Senate debates
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (9 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to Defence accountability and the Twenty-year review of the Office of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force: That: (1) the Senate requires...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Middle East: Casualties (3 speeches)
I seek leave to move that general business notice of motion No. 621 calling for an independent investigation into the Israeli attack that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom be called on...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (1 speech)
Many times during my career in public office, I've stood with working people to fight for better wages and conditions. In particular, I've always advocated for working people in the retail, fast...
- Agriculture: Chemicals (1 speech)
You might be excused for wondering why those opposite are so obsessed with Peter Dutton. Senator O'Sullivan, I think we should keep a tally during question time on how often they mention Peter...
- Housing (1 speech)
Australians are facing the worst housing crisis in the history of our nation. This is not something that's happened overnight, yet it seems to have taken the government completely by surprise....
- Tasmania: Education (1 speech)
I worked for a long time in registered training organisations and I think they do great things. I believe RTOs have a place in the skills and training mix alongside TAFE, universities and short...
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
A charity sector helping Australians through one of the most challenging economic periods in nearly a century, and a Labor government failing to support it, even actively making its job harder....
- Royal Commission Into The Robodebt Scheme, Middle East (1 speech)
I rise to speak to the anger and frustration of the community following the recent reporting on robodebt. It is beyond the pale for proponents and architects of the scheme to wheel themselves out...
- First Nations Australians: Economy (1 speech)
Australia's first peoples have been traders, innovators, entrepreneurs and knowledge holders for over 65,000 years. We have unbroken mind of invention, innovation and resilience. Our contribution...
- New Caledonia (1 speech)
Today I would like to talk about the staunch, powerful Kanak peoples, who are, at this very moment, rising up against the occupation of their land by the French government and are fighting for...
- Economy (1 speech)
I'd like to talk about a very serious topic, a horrible situation that I know all Australians have been thinking about. Over the break, I came across a troubling article. The headline read 'The...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Under the Paris Agreement, Australia committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and to the net zero ambition by 2050. These targets are part of...
- Australian Capital Territory: Community Sports Facilities, Australian Capital Territory: Multicultural Communities, Cybersafety (1 speech)
It is great to see the parliament starting to talk about the concerns that many Australians have about the huge shift from a play based to a phone based childhood for Australian children and what...
- Senate (6 speeches)
What an unlooked-for opportunity, with a couple of minutes to go before we have two-minute contributions being led off, I think, by Senator Henderson. In this Senate-only week, it should be the...
- Antisemitism (1 speech)
I rise to raise serious concerns that an encampment at the Australian National University has been re-established today. These encampments have fuelled so much antisemitic hate and incitement on...
- Cybersafety (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about very important news for mums, dads and grandparents all across Australia. That is that the Albanese Labor government will be introducing a minimum age for accessing...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Our ABC has a diversity and a race problem. In June 2022 a damning internal report into workplace culture at the ABC found that First Nations employees felt undervalued, ignored and discriminated...
- New South Wales: Local Government Elections, Media (1 speech)
Last weekend we had the local government elections across New South Wales, and in my Hunter region I had a few friends who were successful and a few friends who weren't. I had a Labor friend, Jay...
- Women: Superannuation (1 speech)
I want to speak about women and superannuation. There's been a lot of talk about that here in the chamber, both today and yesterday, and I want to speak about it again, because it is something...
- Queensland State Election (1 speech)
Queensland has an opportunity for change on 26 October. Queenslanders deserve a government with long-term vision. They deserve a government that won't keep going down the path of more crime; poor...
- Chronic Pain (1 speech)
Today I want to acknowledge people suffering from chronic pain. Chronic pain is extremely debilitating, and difficult to understand for people who have never experienced it. Chronic pain is...
- Western Australia: Leederville Community Forum (1 speech)
It was great to hear directly from hardworking, straight-talking people of Western Australia at the community forum I held in Leederville on Saturday. They didn't hold back, and neither will I....
- Pathways to Politics for Women (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Pathways to Politics for Women program. The program was recently run in Western Australia for the first time. I had the privilege of attending their recent graduation. It...
- Political Leadership (1 speech)
People don't trust their government, and rightly so. Whether it's Prime Minister Albanese here in Australia or Keir Starmer in the UK or 'Cackling' Kamala in the United States, we are led by...
- Welcome to Country Ceremonies (7 speeches)
It was hardly surprising to see a welcome to country before the opening of the Brisbane-GWS AFL match last weekend, but what was surprising was the assertion that these ceremonies have been...
