No. 33/2005
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Portfolio budget statements and related papers can be
obtained from the Senate Table Office (phone 6277 3010) and on the
Internet.
General
information about the consideration of the 2005-06 Budget
estimates (membership of committees, portfolio allocation, terms of
reference etc.) is available on the Senate web page.
An
agenda for each of the legislation committees listed below
is available on the Senate webpage and will be updated as
necessary.
The Senate Daily Summary will be published each day
after the legislation committees meet. The Summary will give a
brief overview on the progress made by each committee and the
business each committee expects to consider the next day.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Family and Community
Services; Health and Ageing
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.05am until 10.55pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Health and Ageing portfolio
(completed outcomes 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11 and Professional Services
Review)
- will continue the Health and Ageing portfolio
(outcomes 1, 3, 7, 8, 10 and Australian Radiation Protection and
Nuclear Safety Agency, Food Standards Australia New Zealand,
Private Health Insurance Administration Council, Private Health
Insurance Ombudsman, and Aged Care Standards and Accreditation
Agency Ltd) when it meets on Thursday 2 June 2005 in Senate
Committee Room 2S1
Economics Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Industry, Tourism and
Resources; Treasury
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.06am until 11.05pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Treasury portfolio (completed
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Corporations and Markets Advisory
Committee, National Competition Council, Productivity Commission,
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, and Australian
Securities and Investments Commission)
- will continue the Treasury portfolio (The
Treasury, Australian Taxation Office, and Inspector-General of
Taxation) when it meets on Thursday 2 June 2005 in House of
Representatives Committee Room 2R1
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Education, Science and
Training; Employment and Workplace Relations
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.05am until 11.00pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Education, Science and Training
portfolio (completed Cross Portfolio, Australian Research Council,
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation,
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, and
Science Group)
- will continue the Education, Science and
Training portfolio (Schools Group, Australian National Training
Authority, Vocational Education and Training Group, Indigenous and
Transitions Group, Higher Education Group, Innovation and Research
Systems Group, and International Education Group) when it meets on
Thursday 2 June 2005 in Senate Committee Room 2S3
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Defence (including
Veterans’ Affairs); Foreign Affairs and Trade
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 7.00pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Foreign Affairs and Trade
portfolio (portfolio overview, and outputs 1.1 and 2.1)
- will continue the Foreign Affairs and Trade
portfolio (portfolio overview, outputs 1.1 to 1.4, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1,
4.2, enabling services, Australian Agency for International
Development, and Australian Trade Commission) when it meets on
Thursday 2 June 2005 in the Main Committee Room
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The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
Enquiries, comments and suggestions: phone 6277 3209
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au
This publication is issued by the Senate Procedure Office as a
convenient summary of each day’s consideration of estimates
by Senate legislation committees.
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Further information
Committee Hansards can be obtained
from the Senate Table Office (phone 6277 3010) and on the Internet
(when available)
Committee proceedings can be viewed on
the Internet
Senate Briefs, prepared by the Senate
Procedure Office, provide general information about the estimates
process:
No. 4:
Senate Committees
No. 5:
Consideration of Estimates by the Senate’s Legislation
Committees
No. 13:
Rights and Responsibilities of Witnesses before Senate
Committees