Lisa Singh's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2019-07-02T23:05:26+00:00
items: Climate Change | Motions | Senate debates
items: Tasmania: Bushfires, Climate Change | Adjournment | Senate debates
items: Select Committee into the Obesity Epidemic in Australia; Report | Committees | Senate debates
items: Mining Industry | Matters of Urgency | Senate debates
items: Energy | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
items: Energy | Matters of Public Importance | Senate debates
items: Modern Slavery Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: India | Adjournment | Senate debates
items: Victorian State Election | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
items: Khashoggi, Mr Jamal | Adjournment | Senate debates
items: World Diabetes Day | Motions | Senate debates
items: World Toilet Day | Motions | Senate debates
items: Trade with Indonesia, Minister for the Environment | Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers | Senate debates
items: Minister for the Environment | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
items: My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates

Climate Change | Motions | Senate debates
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description: I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1370 standing in my name for today and relating to climate change in the Pacific region be taken as a formal motion.
encoded: I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1370 standing in my name for today and relating to climate change in the Pacific region be taken as a formal motion.
date: 2019-02-14T12:17:00+00:00

Tasmania: Bushfires, Climate Change | Adjournment | Senate debates
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description: Once again, bushfires have plagued Tasmania for the start of 2019. It is not something that Tasmanians are unfamiliar with. We suffered terrible losses around Lake Mackenzie in the Tasmanian...
encoded: Once again, bushfires have plagued Tasmania for the start of 2019. It is not something that Tasmanians are unfamiliar with. We suffered terrible losses around Lake Mackenzie in the Tasmanian central plateau in 2016 and the destruction of the fishing town of Dunalley in 2013 and, of course, so many Tasmanians, including my parents, remember the 1967 bushfires that plagued the state, killing 64 people and destroying whole towns. But this January, 2019, was Australia's hottest month since records began. It was Tasmania's driest January ever. The Tasmania Fire Service has stated that fuel loads were 20 per cent to 30 per cent drier than average. Tasmania's maximum temperatures were much more than three degrees above the long-term average for the month. So, of course, the fires came, and they haven't stopped. Already they've burnt some three per cent of Tasmania's forests, with the Central Highlands and the Huon Valley suffering extensive devastation. It is a climate change tragedy, a tragedy that has, despite the outstanding work of firefighters from Tasmania, the mainland and our neighbours across in New Zealand and even with the help of water bombers from overseas, removed a horrifying amount of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area off the map. We have lost homes, businesses and tens of thousands of hectares of alpine vegetation. The flames were scorching the edge of the largest remaining forest of thousand-year-old King Billy pines in the world. We have lost key wilderness tourist attractions, like the iconic Tahune AirWalk in Geeveston. I have fond memories of visiting the Tahune AirWalk—the treetops of it—with my children when they were young. Everyone loved this incredible wilderness attraction of feeling like you were almost on top of the world, walking amongst the trees. But now the incredible photos taken by Matthew Newton of the ash debris after the wildfires just show how devastating they've been through Tahune and elsewhere. The owner of the Tahune A…
date: 2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00

