Senate debates
Monday, 3 December 2018
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018; Second Reading (5 speeches)
As my colleague Senator Griff outlined last week, Centre Alliance is not, and was never going to, support the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill... - Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018; In Committee (11 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (6) on sheet 8602 together: (1) Schedule 1, item 28, page 7 (line 16) to page 8 (line 3), omit subsections 322(3) and (4). (2) Schedule 1, item 30, page 9... - Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018; Third Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. - Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2018; In Committee (9 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (4) on sheet 8587: (1) Schedule 2, item 5, page 20 (line 15), omit "annual limit", substitute "time limits". (2) Schedule 2, item 5, page 20 (lines 20 to... - Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2018; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. - Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2018; Second Reading (4 speeches)
I won't spend a lot of time on the Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2018, because, frankly, it should have been treated as a non-controversial bill, but it clearly is... - Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2018; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole. - Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2018, Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2017; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Labor supports these bills, which will remove unnecessary restrictions on the migrant advisory industry and set the default charge for the services of agencies to give advice. It is important to...