Kimberley Kitching's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2022-03-27T22:05:19+00:00
items: Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Economics References Committee; Report | Committees | Senate debates
items: Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Facilitation) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
items: Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates

Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Thank you, Senator McKim. Are you planning on moving your amendments in committee?
encoded: Thank you, Senator McKim. Are you planning on moving your amendments in committee?
date: 2022-02-10T16:40:00+00:00

Economics References Committee; Report | Committees | Senate debates
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description: I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I'm pleased to have the opportunity to speak to the tabling of the Senate Economics References Committee's report into the Australian...
encoded: I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I'm pleased to have the opportunity to speak to the tabling of the Senate Economics References Committee's report into the Australian manufacturing industry. I want to thank my colleague Senator Chisholm, the chair of the committee, and the other members of the committee for the work that has gone into this report. I also want to thank Mr Mark Fitt, the committee secretary, and other members of the secretariat for the support they have given to the committee's work. This is a timely report, as we are nearing the end of this parliament and the voters will soon have an opportunity to decide our country's course for the next three years. Among, I think, the many issues that will be before the voters will be industry policy; and, as the majority and minority reports that are now before the Senate make clear, the voters will have a choice because the policy approaches from the coalition and from the Labor opposition are different. This report documents the sharp decline in Australia's manufacturing capacity over the last 30 years. As a share of the total economy, manufacturing has fallen from about 16 per cent in 1986 to seven per cent today. Over the past 20 years, employment in manufacturing has fallen by 100,000, while employment in the services sector has correspondingly risen. Australia has shifted from a manufacturing economy to a services economy. This seismic shift in the Australian economy has been the direct result of the economic reforms of the Hawke and Keating governments between 1983 and 1996, particularly the demolition of the tariff wall that had sheltered Australia's inefficient and non-competitive manufacturing industry since Federation. I don't make any apologies for those reforms. I'm glad of them and I'm glad of the consequences of them. Despite the cost to Australia in terms of manufacturing employment, the Hawke-Keating reforms have been of huge overall benefit to Australia. One of the reasons that w…
date: 2022-02-09T18:52:00+00:00

Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: It being 1.30 pm, we will move to two-minute statements.
encoded: It being 1.30 pm, we will move to two-minute statements.
date: 2021-12-02T13:27:00+00:00

Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Facilitation) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: My understanding is that there was an amendment circulated but that's not proceeding.
encoded: My understanding is that there was an amendment circulated but that's not proceeding.
date: 2021-12-02T13:24:00+00:00

