Senate debates
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- Community Affairs References Committee (4 speeches)
By letter dated 25 November 2021, the Chair of the Community Affairs References Committee, Senator Rice, has raised a matter of privilege connected to the committee's inquiry into Centrelink's...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (11 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the consideration of the Australian Federal Integrity Commission Bill 2021, as circulated. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice of motion in...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (10 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion in relation to Australia's climate targets. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice standing in my name, I move: That so much of the standing orders be...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (1 speech)
I move: That the order of government business today be as shown on the order of business: Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
Today and every day, I am proud to stand with early childhood educators. Mostly women, they are professional, they are dedicated, they are qualified and they are absolutely essential. These...
- Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
We are seeing very welcome drought-breaking rains at the moment, which is a welcome relief for farmers and irrigators across the nation, but, as ever, rain is a double-edged sword. Some of the...
- Lake Pedder (1 speech)
Fifty years ago next year, the Tasmanian government made a terrible mistake. It needlessly flooded a dynamic, living waterway deep in Tasmania's wilderness, and at the heart of that waterway...
- World AIDS Day (1 speech)
[by video link] Tomorrow is World AIDS Day and I want to take this opportunity now to speak in support of all those living with HIV and to commemorate those who've been lost in the AIDS epidemic....
- Medicinal Cannabis (1 speech)
[by video link] Since 2016, One Nation has been campaigning for natural, Australian, whole-plant medical cannabis to be made available through chemists—under doctor's prescription—on...
- Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
Labor wants to introduce its reckless plan to scrap the cashless debit card, a card that protects particularly vulnerable communities from having their welfare scammed for drugs and alcohol. We...
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (1 speech)
Today marks the beginning of an important national awareness campaign about the dangers of drinking while pregnant. I have been advocating for more recognition and understanding of fetal alcohol...
- Automotive Industry (1 speech)
'NEILL () (): I want to associate myself with the remarks of Senator Griff. I think it's a very important issue and it's great that it's acknowledged. Today, I want to make a contribution about...
- Ipswich: Community Services (1 speech)
The people of the Ipswich region in my home state of Queensland have big hearts. Senator Stoker and Senator McGrath are here from Queensland. Madam Acting Deputy President, you originate from...
- Taiwan (1 speech)
Defence Minister Dutton has had a lot to say about Taiwan in the last couple of weeks. He has repeatedly stated that it would be inconceivable that Australia would not provide military support to...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Yesterday, I reported to the Senate that Mr Joyce had used his ministerial powers to appoint his mate and local political fixer, Councillor Col Murray, who is the Mayor of Tamworth, as the chair...
- Begum Khaleda Zia (1 speech)
I rise to draw attention to the prolonged deterioration in the health of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. Seventy-six-year-old Zia was arrested on corruption charges almost...
- Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
We have had months of misinformation from Labor when it comes to the cashless debit card. Now, an AAP fact check has confirmed what we all know to be true: that Labor's claim that the government...
- Agriculture Industry: Pacific Workers (1 speech)
I rise to speak about Geoff and Jane Smith. Geoff is a Pentecostal pastor who has dedicated much of his life to supporting South Sea islanders who work on Central Queensland farms. Jane's...
- Liberal Party of Australia (2 speeches)
In this place yesterday we heard from Senator Henderson that the Morrison government had done more for Australian women than any other government in history. Seriously? Seemingly, Senator...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (4 speeches)
I advise the Senate that Senator Ruston, the Minister for Families and Social Services, will be absent from question time today for personal reasons. In Senator Ruston's absence, I will represent...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Quarantine (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Birmingham, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. In a report released this month, Mr Morrison's handpicked quarantine adviser, Ms Jane Halton, told him: 'Some...
- Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister please inform the Senate on the status of the final report of the Independent Review into...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. As the omicron variant emerges in Australia, a webinar promoted by One Nation was recently hosted by the...
- Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The Human Rights Commission's comprehensive report Set the standard is a much-needed reality check on the cultural and structural...
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is to Minister Payne, representing the Minister for Defence. Minister, the AUKUS security agreement and the government's decision to spend many billions on nuclear submarines is...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (9 speeches)
TH () (): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. As then Minister for Social Services, in 2015, Mr Morrison removed the exemption for parents who are...
- Covid-19 (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Cash. Can the Minister outline what steps the government is taking to keep Australians safe and to ensure that...
- Tasmania: Housing Affordability (18 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Housing. Minister, Tasmania's housing crisis is at boiling point. The average Hobart renter is paying nearly a third of their income...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Colbeck. In early November, President Biden announced that the US already had enough vaccines to supply every child in...
- Australian Natural Disasters (9 speeches)
Y (—) (): My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Senator McKenzie. We've recently seen some quite devastating flooding in the north of...
