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13 September 2026

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The Senate opens with a contested motion to suspend standing orders for an AI urgency debate on frontier risks and regulatory options, before moving to manage government business through the Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026 and concluding with debate, party positions and final passage of the Major Sporting Events Bill. This segment is useful for tracking procedural decisions on agenda‑setting, the government’s resistance to fast‑tracking AI regulation, and the progression of two significant regulatory packages through their final Senate stages.

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Senate business — AI urgency and key bills

10:40

AI urgency motion — Senate debate on procedure and frontier risks

10:40

Senate opening and move to AI urgency motion

10:40

Opening prayer and commencement of Senate business

10:40

Shoebridge: attempt to suspend standing orders for AI debate

11:44

Shoebridge: AI extinction risk, safety testing and treaty proposal

15:05

Greens and crossbench — calls for stronger and urgent AI regulation

25:18

Faruqi — AI existential risk and tech oligarch power

25:18

Pocock — call for stronger, independent AI safety body

27:53

Pocock — middle-power diplomacy and precautionary approach

31:07

AI urgency motion — minister and crossbench positions

32:55

Minister Gallagher — opposition to AI urgency motion

32:55

Allman-Payne — support for AI extinction-risk focus

38:45

Government business and Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill

48:47

Government business: cut-off exemptions and PMC bill

48:47

Cut‑off exemption motion and separate PMC bill

48:47

Division on PMC bill cut‑off exemption

54:32

Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill — committee stage and passage

59:13

Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill — division on schedule 2

59:13

Hume amendments on schedule 2 defeated

01:06:56

Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill — report and third reading

