Senate debates
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (5 speeches)
I seek leave to move general business notice of motion No. 685, relating to the TGA and the risks of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and requiring the attendance of a minister. Leave not granted....
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That general business order of the day no. 81 (Blayney Gold Mine Bill 2024) be considered today at the time for private senators' bills. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Blayney Gold Mine Bill 2024; Second Reading (22 speeches)
Since I last rose to speak on this bill, there have been a number of developments which provide further justification for this bill to be passed. First, we saw a meeting occur last month with...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Department of the Senate (8 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion with other crossbench senators relating to the lack of legislative drafting capacity available to non-government senators. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Better and Fairer Schools (Funding and Reform) Bill 2024 (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Better and Fairer Schools (Funding and Reform) Bill 2024 because I'm a product of the public school system in this country and proud of it. The Albanese Labor government is...
- Education (5 speeches)
I just decided to change my speech in senators' statements after hearing Senator Polley. As the shadow minister for education, I can say we have been prosecuting from day one the importance of...
- Environment: Plastic Pollution, Cannabis (1 speech)
Senator statements come around once a year, and it's an opportunity for senators to get up and make a contribution about something that's personal to them and important to their electorate. My...
- Genomic Medicine, Cancer (1 speech)
Seven years ago, I was proud to push for the establishment of the Senate Select Committee into Funding for Research into Cancers with Low Survival Rates, and I was also appointed chair of the...
- Environment (1 speech)
We're living in a time when the most important issues facing us by far are the breakdown of the planet's climate and the collapse of the ecosystems that underpin all life on earth, including...
- Western Australia: Albanese Government (3 speeches)
Everywhere I go in Western Australia now, sadly, I hear from locals that Australia is heading in the very wrong direction under the Albanese Labor government. In fact, I have not heard one person...
- Grimson, Mr Barry (1 speech)
The Australian road transport industry has lost a true icon in Barry 'Sleepy' Grimson. I want to read some words from a very dear friend of mine, Mike Williams. Mike is one of the co-owners and...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
I rise to make a contribution. The cost-of-living crisis is hammering Australian families. Food banks are reporting overwhelming numbers of families who have never had to go to food banks before....
- Menopause (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak on an issue that affects every woman and, by extension, every family, workplace and community in this country: perimenopause and menopause. These are natural stages of life,...
- Energy (1 speech)
The National Electricity Market, the electricity grid that serves our country by delivering energy to both our homes and industry, is enormous and incredibly complex. It is also arguably one of...
- Housing and Homelessness, Climate Change, Gambling Advertising (2 speeches)
The Economics Legislation Committee recently tabled the committee report into my private senator's bill the National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 (No. 2), and it's pretty instructive...
- Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (1 speech)
The coalition is opposing the Albanese Labor government's chaotic and confused international students bill because it will fail to fix the migration and housing crises of the government's own...
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament (2 speeches)
I am honoured to be part in the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign. Due to the nature of the Senate, I am delivering this far later than I would have liked. However, I'm excited to finally...
- Men's Rights (1 speech)
I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little bit tired of the relentless campaign against men which is masquerading thinly under the banner of preventing toxic masculinity. This movement...
- Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 (1 speech)
Our government has brought a bill into the parliament, the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024, which is a really important piece of legislation....
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
It's my pleasure to join the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign, a national non-partisan initiative aiming to increase the political literacy of all our young voters and voters-to-be who are...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
In May 2021, deaths for that particular month spiked by 7.6 per cent over the year before. In June 2021, deaths spiked by 12 per cent over the year before. By the time the year was out, there...
- Trade Unions (1 speech)
Unions are the backbone of our workforce, protecting the rights of hardworking Australians and ensuring their workplaces are safe. They're the lifelines for workers relying on collective strength...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Imagine living on a small island, surrounded by water, where you know every creature and every plant that lives in the ocean. You feel so connected to the ocean that, as Indigenous people who...
