Senate debates
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the meetings are so authorised.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Transgender Athletes in Sport (1 speech)
We need immediate action to protect the integrity of female sport. This is not about exclusion; it's about preserving the right to compete safely and to succeed on merit. We are increasingly...
- Bilato, Ms Louise (1 speech)
It's a privilege to rise today to speak about my friend Louise Bilato, who recently stepped down as the executive officer of the Northern Territory Road Transport Association. I first met Louise...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Every week in Australia, women and children suffer at the hands of male partners and former partners. Already this year, at least 23 women have been murdered due to family and domestic violence....
- Wool Industry (1 speech)
Australia once rode on the sheep's back. That was an expression that was so very true for so many regional and rural parts of our great country. Well do I remember the stories of a single bale of...
- Forestry Industry (1 speech)
Australia is widely recognised as a global leader in sustainable forest management. A recent report from ABARES confirms that Australia's native forestry sector is sustainable and plays a key...
- Australian Capital Territory: Brindabella Christian College (1 speech)
Last week, administrators Deloitte lodged their report into the former owners of Brindabella Christian College. I thank the many people from the Brindabella Christian College community for their...
- Queensland: Community Events (1 speech)
I congratulate the Majha Youth Club Brisbane for organising another outstanding sports carnival. Thank you to all the participants and the many members of Queensland's wonderful Punjabi community...
- Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
It is with immense pride that I can rise to say today that the Albanese government is delivering on our commitment to Queensland families. The Albanese government's latest tranche of improvements...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
If you've ever wondered what you'd be doing at the start of a collapse of global industrial civilisation, it's what you're doing right now. Climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse are upon...
- Parsons, Mr Rob (1 speech)
One of the things I have spent a bit of time in recent years talking about is local history in Tasmania. It's one of those things that some might describe me as nerdy for liking, but it is a...
- Health Care (1 speech)
'They promised you safe and effective; instead, they delivered sudden and unexpected.' So reads the billboard erected by NZDSOS—a group of 9,000 New Zealand doctors, health professionals...
- Scott Reef (1 speech)
Scott Reef is a vibrant ocean sanctuary off the coast of my home state of WA. This reef is home to dolphins, green turtles and rays, some species found nowhere else in the world. Devastatingly,...
- Walker, Mr Kumanjayi (1 speech)
My condolences to the families of Kumanjayi Walker and the Warlpiri community. I acknowledge the unceded sovereignty and independence of the Warlpiri nation. May Kumanjayi rest in power. In 2019,...
- Members of Parliament: Staffing (1 speech)
Imagine a world where Apple get to decide the resources for their biggest competitors, Samsung, Google and Microsoft—how many staff they have, how much money they get and what materials...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government believes you should be able to afford the medicine you need without worrying about the cost. That's why, from January, Australians won't pay more than $25 for their...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Medicare (35 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. During the election campaign, the Prime Minister told Australians: Under Labor all you'll need is your Medicare card,...
- Climate Change (17 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. This week the Albanese Labor government has continued to deliver cost-of-living relief to Australians and the agenda...
- Trade with the United States of America (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. President Trump has today indicated that he is considering increasing the base-level tariff on all countries that...
- Climate Change: Pacific Islands (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. It's time for Australia to set our 2035 climate pollution reduction targets. These aren't just numbers on a page;...
- Tertiary Education (14 speeches)
I note that this is not my first speech. My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Walsh. The Albanese Labor government is delivering on its commitment to...
- Australian Capital Territory: Hospitals (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister McAllister. The ACT health minister, Ms Rachel Stephen-Smith, has said that, even with the recent and very...
- Darwin Port (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Now that the Prime Minister has returned from his jetsetting to communist China, can you finally confirm what day, week, month, or...
- Renewable Energy (10 speeches)
I note this is not my first speech. My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Watt. At the last election, the Albanese Labor government renewed its commitment to...
- Trade with the United States of America (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The Prime Minister had to correct the Minister for Trade and Tourism on Sunday and deny that the US president had...
- Energy (11 speeches)
It's good to see everyone at the start of this lovely parliament—cheer up, Charlie; come on. My first question is to the Minister for Science, Senator Ayres. The independent CSIRO's...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Middle East; Tabling (16 speeches)
I seek leave to table a list of names of children killed in Gaza.
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of answers to questions asked by all coalition senators. Colleagues, you might remember that, before the 2022 election, the then opposition leader, now prime...
- Darwin Port (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Minister Wong) to a question without notice I asked today relating to the Chinese controlled port of...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Prime Minister (Senator Wong) to a question without notice asked by Senator Waters today about climate...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Cameron, Mr Martin Bruce (4 speeches)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 24 June 2025 of Martin Bruce Cameron, a senator for the state of South Australia from 23 May to 24 October 1969.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to me for 22 to 24 July 2025, for personal reasons. Question agree to.
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
If there's no objection, the business is postponed.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Gallagher, I move: That— (a) on Tuesday, 29 July 2025: (i) the routine of business, from the conclusion of Senator Whitten's first speech, following the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (3 speeches)
Madam President, I'm a little bit scratchy, so I might just—
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Housing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) that order for the production of documents no. 784, relating to Housing Australia and the use of availability...
- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, by no later than 6 August 2025, any advice, submissions, emails, briefing notes, file...
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Thorpe, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on Thursday, 31 July 2025, the incoming government...
- Attorney-General's Department; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Thorpe, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than midday on Thursday, 31 July 2025, the incoming...
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; Order for the Production of Documents (1 speech)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 41 relating to an order for the production of documents before asking that it be taken as a formal motion. Leave granted. I amend the...
- First Speech (0 speeches)
- Whitten, Senator Tyron (2 speeches)
Pursuant to order, I now call Senator Whitten to make his first speech. I ask that senators extend the usual courtesies to the senator.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (9 speeches)
Senator Bragg has submitted a proposal under standing order 75, which is shown at item 14 on today's Order of Business: The Albanese Labor Government's failure to contain the CFMEU's infiltration...
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Cybersafety (9 speeches)
I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter from Senator Babet: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move "That, in the opinion of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
