No. 66/2005
www.aph.gov.au/senate
Thursday 6 October 2005
The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.43pm
Procedural changes
The Senate debated and agreed to
recommendations of the Procedure Committee contained in its
first report of 2005. The recommendations related to the storage of
Senate documents and unauthorised disclosure of committee
proceedings.
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
No bills were introduced in the Senate
The following bill was passed
With an amendment
- Acts Interpretation Amendment (Legislative Instruments) Bill
2005–1 Government
amendment agreed to [The House of Representatives will now
consider this bill as amended]
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
For a complete list of notices
of motion to disallow (and outcomes)
Motion to disallow regulations defeated
The Senate agreed not to
disallow the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry
(Export of Live-stock to Saudi Arabia) Order 2005 [F2005L01580],
made under section 17 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Industry Act 1997
Notice of motion withdrawn
A notice of motion to disallow the Maritime Transport Security
Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1), as contained in Select
Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 115 and made under the Maritime
Transport Security Act 2003 was withdrawn
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Report tabled
- Regional Partnerships and Sustainable Regions
programs–Finance and Public Administration References
Committee
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership
Reporting date extended
- Administration of the Migration Act–Legal and
Constitutional References Committee–to report by 1 December
2005
Motions defeated
The Senate did not agree to refer the
following matters to committees:
- Arrest and deportation of American citizen, Mr Scott
Parkin–Legal and Constitutional References
Committee–moved
by Senator Brown
- Overtime and shift allowances–Employment, Workplace
Relations and Education References Committee–moved
by Senator Fielding [amended by Senator Siewert]
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to motions about:
- Compulsory voting for elections–moved by Senator Carr
[debated as a matter of urgency–link to
first speaker]
-
2005 Nobel Prize winners Professor Barry J Marshall and Dr J
Robin Warren–moved by Senators Eggleston and Webber
Motion debated
The Senate debated
a motion moved by Senator Carr about the Australian electoral
system [link to
first speaker]
Motions defeated
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
No government documents were tabled
Also in the Senate yesterday
- Questions without notice and debate on issues arising in
Question Time [first
question]
- Government documents, committee reports, government responses
and Auditor-General’s reports were discussed
[first speaker]
- Adjournment debate [first
speaker]
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