Select Committee into the Obesity Epidemic in Australia; Report | Committees | Senate debates
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description: Labor welcomes today's tabling of the report of the Senate Select Committee into the Obesity Epidemic in Australia. As the committee's deputy chair, I'd like to express my gratitude to all of...
encoded: Labor welcomes today's tabling of the report of the Senate Select Committee into the Obesity Epidemic in Australia. As the committee's deputy chair, I'd like to express my gratitude to all of those individuals and organisations from across Australia who made submissions to this inquiry—some 153 submissions—and also to those who appeared at public hearings. As the chair, Senator Di Natale, has outlined, obesity in Australia is a really serious problem. That is why I have 'enjoyed' this in the sense of being informed about what we can do at a policy level to tackle what has been termed an epidemic because the rates of obesity continue to rise. We have worked very constructively through this Senate select committee to come up with what I believe is a really constructive, full and informative report that has a number of key recommendations which I think will be of huge benefit to the Australian population going forward if they are implemented. The rates of obesity are that 28 per cent of the population aged 15 and over are obese, making us the fifth highest among the OECD countries. And Australia's rate of childhood obesity is increasing rapidly. Our 2014-15 data showed that 63 per cent of Australian adults were overweight or obese, with 71 per cent of those men and 56 per cent women. There are currently over one million children in Australia who are overweight or obese, while 20 per cent of children aged two to four and 27 per cent of children and adolescents aged five to 17 are overweight or obese. I think those statistics are alarming because we know that the short-term health impacts for children and adolescents include chronic conditions such as breathing difficulties, fractures, hypertension, insulin resistance and early markers of cardiovascular disease. That's why government really needs to act to address this issue. The most significant long-term health impacts of childhood obesity that manifest into adulthood are cardiovascular disease, diabetes, musculoskelet…
date: 2018-12-05T18:29:00+00:00

Mining Industry | Matters of Urgency | Senate debates
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description: In 2014, the warmest recorded year in human history, this government made Australia the first country to go backwards on climate change. Nothing has improved since. In fact, I would dare say...
encoded: In 2014, the warmest recorded year in human history, this government made Australia the first country to go backwards on climate change. Nothing has improved since. In fact, I would dare say things have got worse, as our emissions since 2011 have continued to rise. It has been made very clear by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in their annual report this year that Australia will require declining—not increasing, but declining—emissions in every sector of economic activity in order to achieve its Paris commitments at least cost. That, of course, means new investment in large-scale renewable wind and solar energy, not new investment in new coalmines. What has been made very clear since the toppling of the former Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, is that there are so many in government who simply do not believe in climate change, deny that it is happening, do not understand global warming perhaps or just want to at least reject the science. I say that based on information received just yesterday from the former Prime Minister himself. He said: There is a significant percentage of the Coalition members who do not believe climate change is real, who think we should get out of Paris … who would rather the government, instead of building Snowy 2, built a new coal-fired power station. There you have it from the horse's mouth. That's from the former Prime Minister. It shows exactly why we have no action on reducing our emissions. In relation to this particular proposal put forward by the Adani company with another idea to build a new coalmine, admittedly a smaller sized one, I think we all need to be made aware, firstly, that global coal demand fell by two per cent only a couple of years ago and the year before that. The International Energy Agency finds that meeting the Paris climate targets means the coal trade will shrink 25 per cent by 2025 and that new coalmines are not needed. The Australia Institute has done a lot of work in this regard. I made my position very c…
date: 2018-12-05T17:24:00+00:00

Energy | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Reports yesterday indicated that the changes were a refining of the original government proposal. Given the minister last week declared that the government had already refined its energy policy,...
encoded: Reports yesterday indicated that the changes were a refining of the original government proposal. Given the minister last week declared that the government had already refined its energy policy, is this a refinement of the refined policy? If so, how has it been refined and what exactly is the government's policy?
date: 2018-12-05T14:04:00+00:00

Energy | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: In a now infamous interview with David Speers on Sky, the minister refused to explain what the government's big stick was and when it would be used, and has refused to articulate the policy to...
encoded: In a now infamous interview with David Speers on Sky, the minister refused to explain what the government's big stick was and when it would be used, and has refused to articulate the policy to the Senate. Can the minister now explain Mr Morrison's big stick? Is it still a big stick or is it a little twig? How will it work and when will it be used?
date: 2018-12-05T14:03:00+00:00

Energy | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Prime Minister was forced by his own backbench to retreat on his energy big stick, with the Prime...
encoded: My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Prime Minister was forced by his own backbench to retreat on his energy big stick, with the Prime Minister waking to headlines, including 'Morrison's energy "big stick" cut down to size'. Reports indicate Deputy Leader of the Liberals, Julie Bishop, warned the Liberal party room that the big stick threatened investment, could be regarded as a sovereign risk and is inconsistent with Liberal values. It is also reported that other backbenchers, including Jason Falinski, Russell Broadbent and Craig Laundy, spoke out strongly against the proposed legislation. How many members of his own backbench did it take for Mr Morrison to retreat?
date: 2018-12-05T14:00:00+00:00

