Senate debates
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Swan Electorate: Federal Election (1 speech)
Today I rise to wish Zaneta Mascarenhas all the best for the upcoming federal election in the federal seat of Swan. Zaneta will be a key part of bringing an Anthony Albanese Labor government to...
- Ukraine (2 speeches)
I rise as the chair of the parliamentary friends of Ukraine, and I acknowledge you, Madam Acting Deputy President Bilyk, as the deputy chair. Russia's actions in Ukraine are illegal and criminal,...
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1 speech)
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the UNDRIP, was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007. One hundred and forty-four countries voted in favour...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
In my two minutes today I'd like to highlight the incompetence of this government and the millions of dollars wasted. They throw millions of dollars at lawyers, at consultants and at outsourcing,...
- Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
How do everyday Australians know there's an election in the air? Well, it's simple: the leaders of the opposition and the government polish their public images. When John Howard gave himself a...
- McGovern Foundation, Motivation Foundation (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about two foundations that are operating in Perth. The Motivation Foundation is an education and training organisation that trains young people in civil and infrastructure...
- Health Care (1 speech)
enator GRIFF () (): Newborn blood spot screening, known as the heel prick test, has been a vital tool to protect the health of newborn Australians since the 1960s. Screening was first used for...
- Solomon Islands (1 speech)
We've seen reports over the last week that the government of Solomon Islands intends to sign a security agreement with the People's Republic of China that could foreshadow a permanent Chinese...
- Tasmania: Transport Costs (1 speech)
Madam Acting Deputy President Bilyk, it's nice to see you here. There's a lot to love about Bass Strait. We Tasmanians don't mind having a moat around us to keep you mainlanders at bay. There's...
- Autism (1 speech)
I'm disappointed that Senator Griff has left the chamber. As many of you will remember, in my maiden speech—it's probably more memorable because most of it wasn't with me—I talked...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (1 speech)
The government have their budget to present. To judge by the calculated leaks to various media organisations, it'll include more efforts to buy votes by spraying taxpayers' dollars at marginal...
- Forestry (1 speech)
Madam Acting Deputy President Bilyk, it's good to see you back in the chamber and in the chair. Last week, 21 March was the International Day of Forests. Forests are one of our planet's greatest...
- Climate Change: Gas Industry (1 speech)
If anything perfectly demonstrates the corrupted nature of this government, what they truly stand for and what their priorities are, it's this. Today we find out—in the last two days of...
- Victorian Government: Roads (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Victorian government's ongoing disregard of the health and safety rights of the people of western Victoria, specifically those constituents who are in the new seat of...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
As the world grapples with the horrific events in Ukraine, we are reminded that not so long ago we were dealing with another crisis, the return of the Taliban—the return of the Taliban in...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
by leave—I advise the Senate that Senator Birmingham will be absent from question time today, Tuesday 29 March 2022, for budget arrangements. In Senator Birmingham's absence, I will...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Solomon Islands (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. I refer to the reports that the Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Mr Sogavare, has told his parliament a security agreement...
- Australian Floods (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister please update the Senate on how the Liberals and Nationals...
- New South Wales: Floods (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Senator McKenzie. New South Wales Liberal Catherine Cusack MLC has described Mr Morrison's...
- Great Barrier Reef (36 speeches)
My question is to Senator Hume, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment. Senator Hume, could you please update the chamber on Minister Sussan Ley's comments, or her updates, on...
- Health Care (12 speeches)
My question is to Senator Colbeck, the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, and it relates to the cost of health care in Australia. Minister, when the Medical Costs Finder...
- Australian Floods (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cash. Today, residents of South-East Queensland and northern New South Wales face more flooding. Evacuation orders were...
- Employment (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cash. Senator, how does the Liberal-National government's plan for our economic recovery ensure job security for all...
- Ukraine (12 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Minister, you and I both know that Russia is going after civilians and children in Ukraine. Three hundred people died in Mariupol when a...
- Australian Floods (34 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Senator McKenzie. In her train-wreck interview with the Today show, the minister was asked five times...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Animal Welfare; Order for the Production of Documents (15 speeches)
Pursuant to standing order 164(3), I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, Senator McKenzie, for an explanation as to why an order for the production...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- New South Wales: Floods, Australian Floods (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Attorney-General (Senator Cash) and the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience (Senator McKenzie) to...
- Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy (Senator Hume) to a question without notice I asked today...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
On behalf of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, I give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, to withdraw business of...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senators Canavan and Duniam from 28 to 30 March 2022, for COVID-19 medical and quarantine reasons; (b)...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
by leave—I withdraw the motion under my name and the name of Senator Rice with reference to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee and Mr Julian Assange.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reporting Date (1 speech)
I remind senators that the question may be put on any proposal at the request of any senator. There being none, we will move on.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Beahan, Hon. Michael Eamon, AM (4 speeches)
enator CASH (—) (): by leave—On behalf of Senator Birmingham, I move: That the Senate expresses its regret at the death, on 30 January 2022, of the Honourable Michael Eamon Beahan AM,...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (2 speeches)
I move: That the government business order of the day relating to the National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Supporting Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 be discharged from the Notice Paper.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- COVID-19 Select Committee; Reference (8 speeches)
I move: That the following matter be referred to the Select Committee on COVID-19 for inquiry and report by 30 October 2022: The provisional approval of COVID-19 vaccines, including Pfizer,...
