Senate debates
Monday, 13 February 2017
Bills
- Transport Security Amendment (Serious or Organised Crime) Bill 2016; 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. - Transport Security Amendment (Serious or Organised Crime) Bill 2016; 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— The Government has no... - Transport Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading (1 speech)
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— It is important that the... - Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill 2016; Report of Legislation Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Hume, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill... - Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; Second Reading (4 speeches)
As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, I rise to strenuously oppose the Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016. This bill amends the Criminal Code Act 1995... - Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; In Committee (18 speeches)
by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) to (3) on sheet 8037 together: (1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (lines 4 to 8), omit the item, substitute: 1 Subsections 360.2(1) and (2) of the... - Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Bill 2016; Second Reading (12 speeches)
I rise to speak in opposition to the latest government attempt to reduce wages and conditions and set up a system that exposes young workers to exploitation and exposes existing employees to...