Senate debates

Thursday, 27 June 2024

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Meeting (1 speech)
    If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    I seek leave to table my second reading speech. Leave granted. Everyone on a university campus has a right to be safe. This includes the University of Sydney, which is today in crisis because of...
  • National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    I rise today to speak on the National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024. This is the enabling legislation to put in place certain...
• Notices (0 speeches)
  • Withdrawal (1 speech)
    Pursuant to notice given at the last day of sitting, on behalf of the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee, I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 for three sitting days...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted for myself from 24 and 25 June 2024 for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (19 speeches)
    I present Report No. 6 of 2024 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows—Selection of Bills...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That: (a) the following government business orders of the day be considered from 12.15 pm: No. 4 COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 No. 5 Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Reporting Date (1 speech)
    If there is no objection, the business is postponed.
• Condolences (0 speeches)
  • Solomon, Dr Robert John AM (1 speech)
    It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 14 July 2024 of Dr Robert John Solomon AM, a former member of the House of Representatives for the division of Denison, Tasmania,...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Consideration Of Legislation (2 speeches)
    I move: That— (a) following the introduction and first reading of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Bill 2024, the bill be divided into two...
  • Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—Thank you very much, colleagues. It's an important day, so I move: That on Monday, 1 July 2024, the Senate meet at 11.30 am. Question agreed to.
  • Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamation) Bill 2024,...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2023; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    The COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 seeks to amend several Commonwealth acts to update references to the Council of Australian Governments, COAG, and ministerial councils to reflect the...
  • COAG Legislation Amendment 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.
  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    The Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024 and the Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024 increase the excise and customs duties for all tobacco products by five per cent per year for...
  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments to the bills have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
  • Excise and Customs Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Administration) Bill 2024; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    I rise to speak to in support of the Excise and Customs Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Administration) Bill 2024. This bill represents a critical step in implementing the final elements of...
  • Excise and Customs Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Administration) Bill 2024; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    No amendments to the bill have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I shall call the minister to move the third reading.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Live Animal Exports: Sheep (5 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion relating to the referral of the Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024 to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Second Reading (2 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024. The Greens will be supporting this bill. This bill does a few...
  • National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    ():  As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024; Second Reading (25 speeches)
    I move an amendment to Senator McKim's amendment to the opposition's second reading amendment: Omit "5 August 2024", substitute "3 July 2024".
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Cost Of Living (1 speech)
    I rise today to give voice to the concerns of community support providers whom I met at a roundtable hosted by Tim Wilson, the former member for Goldstein and now Liberal candidate for Goldstein....
  • Budget (1 speech)
    The Albanese Labor government does understand the pressures that Australians are feeling right now due to cost-of-living pressures, and that's exactly why we are helping all Australians with the...
  • Gaza (1 speech)
    We are all in parliament to use the collective power the public entrusts in us to create a better world. When we fail to use that power or we use it contrary to the public interest, we betray...
  • Beaker Street Festival (1 speech)
    I rise today to invite you to a place where science meets art, where you will find out if Dr Karl really can answer any scientific question and where you can see the tallest flowering forest in...
  • Cost of Living (1 speech)
    We know that there are people doing it tough now with the cost-of-living pressures, and those challenges have been with us for way too long over many years. Contrary to the Liberals and...
  • Tasmania: Child Abuse (1 speech)
    In Tasmania we have a crisis of the worst kind. Our kids are dying because our Liberal government is failing them, failing miserably to provide protection for Tasmania's most vulnerable kids,...
  • Cybersafety (1 speech)
    Still on the theme of risk to our children: one year ago I stood in this chamber to help raise alarm at the rising rate of sextortion. I talked about a 14-year-old Adelaide boy who received this...
  • Tertiary Education (1 speech)
    The Albanese Labor government is committed to improving access to education in Australia, particularly in regional Australia. In March this year, the government announced the creation of 10 new...
  • Aukus (1 speech)
    In the recent estimates sessions, the chief of Australia's Navy apologised for not consulting with First Peoples about the construction on Meandup / Garden Island, the home of HMAS Stirling in my...