Energy | Matters of Public Importance | Senate debates
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description: I rise to also contribute to this matter of public importance. In doing so, I will say at the outset that I agree with Senator Storer that meaningful action on climate change is well overdue and...
encoded: I rise to also contribute to this matter of public importance. In doing so, I will say at the outset that I agree with Senator Storer that meaningful action on climate change is well overdue and Australia should be playing its part as a wealthy nation in the region to limit our pollution and reduce greenhouse gases. Our country—and indeed the world—is undergoing a period of rapid destruction in the energy sector. But, through innovation, scale and our need to respond to climate change, renewable energy is becoming the future of that energy mix, and rightly so. This year, 2018, has been a record year for rooftop solar installations as well as large-scale solar and wind developments. But it's vital that we have the energy policy that reflects and anticipates these market developments, our environmental obligations and the need for a transition plan from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change exclaimed recently: 'Climate change is no longer an emergency; it is a disaster.' On that front, I would like to take this opportunity to outline the Morrison government's renewable energy target. Excuse the silence, but there is no policy. That, there in itself, weighs up exactly what we are dealing with in this country: a Morrison government that does not have an energy or a climate policy, a government that is missing in action. Electricity prices have increased by nearly 19 per cent in the past three years—three times as fast as wages growth. The government have blamed blackouts on wind farms, and they've treated coal as though it's some sort of panacea. In fact, the just-released 2018 United Nations Environment emissions gap report makes clear that the government has no interest in climate change as there has been no improvement in Australia's climate policy. On current projections, applying the government's policy—well, lack of policy—by 2030 we will be well above the Nationally Determined Contributions target under the United Nations…
date: 2018-11-28T17:31:00+00:00

Modern Slavery Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: I rise to contribute on the Modern Slavery Bill 2018 after a hard-fought campaign by a wide range of stakeholders that Labor has listened to and responded to. The clothes we buy and the food we...
encoded: I rise to contribute on the Modern Slavery Bill 2018 after a hard-fought campaign by a wide range of stakeholders that Labor has listened to and responded to. The clothes we buy and the food we eat in Australia is often imported or includes imported parts. Many countries from which it is sourced do not benefit from the labour regulations we enjoy here at home. Indeed, new research published in the journal Nature Communications found that fishing crews all over the world are working excessive hours for little or no pay in horrific conditions. Modern slavery is real, it is pervasive and it is everywhere. There are more people in slavery or slavery-like conditions in 2018 than at any other time in human history. Many of these are children. The International Labor Organisation has estimated that about 168 million children worldwide are engaged in child labour. Two-thirds of the 45.8 million people trapped in slavery worldwide are in the Asia-Pacific region. Many of them are stuck in the global supply chains of products and services that Australians use every day. They are victims of exploitation in private sector activities like manufacturing, construction, agricultural and fishing. Even in Australia, an estimated 4,300 people are currently trapped in slavery or slavery-like conditions. They are migrant workers, international students, backpackers and women; they are people working in horticultural industries, our convenience stores or for labour-hire companies. As a nation, we rightly find the notion of slavery abhorrent. It conjures images of subjugation, pain and fear. As a society we know this is unacceptable. Modern slavery is the worst abuse of humanity by humanity. We are all shamed by this shocking reality. Modern slavery harms people of all ages, genders and races. It deprives people of their autonomy, their freedom, their potential and their dignity. It harms their physical and mental wellbeing. Eighty per cent of the 75 million people who make our clothes are…
date: 2018-11-28T11:51:00+00:00

