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Senate Daily Summary

Information on significant events and decisions made by the Senate each sitting day. The summaries contain links to video replays of debates, as well as source documents such as the Senate Journals, Hansard transcripts, and committee reports.

22 to 24 July 2025

Daily summaries

  •  Tuesday, 22 July (PDF 138KB)
  •  Wednesday, 23 July (PDF 143KB)
  •  Thursday, 24 July (PDF 136KB)

Weekly summary

The Deputy of the Governor-General opened the 48th Parliament in the Senate. Following a suspension of sitting, the Governor-General addressed the members of both Houses assembled in the Senate. Watch on ParlView

As a result of the general election on 3 May 2025, territory senators, and state senators whose terms commenced on 1 July were sworn in. Watch on ParlView

Senator Sue Lines was elected as President of the Senate, and Senator Slade Brockman as Deputy President and Chair of Committees.

The Leader of the Government in the Senate advised the Senate of the Albanese Ministry and party appointments in the Senate.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, and the Leaders of the Australian Greens, the Nationals, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Australia's Voice, and the United Australia Party, and Senator David Pocock, advised the Senate of various party appointments.

The Senate agreed to meet again at 9.00 am on Wednesday, 23 July 2025.

  • Senators gave their first speeches:
    • Senator Whiteaker
      Watch the speech   Read the transcript
    • Senator Blyth
      Watch the speech   Read the transcript
    • Senator Mulholland
      Watch the speech   Read the transcript
  • Introduced
    • Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025
    • Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Energy Regulator Separation) Bill 2025
    • Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025
    • Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2025
  • Considered
    • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022 [private senator's bill]
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024 [private senator’s bill]
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025
    • Watch the debate [part one] [part two]   Read the transcript [part one] [part two]

    Debate on these bills will continue at a later date

  • New inquiries
    • Development of a hemp industry referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 July 2026
    • Algal blooms in South Australian marine and coastal environments referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 28 October 2025
    • Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment (There For Education, Not Profit) Bill 2025 referred to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 28 November 2025
    • Remuneration Tribunal Amendment (There For Public Service, Not Profit) Bill 2025 referred to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 28 November 2025
    • Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill 2025 referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 29 August 2025
    • The Senate adopted report no. 3 of 2025 of the Selection of Bills Committee and referred the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Energy Regulator Separation) Bill 2025 to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 21 August 2025
  • Reports tabled
    • Report no. 3 of 2025 Selection of Bills Committee

    Government responses

    • Response to Not-for-profits entities – Tax assessments Economics References Committee
    • Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade:
      • Response to Department of Defence annual report 2021-22
      • Response to Department of Defence annual report 2022-23
    • Response to Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2024 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
  • Estimates
    • Departments and agencies were allocated to committees
  • Joint committees
    • The Senate concurred with resolutions of the House relating to the formation of joint committees
  • Membership

    Tuesday, 22 July

    • Members were appointed to committees

    Thursday, 24 July

    • Variations were agreed to
    • Senator Dean Smith was appointed as a member of the National Archives of Australia Council
    • Senators were appointed by ballot to committees:
      • Senator B Pocock - Finance and Public Administration Legislation and References Committees
      • Senator Shoebridge - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation and References Committees
      • Senator Shoebridge - Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission
      • Senator Whish-Wilson - Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation and References Committees

    See also committee membership page

  • Tabled documents

    Government documents and documents presented by the President

    • Tuesday, 22 July
    • Wednesday, 23 July

    Clerk's documents

    Legislative instruments and other documents required by statute to be tabled

    • Tuesday, 22 July
    • Wednesday, 23 July
    • Thursday, 24 July

    Certificates of election of senators

    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales
    • Northern Territory
    • Queensland
    • South Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria
    • Western Australia

    Other

    • Vacancy in the representation of Tasmania – Certificate of the choice of Mr Josh Dolega
    • Senator Shoebridge tabled a petitioning document regarding Gaza
    • Senator David Pocock tabled a petitioning document relating to the conflict in Gaza
  • Orders for the production of documents

    Tabled

    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to correspondence with Ozy Homes and Manyana Coast – agreed to on 18 November 2024

    Agreed to

    • Documents relating to online gambling to be tabled by:
      • The Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, by no later than midday on Monday, 28 July 2025
      • The Minister representing the Minister for Communications, by no later than midday on Monday, 28 July 2025
      • The Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than midday on Monday, 18 August 2025
    • The final report of the review of public sector board appointments processes to be tabled by the Minister for the Public Service, by no later than midday on Tuesday, 29 July 2025
    • 2025 incoming government briefs to be tabled by no later than midday on 29 July 2025, by:
      • the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services
      • the Minister representing the Prime Minister
      • the Minister for Women
    • Documents relating to the New England Highway to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, by no later than midday on 25 August 2025
    • Documents relating to the draft 2025 electricity network options report to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on Monday, 28 July 2025
    • Documents relating to Workforce Australia services participants to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, by no later than 31 July 2025
    • Advice provided by the Treasury regarding housing to be tabled by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on Monday, 28 July 2025
    • Documents relating to aggregate expenditure made from the Housing Australia Future Fund to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on Monday, 28 July 2025

    Orders to comply

    • The Senate ordered the Minister for the Environment and Water to comply by no later than 9 am on 24 July 2025 with the order agreed to on 18 November 2024 to table correspondence with Ozy Homes and Manyana Coast
  • Delegation reports
    • Australian parliamentary delegations to:
      • Tuvalu and Fiji
      • 67th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
      • People’s Republic of China and Mongolia
  • Motions

    Agreed to

    • Conduct of senators moved by Senator Wong
       Watch the debate   Read the transcript
  • Disallowance motions

    Notice of motion to disallow

    • Industry Research and Development (Dealership and Repairer Initiative for Vehicle Electrification Nationally (DRIVEN) Program) Instrument 2024 [F2024L01460] notice given by Senator Roberts
  • Statements
    • Senator McCarthy made a statement regarding the Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country and senators made statements in response
      Watch the statements   Read the transcript
  • Condolences
    • His Holiness Pope Francis
      Watch the condolences   Read the transcript
    • Dr Alan Eggleston AM, former senator for Western Australia
      Watch the condolences [part one] [part two]   Read the transcript [part one] [part two]
    • The Honourable Peter James Nixon AO, former minister and member of the House of Representatives for the division of Gippsland, Victoria
      Watch the condolences   Read the transcript
  • Scheduling
    • The sitting calendar for the remainder of 2025 was agreed to
  • Statement by the President
    • The President made a statement regarding the conduct of senators during the Governor-General’s opening address
      Watch the statement   Read the transcript
  • Address-in-reply
    • The Address-in-reply to the Governor-General’s opening speech was debated
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
Statistics
Bills received from the House of Representatives 0
Bills introduced in the Senate - government 4
Bills introduced in the Senate - private senators' 0
Bills passed in the Senate 0
Bills negatived or discharged 0
Bills referred to committees 4
New inquiries 6
Reports tabled 1
Orders for production of documents agreed to 13
Notices of motion given 159
Divisions 6

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