Senate debates
Thursday, 13 February 2025
Bills
- Customs Amendment (Expedited Seizure and Disposal of Engineered Stone) Bill 2024; 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. by leave—I move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to... - Customs Amendment (Expedited Seizure and Disposal of Engineered Stone) Bill 2024; 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 Australian... - Customs Amendment (Expedited Seizure and Disposal of Engineered Stone) Bill 2024; Third Reading (2 speeches)
No amendments have been circulated. I'm assuming no-one wants a committee stage. - Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment Bill 2025; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Here we have it. Here we have living proof that this is a rushed policy on offshore wind. It isn't a policy that's sustainable. It isn't a policy that does anything. It is a policy that has got... - Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment Bill 2025; Third Reading (1 speech)
The question is that the bill be now read a third time. - Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024; Consideration of House of Representatives Message (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate agrees to the amendment made by the House of Representatives, which is identical to the Senate amendment. Question agreed to. - Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024. This bill amends the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 and introduces new requirements for...