Senate debates

Monday, 13 February 2017

  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
    • Pauline Hanson's One Nation (9 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Sinodinos. I refer to his statement in relation to One Nation: The One Nation of today is a different beast …...
    • Economy (8 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Australian economy has been performing in comparison to other advanced economies?
    • Western Australian State Election (8 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Prime Minister who, in relation to the Western Australian Liberal Party's decision to preference...
    • Native Title (8 speeches)
      My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General update the Senate on the full Federal Court's recent decision in relation to the single Noongar Settlement?
    • Climate Change (17 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the resignation of Professor Clive Hamilton from the Climate Change Authority. Professor Hamilton...
    • Defence Land Acquisition (16 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. On what date did the minister's department first advise her of the possibility of compulsory acquisitions as part of the expansion of...
    • Climate Change (26 speeches)
      My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Environment and Energy, Senator Birmingham. As servants to the people of Queensland and Australia, I and people in the One Nation...
    • Dairy Industry (8 speeches)
      My question is to Minister for Resources and Northern Australia representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Canavan. I have just completed chairing a series of...
    • Banking and Financial Services (24 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. The damning report of the Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, into the big banks found...
    • Child Care (10 speeches)
      My question is for the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister inform the Senate what the government is doing to support working parents through its Jobs for...
    • Renewable Energy (26 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to media revelations today of departmental advice to the government that the cause of blackouts in South...
  • Questions to the President (0 speeches)
    • Photography in the Chamber (2 speeches)
      Madam Deputy President, I wonder whether the President has made a ruling in light of a recent event to do with photographs being taken within the chamber. Perhaps it might be pertinent at some...
  • Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
    • Pauline Hanson's One Nation (27 speeches)
      I move— That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science (Senator Sinodinos) and the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to questions...
  • 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 the following bills, allowing them to be considered...
    • Postponement (1 speech)
      by leave—I move: That general business notice of motion No. 201 standing in my name for today, relating to Port Augusta ash dams, be postponed until the next day of sitting. Question agreed to.
  • Business (0 speeches)
    • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
      by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Moore for Wednesday 15 February 2017, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
  • Committees (0 speeches)
  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • Bowel Cancer Australia (1 speech)
      I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 189 standing in my name for today, relating to Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the...
    • Carers, Grandparents (1 speech)
      At the request of Senator Smith, I move: That the Senate— (a) congratulates Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren Western Australia (GRGWA) on winning the group category in the Western...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • Palliative Care Tasmania (1 speech)
      I seek leave to amend general business notice motion No. 193 standing in my name and in the name of Senator Polley for today. Leave granted. I, and also on behalf of Senator Polley, move: That...
    • Myanmar (4 speeches)
      At the request of Senators Fierravanti-Wells, Moore and Smith, I move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges the advancements toward democratisation made by Myanmar's civilian government, which...
    • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
      I, and also on behalf of Senator Xenophon, move: That the Senate— (a) affirms its support for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as the national broadcaster; (b) calls on the...
  • Committees (0 speeches)
    • Joint Standing Committee on Treaties; Meeting (1 speech)
      At the request of Senator Fawcett, I move: That the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties be authorised to hold private meetings otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1), private...
  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • AFL Women's League (1 speech)
      ) ( ): I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 204 standing in the name of Senator Rice for today, relating to the AFL Women's League, before asking that it be taken as a...
  • Committees (0 speeches)
  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • Indigenous Incarceration (5 speeches)
      I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the adult incarceration rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples increased by 77.4 per cent from 2000 to 2015; (b) acknowledges the...
  • Documents (0 speeches)
  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • Illicit Drugs (2 speeches)
      I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 190 standing in my name for today relating to illegal substances. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate—...
  • Documents (0 speeches)
    • Roe Highway; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
      I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 202 standing in my name for today concerning an order for the production of documents relating to the Roe Highway extension, before...
  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • Housing Affordability (1 speech)
      I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) Melbourne is currently facing a housing crisis, with record numbers of people experiencing homelessness and sleeping rough in...
    • President of the United States of America (5 speeches)
      I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) the Trump Presidency is causing deep concern and unease in the Australian community, and   (ii) the Speaker of the House...
    • Schools (4 speeches)
      At the request of Senator Collins, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes:   (i) the Turnbull Government's $30 billion cut from our schools which broke an election promise to match...
    • Electricity Infrastructure (4 speeches, 1 comment)
      I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the spectacular failure of privatisation of the electricity network in South Australia; and (b) calls on the Federal Government to explain its own...
    • Schools (2 speeches)
      I move: That the Senate— (a) notes:   (i) the Government's refusal to commit to the final two years of Gonski funding, which has established a funding cliff in 2018, will cut...
  • Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
    • Western Australian State Election (36 speeches)
      I inform the senate that at 8.30 am today Senators Gallagher, Roberts and Siewert each submitted a letter to the President in accordance with standing order 75 proposing matters of public...
  • Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
    • Audit report no. 37 of 2016-17; Consideration (1 speech)
      I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I would like to speak to this document and seek leave to continue my remarks later. Leave granted; debate adjourned.
  • Documents (0 speeches)
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Adjournment (0 speeches)
    • Bombing of Darwin (1 speech)
      Tonight, I would like to speak on a significant event in the Northern Territory's history, or indeed in Australia's history: the bombing of Darwin in 1942. This weekend on 19 February, we will be...
    • Homelessness (1 speech)
      Last Friday, I stood in Rundle Mall with Steve, a vendor for The Big Issue, to help him sell this fortnight's edition of the magazine. It was 38 degrees that day, but you would not have known it...