Senate debates
Monday, 30 March 2026
Bills
- Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate (10 speeches)
Pursuant to the order agreed to earlier, the Senate will now consider the Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026. I will now put the questions before the chair and then put the questions on... - Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner Bill 2025, Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Second Reading (11 speeches)
It's important at the outset to place on record that the concept of an independent oversight body is not new. Indeed, the coalition brought forward legislation in 2020 to establish a national... - Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner Bill 2025, Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; In Committee (8 speeches)
I fear that we denigrate the work of this place when we see guillotines and the shoving together of all sorts of legislation that hasn't been through proper scrutiny by the Senate, where we are... - Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner Bill 2025, Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That these bills be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. - Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025, Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Second Reading (16 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 and the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and... - Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025, Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; In Committee (33 speeches)
The Greens have a number of amendments to this bill, and I am pleased to say that the government has agreed with quite a few of those amendments. I do want to thank the many higher education...