Senate debates
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Da Rui, Mr Greg (1 speech)
Western Australia is a great state to live in. Perth is a wonderful city to live in. And amongst the beautiful suburbs of Perth in Western Australia is a great place called Bayswater. This...
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (1 speech)
Every child deserves the chance to live a long and healthy life. I'm proud to say that in my home state of Victoria the incredible team at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute are working to...
- Coalmining Industry (1 speech)
Four years after Adani's climate-wrecking Carmichael coalmine was approved in my home state of Queensland, Adani has taken the Queensland government to court to avoid employing locals. Adani, now...
- New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (3 speeches)
When I grow up, I want a caravan. I want to join the tens of thousands of Australians who, as summer fades, hear the call of the open road and travel into the outback. Whether they're off around...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Family and domestic violence continues to be alarmingly common in Australia. I rise to speak about coercive control, which often underpins the abusive dynamic. Unfortunately, some people in this...
- Fossil Fuel Industry (1 speech)
Over 7,000 people have contacted my office in the last three months about Woodside's and Labor's plans to wreck Murujuga sacred sites, sea country and the climate. I will read part of a statement...
- Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
For some time the coalition has sought to establish a select committee on opportunities and threats arising from artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence will see the greatest change to...
- Economy (1 speech)
Last week, we saw one of the strongest indications yet that Labor's economic plan is delivering for Australians. Under the Albanese Labor government, unemployment is at near-record lows of just...
- Gender And Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
Following are parts of a letter written to the Prime Minister and other MPs by a young Tasmanian trans person, Amilie Courtney. Amilie writes: 'I'm 15 years of age and I'm writing for the rights...
- Migration (1 speech)
This morning I and other members of the crossbench met with an amazing group of young people who arrived in Australia more than a decade ago. They are Australian in every sense except on the...
- Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (1 speech)
It's another day and it's another rushed amendment to the Migration Act we see from the incompetent Albanese Labor government, another example of the Albanese Labor government's total...
- Native Title (1 speech)
Equal laws for all and special laws for none. One Nation stands for equality for all Australians regardless of race, and we don't have equality. Australians who own property only have rights on...
- Endometriosis (1 speech)
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, and today I call for Ryeqo, the first oral tablet approved by the TGA for endometriosis pain, to be covered under the PBS. Diagnosis and effective...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
I refer to the letter that was sent by religious leaders to the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General last week calling for the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General to reject the...
- Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
I want to commend the contribution to the select committee on Australian disaster resilience recently made by the Fire Brigade Employees Union of New South Wales and the United Firefighters Union...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Wong. Can you provide a guarantee that there will be no price increases for any models of car, ute...
- Cost of Living (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. I note that the Albanese Labor government's No. 1 priority is helping Australians with their cost of living in every...
- Housing Supply (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. I refer to recent reporting in the Financial Review that new housing supply will soon hit the lowest levels in a...
- Assange, Mr Julian Paul (25 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Right now, Julian Assange's life is hanging by a thread. We know that tonight, Australian time, there'll be a decision from the UK courts on...
- Economy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. In May 2022, the monthly rate of inflation was 6.1 per cent, and last month it was recorded at 3.4 per cent. Since...
- Community Services (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, the government has spoken at length about cost-of-living issues facing Australians, but our frontline...
- New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Wong. The Paris Agreement's central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of...
- Legal Aid (22 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Attorney-General. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services funding is still stretched to breaking point. There are just 15 months to...
- Wages (22 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. Since taking office, the Albanese Labor government has been focused on getting wages...
- International Relations: Australia and the United States of America (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Earlier today, some of Australia's allies publicly called out the Chinese Communist Party for malicious cyberactivity attributed...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- 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 by the coalition today. Coming into this place many moons ago we had question time. The...
- 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) in response to a question without notice asked by Senator Shoebridge today relating to Mr...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator McCarthy from 25 to 27 March 2024, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 77, I wish to withdraw general business of the Senate notice of motion No. 503 standing in my name.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Middle East (19 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter, dated 26 March, from Senator McKim: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today the Australian Greens propose...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation (7 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Hume: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: That the Albanese...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (15 speeches)
We are here on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land. I acknowledge and pay tribute to the owners of this stolen land and to all First Nations peoples, including the Wurundjeri people where my home and...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Greenstein, Mr Frank, OAM (1 speech)
Today I am privileged to rise to celebrate an individual whose remarkable journey and contributions have significantly enriched our community and nation. Frank Greenstein, a name synonymous with...
- E-Cigarettes and Vaping Products (1 speech)
I come from a family of heavy smokers—my dad smoked, my uncle, my sister, my brother, and me too. I remember the first smoke I ever had. I was 17 or 18 years old, I was at a party, and...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
It has been a horrific start to the year. In just 12 weeks in 2024, at least 15 women have been killed by partners in domestic and family violence, many in most tragic circumstances: run over by...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
The federal bureaucracy in Australia is a swollen behemoth. More people work for the government than ever before, meaning there are more people dependent on government than ever before....
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on an issue that is very important to the structure of our economy and very important, in particular, to the liberal philosophical view of the world. That is the...
- Meals on Wheels (1 speech)
I'm really happy to stand up tonight and talk about the fantastic work of Meals on Wheels. Parliament House played host to this great Australian organisation last week, and I took the opportunity...
- Australian Society (1 speech)
Last week Senator Hanson spoke about record immigration and the human catastrophe it's causing everyday Australians. The Australian newspaper described her words as 'populist'. Among the...
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation: 75th Anniversary (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, ASIO, marked this month, and to honour the incredible men and women who...
- International Women's Day: Congolese Women (1 speech)
I take the opportunity to associate myself with Senator Paterson's remarks and mix in my thanks to Director-General Burgess and his team for the wonderful job they do. On 9 March 2024 I attended...
- Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill Select Committee, Discrimination (1 speech)
I rise to speak on this adjournment, and I would like to refer back to the valedictory speech that was given earlier today. In part, while I respect the work of Senator Rice and her very kind...
