What we learned today, Thursday 28 November
That’s it for today, thanks for reading. Here are the main stories:
The Coalition Senate leader, Simon Birmingham announced his retirement from politics.
The Senate agreed to Labor’s guillotine motion, which included migration and social media bills.
Anthony Albanese said “tomorrow never comes” on Coalition’s nuclear costings as question time wrapped up for the year.
The government has been forced to defer its electoral reform bill after the Coalition refused to pass it without last-minute amendments.
The independent senator David Pocock said he secured changes to the build-to-rent legislation, amid other changes, in exchange for supporting the government’s “guillotine” motion.
The crossbench and Coalition teamed up to support a motion condemning the government for not bringing forward its long-awaited gambling advertising restrictions, calling on the government to finally unveil its plan.
The independent senator Lidia Thorpe told a protest outside Parliament House that she wears suspension and censure as “badge of honour”.
Chris Bowen delivered the national climate change statement, saying “the critical decade is now”.
The government has apologised to Indigenous people in the Northern Territory for suffering caused by stolen wages.
The Victorian government’s Metro Tunnel may not open in 2025 as planned, after key contract deadlines were pushed back.
A second man has been charged after 10 vehicles and buildings were vandalised with anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney’s eastern suburbs last week.
The soon-to-be-sacked chairperson of Queensland’s truth-telling inquiry said he was given no notice of a decision to repeal the body’s legislation.
The government has officially launched its National HIV Strategy, which aims to make Australia the first country in the world to eliminate HIV transmission by the end of the decade.
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Let’s make that 20 bills!
At 6.30pm, we had 31 bills ahead of us in the Senate. After more than two hours, we’ve gotten through 20 on my count so far.
Those include:
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024
Sydney Airport Demand Management Amendment Bill 2024
Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024
Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2024
Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Tax (Imposition) Bill 2024
Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) (Consequential Provisions and Other Matters) Bill 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Bill 2024
Capital Works (Build to Rent Misuse Tax) Bill 2024
Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Bill 2024
Family Law Amendment Bill 2024
Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024
Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024
Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Bill 2024
Future Made in Australia Bill 2024
Future Made in Australia (Omnibus Amendments No. 1) Bill 2024
Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Bill 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Fairer for Families and Farmers and Other Measures) Bill 2024
Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023
Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals and Other Measures) Bill 2024
But ahead of us are some more controversial bills, including the three migration bills and the under-16s social media ban.
The social media ban bill will have at least an hour of debate before it goes to a vote.
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