Senate debates
Monday, 21 June 2021
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator. There being none, I will call the Clerk.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Deputy Prime Minister, Senator Reynolds. Who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia?
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, Minister Cash. Can the minister please update the Senate on how the Morrison...
- Energy (23 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. When asked whether net zero by 2050 is a position of the Morrison government, the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
- Superannuation (8 speeches)
My question is to Australia's outstanding Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy, Senator Hume. Can the minister outline to the Senate what the Morrison...
- Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Birmingham. The proposed changes to standard 3 of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission regulation of 2013...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (12 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Colbeck. Today the Prime Minister held an emergency national cabinet meeting, with the sole agenda item...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (8 speeches)
My question is to Senator Reynolds, the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Minister, in 2011, the Productivity Commission estimated a national disability insurance scheme...
- Motor Neurone Disease (15 speeches)
My question is also to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Senator Reynolds. Can the minister please update the Senate on how the Morrison government is supporting people...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Colbeck. Last week the minister was asked why the Morrison government failed to secure an early...
- Aged Care (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Senator Colbeck. Can the minister outline to the Senate the Morrison government's commitment to ensuring more older...
- COVID-19: International Travel (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister explain to Australians who, for the last 15 months, have been unable to visit dying loved ones...
- Child Care (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education and Youth, Senator Reynolds. Could the minister update the Senate on how the childcare system in Australia is supporting...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (17 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Senator Reynolds) and the Minister for Finance (Senator Birmingham) to the...
- Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate takes note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Treasurer (Senator Birmingham) to a question without notice asked by Senator Siewert today relating to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators from 21 to 24 June 2021: (a) Senator Askew, for personal reasons; and (b) Senator Chandler, for personal reasons....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Paramedics (2 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1135 relating to paramedics be taken as a formal motion.
- Victoria: Floods (2 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1139 be taken as a formal motion.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling Basin (27 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is a bipartisan framework for the sustainable use of water in the Murray-Darling basin system; (b) supports a river...
- Education (11 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1137. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: That the Senate calls on the Federal Government to reject critical race theory from...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1140 standing in the name of Senator Walsh be taken as formal.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Energy (11 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the International Energy Agency has documented that to achieve net zero emissions requires, from the year 2021, ̔no new oil and gas fields...
- COVID-19: Paramedics (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Birmingham and pursuant to contingent notice, I move: That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent motion No. 1135 being moved immediately and...
- Victoria: Floods, COVID-19 (5 speeches)
I seek leave to move general business notices of motion Nos 1139 and 1140, and that they be determined without amendment or debate. Leave granted. I move general business notices of motion Nos...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1138, about the $450-per-month threshold for employer superannuation contributions, be taken as formal.
- Hemp Industry (8 speeches)
I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1143, about the hemp industry, be taken as formal.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (11 speeches)
Iinform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, 28 proposals were received. In accordance with standing order 75, the question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot....
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Danher, Mr Liam (1 speech)
I table a response to a question taken on notice during question time on 11 May 2021, by Senator Kitching, relating to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. I seek leave to have the document...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Danher, Mr Liam (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the document. On 11 May this year, during question time, I asked the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme questions relating...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows: Northern Australia—Joint Standing Committee— Discharged—Senator Siewert...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Penalties) Bill 2021, Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 4) Bill 2021, Farm Household Support Amendment (Debt Waiver) Bill 2021; First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bills read a first time.
- Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Penalties) Bill 2021, Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 4) Bill 2021, Farm Household Support Amendment (Debt Waiver) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speeches read as follows— Biosecurity...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020; Second Reading (13 speeches)
I will pick up where I left off in discussing Australia's impeccable track record with delivering a high level of safety and assurance in the operation of the complexities around nuclear...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020; In Committee (44 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (10) on sheet SV110 together: (1) Clause 1, page 1 (line 15), omit "Specification", substitute "Selection". (2) Schedule 1, page 3 (line 1) to page 14...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020; Third Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That the bill be now read a third time.
- Fuel Security Bill 2021, Fuel Security (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021; Second Reading (8 speeches)
The Fuel Security Bill is indeed welcome, but it is this government's failures, unfortunately, that have made this legislation before the parliament necessary. Our nation needs a secure fuel...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I table a response to questions I took on notice today during question time and last week. It provides detail on the Pfizer vaccine as part of the COVID-19 rollout.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Urannah Dam (1 speech)
Last week in the Senate I spoke about a dam that Labor and Queensland are tearing down, Paradise Dam. Tonight I want to talk about a dam that Labor in Queensland are refusing to build, Urannah...
- Koori Mail (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to a trailblazer of Australian media. The Koori Mail is celebrating 30 years of publishing and sharing the voices of First Nations people on a national stage. The national...
- Victoria: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Every year on the Queen's birthday, we honour special individuals that go above and beyond in servicing the community. There were many worthy Australians that graced the list this year, and I...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Despite the Morrison government's best efforts, the Fair Work Commission last week announced a 2.5 per cent increase to the minimum wage. It may well have been a higher figure if the Prime...
- Electric Vehicles (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about electric vehicles. I want to say to you, Mr President, it's rare, but from time to time you call me, and I always answer. However, tomorrow morning at nine o'clock,...
- Hallam, Mr Greg, AM, PSM, Queensland: Local Government (1 speech)
This morning, I was fortunate to attend the Local Government Association of Queensland breakfast. It's the opening salvo for the Australian Local Government Association. I rise to congratulate...