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (14 speeches)
I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today, 25 proposals were received. In accordance with standing order 75, the question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot....
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Primate Experimentation (1 speech)
by leave—I table a non-conforming petition to ban primate experiments.
- Aged Care (1 speech)
by leave—I table a non-conforming petition signed by 20,000 people to ensure that physiotherapy and allied health are covered for nursing home residents.
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present reports from the legislation committees in respect of the 2021-22 additional estimates, together with...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Senator Chandler, I present additional information received by the committee in its inquiry into the...
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Additional Information (1 speech)
On behalf of the chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Henderson, I present additional information received by the committee in its inquiries into the...
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, I present the report of the committee on the 2020-21 annual reports of bodies established under the ASIC...
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present Human rights scrutiny report: report 1 of 2022 and Human rights scrutiny report: report2 of 2022.
- Law Enforcement Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present the report of the committee entitled Vaccine related fraud and security risks, together with accompanying documents.
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, I present the report of the committee entitled NDIS workforce final report, together with accompanying documents.
- Trade and Investment Growth Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth, I present the report of the committee entitled The prudential regulation of investment in Australia's export industries.
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Statement and Documents (1 speech)
I table the following documents: The Budget 2022-23—Statement by the Treasurer (Mr Frydenberg), dated 29 March 2022. Budget papers— Budget strategy and outlook—Budget paper No....
- Proposed Expenditure (1 speech)
I table the following documents: Particulars of proposed expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2023. Particulars of certain proposed expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30...
- Portfolio Budget Statements (2 speeches)
I table portfolio budget statements for 2022-23 for the Department of the Senate, the Parliamentary Budget Office and the Department of Parliamentary Services.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mercedes-Benz (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an issue of great concern to the hardworking car dealers of Mercedes-Benz and the car dealer network in Australia more broadly. The imposition of the agency model by car...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak to this year's federal budget and a specific item contained within it—that is, the $1.6 billion for the vitally important Beveridge Intermodal Freight Terminal,...
- Ukraine (1 speech)
Over the last four weeks we have seen a full-scale humanitarian disaster unfold across Ukraine at the hands of a Russian oligarch and the military he controls. We here in Australia have seen...
- Clough, Mr William Harold, AO, OBE (1 speech)
I rise to celebrate the legacy of a particularly outstanding Western Australian and Australian, the late Harold Clough. The Clough name is iconic in Western Australia and has been for more than a...
- Tigray (1 speech)
Over 17 months ago the northernmost region in Ethiopia, Tigray, was embroiled in a war that has led to massacres of civilians, destruction of hospitals and clinics, an exodus of refugees and the...
- Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (1 speech)
The inquest into the terrible death of Hannah Clarke and her children at the hands of her ex-husband is a daily reminder of the epidemic of domestic violence. That horrendous crime is embedded in...
- Top Blokes Foundation (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about something that's really close to my heart, and in some ways it's connected to what Senator Hanson has just mentioned. If we're serious about making sure that we...
- Fuel (1 speech)
The events of the past two years have shone a bright light on Australia's vulnerability. The COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have exposed dangerous dependencies in our economy....
- Racism (1 speech)
Islamophobia in this country is rising. The third report on Islamophobia, Islamophobia in Australia, was released this month by Charles Sturt University and the Islamic Science and Research...
- World Economic Forum (1 speech)
Founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum is steeped in authoritarianism and Marxist ideology. It's an ideology which is creeping into governments across the world. When speaking...
- Liberal Party of Australia (1 speech)
Given the events and outcomes of the dodgy preselection where I lost by a handful of votes last Saturday, my time in this place will finish on 30 June 2022. Accordingly, there are a few matters I...
- Budget, Australian Greens (3 speeches)
Holy smokes! I'm happy to offer another five minutes to Senator Fierravanti-Wells if she'd like to continue.
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, tonight I'm speaking on this parliament's therapeutic response to COVID-19 and the horrific medical harm and loss of life in that response....
- Human Rights (1 speech)
Like so many around the world, the Greens are devastated by and condemn Russia's horrific invasion of Ukraine, and we are deeply moved by the heartbreaking stories coming out of Ukraine—the...
- Tasmania: Child Abuse (1 speech)
Last year an eight-year-old Tasmanian girl was allegedly sexually abused, repeatedly, by a boy she knew at school. The abuse happened on school property where the teachers wouldn't see it. The...
- National Security (1 speech)
Two themes of my work as a senator have been national security and campaigning for better transparency and accountability in government and in the parliament. Against the background of my service...
- Wentworth Electorate: Federal Election (1 speech)
Allegra Spender's candidacy in Wentworth has the appearance of another GetUp/350.org.au dodgy scam with serious implications for policy on Israel. Recently, Independent candidate for Wentworth...