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: I rise today to speak on the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021. Labor will be supporting this bill. The bill contains necessary measures to ensure that...
encoded: I rise today to speak on the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021. Labor will be supporting this bill. The bill contains necessary measures to ensure that members and senators are covered by our political funding and disclosure laws. In 2018 this parliament agreed to important reforms to enhance transparency and protect our democracy. It was Labor that successfully fought for a ban on foreign donations to be included in the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Act 2018. We knew that we had to act to protect our democracy from foreign interference, but this government had to be dragged kicking and screaming into banning foreign donations. It took two years for them to act after Labor introduced our own bill to protect democracy. Because of the reforms Labor achieved in 2018, registered political parties, candidates, Senate groups and political campaigners are unable to accept donations over $100 from foreign sources if they are intended to be used for electoral expenditure or any foreign donation at all over $1,000. However, there is an inconsistency in the way the funding and disclosure framework operates with respect to parliamentarians once they are elected. This bill will extend the ban on foreign donations that applies to parties, candidates and political campaigners to senators and members of the House of Representatives. It will also align the donations disclosure obligations of serving parliamentarians with those that apply to candidates and to political parties. While candidates for an election are unable to accept foreign donations and are required to submit a return to the Australian Electoral Commission which details their donations and electoral expenditure, this obligation ceases 30 days after the return of the writs. That means that anyone in this place who receives donations personally during their term in parliament is not required to disclose them. It also means that there is a l…
date: 2021-12-02T10:04:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: In terms of ADF personnel and the strengthening of the cyberbullying offence, is that consistent with the new legislation that has been announced by the Prime Minister in relation to online trolling?
encoded: In terms of ADF personnel and the strengthening of the cyberbullying offence, is that consistent with the new legislation that has been announced by the Prime Minister in relation to online trolling?
date: 2021-12-01T18:18:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: In terms of ADF members who are subject to defence discipline and the amendment, is training given to members of the ADF? What kind of training is given? Do most ADF personnel find it to be adequate?
encoded: In terms of ADF members who are subject to defence discipline and the amendment, is training given to members of the ADF? What kind of training is given? Do most ADF personnel find it to be adequate?
date: 2021-12-01T18:17:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: In the minister's initial response to the human rights committee, did he not support the original form of the offence, effectively refuting any subsequent amendment? Did he not assert that the...
encoded: In the minister's initial response to the human rights committee, did he not support the original form of the offence, effectively refuting any subsequent amendment? Did he not assert that the original provision was suitable, necessary and adequate in its balance?
date: 2021-12-01T18:17:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Didn't this support the original form of the offence that was effectively refuting any subsequent amendment? Perhaps I should explain that better. The support of the original form of the...
encoded: Didn't this support the original form of the offence that was effectively refuting any subsequent amendment? Perhaps I should explain that better. The support of the original form of the offence—was that effectively refuting any subsequent amendment?
date: 2021-12-01T18:15:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: The minister's initial response to the human rights committee was found to be not sufficient?
encoded: The minister's initial response to the human rights committee was found to be not sufficient?
date: 2021-12-01T18:15:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: On the amendment, why was the interpretive guidance that was provided in response to the questions from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights about proportionality in relation to this...
encoded: On the amendment, why was the interpretive guidance that was provided in response to the questions from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights about proportionality in relation to this offence not sufficient?
date: 2021-12-01T18:14:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Do you have a list of what the typical summary discipline matters were?
encoded: Do you have a list of what the typical summary discipline matters were?
date: 2021-12-01T18:14:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: The 2017 review directed by the Chief of the Defence Force found that aspects of the current system were overly complex and difficult to use and that summary discipline matters were taking too...
encoded: The 2017 review directed by the Chief of the Defence Force found that aspects of the current system were overly complex and difficult to use and that summary discipline matters were taking too long to resolve. What were the typical summary discipline matters that were taking too long to resolve?
date: 2021-12-01T18:13:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Labor knows that the government has proposed an amendment to the new cyberbullying offence in the Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021, set out at new section 48A. The...
encoded: Labor knows that the government has proposed an amendment to the new cyberbullying offence in the Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021, set out at new section 48A. The effect of this would be that cyberbullying offences would apply when a defence member has used a social media service or relevant electronic service in a way that a reasonable person would regard in all the circumstances as threatening, intimidating, harassing or humiliating another person, but would not necessarily regard as offensive. The government says this is a response to concerns raised by the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. Labor will be opposing the amendment. In terms of the substance, we are concerned that the amendment narrows and weakens the proposed cyberbullying offence. Indeed, the government's own supplementary explanatory memorandum to the amendment acknowledges as much. We understand the issue that the minister is trying to address here but we are broadly satisfied with the interpretive guidance that has been provided in response to the questions from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights about proportionality in relation to this new offence. Labor will not be supporting the amendment because we do not think that removing the word 'offensive' will have the desired overall effect of reflecting the reality of cyberbullying—that is, that a lot of it does come down to offence, or content that is considered offensive. The amendment appears to rely on a libertarian freedom of expression or free speech argument that we believe is inconsistent with the need to maintain a strong system of military discipline, which is the objective of the overall bill. Labor may be open to retaining the words 'in all the circumstances as threatening, intimidating, harassing or humiliating', but we think it's essential to retain the word 'offensive'. Otherwise, this risks watering down the offence. In…
date: 2021-12-01T18:01:00+00:00

Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: I'm pleased to speak on the Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021, which was introduced into the parliament in August and passed the House of Representatives on 1 September....
encoded: I'm pleased to speak on the Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021, which was introduced into the parliament in August and passed the House of Representatives on 1 September. The bill is aimed at reforming the system of military discipline for those who serve in our Defence Force, by improving the way discipline officers and summary authorities operate under the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982. Our military discipline system provides the Australian Defence Force with an Australian legal framework that is able to be applied on operations anywhere in the world. However, the system of discipline in the Australian military has become slow and unresponsive under the weight of administration required to address minor breaches of discipline. Reform is required to modernise our current system that predates modern warfare, technologies and tactical requirements and the way our Defence Force is organised. On this basis, Labor will be supporting this legislation. To defend Australia and our national interests we must maintain an operationally capable Defence Force that demonstrates high levels of discipline, professionalism, competence and commitment. The women and men who join the Australian Defence Force are subject to military law—in addition to civilian law—which has its own discipline system and capacity to impose punishments and orders under the Defence Force Discipline Act. The act provides a comprehensive system of military discipline that must be trusted by the Australian people—and, most importantly, by those who serve in our Defence Force—to be applied fairly and effectively in all circumstances. The system of discipline administered by the ADF must encourage the men and women of our Defence Force to be accountable for their actions and, importantly, to learn and grow from their mistakes. Because the people in our Defence Force work and live with one another and within teams, they have a perfectly reasonable expectation that any wrongdoing or …
date: 2021-12-01T17:05:00+00:00

Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Thank you, Senator Abetz. He was, of course, when he said those words, referring to the Soviet Union, and look at it today—plus ca change. I'm not saying that democracies are always right....
encoded: Thank you, Senator Abetz. He was, of course, when he said those words, referring to the Soviet Union, and look at it today—plus ca change. I'm not saying that democracies are always right. After all, it was from his jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, that Martin Luther King Jr wrote these words, which should still ring in our ears—and they certainly ring in mine very often. He wrote: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. But it is democracies where there is sunlight and transparency, that have a rule of law, that respect the rights of minorities, that believe in free and fair elections, that believe in the freedom of the press and that believe in human rights. It is they that are the promised land for those who suffer at the mean and ugly hands of authoritarian regimes. Democracies need to grow, not to contract. For those of us in this parliament and around the world who do not hold out an appeasing hand to those who commit human rights abuses, who do not hold out a slippery hand to those who engage in large-scale corruption; for those of us who tell these evil people, 'No, we will not look away while you do wrong,' but rather look them straight in the eye and say, 'We shall make pariahs of you all'; for those of us who choose to fight for the best world we can have; for those of us who will fight for justice and righteousness, we have made the only choice there is to make. I was recently in one of the oldest centres of democracy on this earth, Westminster, for an awards ceremony. I am honoured and humbled that I received an award for outstanding contribution to Magnitsky legislation. An honourable senator: Congratulations. Thank you. I will never forget some of the people I met there and had an opportunity to become better acquainted with in meetings concerning Magnitsky legislation. They included people wh…
date: 2021-12-01T15:56:00+00:00

Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: I am pleased today to rise to speak on the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021. The world is at a tipping point in the struggle against creeping or, in some places,...
encoded: I am pleased today to rise to speak on the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021. The world is at a tipping point in the struggle against creeping or, in some places, marching, authoritarianism. In Australia, we live with the benefits of a stable and prosperous democracy. Its superiority over any other model of political and economic organisation may seem self-evident, but this is actually not the case for many people in many parts of the world. Democracy and personal liberty cannot be taken for granted anywhere or at any time. They must be defended and, if I may put it this way, they must be defended aggressively in all of our countries. The practical application of human freedom through political participation in democracy as a universal idea is central to our humanity, and so are human rights and the protection of human rights. While these notions had their origins in Europe and North America, they are not Western in essence. They are universal, and just as applicable in the developing world as they are in the developed world. As the United States Declaration of Independence expresses it: WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness— … And the Declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen de 1789 contains a very similar principle Art. 1er. Les hommes naissent et demeurent libres et egaux en droits. Les distinctions sociales ne peuvent etre fondees que sur l'utilite commune. We must remind ourselves that these are quite radical ideals. Throughout history they have not been the norm. For evidence of how fragile democracy is, we need only look at certain parts of the world where, in recent years, we have seen a slide back to authoritarian governments. In that context, the fault lines are there for all of us to see. Many of the great democracies, the 'free world', if you like—and…
date: 2021-12-01T15:56:00+00:00

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Labor supports this amendment, which would require the minister to request progress reports on the NTAI Corporation's strategic investment plan. We note that this was a recommendation of the...
encoded: Labor supports this amendment, which would require the minister to request progress reports on the NTAI Corporation's strategic investment plan. We note that this was a recommendation of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee. It is appropriate and consistent with principles of transparency that progress reports should be open to parliamentary scrutiny. There are various options available to the minister to allow for the removal or confidentiality of any genuinely sensitive material.
date: 2021-11-30T18:57:00+00:00

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Labor will not be supporting these amendments. The bill already provides for the new corporation to have an Aboriginal controlled board and an appropriately timed statutory review. The new...
encoded: Labor will not be supporting these amendments. The bill already provides for the new corporation to have an Aboriginal controlled board and an appropriately timed statutory review. The new corporation should be afforded the opportunity to demonstrate success from its strategic investments. A review in just three years time would not provide adequate time and risks setting the new corporation up to fail, thus undermining rather than supporting increased Aboriginal control over the funds of the ABA. There will be opportunities to scrutinise the corporation's strategic investment plan and progress reports, which Labor supports being tabled in parliament. We intend to make full use of these opportunities to ensure that the corporation is operating appropriately. The CHAIR: We are dealing with amendments (1) to (7) on sheet 1449, revised, and moved by leave by Senator Thorpe. The question is that the amendments be agreed to. Question negatived.
date: 2021-11-30T18:56:00+00:00

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021; In Committee | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Labor will not be supporting these amendments. As stated in the explanatory memorandum, the bill has been designed to transfer responsibility for making beneficial payments under the land rights...
encoded: Labor will not be supporting these amendments. As stated in the explanatory memorandum, the bill has been designed to transfer responsibility for making beneficial payments under the land rights act from the minister to the NTAI Corporation. Conferring an advisory role on the NTAI Corporation could potentially undermine this intention and give rise to confusion about its function. The CHAIR (18:54): The question is that amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 1454, as moved by Senator Thorpe, be agreed to. Question negatived.
date: 2021-11-30T18:53:00+00:00