India | Adjournment | Senate debates
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description: I rise to speak on an important issue of national significance, Australia's engagement with India. In April last year, the then Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced with great enthusiasm...
encoded: I rise to speak on an important issue of national significance, Australia's engagement with India. In April last year, the then Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced with great enthusiasm that the former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and former High Commissioner to India, now University of Queensland chancellor, Peter Varghese AO, would be commissioned to study and prepare an India economic strategy. The opposition welcomed the idea and its chosen author. Indeed, Mr Varghese is highly respected among many in the Indian economic and trade communities. The Varghese report was released publicly in July this year. At 514 pages in length, the report charts a pragmatic, ambitious and confident course for Australia's future engagement with India. It represents a truly exceptional body of research. The Turnbull government subsequently welcomed the report, and Labor announced our support for its key recommendations. But then the government buried it. Indeed, in my questioning in Senate estimates, the government admitted that it had been sitting on the report since April this year. On Friday last week—some seven months later—only after continuous pressure from Labor, and with the recent visit from India's President, His Excellency Ram Nath Kovind, did the Morrison government endorse the report and provide in-principle support. But we still have no substance from the government, and those opposite still have no coherent India strategy. As many of my colleagues and stakeholders are aware, as a person of Indian origin and as an Australian senator, I am a long-time supporter of the Australia-India relationship. In 2015 I was honoured to receive the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the overseas-Indians award for building friendlier relations between our two nations. It was conferred by the then President of India, His Excellency Shri Pranab Mukherjee, and it was indeed an honour. But this importance of Australia's engagement with India cannot be overstate…
date: 2018-11-27T20:04:00+00:00

Victorian State Election | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Former Liberal Vice-President Greg Hannan has said, 'The Liberal Party needs to focus on voters and stop focusing on itself.' When will the Liberals stop fighting amongst themselves and start...
encoded: Former Liberal Vice-President Greg Hannan has said, 'The Liberal Party needs to focus on voters and stop focusing on itself.' When will the Liberals stop fighting amongst themselves and start fighting for Australians struggling with cuts to services, spiralling costs of living and stagnant wage growth?
date: 2018-11-26T14:46:00+00:00

Victorian State Election | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Hopefully the government is learning the lessons outlined by John Pesutto. One Liberal source has described the Victorian election result as a bloodbath, warning that it was a shot across the bow...
encoded: Hopefully the government is learning the lessons outlined by John Pesutto. One Liberal source has described the Victorian election result as a bloodbath, warning that it was a shot across the bow for the federal Liberals and that 'if the Feds continue meandering they will suffer the same fate'. What action will Mr Morrison take to ensure his government stops meandering and avoids the fate of the Victorian Liberal Party?
date: 2018-11-26T14:45:00+00:00

Victorian State Election | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Following the disastrous result for the Liberals in the Victorian election, Victorian shadow Attorney-General John...
encoded: My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Following the disastrous result for the Liberals in the Victorian election, Victorian shadow Attorney-General John Pesutto said, 'My advice to our federal colleagues is, if you haven't already had enough lessons, you ought to look at Victoria and learn the lessons that we're seeing tonight.' Has Mr Morrison heeded Mr Pesutto's advice? If so, how?
date: 2018-11-26T14:42:00+00:00

Khashoggi, Mr Jamal | Adjournment | Senate debates
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description: On 2 October, Jamal Khashoggi, a citizen of Saudi Arabia, walked into its Istanbul consulate to obtain a simple marriage document while his wife waited outside. What happened next has shocked the...
encoded: On 2 October, Jamal Khashoggi, a citizen of Saudi Arabia, walked into its Istanbul consulate to obtain a simple marriage document while his wife waited outside. What happened next has shocked the world. Khashoggi would never return. Six weeks later, we now know that he was murdered brutally in the consulate in what was a premeditated event. The details of his death have yet to be confirmed, but all reports agree that he was tortured and his body has yet to be located. Horrific rumours abound. We are living in extraordinary times. The norms and values that underpin international peace, security and prosperity are being eroded. As Bill Shorten said in his recent speech at the Lowy Institute: The international order in which Australia has operated since the Second World War is being disrupted. The effect of this disruption is becoming increasingly clear. Khashoggi's murder could only have been sanctioned by individuals who calculated their actions would be met with impunity. Indeed, in the immediate aftermath of the event, incorrect claims were made by Saudi officials that the consulate was sovereign, connoting immunity from prosecution and echoing nationalist rhetoric that has now unfortunately become an all-too-familiar excuse for abdicating moral and legal responsibility. But international law is clear. Khashoggi's murder occurred on Turkish soil, and Turkish law applies. Of great concern, however, is the reason Khashoggi was targeted in the first place—for exercising the right to freedom of speech, a right guaranteed under every human rights treaty. Across the world, freedom of speech and, importantly, freedom of the press are deteriorating. Very few bright spots remain. According to Freedom House, only 13 per cent of the world's population enjoys a free press, and, as The Economist recently observed, it is becoming a luxury limited only to Western states. It is axiomatic that, in the absence of an unfettered press, democracy dies and corruption flourishes, and, ri…
date: 2018-11-15T18:54:00+00:00