- Answers to Questions on Notice (0 speeches)
- Question No. 3985 (16 speeches)
Pursuant to stand order 74(5)(a), I seek explanation from the Minister representing the Prime Minister as to why question on notice no. 3985 has still not been answered.
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Quarantine (20 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Birmingham) to a question without notice asked by Senator McCarthy today relating to federal quarantine...
- Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Birmingham) to a question without notice asked by the Leader of the Australian Greens in the Senate...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to various bills, allowing them to be considered during...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave Of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Henderson for today, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
PRESIDENT (): I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator. I shall now proceed to the discovery of formal business.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (10 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today 18 proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Australian Human Rights Commission (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the document. Today, after many months of diligent work, Commissioner Kate Jenkins has handed down her report into the Commonwealth parliamentary workplace,...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (1 speech)
(—) (): by leave—I present to the Senate a non-conforming petition in regard to Tasmania's strong antidiscrimination laws, urging the Senate to vote against the government's Religious...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges Committee; Report (1 speech)
I rise to present the 181st report of the Standing Committee of Privileges, regarding a possible contempt by the Commissioner of Taxation. I move: That the report be adopted. The report relates...
- Job Security Select Committee; Report (2 speeches)
I present the third interim report of the Select Committee on Job Security on labour hire and contracting. I move: That the Senate take note of the report. Before I even had an opportunity to...
- Economics Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Economics Legislation Committee, Senator Scarr, I present additional information received by the committee for its inquiry into the Coronavirus Economic Response...
- Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Senator Fawcett, I present its report on the Human rights of women and girls in the Pacific. By...
- Public Works Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the committee's 9th and 10th reports of 2021.
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a short personal statement to clarify a matter from question time. Leave granted. Mr President, as you asked us to reflect, I reflected on my behaviour in question time. I...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
I table a response to a question taken on notice during question time on 29 November asked by Senator Gallagher relating to the allocation of grants at the discretion of ministers and seek leave...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
Order! The President has received a letter from a party leader seeking a variation to the membership of a joint committee.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- GetUp (1 speech)
As we all know, GetUp is a discredited organisation. Not only has it misrepresented an independent statutory authority—namely, our Australian Electoral Commission—it has also had two...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
The end of the year is a time for reflection and, as the parliamentary year comes to an end, the people of Australia are reflecting on what the Morrison government has done for them. What they...
- Chandler, Senator Claire (1 speech)
In recent times this chamber has been regularly subjected to quite a bit of anti-trans rhetoric from Senator Chandler. She'll come in here and use what is an extremely privileged platform to...
- International Volunteer Day (1 speech)
As we get closer to another Christmas, this Sunday, 5 December, is International Volunteer Day. Volunteers have always played a very important role in shaping our great nation, but their...
- Racing Industry (1 speech)
More and more people are catching on to the horrors of the racing industry. After years of investigations, which have highlighted the cruelty of horse and greyhound racing again and again, it has...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
The ABC is out of touch. The ABC has a wilful disregard for the majority of the Australian people who fund its operations. The ABC, like the surly teenager it is, has no regard for the...
- COVID-19: Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
We are all affected by COVID-19. We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same ship. Decisions made by Labor and Liberal governments have kept our people back. Long-term systemic...
- Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
OX () (): I rise today to inform the Senate about an issue that devastates the lives of those that are broken by it—that is, missing and murdered First Nations women in Australia. During my...
- 150th Anniversary of Waratah, Senate: Parliamentary Debate (1 speech)
This weekend, on 4 December, we mark the 150th anniversary of a very important date in Tasmania. On the West Coast of Tasmania, in a small community called Waratah, tin was discovered by a fellow...
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (1 speech)
Well, the royal commission is here. Veterans, serving members and their families are finally getting the moment of truth they deserve. We have fought so hard for this—so hard. It has taken...
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Anti-Semitism (1 speech)
Firstly, I want to acknowledge Senator Lambie's contribution to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. She thanked a lot of people for their contribution, but I hope Senator...
- Members of Parliament: Conduct (1 speech)
FIERRAVANTI-WELLS () (): Earlier this year I distributed a publication in which I stated: With perceptions of corruption in Australia increasing the erosion of public trust in institutions and...
- El Halabi, Mr Mohammad (1 speech)
Last week there was a parliamentary event regarding the imprisonment and trial of the World Vision manager in Gaza, Mohammad El Halabi. It was nearly six years ago when his case made headlines,...
- West Papua, Human Rights (1 speech)
The Australian Greens believe that universal human rights are fundamental and must be respected and protected in all countries and for all people, and that must inform our approach to foreign...
- Trusted Digital Identity Bill 2021 (1 speech)
[by video link] As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, tonight I draw attention to a new government bill, the Trusted Digital Identity Bill 2021. This is no time for subtlety....
- Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Sam Telfer is the Mayor of Tumby Bay and Liberal candidate for the South Australian seat of Flinders. His pitch to win over residents and farmers in the lower and western Eyre Peninsula over the...