- United States of America: Presidential Election (1 speech)
Today I'd like to talk about Donald Trump's landslide victory. What did it prove? It proved once again that the influence of the legacy media is a thing of the past. Screw those guys. Nobody...
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
I have here two letters. The first was sent to Treasurer Chalmers last year and calls for the introduction of a food donation tax incentive to boost donations to food relief charities and to end...
- Tasmanian Government (1 speech)
When I was first elected to the Senate, I spoke about how I wanted to do politics differently. I know that has challenged many of you, but I want to do things differently because I want to learn....
- Funding of Political Parties (1 speech)
The writing is on the wall. We are seeing a wave of First Peoples around the world rising up to dismantle colonial institutions that inflict harm on people and the planet. We will no longer...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
'Australians are in a per capita recession, yet, at a time when the Reserve Bank has increased the cash rate, the Labor government and many state and territory governments have continued to spend...
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament (2 speeches)
I rise to deliver a speech written by a young South Australian for the 2024 Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign. It says: Dear Members of Parliament, my name is Aarav. I am 11 years old, and I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Business (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Data released by debt-monitoring firm CreditorWatch showed that the failure rate of Australian businesses rose to...
- Wages (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. Labor wants Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn. As part of our focus on cost-of-living...
- Economy (26 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, can you categorically rule out additional spending in the form of one-off payments prior to the next...
- Climate Change (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator McAllister. With reports yesterday of the worst coral loss in 39 years in parts of the Great...
- First Nations Australians (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator McCarthy. The Albanese Labor government is committed to improving outcomes for First Nations communities. Can the minister...
- Men's Health (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. Yesterday I visited the lawns in front of parliament to speak to advocates for the many...
- Energy (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The CEO of the Australian Energy Market Operator, Mr Daniel Westerman, was recently asked at a Senate inquiry if he...
- Middle Arm Project (27 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator McCarthy. There's been more delays to the controversial Middle Arm gas and petrochemical hub on Larrakia country, which your...
- Vocational Education and Training (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Skills and Training, Senator Watt. We know fee-free TAFE is changing lives. Within the first three months more than 118,000 people had...
- Banking and Financial Services (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. The 1937 banking royal commission recommended that the central bank should always control the volume of credit in the...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (15 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 heard today was a government in denial about the scale...
- Men's Health (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) to a question without notice I asked today relating to men's mental health. I asked a...
- Climate Change (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 asked by the Leader of the Australian Greens in...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senator O'Neill for today, for personal reasons; and (b) Senator Pratt from 20 November to 27 November 2024...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the business is postponed.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 26 March 2025: Access to diagnosis and treatment for people in Australia with...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I seek leave to postpone business of the Senate notice of motion No. 684 till the next day of sitting. Leave granted.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move government business notices of motion Nos 1 and 2 together: GOVERNMENT BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 1 That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I seek leave to postpone business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2 till the next day of sitting. Leave granted.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (8 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Lambie: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: "The Albanese...
- Superannuation (14 speeches)
The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator Bragg, which has been circulated and is shown on the Dynamic Red: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Economy (5 speeches)
On behalf of the Treasurer, I table a statement concerning the economy.
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mount Gambier, Education (1 speech)
It's always a good day when I get up and I'm able to speak about my fantastic home state of South Australia. I recently had the opportunity to spend some time in the great city of Mount Gambier,...
- Small Business (1 speech)
During estimates and once again today during question time, Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher told Australians that the record number of business insolvencies under the Albanese Labor...
- Glenorchy Multicultural Hub (1 speech)
I rise tonight to highlight an incredible milestone for Tasmania's multicultural community: the official opening of the newly upgraded Multicultural Hub in the northern suburbs. This hub has...
- Energy (1 speech)
I want to briefly pay tribute to the work of Chris Uhlmann, who last night had a desperately needed investigation of the real cost of net zero aired on the Sky News channel. Chris is one of our...
