Senate debates

Thursday, 22 August 2024

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Meeting (1 speech)
    If there is no objection, the meeting is authorised.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • COVID-19 Response Commission of Inquiry Bill 2024; Second Reading (40 speeches)
    I rise here today to speak on the COVID-19 Response Commission of Inquiry Bill 2024, a bill that I proudly co-sponsored with Senators Canavan, Antic, O'Sullivan, Rennick and Roberts. This bill...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Missing and Murdered First Nations Women and Children (10 speeches)
    I seek leave to move a motion relating to missing and murdered First Nations women and children, as circulated in the chamber. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice of motion standing...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024; In Committee (17 speeches)
    The committee is considering amendment (1) on sheet 2649, moved by Senator Hughes.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Selection of Bills Committee; Report (23 speeches)
    URQUHART (—) (): I present the ninth report of 2024 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That general business notice of motion No. 591 standing in the name of Senator Van, relating to emissions reduction, be considered during general business today. Question agreed to.
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Services Australia; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) order for the production of documents no. 538, agreed to by the Senate on 26 June 2024, relating to Services Australia and speechwriting...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) Select Committee; Appointment (1 speech)
    At the request of Senator Thorpe, I move: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), be established to inquire into the...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Ilpeye Ilpeye Estate; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
    LAMBIE () (): At the request of Senator Thorpe, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Indigenous Australians, by 5 pm on Wednesday, 11 September 2024: (a) the deed of trust...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 (0 speeches)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
  • Telecommunications Amendment (SMS Sender ID Register) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
    In accordance with the resolution agreed to on 21 August, the time for the consideration of the Telecommunications Amendment (SMS Sender ID Register) Bill 2024 has expired. The question is that...
  • Telecommunications Amendment (SMS Sender ID Register) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question is that the bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
  • Customs Amendment (Strengthening and Modernising Licensing and Other Measures) Bill 2024, Customs Licensing Charges Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
    In accordance with the resolution agreed to on 21 August, the time for the consideration of the Customs Amendment (Strengthening and Modernising Licensing and Other Measures) Bill 2024 and the...
  • Customs Amendment (Strengthening and Modernising Licensing and Other Measures) Bill 2024, Customs Licensing Charges Amendment Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question is that the bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Northern Territory Election (4 speeches)
    I seek leave to a move a motion, as circulated, relating to allegations involving the Chair of the Northern Land Council in the intimidation and bullying of an Indigenous female candidate in the...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024; Second Reading (6 speeches)
    I am delighted to be able to speak on the Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024, an important piece of legislation which we need...
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Rural and Regional Health Services, Daffodil Day (1 speech)
    Today I rise to shine a light on the incredible work and achievement of my local community in Renmark to improve women's health outcomes through a holistic approach to health care. The struggle...
  • Adult Age, Adult Wage (1 speech)
    This week I met with a delegation of young people from across Australia who travelled to Parliament House to advocate for the SDA's Adult Age, Adult Wage campaign. These young Australians came to...
  • Middle East: Migration, McBride, Mr David William (1 speech)
    This week I met with Betelhem and Abbas, two refugees who came here a decade ago. They sought asylum to flee persecution and try to rebuild their lives. While many people in the community have...
  • Small Business (1 speech)
    Recently I was speaking to a small-business owner in Melbourne who was telling me that she was in talks with her accountant to close down her small business because it was simply no longer...
  • Regional University Study Hubs (1 speech)
    Our government has set an ambitious target that, by 2050, 80 per cent of the workforce will have a qualification. But today that figure is sitting at around 60 per cent. We know that, to reach...
  • Rural and Regional Australia (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on behalf of the seven million Australians who do not live in capital cities. This Albanese Labor government has instigated a war on rural and regional Australia, with not one...
  • Tasmania: Health Care (1 speech)
    Around 50 per cent of people living in my home state of Tasmania live outside the metropolitan city. For those who are living in the towns and regions across our state, accessing services in...
  • Paid Parental Leave: Superannuation (1 speech)
    Acting Deputy President Walsh, they say good things come to those who wait, and you and I both know that Australian women have been waiting a very long time to have a government that is prepared...
  • Discrimination (1 speech)
    I'm a staunchly proud migrant Muslim woman of colour. I'm not afraid of telling the truth. I'm not afraid of calling out racism, sexism or bigotry, even though I know that there will be a price...
  • Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about an increasingly urgent issue impacting a growing number of Australians: scams. I asked a question about scams in question time. In 2023, there was an 18.3 per cent increase...
  • Community Legal WA (1 speech)
    This week, I met with Community Legal WA and was alarmed to hear of the currently unresolved funding crisis that they are under under this government. Between 2022 and 2023, community legal...