  • Gambling Advertising (1 speech)
    When it comes to gambling, Australia is the biggest loser in the world. We lose more per capita than any other country. Australians are sick and tired of turning on the TV and seeing gambling ad...
  • Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
    I rise today to say that the nuclear energy debate is a debate this country must have. Firstly, I want to pay tribute to my good friend and colleague Mr Ted O'Brien, the federal member for the...
  • Economy (1 speech)
    The response from Treasurer Jim Chalmers to yesterday's increase in the inflation rate was, 'There's more work to be done.' Oh, really? I would think the Treasurer has done quite enough already,...
  • Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023 (1 speech)
    I note the report tabled yesterday, following the inquiry into the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023, and the government chaired committee's...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
    For the people and the environments that rely on the Murray-Darling Basin, how water is recovered, and where from, are as important as how much is recovered. I visited family farms in Victoria...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    I'd like to take this opportunity to remind colleagues that, the next time the Senate sits, every taxpayer will be paying lower taxes because of the government's tax cuts. Also, 2.6 million...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Economy (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. In question time on 15 May this year the minister said that we will reach an inflation rate with a '2' in front of it...
  • Cost of Living (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. I note that since taking office the Albanese Labor government has been focused on...
  • Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Minister Watt. In late March your government tried to rush through the Trumpian...
  • Budget (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, how will the Albanese Labor government's tax cuts in four days time provide impactful cost-of-living relief...
  • Climate Change (19 speeches)
    My question is to Minister Wong, the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change. Minister, does the government owe children a duty of care to protect them against the harms brought...
  • Economy (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, how much has been added to monthly repayments on the average $750,000 mortgage since Labor was elected in...
  • Assange, Mr Julian Paul (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Does the Prime Minister's personal 'welcome home' for Mr Julian Assange, convicted of espionage by our closest...
  • Manufacturing Industry (11 speeches)
    My question is to—
  • Nuclear Energy (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, recently a US congressman from the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce called on the government to...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (21 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion relating to the referral of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 to the Community Affairs Legislation...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024; Reference to Committee (2 speeches)
    I move: That the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 be referred to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for further inquiry,...
• Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
  • Answers to Questions (6 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. Today we saw, yet again, a desperate attempt by the government...
• Party Office Holders (0 speeches)
  • Jacqui Lambie Network (1 speech)
    by leave—I inform the Senate that I should be designated as the whip for the Jacqui Lambie Network for the purposes of standing order 24A relating to the Selection of Bills Committee.
• Budget (0 speeches)
  • Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
    I present additional information received by the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee relating to estimates.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Human Rights Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present Human rights scrutiny report:report 5of 2024.
  • Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the report of the committee on its review of the administration and expenditure of Australian...
  • Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit, I present the 502nd, 503rd and 504th reports of the committee.
  • Treaties Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the 216th report of the committee.
  • Intelligence and Security Joint Committee, Work and Care Select Committee; Government Response to Report (2 speeches)
    I present the government response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security's report on its review into the operation, effectiveness and implications of the Foreign...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Whistleblower Protection (6 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) affirms that it is essential to protect whistleblowers, to expand their protections and to include a clear public interest test; (b) commits to urgently...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Girmit Remembrance Day (1 speech)
    ():  I rise today to speak about Girmit Remembrance Day. This is an extremely important day which commemorates those Indians who were transported as indentured labour from India to,...
  • Macclesfield RSL Sub-Branch (1 speech)
    I rise to express my sincere thanks to the Macclesfield RSL. President Dennis Oldenhove invited me to have a discussion in regard to some of the government initiatives with the Department of...
  • Health Care (1 speech)
    I want to speak about health tonight in the chamber. I'll take the opportunity because today we passed the National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other...
  • Australian Society: Social Cohesion, Australian Greens (1 speech)
    The world is finally waking up to the downside of social media, and thank God. I am glad government is looking at what can be done to protect our kids. But it's not only our kids that are at...