Senate debates
Monday, 12 August 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Security (1 speech)
On 4 July 2024, I made a statement to the chamber on a serious security breach by protesters on Australian Parliament House. I'd like to provide the Senate with an update. At the request of the...
- Questions to the President (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Security (2 speeches)
President, I'd like—if you could take this on notice—to know who in this chamber you have briefed about those enhanced security measures. The Australian Greens haven't been briefed....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Labor Government (1 speech)
Under the Labor Albanese government, interest rates are staying higher for longer, and this is having a devastating impact on people in the greater Ipswich region, where my Senate office is...
- Wages: Early Childhood Educators (1 speech)
Our early childhood educators do nation-building, life-changing work every single day, and they deserve to be paid better for what they do for Australian families and for our country. Now,...
- Live Music Industry (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the state of live music in my home town of Adelaide. The Crown and Anchor, also affectionately known as the Cranker, is one of Adelaide's most vibrant and loved cultural...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
My beautiful home state of Queensland, home to so many brilliant and terrific Australians, is suffering under this Palaszczuk-Miles Labor government. Extraordinarily and not surprisingly, under...
- Wages: Early Childhood Educators (1 speech)
Every day parents trust early childhood educators with the most important people in their world, and every day Australia asks early educators to do one of the most important jobs imaginable. Our...
- Freedom of Speech (1 speech)
Last week, opposition leader Dutton, in a media interview, made a comment we expected he would clarify but he hasn't. In the interview, the interviewer said: We saw the terror threat raised to...
- Men's Sheds (1 speech)
Everyone is concerned that people can be suffering from very poor mental health outcomes if they are lonely. Loneliness has been a significant scourge in recent years. One particular measure...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
As a former union organiser, I welcome the long overdue pay rise for more than 200,000 early childhood educators across Australia. I visited centres and had conversations with educators about the...
- Watson, Mr Paul Franklin, Brown, Dr Robert James (Bob) (1 speech)
This is an important and troubling week for our environment. Senators, it's worth contemplating how, in the middle of an extinction and biodiversity crisis, two of the planet's most iconic...
- Housing (1 speech)
Recently, Prime Minister Albanese appointed the Minister for Home Affairs to the Housing portfolio. Our country needs a housing minister who can deliver. If there's one thing that can be said...
- Tasmania: Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
Today I rise to celebrate the 11 exceptional Tasmanian athletes representing Australia at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. Despite its size, Tasmania has produced a stellar group of...
- Housing (1 speech)
A home is so important. Housing is a human right. We all deserve a home where we feel safe and where we can go at the end of the day and close the door on the world outside. Young people...
- Forestry Industry (1 speech)
In late 2022, one of Tasmania's most ardent and admirable forest defenders, Dr Lisa Searle, was tree-sitting in coupe SH045A at Snow Hill, in Tasmania's Eastern Tiers. Her tree-sit was part of...
- Mike Powell Public Speaking Competition (1 speech)
Earlier this month, I was fortunate to be able to take part in the 2024 Mike Powell Public Speaking Competition as a judge, alongside my friends the member for Berowra and the Hon. Natalie Ward...
- Energy (2 speeches)
Australians are clearly facing significant challenges at the moment. The cost of living has risen, and there are global security concerns. The world is undergoing its most significant shift in...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
by leave—For the information of senators, I table a revised ministry list. The revised list reflects the changes to the ministry announced by the Prime Minister on 28 July 2024. First, I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Both the Treasurer and the Prime Minister have falsely claimed that government spending is not fuelling inflation....
- Cost of Living (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. In the five weeks since we last sat in this place, the Albanese Labor government has shown yet again that we are...
- Interest Rates (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Last week, the RBA confirmed that struggling Australian households should not expect a rate cut in interest rates...
- Uluru Statement from the Heart (14 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator McCarthy. Come on down. Minister, your government promised to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full when elected...
- Cost of Living (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. We know that many Australians are doing it tough right now, and that is why our budget focused on...
- Australian Federal Police (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General, Senator Watt. Officers of the Australian Federal Police are the lowest-paid officers in Australia. A constable in the Western...
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (30 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. During the election campaign, Prime Minister Albanese said: 'I'll tell you what I'll be doing is this. If I ever do...
- Environment: Lee Point (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. Defence Housing Australia, a government agency of which you are a shareholder, Minister, has been reported to have breached their...
- First Nations Australians (8 speeches)
My question is to the new Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator McCarthy. Can the minister explain what this government is doing to improve the life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres...
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government—I thought it was someone else; I think it's Minister...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (18 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. What we saw today is just more cover-up. We got to the CFMEU at...
- Australian Federal Police (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (Senator Watt) to a question without notice I asked today relating to Australian...
- Uluru Statement from the Heart (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs (Senator McCarthy) to a question without notice I asked today relating to the Uluru Statement from the...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hall, Mr Raymond Steele (7 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 10 June 2024, of Raymond Steele Hall, a senator for the state of South Australia from 1974 to 1977 and a former member of the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators, for personal reasons: (a) Senator Antic from 12 August to 22 August 2024; and (b) Senator Nampijinpa Price for...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Shoebridge and Senator Thorpe, I withdraw general business notice of motion No. 121, standing in their names. While I'm on my feet, I, at the request of Senator...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Steedman, Mr Alan Peter (Pete) (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death, on 10 July 2024, of Alan Peter 'Pete' Steedman, a former member of the House of Representatives for the division of Casey, in...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the following general business orders of the day be considered this week at the time for private senators' bills: No. 26—COVID-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
If there be no objection, the business is postponed. There are no objections.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reporting Date (1 speech)
Is there any objection? There is no objection.
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Browse Gas Project (11 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter, dated 12 August 2024, from Senator McKim: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (10 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator McGrath: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The Reserve...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Tasmania: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The continued delays in the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries represent a significant failure of the Tasmanian Liberal government, showcasing a lack of foresight, planning and accountability. These...
- First Nations Australians (1 speech)
The latest substantial government reports on the health and welfare of Indigenous Australians have told us what we, or some of us, should already know. The quality of life is not improving for...
- Animal Welfare, Greyhound Racing, Gambling (1 speech)
In news that will surprise no-one, the greyhound racing and gambling industry has yet again been exposed for animal cruelty. And, just like clockwork, the Labor Party has leapt to their defence,...
- Lai, Mr Jimmy (1 speech)
Democracy is a precious and rare state in this world, and it's not to be assumed that it's the norm everywhere. It's fragile and it's vital. It's a value set that demands constant vigilance and...
- Energy (1 speech)
Central Queensland is getting a little bit tired of the Labor Party using it as a political backdrop to paper over the cracks in its own energy policy. Ever since the 2019 election gave the Labor...
