Senate debates
Thursday, 3 August 2023
- 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)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection of Bills Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the eighth report for 2023 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The report read as follows— SELECTION...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That— (a) government business order of the day no. 6 (consideration of the report for 2021-22 on the advances to the Finance Minister under the annual Appropriation Acts) be...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Advance to the Finance Minister (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate approves the advances provided under the annual Appropriations Acts for the year ended 30 June 2022.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- South Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
It was great to have the shadow minister for infrastructure and transport, Senator McKenzie, in South Australia over the winter break because it gave us the opportunity to meet with the Hahndorf...
- Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement (1 speech)
Last month I had the honour of hearing from Maori and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business sector leaders at the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum in Wellington. My visited...
- Higher Education: Physical and Sexual Harassment and Violence (1 speech)
Every student has the right to study in a safe, respectful environment without fear of being sexually harassed or assaulted. Every student deserves safety, yet far too many uni students come to...
- Indie Schools (1 speech)
Today I want to add a voice of support for the Indie School network of schools across this country that do exceptional work for students who have been disengaged from the mainstream education...
- Superannuation (1 speech)
During the first half of this year, I was fortunate enough to host an intern from the Australian National University's internship program. As part of the program, she investigated and reported on...
- Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
At Defence budget estimates this year I asked a series of questions about the US Department of Defense threatening to trigger the Leahy law as an excuse to take administrative action on our...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
I believe that in the run-up to this year's constitutional referendum it is extraordinarily important that the debate is conducted in a respectful, civilised fashion. But I also believe that the...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
During the last sitting period I met with Rachel, an advocate for Bowel Cancer Australia's, Never2Young campaign, and a mum of three from Deception Bay on the Brisbane's northside. Rachel was...
- Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
Leadership, to be effective, must be accountable, but the reality is accountability is too often missing in this place, and that is no more evident than in the government's refusal to hold to...
- Northern Territory: Gas Exploration (1 speech)
As we know, the Albanese government has picked up where the Morrison government left off when it comes to gas and has committed $1.5 billion for a petrochemical facility on Darwin Harbour that...
- Isolated Children's Parents Association (1 speech)
Imagine being a young parent living on a remote outback station and thinking about what to do for your children's education. It can feel very isolating, but it need not be. I recently had the...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (12 speeches)
Yesterday, in an interview with Patricia Karvelas on Radio National, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese misrepresented his party's support for a federal treaty with Indigenous Australians, and he...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
The evidence of climate change is everywhere. Climate experts have deemed July 2023 the hottest month on record in all of human history. Wildfires are burning in Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Portugal,...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Since the last sitting of parliament, nine Australians have died at the hands of someone close to them through family violence. They have been shot, rammed, stabbed and bludgeoned. There remain...
- Lawler, Mr Geoffrey Grahame (2 speeches)
I was very sorry to hear of the death of a wonderful trade unionist and champion of workers from country New South Wales, Geoff Lawler, on Saturday 8 July 2023. He was born in the Hunter Valley...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. After the government released a budget that economists from Barrenjoey called 'inflationary' and which did nothing to...
- Pensions and Benefits (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Farrell. The Albanese government recognises that many people in Australia are facing cost-of-living pressures...
- Nuclear Waste Management (10 speeches)
My question is also to Senator Farrell, but in this case in his capacity as the Minister representing the Minister for Resources. I refer the minister to the recent Federal Court judgement which...
- Murray-Darling Basin (16 speeches)
My question is to Minister Wong, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water. Senator Wong, at the election, your government made a clear promise to deliver the...
- Gender Equality (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. In 2022, Australia was ranked 43rd in the world for gender equality according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report,...
- Women's Economic Security (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Australian Taxation Office data shows that, for every $3 a Tasmanian man retires with, a Tasmanian woman retires with...
- Australian Antarctic Division (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Wong. It was revealed last week that the Australian Antarctic Division needs to now slash $25...
- National Digital Identity (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Minister Gallagher. Minister, you recently announced your government's plan for a national digital ID by mid-2024 or thereabouts. There is significant...
- Australia: Natural Disasters (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management, Senator Watt. I know the minister was in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales last week, only months on from the floods that...
- Uluru Statement from the Heart: Treaty (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Gallagher. Does the Albanese government support the establishment of a treaty between the Australian...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (32 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. In light of the answers that we've just received, and the questions, could you please remind this Senate of the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Awards and Honours (1 speech)
In question time on 1 August 2023 I undertook to provide further information in response to questions asked of me by Senator Lambie in my capacity as Minister representing the Prime Minister...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (15 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. In particular, I wish to focus on the answer to the question...
- Murray-Darling Basin (14 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Wong) to a question without notice I asked today relating to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. What...
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Consideration by Estimates Committees (1 speech)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the committees, I present reports from the Community Affairs Legislation Committee and the Education and Employment Legislation Committee in...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (36 speeches)
The Albanese government is delivering stronger foundations for a better future. We are dealing with the pressing challenges of here and now while never losing sight of the future by investing $2...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
I'm pleased to be speaking to the Senate tonight and in your presence, President, about a very important decision about the Great Barrier Reef. Earlier this week UNESCO, the UN's educational,...
- Jones, Mr Ewen Thomas, Dean, Mr Arthur Gordon (1 speech)
My home city of Townsville and the Liberal Party have suffered a double blow in recent weeks, with the losses of two former federal members for Herbert. Ewen Jones passed away on 13 July and...
- Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
The rise of artificial intelligence has rapidly brought to light many of the opportunities and challenges that we will face as the technology develops and inevitably becomes a part our everyday...
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Israel (1 speech)
During the winter break, I had the pleasure of taking part in a parliamentary delegation to Israel hosted by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, commonly known as AIJAC by many in...