  • International Relations (1 speech)
    It's time for politicians to focus on fixing the problems here in Australia before getting involved in foreign conflict. Last night, yet another motion appeared in the nightly Senate notices from...
  • Youth Homelessness (1 speech)
    Seventy-six thousand—that is the number of children in Australia who have sought help from homelessness services in the last year. Over 15,000 of those have been reported to be from my home...
  • Economy (1 speech)
    This week in this chamber, Senator McDonald raised the pressing issue of falling iron ore prices and the massive impact on Australian finances. For decades, Western Australia has been the engine...
  • Arthritis Australia (1 speech)
    Today I was delighted to be part of Arthritis Australia's parliamentary summit on better care for arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. Many of you would have seen the news the other day...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Live Animal Exports (31 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. On Tuesday night, when speaking at the AgriFutures Rural Women's Award event at Parliament House, the Prime Minister...
  • Paid Parental Leave: Superannuation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. Today the Albanese Labor government delivered on its promise and introduced a bill to pay superannuation on paid parental...
  • Goldmining Industry: McPhillamys Gold Project (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Following the Albanese Labor government's job-destroying decision to block the million-dollar McPhillamys mine, Regis...
  • Whaling (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator McAllister. Fin whales are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Senator McAllister. How do the Albanese government's reforms to the National Disability...
  • Tasmania: Child Care (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Senator Watt. In Tasmania's north-west there are two co-located family day care centres that provide care...
  • Housing (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, Senator Gallagher. In an extraordinary move, the Albanese government has today reneged on an agreement to refer the Housing...
  • Australia-Asia Power Link (30 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator McAllister, and it's regarding the SunCable industrial solar project in the Northern Territory....
  • Housing (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, Senator Gallagher. Minister, the great Australian dream of owning a home has turned into a nightmare, particularly for young...
  • Economy (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, the Reserve Bank of Australia has confirmed that Australians are going to face interest rates that stay...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (8 speeches)
    President, I seek leave to move a motion concerning a variation to the routine of business. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice, I move: That so much of the standing orders be...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024, Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024; Second Reading (6 speeches)
    Senators, in accordance with the resolution just agreed to, the time for the consideration of various bills has expired. I will now put the questions before the chair and all remaining stages of...
  • Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024, Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bills be agreed to and the bills be now passed.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Second Reading (9 speeches)
    In accordance with the resolution agreed to earlier, the time allotted for consideration of this bill has expired. The question is that the bill be now read a second time.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
  • Public Service Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
    In accordance with the resolution agreed to earlier, the time allotted for consideration of this bill has expired. The question is that this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to....
  • Public Service Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
    The question is that this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
• 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. You've got to wonder: is it dirty-deal Thursday or...
  • Whaling (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Emergency Management (Senator McAllister) to a question without notice I asked today relating to whaling. Australians...
• 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 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present Human rights scrutiny report: Report 7 of 2024 and its annual report for 2023.
  • Supermarket Prices Select Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I rise to take note of the final report of the Senate Select Committee on Supermarket Prices. I want to start by thanking all my colleagues on this select committee, and I note that Senator...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Visy Industries Holdings Pty Ltd, National Housing Accord, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
    by leave—I table three documents relating to orders for the production of documents concerning the National Housing Accord, land transport infrastructure project funding and Visy.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) Select Committee, Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme Select Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The President has received letters nominating senators to be members of various committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Better and Fairer Schools (Information Management) Bill 2024; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.
  • Better and Fairer Schools (Information Management) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— I am pleased to...
  • Taxation (Multinational — Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024, Taxation (Multinational — Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024, Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational — Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024; First Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
  • Taxation (Multinational — Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024, Taxation (Multinational — Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024, Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational — Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— TAXATION...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate notes that: (a) for Australia to meet its 2030 emissions reductions goal we cannot purely rely on increasing supply into the network through more variable renewable energy...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) Select Committee; Membership (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That Senators Brockman and Davey be appointed as members of the Select Committee on PFAS, and Senators Antic, Askew, Birmingham, Bragg, Cadell, Canavan, Cash, Chandler,...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Renewable Energy (3 speeches)
    I rise to talk about energy policy and the Albanese government's plans for a renewable future compared to Mr Dutton's reckless, uncosted and, frankly, unfathomable nuclear pipedream of a policy....
  • Rural and Regional Australia (1 speech)
    One of the great divides is that of city and regional and rural communities. You appreciate that more when your postcode is or has ever been one that is regional, rural or remote. Cities have...
  • Tasmania: Liberal Party (1 speech)
    I rise tonight on behalf of the entire Tasmanian federal Liberal team to address recent commentary that's occurred in certain media outlets relating to membership matters of the Tasmanian...