Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That a motion relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business for this week may be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate.

And I move:

That the question be now put.

Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) | Link to this | Hansard source

Given that the government wants to ram this through without debate, I seek leave to make a short two-minute statement.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for two minutes.

Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) | Link to this | Hansard source

Well, the fix is in, isn't it? Look at this. You've got the Labor Party captured by industry, and you've got the weak opposition over here rolling over. Angus Taylor and the Prime Minister have done a deal where Angus Taylor has simply rolled over like a lapdog. From here on in, Angus Taylor will be known as Toto—the Prime Minister's own Toto. That is how weak this opposition really is. The fix is in. The hours are done—

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Hanson-Young, resume your seat. I remind you that those in the other place need to be referred to by their correct titles. Senator Scarr?

Paul Scarr (Queensland, Liberal Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

Personal reflection—'roll over like a lapdog', and calling a member of the other place 'Toto', a dog.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Scarr, I will ask Senator Hanson-Young to withdraw that comment, and I remind you that I would prefer that offensive comments not be repeated by those calling points of order. Senator Hanson-Young, could you withdraw that comment, please.

Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) | Link to this | Hansard source

Which bit?

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Hanson-Young, could you withdraw that comment.

Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm happy to withdraw, President, but I'd like you to take away and reflect whether the word 'lapdog' is indeed now not—

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Hanson-Young, I don't need to reflect. You have—

Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) | Link to this | Hansard source

I'll write to you. I withdraw.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you. Please continue.

Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) | Link to this | Hansard source

It is so clear that the opposition has rolled over, and the Prime Minister is ramming through legislation that satisfies the gambling industry. The people on the backbench of the Labor Party must be appalled. They must be shamed by this. How terrible to see Peta Murphy's legacy thrown out the door because the Prime Minister wants to deliver for the gambling lobby. And what have we got from the Leader of the Opposition? We've got: 'Oh, okay, Prime Minister. Whatever you say, Prime Minister.' How pathetic. What an absolute stitch-up. Today, we're going to get an hour's motion rammed through this place with a long list of bills where the Prime Minister and Angus Taylor, the Leader of the Opposition, have had to try and—they just want it rammed through here. Where is the backbone of the Liberal Party in all of this? Where is the leadership from Mr Angus Taylor? From where I sit, Mr Angus Taylor looks more like Toto than he does the Leader of the Opposition.

David Pocock (ACT, Independent) | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a two-minute statement.

Leave granted.

I haven't had time to look through the details of the guillotine, but I assume it will mean that there will be very few contributions on the gambling bill. On behalf of Canberrans that I've heard from over the last three years on this and particularly over the last month or so with what we heard in the Senate inquiry, I'd like to place on the record how disappointing it is to see this deal between the major parties which says to the Australian people that we care more about the gambling industry than your children—that we care more about the gambling industry than your brothers, your sisters, your sons and your daughters who are being preyed on by a predatory industry. People see straight through Prime Minister Albanese's rhetoric about 'getting the balance right with three ads an hour' and this nonsense in trying to tell Australians that you're protecting children when we'll be seeing gambling ads during programs like Lego Masters.

This speaks to a bigger issue that we're seeing in this country with the declining trust in politicians, in politics and in government, and this is no surprise when, three years ago, we had a parliamentary inquiry that said, 'This is how we turn things around when it comes to gambling,' and we have the Labor Party tie itself in knots for three years trying not to do what Peta Murphy and that committee said we should do. Then they get Angus Taylor to negotiate one on one with the PM and come to some sort of gentleman's agreement where you're going to shaft the Australian public and back in the gambling companies. (Time expired)

Sean Bell (NSW, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make two-minute statement.

Leave not granted.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the closure motion moved by Minister Wong be agreed to.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

The question now is that the procedural motion moved by Minister Wong be agreed to.

Question agreed to.

Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That—

(1) On Tuesday, 18 August 2026:

(a) the hours of meeting be midday till adjournment;

(b) the question on the second reading of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 be put immediately;

(c) following the consideration of any proposals under standing order 75, the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 be called on immediately and have precedence over all other business until 8 pm, after which the questions on all remaining stages be put;

(d) divisions may take place after 6.30 pm for the purposes of the bill; and

(e) the question that the Senate adjourn be proposed at 7.30 pm or at the conclusion of consideration of the bill, whichever is later.

(2) On Wednesday, 19 August 2026:

(a) the hours of meeting be 9 am till adjournment;

(b) the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 2) Bill 2026 be called on immediately after the authorisation of committee meetings and have precedence over all other business until 10.10 am, after which the questions on all remaining stages be put;

(c) the routine of business following the consideration of any proposals under standing order 75 be consideration of the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 and related bills and the time allotted for the remaining stages of the bills be:

(i) second reading—immediately after the consideration of any proposals under standing order 75, and

(ii) all remaining stages—at 9 pm;

(d) divisions may take place after 6.30 pm for the purposes of the bills; and

(e) the question that the Senate adjourn be proposed at the conclusion of consideration of the bills.

(3) On Thursday, 20 August 2026:

(a) the News Journalism Payments Bill 2026 and related bills be called on at

10.10 am and have precedence over all other business till 11.15 am;

(b) the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 be called on at the conclusion of formal motions, or at 12.15 pm, whichever is earlier and have precedence over all other business till

1.15 pm;

(c) the questions on all remaining stages of the following bills be put at

1.15 pm:

(i) News Journalism Payments Bill 2026

News Journalism Payments (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026

News Journalism Payments (Administration) Bill 2026 News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 News Media Bargaining Charge Bill 2026

Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media Bargaining) (Consequential) Bill 2026,

(ii) Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026,

(iii) Cash Distribution Framework Bill 2026

Cash Distribution Framework (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026,

(iv) Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill (No. 1) 2026,

(v) Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026,

(vi) Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements)

Amendment Bill 2026, and

(vii) Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025,

(d) divisions may take place after 1.30 pm until consideration of the bills has concluded.

(4) Paragraphs 1(b) and (c), 2(b) and (c), and 3(c) operate as limitations of debate under standing order 142.

David Pocock (ACT, Independent) | Link to this | Hansard source

I ask that 2(a) and (b) be put separately.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm going to put the rest of the motion, and then I'm going to put 2(a) and (b). The question is that the substantive motion, minus 2(a) and (b), be agreed to.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that parts 2(a) and (b) of that motion be agreed to.

Question agreed to.