Senate debates
Friday, 17 November 2023
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I move: That government business notice of motion no. 1 be postponed to a later hour. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 2) Bill 2023; Third Reading (3 speeches)
No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole? No? I call the minister.
- Bankruptcy Amendment (Discharge from Bankruptcy) Bill 2023; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Bankruptcy Amendment (Discharge from Bankruptcy) Bill 2023, and I advise the chamber that the coalition will be supporting this bill. And as with the other urgent bill that...
- Bankruptcy Amendment (Discharge from Bankruptcy) Bill 2023; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme No. 2) Bill 2023; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme No. 2) Bill 2023. The purpose of this bill is to improve the ability of the Professional Services Review to...
- Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme No. 2) Bill 2023; Third Reading (2 speeches)
As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
- Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023, Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; Second Reading (8 speeches)
Firstly, I note upfront that, while the opposition has some concerns with aspects of this bill that's in front of us, which I'll briefly outline, we will not be standing in the way of its...
- Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023, Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; Explanatory Memorandum (1 speech)
I table an addendum to the explanatory memorandum relating to the Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023.
- Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023, Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; In Committee (67 speeches)
First of all I would like to speak to amendment number (1) on sheet 2210. This amendment seeks to do something pretty simple—that is, to update the title of the bill so that it actually...
- Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023, Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (11 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the considering to legislation. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I seek leave to move general business motion No. 396 standing in my name. Leave not granted.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (10 speeches)
I seek leave to make a short statement. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice of motion standing in the name of the Leader of the Opposition, I move: That so much of the standing...
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (8 speeches)
Here today we've seen the dirty deal between Labor and the Greens to guillotine legislation. What day is it today? Many on this side would know.
- Youth Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
I rise today to thank Raise Our Voice Australia for organising the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign. Raise Our Voice's mission is to amplify the voices of young women and gender-diverse...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I want to share the story of a young constituent of mine. She's a Hazara refugee who's currently in year 12 at a school in Hobart. In her own words, 'In Afghanistan under the Taliban,...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
After the 2019 election, when I was appointed to the aged-care portfolio, the number of home-care packages in Australia was projected to reach 157,000 by June 2023. The waiting time for a...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
For two years, Theo has been fighting Qantas in the District Court. Qantas cabin cleaners were told to clean planes arriving from Wuhan without disinfectant, without PPE and with nothing more...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I'm proud to share the words of Arina, a young person from WA, who raises concerns shared by me and many others who have journeyed through the Australian education system. They say: Dear...
- Albanese Government: Immigration Detention (1 speech)
In the 30 years I've been working in and around this building, Parliament House, I have never ever witnessed such endemic incompetence from any government, not once—not even close. There is...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
STEWART () (): I want to start off by congratulating the mighty Transport Workers Union on yet another victory in the courts. Yesterday, the New South Wales District Court found Qantas guilty for...
- Occupied Palestinian Territories (2 speeches)
Australians have been lucky to hear from and meet with Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, who is not afraid to speak the truth about the...
- Energy (1 speech)
This morning, the Parliamentary Friends of Clean Investment, which I co-chair with Senators Grogan and Bragg, hosted Beyond Zero Emissions as they launched their battery supply chains briefing...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS is a committee that generally works in a bipartisan way, making recommendations constructively together after a series of inquiries. These inquiries...
- Child Labour (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, I proudly advise the Senate that on the next sitting day I'll introduce One Nation's Customs Amendment...
- Universities: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault (1 speech)
University students deserve safety on campus and in residential halls, yet we know that this is so often not their experience. Two hundred and seventy-five students each week are reporting...
- National Security (1 speech)
Having been a member of the Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media, I can tell the Senate that the damage that foreign interference is doing and can do to Australian...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I'm grateful for this opportunity to deliver a speech written by Tara Innes as part of the Raise Our Voice program. 'I'm Tara, a 20-year-old resident of the Tangney electorate in Western...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (11 speeches)
My question is to the acting Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, following the recent High Court decision, how many of the 84 detainees, including paedophiles, rapists, murderers and a...
- Infrastructure (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator Watt. I refer to the Albanese Labor government's...
- Economy (42 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, you have twice this week claimed that, even though inflation peaked at a lower level in Australia than in...
- Universities: Physical and Sexual Harassment and Violence (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education.
- Health Care (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Gallagher. Health workers are the backbone of our health system. For people confronted with a cancer diagnosis,...
- Queensland: Emu Swamp Dam and Pipeline (42 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator Watt. Minister, why is the Australian government no...
- Middle East (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Minister Watt. In light of the recent protests concerning the conflict in Gaza and the disturbing effects felt in our...
- Artificial Intelligence (8 speeches)
DAVID POCOCK () (): My question is to the Minister for Finance, Minister Gallagher. I refer to the Prime Minister's announcement yesterday that the Australian government has decided 'to explore...
- Energy (22 speeches)
My question is to the acting Prime Minister and the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Wong. This month millions of Australian households and small...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (19 speeches)
In accordance with the order agreed to earlier today, I will now put the questions requiring that we conclude consideration of the bills listed in that resolution.
- Bills (0 speeches)