World Diabetes Day | Motions | Senate debates
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description: I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 14 November 2018 is World Diabetes Day, (ii) the theme of World Diabetes Day 2018 is 'Family and Diabetes',...
encoded: I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) 14 November 2018 is World Diabetes Day, (ii) the theme of World Diabetes Day 2018 is 'Family and Diabetes', (iii) Australia has one of the highest rates of Type 1 Diabetes in the world, with around 160,000 people affected, (iv) Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting children in Australia, (v) children diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes require insulin for life to manage their diabetes and live with the reality of hypoglycaemic fits, diabetic ketoacidosis and even death, along with the long-term health impacts, and (vi) Type 1 Diabetes is responsible for significant financial and emotional burdens on those living with the disease and their families; and (b) calls on the Federal Government to: (i) consider extending National Diabetes Services Scheme subsidisation to flash glucose monitoring technology – which enables people with diabetes to detect their blood glucose levels without a blood sample and track their blood glucose trends on their mobile phones, following the Department of Health's review, and (ii) extend the provision of free continuous glucose monitoring devices, which radically improve diabetic health and safety, to pregnant women and adults with severe hypoglycaemia and limited awareness of their condition if they cannot afford the technology.
date: 2018-11-14T15:44:00+00:00

World Toilet Day | Motions | Senate debates
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description: I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises World Toilet Day 2018 on 19 November, as the day to recognise the importance of sanitation; (b) notes that: (i) an estimated 4 billion...
encoded: I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises World Toilet Day 2018 on 19 November, as the day to recognise the importance of sanitation; (b) notes that: (i) an estimated 4 billion people around the world live without access to a safe toilet, and 892 million people still practice open defecation, (ii) diarrhoea caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water kills around 289,000 children every year, (iii) clean toilets contribute to poverty eradication by protecting people's health and ability to work, (iv) globally, lack of sanitation and unsafe drinking water costs the world economy an estimated $260 billion every year in lost productivity, (v) United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030, and (vi) the theme of this year's World Toilet Day is 'When Nature Calls' and recognises the important role of nature-based solutions to the sanitation and water crisis; (c) also notes that, while an annual global expenditure of $158 billion is estimated to be needed to bring about the full implementation of SDG 6, as former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Chair of the Global Partnership on Sanitation and Water for All pointed out in a recent speech to the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention in New Delhi, less than $50 billion is currently spent worldwide; and (d) calls on the Australian Government to increase its general aid commitments, including to its water, sanitation and hygiene aid programs. Question agreed to.
date: 2018-11-14T15:44:00+00:00

Trade with Indonesia, Minister for the Environment | Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers | Senate debates
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description: Whatever muppet is popping up now—thanks, Senator Cameron. We've had enough of it. We've certainly had enough of it. We want to ensure that our relationships with our nearest neighbours are...
encoded: Whatever muppet is popping up now—thanks, Senator Cameron. We've had enough of it. We've certainly had enough of it. We want to ensure that our relationships with our nearest neighbours are solid, concrete partnerships. That is why our leader, Bill Shorten, made that pledge at a recent speech outlining what Labor would do in government with our relationships in the Pacific—how it would be a partnership and not paternalism, and that we know, with the rising sea levels, we need to take action to support our neighbours now. Question agreed to.
date: 2018-11-14T15:23:00+00:00

