Senate debates
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- President (11 speeches)
Clerk, I first offer my congratulations to all senators who have been sworn in today—those returning and, particularly, those who are new. Clerk, noting that the office of President has...
- Presentation to Governor-General (2 speeches)
President, the Governor-General will be pleased to receive you and senators in the Members Hall immediately.
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Standards (1 speech)
Senators, as you are aware, props are disorderly and out of place in this chamber. Today, during the Governor-General's speech, that behaviour was incredibly disorderly and...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Consideration (1 speech)
I inform the Senate that I have received a copy of the opening speech which Her Excellency the Governor-General delivered to both houses of parliament. Ordered that consideration of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That standing order 3(4) be suspended to enable the Senate to consider business other than that of a formal character before the address-in-reply to the Governor-General's...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—I advise the Senate that, following the election held on 3 May 20 2025, in which the Australian Labor Party was re-elected, having won a majority of seats in the House of...
- Shadow Ministry (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I advise the Senate that, following a Liberal Party Senate party room meeting post the election, I was re-elected Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. I welcome the continuation, following her...
- Party Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Australian Greens (1 speech)
I advise the Senate that I've been elected as the Leader of the Australian Greens— Honourable senators: Hear, hear! thank you—and that Senator Faruqi has been elected as our deputy...
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation (1 speech)
by leave—I'd like to inform the chamber that I've gone unchallenged as the leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party. I don't have any deputy, but I've got three fantastic right-arm men...
- National Party of Australia (1 speech)
I seek leave to make a short statement relating to office holder arrangements for the Nationals. Leave granted. I advise the Senate that, as Senator Cash on behalf of the coalition advised, I've...
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation (1 speech)
by leave—I forgot to inform the chamber that I am also the whip of Pauline Hanson's One Nation—to put that on the record.
- Independents (1 speech)
by leave—I advise the Senate that I should be designated as a whip for the purposes of standing order 24A, relating to the Senate Standing Committee for the Selection of Bills.
- United Australia Party (1 speech)
by leave—I advise the Senate that I should be designated as a whip for the purposes of standing order 24A, relating to the Senate Standing Committee for the Selection of Bills.
- Australia's Voice (2 speeches)
by leave—I advise the Senate that I should be designated as a whip for the purposes of standing order 24A relating to the Senate Standing Committee for the Selection of Bills.
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Deputy President and Chair of Committees (10 speeches)
I remind senators that the Senate should now choose one of its members to be Deputy President and Chair of Committees.
- Temporary Chairs of Committees (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 12, I table a warrant nominating senators as temporary chairs of committees when the Deputy President and Chair of Committees is absent. Congratulations to all those...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate meet on Wednesday, 23 July 2025. Question agreed to.
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Senate adjourn without debate today on the motion of a minister. Question agreed to.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Middle East (1 speech)
by leave—I table a non-conforming petition, in the form of an open letter from over 3,000 Australian health professionals making an urgent call for government action in Gaza.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
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 various bills, allowing them to be considered during...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- His Holiness Pope Francis (13 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the Senate records its sadness at the death, on 21 April 2025, of His Holiness Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorje Mario Bergoglio, places on record its gratitude...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Community Affairs References Committee, Economics Legislation Committee, Economics References Committee, Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Education and Employment References Committee, Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Environment and Communications References Committee, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, House Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, Privileges Committee, Senate Procedure Committee, Senate Publications Committee, Senate Publications Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Selection of Bills Committee, Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee, Senators' Interests Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
The President has received letters requesting changes to the membership of committees. I draw the Senate's attention to nominations made by crossbench senators for which agreement has not been...