01:10:46

Major Sporting Events Bill — policy rationale and Senate vote

01:12:07

Major Sporting Events Bill — policy framework and party positions

01:12:07

Major Sporting Events Bill — introduction and Roberts’ position

01:12:07

Minister Green — justification for rules‑based protections

01:16:31

Major Sporting Events Bill — Senate divisions and final passage

01:20:17

Major Sporting Events Bill — division called on question

01:20:17

Second reading agreed — Major Sporting Events Bill

01:24:27

Third reading moved — Major Sporting Events Bill

01:28:05

Third reading carried — Major Sporting Events Bill passed

01:33:03

Wage justice bill — referral, design and Greens position

01:34:42

Senate procedure and bill referral

01:34:42

Bill introduction and expedited Senate consideration

01:34:42

Wage Justice Bill message and expedited introduction

01:34:42

Opposition — support for bill and proposed amendments

01:35:53

O'Sullivan (Opposition) — support for bill, critique of temporary funding model

01:35:53

O'Sullivan — amendments on contractors, family day care and safety conditions

01:42:44

Wage justice scheme — design and Greens amendment

01:48:56

Government — defence, funding design and policy framing

01:48:56

Smith (ALP) — defence of wage justice extension

01:48:56

Smith — funding details, fee restraint and safety conditions

01:52:11

Smith — early learning as nation‑building and workforce valuation

01:55:11

Greens: conditional support and structural reform demands

01:58:26

Hodgins-May (Greens) — conditional support and criticism of uncertainty

01:58:26

Hodgins-May — workforce crisis, wages and rising childcare costs

02:01:54

Hodgins-May — call for universal, free early learning funded by gas tax

02:05:20

Hodgins-May (Greens) — second reading amendment and call for structural reform

02:08:26

Government — structure of wage justice scheme

02:12:32

Stewart (ALP) — support for bill, wage rise and workforce outcomes

02:12:32

Stewart — safety, fee caps and recognition of early educators

02:17:08

Early childhood wage bill — core policy debate

02:20:40

Early childhood wage bill — opposition critique and ALP defence

02:20:40

Opposition — criticism of temporary model and impact on family day care

02:20:40

Colbeck (LP) — criticism of temporary funding model and contractor exclusion

02:20:40

Colbeck — family day care viability, childcare deserts and IR policy

02:23:00

Whiteaker (ALP) — defence of wage justice scheme

02:27:01

Whiteaker (ALP) — defence of wage justice scheme and safety conditions

02:27:01

Government case for workforce and funding measures

02:39:22

Walker (ALP) — workforce rationale and scheme design

02:39:22

Walker (ALP) — workforce impact of 15% wage rise

02:39:22

Walker — extension of funding, fee caps and safety standard condition

02:47:53

Dolega (ALP) — regional impacts, funding extension and fee caps

02:53:27

Dolega (ALP) — defence of wage justice bill and Tasmanian context

02:53:27

Dolega — wage rise outcomes, $3.6b top‑up and fee caps

02:56:42

Early childhood wages bill — final Senate stages

03:00:54

Early childhood wages bill — support and passage

03:00:54

Senator Darmanin (ALP) — support for bill and impacts of 15% wage rise

03:00:54

Darmanin (ALP) — valuing feminised care work and 15% rise

03:00:54

Darmanin — case study of Goodstart Pakenham and workforce retention

03:06:53

Darmanin (ALP) — outcomes of wage rise and safety conditions

03:11:20

Early childhood wages bill — second reading conclusion and vote

03:14:56

Minister Walsh — second reading summing up and rejection of amendments

03:14:56

Divisions on Greens and Coalition second reading amendments

03:22:15

Committee of the Whole — O’Sullivan amendment on contractor educators

03:38:48

Senate statements and Question Time — domestic policy and economic management

03:40:18

Senate short statements — domestic policy themes

03:40:18

Senate short statements opened; economy and Medicare

03:40:18

Transition to senators’ short statements

03:40:18

Kovacic (LP) — productivity warning and IR criticism

03:40:33

Stewart (ALP) — Medicare bulk‑billing gains in Nicholls

03:42:39

Party influence, nationalism and worker positioning

03:44:43

Hanson‑Young (Greens) — Gina Rinehart’s influence on One Nation

03:44:43

O’Sullivan (LP) — Pozieres battlefield remembrance

03:46:49

Labor senator — attack on One Nation super for wages plan

03:48:53

Roberts (ON) — response to Nazi allegations and nationalism

03:50:58

Senators’ two‑minute statements — economic, social and foreign policy issues

03:52:55

Dean Smith (LP) — CGT changes and WA mineral exploration

03:52:55

Polley (ALP) — support for new Fair Work Court

03:55:09

Pocock — specialist out‑of‑pocket costs and workforce gaps

03:57:13

Babet — productivity slump and criticism of Labor economic policy

03:59:18

Darmanin — ADF Parliamentary Program and defence–parliament understanding

04:01:20

Lambie — online abuse of politicians and public accountability

04:03:08

Thorpe — Red Lines package on war crimes and Palestine

04:05:15

Cadell — regional transmission towers and teal inner‑city opposition

04:07:23

O’Neill — tribute to ALP life member and shearer Joe Alexander

04:09:21

Senate Question Time — wages, economic management and migration

04:10:06

Domestic policy pressures — wages, online safety, productivity

04:10:06

Cash (LP) — Kelty critique and real wages pressure

04:10:06

Dowling (ALP) — digital duty of care for online safety

04:16:03

Hume (LP) — questions on productivity slump and Treasury assumptions

04:22:53

Government economic management — energy, AI, housing, fiscal

04:28:15

Waters (Greens) — gas reservation vs export tax

04:28:15

Darmanin (ALP) — global shocks, AAA rating and fiscal stance

04:34:58

Hanson‑Young (Greens) — AI data centres, moratorium and retrospective laws

04:40:19

Bragg (LP) — housing taxes, home loans and rent impacts

04:45:59

One Nation vs Government — migration, productivity and jobs

04:51:29

Whish‑Wilson/One Nation — migration, capital deepening and productivity plan

04:51:29

Roberts (ON) vs Gallagher — labour underutilisation and migration

04:57:44

Senate: policy debates and condolence motion

05:03:29

Post–question time policy debates — social programs and economy

05:03:29

Social policy reallocations — private health and early education

05:03:29

Ruston (LP) vs McAllister — private health rebate cuts for seniors

05:03:29

Whiteaker (ALP) and Walsh — national rollout of Building Early Education Fund

05:09:57

Take-note motions — wages, productivity, tax and migration

05:15:46

Take‑note motion — Coalition wages and productivity attack

05:15:46

Darmanin (ALP) — defence of productivity and wage agenda

05:20:19

Colbeck (LP) — invoking Kelty and pensioner health rebate cuts

05:24:31

Dolega (ALP) — ACTU leadership and wage growth under Labor

05:28:38

Liddle (LP) — productivity decline, inflation and Labor tax changes

05:32:41

Hodgins-May (Greens) — call for 25% gas export tax

05:36:53

One Nation senator — mass immigration and productivity argument

05:42:10

Condolence motion — former Senator Kay Denman

05:44:58

Condolence motion — former Senator Kay Denman

05:44:58

Condolence motion — death of former Senator Kay Denman

05:44:58

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Senate Chamber

13 September 2026

Senate Mon, 14 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

10:40 - 11:21

Speaker 2

That would be pleased to direct and prosper the work of thy servants to the advancement of thy glory and the true welfare of the people of Australia. Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. Are there any documents to be tabled by the clerk?

11:21 - 11:27

Speaker 1

Yes, President, I table documents pursuant to statute as listed on the dynamic red.

11:27 - 11:31

Speaker 3

Are there any proposals for committees to meet during the sittings of the Senate?

11:31 - 11:36

Speaker 4

Yes, President, a committee has lodged a proposal as shown at item four of today's order of business.

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