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Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2)

7 September 2026

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The Senate moves from concluding an earlier division to considering Senator Waters’ climate-focused urgency motion linking the Nepal–Tibet disaster to Australian coal and gas approvals, followed by government, opposition and crossbench responses and further debate on climate policy before the Greens motion is put and defeated.

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Senate procedures and climate urgency motion on Nepal

00:09

Division and transition to urgency motions

00:09

Urgency motion — Waters: Nepal disaster and coal and gas approvals

02:08

Responses on Nepal disaster — support vs climate framing

06:21

Further contributions on Nepal, climate and fossil fuel policy

18:38

Vote on Greens climate urgency motion

31:01

Illicit tobacco and vaping — Cash urgency motion and responses

37:44

Urgency motion — Cash: illicit tobacco and organised crime

37:44

Government and crossbench positions on illicit tobacco and vapes

42:51

Formal legislative messages and higher education bill introduction

01:19:41

Higher education amendment bill — formal first and second reading steps

01:19:41

Messages from House and Governor-General; presentation of committee reports

01:20:26

Tax Advice Misconduct Bill — committee stage, CGT concessions and finalisation

01:25:12

Tax advice misconduct bill — committee stage and One Nation CGT amendment

01:25:12

Greens DGR amendments — animal welfare charities and illegal occupations

01:44:51

Committee debate — foreign investor CGT concession and process scrutiny

02:21:00

Final passage of tax advice misconduct bill in committee

02:33:40

Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill — support, safeguards and systemic concerns

02:43:01

Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026 — Smith: support with AHRC and SMSF concerns

02:43:01

Regulatory Reform Bill — Greens and crossbench on red tape and border questions

02:56:31

Regulatory Reform Bill — Roberts on data sharing and Robodebt risks

03:18:33

Regulatory Reform Bill — Coalition critique of productivity and AHRC safeguard removal

03:27:42

Government closes Regulatory Reform debate and second reading amendment deferred

03:57:16

Major Sporting Events IP changes and adjournment speeches

04:04:02

Major Sporting Events IP Bill — Henderson opposes ministerial power shift

04:04:02

Adjournment — Polley on Commonwealth Prac Payment and allied health expansion

04:09:49

Adjournment — St John Ambulance international work and Senate committee footage concerns

04:14:54

Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2)

7 September 2026

Senate Mon, 7 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

00:08 - 02:07

Speaker 1

Lock the doors. The question is the motion be agreed to. Ayes will pass to the right of the chair, noes to the left. I appoint Senator McKim teller for the ayes, Senator Kovacic teller for the noes. The result of the division is ayes 14, noes 28.

The question is resolved in the negative. We will now move to matters of urgency. Senator McKim has submitted a proposal under standing order 75 today. It is shown as at item 15 on today's order of business. Is consideration of the proposal supported?

It being supported with the concurrence of the Senate, the clerks will set the clock in line with informal arrangements made by the whips, and I call Senator Waters to move the motion.

02:07 - 02:35

Speaker 2

Thanks very much, Deputy President. I move the motion: the need for the Labor government to stop approving coal and gas projects in the middle of a climate crisis, with their 37th coal and gas project approved as a climate disaster unfolds in Nepal and Tibet. The world has watched in horror as a wall of ice, rock, and water tore through the Himalayas. More than a thousand people confirmed dead. Thousands more still missing, whole villages erased.

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