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by leave—I table a non-conforming petition from the community independent Jessie Price for Bean of over 700 Ca…
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for the Environment and Water (Senator…
Of course we will remain a reliable long-term supplier of LNG to Japan. I think we have demonstrated that as a…
What I would say to you is it is important to ensure we maximise the benefit to our country of Australia's gas…
The one thing I do agree with Senator McDonald on in that question is the importance of Japanese investment in…
I think you can guess where those obstacles are going to be. No country alone can create secure end-to-end sup…
I thank Senator Polley for her incisive question there about critical minerals and rare earths, because they a…
Minister, given this sale was personally approved by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, is it your government's policy to…
Minister, the Chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Steven Skala, is also a member of the Foreign Inv…
My question is the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Watt. Rushy Lagoon is Tasmania's largest fa…
Thank you for the outline of the issue. As you would know, a number of these changes do not come in for some t…
I think that's what I was referencing in my first answer—that is, the amendments that the government has made…
I thank Senator Scarr for the question. I have a great deal of respect for that senator, but I would disagree;…
The Prime Minister has dealt with that. Similar questions have been asked of Minister Gallagher, and she has d…
The Prime Minister was in the Hunter to announce what this government has done—with very good work, if I can s…
Prime Minister was at a press conference today where we announced what this government is doing to deliver rea…
What we know is that these jobs would not have been protected and this deal would not have been done if those…
Thank you, Senator. The investment announced today by the Albanese Labor government locks in a long-term futur…
(): I actually am not sure that's worthy of an answer, Senator. You are the deputy leader of a party which se…
Minister, in Labor circles, you are a role model to women. You are not merely a member of the government; you…
I would be surprised that, on this day, you would try to talk about what's in the media from people who are ba…
I'll make a few responses to the very many aspects of that question. Firstly, in relation to energy, I would m…
Prime Minister denied breaking his $275 power bill promise
Well, I want to talk about workers. Workers out there are suffering. They are suffering because their real wag…
Cancer takes a huge toll on so many Australians and their families. Even with effective treatments, its effect…
I'll just close off the previous line of questioning that I was pursuing. I have also been looking at answers…
I seek leave to move a motion relating to the consideration of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Removing the Widow…
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating t…
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to repeal legislation relating to firearms—…
Treasurer appeared on the ABC's Insiders program and was asked about his widow tax, he said he would "fix" it
I, and also on behalf of Senator Canavan, move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to I…
Thank you, Senator McKim. For completeness, I might just respond to a few comments that you've made so you hav…
Senator Shoebridge, as I've said to you, our response to that review is in the government response that was ta…
Perhaps the best way to answer this series of questions is to confirm my previous answer to the senator, which…
Senator, why don't we just cease the personal attacks that you're directing at me? It is not becoming of the p…
Senator, as I said previously, and as you well know, the government is working through those recommendations a…
I've answered that question. To go to the point you made around taking advice from the Independent National Se…
I'll just make a number of points. That's not the suggestion that I've made. We are working around that sunset…
I want to confirm for you that the review, particularly those recommendations relating to safeguards—it's the…
I might answer that question by also making some comments about the amendment that you've proposed in relation…
Sorry, Senator Shoebridge. Can I just clarify, Senator Cash, for completeness. Proposed section 31B, subsectio…
I understand your question. To clarify: the Attorney-General can make an authorisation that will allow someone…
That will depend on the conflict.
Authorisation of persons in cases of conflict of interest
Yes, that's correct. That is how it works under the current arrangements. There's no change to the fact that a…
This is in the legislation that we've proposed. That person would be required to provide information to the At…
Yes, Senator—a member of the CDPP, an APS employee which is at SES Band 2 or higher, and a legal practitioner.…
No, there's no requirement in the provisions that are in front of us for that to occur, primarily because, onc…
That's not a requirement, for the reasons I gave to you previously. Once the conflict is identified, that deci…
That's a matter for the director, which is why I answered that way previously. If you have further questions i…
I've answered that question.