- Tasmania: Early Childhood Education and Care (1 speech)
Family day care centres in Tassie are at risk of shutting down because of silly government rules. I've said this needs to be changed, and now the Productivity Commission has backed me up. The...
- Balit Ngulu, Law Enforcement (1 speech)
People often ask me about alternatives to incarceration. Today I want to talk about one program that is successfully diverting kids from jail and getting them on a good path. Balit Ngulu is a...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Women 's health is an absolute focus of the coalition, whether it be helping women who live with chronic conditions like endometriosis, supporting women on their journey through menopause or...
- Insurance Industry: Genetic Testing (1 speech)
Today I recognise the importance of the government's announcement to ban the use of adverse genetic testing results in life insurance underwriting. The government recognises the benefits of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Public Broadcasting (23 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Senator McAllister. The ABC has been forced to remove from its website an online news story it now admits contained...
- Help to Buy Bill 2023 (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. With reference to the statement by the Grattan Institute, 'The government's Help to Buy Bill would help level the...
- Social Cohesion (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Watt. Minister, can you confirm that the Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Mr Julian...
- Early Childhood Education (27 speeches)
My question is the Minister representing the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Minister Watt. Today's long-awaited Productivity Commission report into Australia's early childhood education...
- Trade with United Arab Emirates (10 speeches)
Hopefully, the Greens won't take credit for my question either! My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, my very good friend Senator Farrell. That's twice this week, actually. Late...
- Immigration (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration, Minister Watt. Minister, given that the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows a record-breaking 335,184 net...
- Central Land Council (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator McCarthy. Minister, are you aware that a meeting of the executive was held last night where Mr Matthew Palmer was removed as...
- Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (12 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Minister Wong. Over a year ago, I called for an audit of the office of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence...
- First Nations Australians: Housing (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator McCarthy. Housing is central to the government's commitment to closing the gap, particularly in remote communities. Recognising...
- Taxation (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. In 2022, Pfizer derived $1.4 billion in sales in Australia and an operating profit of $90 million, a ratio of just...
- Housing (25 speeches)
My question is to the fabulous Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. The Master Builders Association has said: Help to Buy is a sensible policy approach that looks at lifting...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Public Broadcasting (1 speech)
During question time, Senator Henderson asked whether the Minister for Communications has asked the ABC chairman for an explanation in relation to the Heston Russell matter. I've sought further...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Public Broadcasting (21 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers given by the Minister representing the Minister for Communications (Senator McAllister) to a question without notice asked by Senator Henderson today...
- Immigration (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 immigration....
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for Early Childhood Education (Minister Watt) to a question without notice I asked today relating...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Central Land Council (31 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion as circulated relating to the removal of the chair of the Central Land Council. Leave is not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice standing in the name of the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I, and also on behalf of Senator Shoebridge, withdraw general business notice of motion No. 628 for today.
- Postponement (1 speech)
If there is no objection this business is postponed.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Bragg for today, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2, relating to a proposed committee reference. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the following matter be referred...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, to withdraw business of the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (8 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Dean Smith: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The latest...
- Renewable Energy (8 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Van: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: "Australia's...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 3 of 2024-25 (4 speeches)
In respect of audit report No. 3 2024-25, Performance audit—Australian government commitment to the Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop East project: Department of Infrastructure, Transport,...
- Productivity Commission (2 speeches)
I rise to take note of government document No. 4, Productivity Commission Report No. 106, A path to universal early childhood education and care, dated 28 June 2024, in three volumes. I move:...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
On Friday I will be chairing a hearing into financial abuse as part of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. This inquiry was brought to the committee by my...
- Central Land Council (9 speeches)
I stand before this Senate to provide a statement on behalf of the former chair of the Central Land Council, Matthew Palmer. He wrote to me: Dear Senator Nampijinpa Price, I write to inform you...
- Middle East (1 speech)
On the morning of October 7 2023, Hamas terrorists launched an attack on Israel. They did not focus on the Israeli army's installations though; they attacked, raped, murdered and kidnapped...
- Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
The Australian government, the Albanese government, has gone to war against almost every industry—resources, business and, notably, the agriculture sector. Look no further than the ban on...
- Freedom of Speech (1 speech)
Well, it turns out that it's not only One Nation who is fighting to defend free speech in Australia. There are fighters for this most important democratic right everywhere. I am delighted to tell...