Trade with Indonesia, Minister for the Environment | Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers | Senate debates
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description: It's another moment, another week and another month when we, as Australians, feel embarrassment under the leadership of Prime Minister Morrison or, indeed, whoever is in the role of leadership in...
encoded: It's another moment, another week and another month when we, as Australians, feel embarrassment under the leadership of Prime Minister Morrison or, indeed, whoever is in the role of leadership in this country under this coalition government. It is another moment, thanks to this government, when we all feel the cringe and the embarrassment, as Australians, of knowing about the mutterings in the Pacific, in the region, of our nearest neighbours, that will filter throughout the diplomatic channels and elsewhere—mutterings about how arrogant we are as a nation when we hear of the thought bubbles that come out of this government and out of this Prime Minister's mouth. Whether it's junking longstanding bipartisan foreign policy, such as the thought-bubble decision of moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem, or whether it's the rude words of the now environment minister, who has been termed the L-plated environment minister, it leaves Australians in a diplomatic mess. It does not serve Australia's national interests in any way whatsoever. It's very rare that I agree with Senator Fierravanti-Wells, the former Minister for International Development and the Pacific. But, having read her opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Heraldtoday, at least there is one senator on that side that does recognise the effects of climate change on the Pacific. She raises that in her opinion piece in some detail, but then she gets to the important point that it is 'regrettable' that the good work that has been done by this government in the Pacific has been damaged by this new, L-plates environment minister in, as we know, that very unfortunate incident with former President of Kiribati Anote Tong. In answers to questions asked by Senator Kitching on this very matter, we did not receive from Senator Cormann anything detailed in relation to that—or, indeed, how it has damaged our relationship with the Pacific. That has not been the only thing, of course, that has damaged our relationship with …
date: 2018-11-14T15:23:00+00:00

Minister for the Environment | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Senator Collins asked whether or not Senator Canavan agrees with the former minister's assessment of what took place in the conversation between the minister and the President of Kiribati.
encoded: Senator Collins asked whether or not Senator Canavan agrees with the former minister's assessment of what took place in the conversation between the minister and the President of Kiribati.
date: 2018-11-14T14:48:00+00:00

My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: I think everyone in this place would agree that Australians should have the right to privacy. Our health records are the most highly personal information. It's information that we entrust to...
encoded: I think everyone in this place would agree that Australians should have the right to privacy. Our health records are the most highly personal information. It's information that we entrust to medical professionals acting in our best interests. I cannot think of a more important privacy relationship than that between a patient and their health professional. That is why it is so important that we get this My Health Record model right. What is clear from the Senate inquiry that has gone into this legislation is that currently we don't have it right—so much so that, as we speak, thousands, if not now millions, of Australians are on their phones and on the internet opting out of the My Health Record scheme proposed by the government. This government has lost the public trust debate, and that is why Labor has made it very clear that we want to put in place amendments to this legislation to put back the public trust that is so needed in this My Health Record debacle. This debacle isn't the only one there has been, when we look at the government's record in the area of information technology. The government have a woeful track record on IT security and privacy. They botched the rollout of the NBN, they botched the rollout of the NDIS, they gave us a census fail and they gave us the robo-debt debacle—and now they have stuffed up My Health Record. If you look at the record of this government and its previous versions on sensitive data security, I think the Centrelink robo-debt debacle stands out, with lots of bells and whistles on. But, then again, what about the immigration department database breach that put the lives of asylum seekers at risk by revealing their details? These are just a couple of examples of how this government has simply failed when it comes to information technology security and privacy, and that is why Labor is calling on the government to extend the deadline for My Health Record to go live, which it is due to do from tomorrow. In fact, my Senate colleag…
date: 2018-11-14T10:48:00+00:00