No, because that person who is selected would still be required to undertake the duties and the powers of the…
No, it's not. What's being proposed is that the Attorney-General make an authorisation, given the importance o…
That's a really simple answer, and it's in the explanatory memorandum. It's really about making sure that the…
This afternoon, I rise to speak about the issue dominating kitchen tables across Western Australia and the nat…
I table documents relating to orders for the production of documents concerning Rushy Lagoon and transport inf…
I present two government responses to committee reports as listed on today's Order of Business. In accordance…
Oh, no. I've had a change. That wasn't really a promise,
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Oppo…
What would Odysseus do? I'll just put all my wacky personal policy ideas into a big trojan horse and wheel it…
I can say that the Labor Party is completely united in the work we've done to raise the wages of working Austr…
Thanks, Senator Dolega, and thank you for your many years of advocacy for working Australians—something that's…
Minister, Japan is one of Australia's most important economic and strategic partners. Why has the Prime Minist…
Minister, Japanese buyers are locking in decades of LNG supply from the United States and Qatar at the same ti…
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Japanese energy companies are al…
I'm not sure I fully understand that question, Senator Hanson. But what I can say is that the forestry side of…
Well, of course it wasn't advised to me, Senator Hanson. I'm the minister responsible in this chamber for repr…
I thank Senator Hanson for that question. Rushy Lagoon will remain a working property with agriculture continu…
Thank you, Senator Hanson. Senator Hanson has directed the question to me, but the matter actually involves ei…
Thank you, Senator Brown, for the supplementary. Again, as Senator Brown points out, we are using every lever…
I thank Senator Brown for the supplementary question. As Senator Brown alluded to, system abuse is one of the…
(—) (): This government is all about electricity additionality. What this plan does is deliver more generation…
I've never watched late-night Sky in my life, and it's very rare for me to agree with something that Mr Joyce…
Thank you, Senator O'Neill, for your advocacy for industrial development in New South Wales. Tomago Aluminium…
Thank you for the free character assessment, Senator Whish-Wilson. It's a much more positive one than I'm used…
I'm happy, Senator Whish-Wilson, to provide what information I can about what submissions were received in sup…
Thanks, Senator Whish-Wilson. I am glad that you had an opportunity to ask one last question before you depart…
Prime Minister himself said it was completely unacceptable to demean, objectify, belittle or offend women
I've talked to you today. I've talked to you today. I've used my hands,
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. In an awkward moment at a press…
Labor's budget is an assault on aspiration, and it's taking a huge slice out of small businesses. Last week I…
Prime Minister stood there, saw the damage, promised money and years later has done two parts of nothing about…
We won't be supporting the suspension of standing orders either and for similar reasons, noting it's a politic…
At the request of Senator Antic, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Min…
At the request of the Chair of the Select Committee on Productivity in Australia, Senator Bragg, I move: That…
I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT 112096 Leave is granted for one minute…
At the request of Senator Ruston, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Mi…
I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT 112096 Leave is granted for one minute…
At the request of Senator Paterson, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the…
At the request of Senator Colbeck, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the M…
I move: That leave of absence be granted to Senator Nampijinpa Price for today, from prayers till rise, for p…
I ask that general business notice of motion no. 594, standing in the name of Senator Colbeck, be withdrawn.…
So it is possible. Does section 31B effectively give the Attorney-General the ability to create an unlimited n…
Under section 31B(1), could the CDPP, for war crimes, be switched out for another person by the Attorney-Gener…
Just to clarify, not all of the substituted CDPPs will have all of the powers of the CDPP. And is it possible…
Would that authorised person have all the powers of the CDPP?
Sorry, can I just get clarification. If the CDPP identified a conflict of interest in the matter of war crimes…
We all know the Albanese Labor government is obsessed with destroying productive Australian agriculture in the…
If the CDPP identified a conflict of interest in the matter of war crimes, could the Attorney-General create a…