Senate debates
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (40 speeches)
I seek leave to table documents of correspondence between the President and me relating to the referral of a senator's eligibility under section 44 of the Constitution for inquiry and report, as...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023; Second Reading (10 speeches)
This is a historic day. It is the first time that the federal parliament has had before it the opportunity to vote on a plan to legalise cannabis across the country. We're taking a big step today...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (8 speeches)
I am asking for leave to table a document. Is this the right time?
- National Housing Accord; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
I rise to respond to notice of motion No. 700, concerning orders for the production of documents Nos 563 and 676. Those motions sought the tabling of documents prepared by external consultants...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (3 speeches)
At the request of Senator Chisholm, I move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered during this period...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- International Students (32 speeches)
I've spoken a few times in the last week about the gross conflict of interest the shadow education and shadow immigration ministers have. Senator Henderson has been out there at events with...
- First Nations Australians: Cultural Heritage (1 speech)
I rise to speak to the latest issues regarding lawfare that is being used against development, particularly in relation to places supposedly significant to Indigenous Australians, following...
- Tasmania: Palliative Care (1 speech)
If you're young at heart, the last thing you want to think about is how you're going to die. None of us will really know, as it's going to be different for every person. When it's my time, I'd...
- Lord Prescott (1 speech)
I rise to speak briefly about the recent passing of the noble Lord John Leslie Prescott, Baron of Kingston upon Hull, formerly deputy leader of the British Labour Party and Deputy Prime Minister...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 (1 speech)
O'SULLIVAN (—) (): In the mid-1930s, as dark clouds gathered in Western Europe, then backbencher Winston Churchill rose in the House of Commons and warned of the storm ahead. He said:...
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 (3 speeches)
I rise today to inform the Australian people about a very important matter, and I hope people will listen to what I have to say. The Albanese Labor government is going to introduce the Electoral...
- Physical and Sexual Harassment and Violence (1 speech)
We're in the midst of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. When you look around at the state of the country—and, indeed, the world—when it comes to the treatment of...
- Economy (1 speech)
Earlier this week the Senate didn't vote down the misinformation bill; the government withdrew it from the Notice Paper on the basis that millions of Australians did not want foreign social media...
- Road Safety (2 speeches)
Improving road safety is a key priority of the Albanese government. We know any death on Australian roads is one too many. But, unfortunately, the statistics are heading in the wrong direction....
- Education (3 speeches)
As we head towards the end of the year and the end of things in here—there have been a few actions today—everyone's a bit tired and everyone's a bit stressed. It's all getting a bit...
- Workplace Relations: Amazon (1 speech)
Hear, hear! I do welcome Ross's son. Good to see you spending your schoolies here in Parliament House! Black Friday deals are in full swing, but this time of the year also serves as an important...
- Missing and Murdered First Nations Men (1 speech)
I read the following statement with mixed emotions and sadness, because people from my WA community are hurting and angry that women, mothers, aunties and grannies have to travel here to demand...
- Teal Independents (1 speech)
I was intrigued to read in the Sydney Morning Herald earlier this month about an interview that Peter FitzSimons—he of the bandana—did with Simon Holmes a Court, talking about what...
- Make Amazon Pay Campaign (1 speech)
This week Black Friday is approaching, and once again the spotlight is on the Make Amazon Pay campaign. It's shameful that Amazon continues to have some of the worst working conditions in the...
- Qualifications of Senators (1 speech)
This afternoon we will vote on a matter that strikes at the heart of our democracy: the urgent investigation into Senator Payman's eligibility to sit in this parliament under section 44....
- National Anti-Corruption Commission (1 speech)
National Anti-Corruption Commissioner Paul Brereton's future with the watchdog is in question after a review into a decision not to investigate six people referred to it by the robodebt royal...
- Digital ID Bill 2024 (1 speech)
The proposal to enforce age verification is a digital overreach of epic proportions. The government is asking all platforms to store your sensitive data, whether they be a secure tech giant or a...
- Poverty (1 speech)
In the next few weeks we are going to see lots and lots of elected representatives posting on their social media about how so many people are doing it tough over Christmas, about how we need to...
- Red Tape (1 speech)
As the 47th Parliament draws to a close, many in this place will be tempted to congratulate themselves on how much legislation they have passed. If passing new laws was a measure of success, then...
- Sudan (1 speech)
I rise to give voice to a passionate plea from the Sudanese community in my home state of Queensland. There is a humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan. The conflict between the Sudanese army and...
- Butterfly Foundation (1 speech)
I love the Butterfly Foundation. They provide essential services for people who are experiencing eating disorders or body image issues. I've met with people from this organisation both here and...
- Kanak People (1 speech)
I want to talk about the staunch, powerful Kanak peoples who continue to resist French colonial occupation to assert their sovereignty and right to self-determination and independence. The Kanak...
- Community Services (1 speech)
It's that time of year again—a time for celebration, to join in the spirit of giving and to be with families and friends. For many, they will be spending this summer celebrating, but, for...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
As 2024 draws to a close, I am proud to stand with my colleagues here and in the other place and reflect on all the progress Australia has made under the Albanese Labor government. Over a million...
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Standards (1 speech)
Senators, today the Deputy President and I are issuing a joint statement on the conduct in the chamber this morning. The actions of senators during and after the debate on a motion moved by...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Environmental Defenders Office (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong, and it follows the revelations in today's front-page story in the Australian newspaper about the activities of the...
