Senate debates
Monday, 30 March 2026
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Meeting (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Fuel (27 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the need for the Albanese Labor government to provide urgent relief to Australians facing surging fuel prices, as circulated. Leave not granted. Pursuant...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
- Fuel (1 speech)
The government really has had its pants pulled down in respect of the fuel situation that we currently see in this country. They've been completely dakked—not a nice picture to paint, I...
- Giannini, Mr Dominic (2 speeches)
Today I rise to speak about someone who proves that journalism isn't just about deadlines, doorstops and decoding political spin. Yes, I'm talking about you up there, mate. It's also about...
- Tertiary Education and Training (1 speech)
I rise to speak to the corrosive influence of consultants and contractors in the university sector. Today the ABC has revealed that our universities are paying external consultants and...
- Fuel (1 speech)
Australia is facing a national crisis. But let's be very clear: this started before the war broke out, when Australia was left exposed by this Labor government. Inflation was already too high....
- KPMG Australia (1 speech)
In the chamber recently—I believe you were in the chair at the time—I made remarks about efforts by a whistleblower to make a protected disclosure about behaviour they witnessed and...
- Fuel (3 speeches)
I'd like to congratulate the Albanese Labor government for taking another leaf out of One Nation's book and cutting the fuel excise. Of course it's taken a national fuel crisis to do it, and as...
- Tropical Cyclone Narelle (1 speech)
Tropical Cyclone Narelle has left a trail of devastation across WA, Queensland and the NT. Let us be clear: the burning of fossil fuels is driving the climate crisis and it is intensifying...
- Easter (1 speech)
Australians will spend this long weekend in a thousand different ways—at the beach, relaxing at home or, if they can find the petrol and if they can afford it, maybe even on the road....
- Sullivans Cove Whisky (2 speeches)
Recently I had the pleasure, along with the member for Hunter, Mr Repacholi, of visiting one of Tasmania's great success stories, the Sullivans Cove whisky distillery. At the time of that visit,...
- Science Meets Parliament 2026 (1 speech)
Last week, during Science Meets Parliament 2026, many of us had the privilege of meeting with scientists and researchers in what I understand was a record number of 100 meetings between...
- Workplace Relations: Aviation Industry (1 speech)
Nearly everyone in this chamber has taken a flight to be here, today or yesterday, but how many have considered the conditions of the aviation workers who make that possible? I recently met with...
- Fuel (1 speech)
In 2022 the Prime Minister said: 'If I'm Prime Minister, I'll accept responsibility. You deserve a prime minister that doesn't always look for someone else to blame.' Well—the irony. Prime...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
I joined the Australian Labor Party as a teenager because we are the party of workers. After a decade of a deliberate strategy to keep wages low for Aussie workers, Labor came to government with...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel Security (31 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The Easter long weekend begins in four days. It is the busiest road travel period of the year, with many Australians...
- Agriculture Industry (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, a grain farmer has told the North Queensland Register that he has spent more than $1½ million just...
- Public Transport, Fuel (20 speeches)
My question is to Minister Wong, representing the Prime Minister. Over the weekend we saw Victoria and Tasmania announced their plans to make public transport free, as the Greens have been...
- Fuel (8 speeches)
My question is to Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Ayres. Global energy market supply chains remain disrupted, and, in response, National Cabinet met...
- Taxation (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, Senator Ayres. Inflation is hitting Australians hard. Many households are just one or two interest rate or rent hikes away...
- Fuel (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The cost of jet fuel has increased in the past 14 days, up by 90c per litre. For bulk suppliers, this means about a...
- Oil and Gas Exploration (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Your government's response to Australia's fuel supply problem is temporary and inadequate, and does not address the...
- Fuel (16 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Minister, can you confirm whether Australia has imported, in recent years, refined fuel products from countries that process Russian crude oil?
- Fuel Security (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance. Today at National Cabinet, the Albanese Labor government brought together state and territory leaders to further respond to the fuel crisis stemming...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (5 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. I think it's fair to say that there are a lot of Australians...
- Taxation (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to my questions regarding the housing crisis and the illegal war in Iran. Australians...
- Russia (1 speech)
I'd like to take note of the answers given by Minister Wong to questions asked by me previously. Russia bad! Russia bad! We keep hearing it. Russian oil, though, is not so bad—that seems,...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
If there is no objection, the business is postponed.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Gibbs, Dr Wylie Talbot (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I inform the Senate of the death on 9 March 2026 of Dr Wylie Talbot Gibbs, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Bowman, Queensland, from 1963...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 464 in the terms circulated in the chamber before asking that it be taken as formal. Leave granted. I move the motion as amended: (1)...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Matters of Urgency (0 speeches)
- Fuel Security (13 speeches)
Senator Cash has submitted a proposal, under standing order 75, today. It has been circulated and is shown on item 13 of today's Order of Business: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the...
- Public Transport (13 speeches)
I move: Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today the Australian Greens propose to move "That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: The need for the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (8 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the consideration of legislation. Leave not granted. Pursuant to contingent notice, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would...
- Consideration of Legislation (4 speeches)
Pursuant to contingent notice standing in the name of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent further consideration...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Fuel (2 speeches)
Recent fuel pressures have highlighted just how essential our service station workers are. When Australians drive up to fill their tanks at the bowser, it is these workers are on the front line,...
- Easter, Tasmania: Wages and Salaries (1 speech)
Easter is a time of significance for families across Tasmania and across the country. It's a period for reflection, connection and relaxation. Eating chocolate and spending time with your loved...
