over the last 30 years we have seen thousands of bank branches closed and insurance services withdrawn,...
- Tasmania: Health Care (1 speech)
I worked on the Albanese government's health legislation amendment to remove the requirement for a collaborative arrangement, a barrier that prevents nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives...
- Sport (1 speech)
Australia is a sporting country. We are crazy about it. In fact, according to the ABS, 90 per cent of Australians have an interest in sport. Thirteen million adults and three million of our kids...
- Western Australia Government, Gun Control (1 speech)
The WA state government is not addressing the real issues affecting Western Australians. The Cook Labor government should be working on ensuring Western Australia is ready for AUKUS and preparing...
- Parkinson's Disease (1 speech)
Senator Askew and I are the co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Parkinson's, and it is my great pleasure today to inform the Senate of some exciting developments with regard to Parkinson's...
- Newroz, Bangladesh (1 speech)
I'd like to wish everyone a peaceful and happy Newroz. Today we celebrate new light and spring with our Kurdish friends and family across Australia and the world. The Australian Democratic...
- Science Meets Parliament (1 speech)
It was a huge privilege to take part in this year's Science Meets Parliament event, and I'd like to give a big thank you to the team at Science and Technology Australia for organising what I...
- Tasmania: Sport (1 speech)
It has been a big week in Tasmania on the issue of not just the state election but, indeed, sport in Tasmania. After many a decade and efforts by many—on all sides of the political...
- Immigration (1 speech)
This morning Senator Hanson debated her bill to call a plebiscite on immigration and the resulting housing crisis, which is a human catastrophe. The bill was opposed by the Liberal Party, the...
- Motor Neurone Disease (1 speech)
A few years ago I lost my mum to motor neurone disease. It is a really insidious disease that affects your motor neurones that send signals to the rest of your body and, over a period of time,...
- Remote Laundries (1 speech)
Urgent action is needed to tackle Australia's biggest killer—heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is the underlying cause of one in four deaths in Australia and costs over $12.7 billion....
- Workplace Relations: Mable (2 speeches)
The government passed laws last year that mean we can finally look under the hood of private employers to see their progress in closing the gender pay gap. In late February we saw the first-ever...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- International Relations: Australia and the United States of America (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Do you agree with the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell, that the United States is not Australia's most trusted...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Minister Gallagher. Cost-of-living relief has been the Albanese Labor government's No. 1 policy focus since coming to office because...
- New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (13 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Overnight, the Biden administration in the US has significantly watered down their fuel...
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (26 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Racism systematically disadvantages and immensely harms people of colour. The dispossession of and violence against First Nations...
- International Relations (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Over the last month we've had a number of visits from foreign ministers and world leaders, particularly from China, New Zealand,...
- Nuclear Waste Management: Submarines (8 speeches)
My question for the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Minister Wong. The naval nuclear safety bill currently before the Senate allows Australia to take on radioactive waste from the...
- Health Care (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. I refer the minister to a statement made by the Tasmanian Labor leader, Rebecca White. It says: We will make redevelopments at our...
- Immigration (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Watt. Australia is experiencing the largest immigration intake on record....
- Insurance Industry (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management, Minister Watt. Given our country is facing more frequent and intense natural disasters, and given, as a result, more Australians are now...
- National Security (15 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Minister, can you confirm reports that the government has removed the directors-general of ASIO and ASIS as regular...
- Trade (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. Over the two years since the Albanese Labor government was elected, great strides have been made in improving the access...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. Well, it has all been laid bare today. My good friend and...
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note the answer by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Wong) to a question without notice I asked today relating to International Day for the Elimination of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Great Barrier Reef (27 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that, on 20 March 2024, the United Nations and World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2023 was the hottest year on record by a clear margin,...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Friends of Caravanning (1 speech)
I want to speak tonight about the inaugural function that was organised by the Parliamentary Friends of Caravanning yesterday. There were three caravans out the front of Parliament House, in...
- South Australia: Environmental Conservation (1 speech)
I want honourable senators to try to imagine a coastline of breathtaking beauty. I'm fortunate enough to not have to imagine such a place; I know of such a place. It goes by the name of Port...
- Gender Equality (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government has a deep and abiding commitment to achieving gender equity, which is why over the past weeks we've announced important initiatives that aim to address the...
- Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
Earlier this month, England's National Health Service became the latest health authority to stop the prescribing of puberty blockers to children. The reason that they did this was simple: they...