- Grocery Prices (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. At every opportunity, the Albanese Labor government has provided cost-of-living relief, delivering bigger and fairer...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Grocery Prices (2 speeches)
Minister, you have the call.
- Environmental Defenders Office (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Is the minister aware of any conduct that the Environmental Defenders Office has engaged in that would give reason...
- Immigration Law (29 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs. Minister, every single human rights organisation and multicultural community that has spoken to your government's latest...
- Cost of Living (11 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I know people in my home state of Victoria are doing it tough, as they are across Australia. How has the Albanese...
- Mining Industry (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator McAllister. The ABC's Landline program has reported that the Victorian Labor government is...
- Environmental Defenders Office (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, documents tabled in the Federal Court and reported by The Australian detail the extraordinary lengths...
- Justice Reinvestment (29 speeches)
This question is for the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Minister McCarthy. Minister, I understand that approximately 90 applicants for the latest round of justice reinvestment grants were...
- Natural Disasters: Response And Recovery Planning (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management, Senator McAllister. My great home state of South Australia has recently braced itself for some catastrophic fire conditions over a number...
- Climate Change (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry and Science, Senator Farrell. In his 1917 paper on the quantum theory of radiation, Einstein said the energy transferred by...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Environmental Defenders Office (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers today to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today relating to the Environmental Defenders Office. It is of...
- Immigration Law (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 migration. The...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
I give notice in general terms of my intention on the next day of sitting to move a motion relating to the routine of business.
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
On behalf of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation I give notice of my intention to, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, withdraw business of...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That divisions may take place after 6.30 pm today. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reporting Date (1 speech)
If there are no objections, the business is postponed.
- Senators' Interests Committee; Reference (5 speeches)
I move: That— (a) so much of the resolution on the establishment of the Register of Senators' Qualifications agreed to on 3 April 2019 be suspended as would prevent a matter being referred;...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Rennick, I withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 3.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, by no later than midday on Thursday, 28 November 2024: (a) formal documentation from 1...
- Independent Review of Commonwealth Funding for Strategic Policy Work; Order for the Production of Documents (4 speeches)
At the request of Senator Paterson, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) order for production of documents no. 664 (the order) agreed to by the Senate on 19 November 2024, requiring...
- Online Gambling; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Sport, by no later than 4 December 2024, all written or digital correspondence, briefing notes, file notes,...
- COVID-19: Vaccination; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
I move: That— (a) the Senate notes that: (i) freedom of information (FOI) 4558 made to the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA) requesting batch safety testing data on COVID-19 vaccines...
- Aged Care; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Aged Care, by no later than 4 December 2024, all written or digital correspondence, briefing notes, file...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (8 speeches)
I move general business notice of motion No. 712: That general business notice of motion no. 711, relating to the public release of economic modelling on the impact of caps and curfews on...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- National Anti-Corruption Commission; Order for the Production of Documents (5 speeches)
I move: (1) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 5 December 2024, the following documents held by the National...
- Attorney-General's Department; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: (1) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than 5 pm on 3 December 2024: (a) a copy of the ACIL Allen report on the impact of...
- Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Kovacic, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Industry and Science, by no later than midday on 20 December 2024, the...
- Department of Education; Order for the Production of Documents (3 speeches)
At the request of Senator Henderson, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 5 pm on 28 November 2024: (a) the number of...
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency; Order for the Production of Documents (2 speeches)
At the request of Senator Henderson, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 5 pm on 28 November 2024, copies of the...
- Department of Education; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Henderson, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 5 pm on 28 November 2024, copies of each...
- Avoca Drive Upgrade; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, by no later than 10 am on 28 November...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (12 speeches)
A letter has been received from Senator Kovacic: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: After three...
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Western Australia: Environment (15 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter, dated 27 November, from Senator McKim: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today the Australian Greens...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (3 speeches)
I seek leave to table two documents.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (1 speech)
by leave—I table a document.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Scrutiny Digest (1 speech)
CADELL (—) (): On behalf of Senator Dean Smith, I present Scrutiny digest No. 15 of 2024 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, together with ministerial correspondence. I...
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Senator Canavan, I present the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee on the impact and mitigation of aircraft noise, together with accompanying...
- Treaties Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
(—) (): On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the 224th report, Agreement among the government of Australia, the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Standards (15 speeches)
Before we move on with further business of the Senate, I intend to make a further statement to the chamber. In the statement I made before question time today, I noted that the disorderly conduct...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Make Amazon Pay Campaign (1 speech)
I rise to add my voice to the SDA's Make Amazon Pay campaign. This week the SDA, the TWU and other unions across not only Australia but the world are calling for an end to the poor working...
- Valedictory (1 speech)
I rise as leader of the National Party in the Senate to wish everybody a very, very merry Christmas. We are very proud, in my party, to represent the nine million Australians who don't live in...
- ASC Pty Ltd: Pay Parity (3 speeches)
I rise today to congratulate the South Australian submarine workers at the ASC and their representatives at the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. This success that they've seen is the...
- Imperial Engineering Education (1 speech)
Franz Kafka's critique of bureaucracy reveals its absurdity and inefficiency and how it often leads to a sense of helplessness amongst individuals that are ensnared in administrative processes...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the question that I put to Senator Farrell in question time today. It's often a question that has been lost in the conflation of the environment, climate change and...
