No. 57/2005
The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.40pm
Change in sitting hours
The Senate agreed to a variation in sitting hours and routine
of business on 12 and 13 September 2005
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bills were introduced in the
Senate
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and
Consumer Issues) Bill 2005
- Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2005
The following bills were considered
Second reading debate continued on the following
bills
- Asbestos-related Claims (Management of Commonwealth
Liabilities) Bill
- Asbestos-related Claims (Management of Commonwealth
Liabilities) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill
2005
The following bill was passed without
amendments
- Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005 [The bill will now
be assented to]
Notices of motion given
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable
consideration this period of sittings]
- Appropriation (Regional Telecommunications Services) Bill
2005-2006
- Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment
(Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Bill 2005
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Future Proofing and
Other Measures) Bill 2005
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
For a complete list of notices
of motion to disallow (and outcomes)
The Chairman of the Standing Committee of Regulations and
Ordinances gave notice to disallow the following delegated
legislation [The regulations will be deemed to be disallowed if the
notices are not agreed to or withdrawn within 15 sitting days after
8 September 2005–ie. by 3 November 2005]:
· 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
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Reports on annual reports referred to legislation
committees–No. 2 of 2005–Six
legislation committees
- Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Bill
2005–Economics Legislation Committee
Government response to committee report
tabled
- Near neighbours–Good neighbours: An inquiry into
Australia’s relationship with Indonesia–Foreign
Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee
- Voting on trade: The General Agreement on Trade in Services and
an Australia-US Free Trade Agreement–Foreign Affairs, Defence
and Trade References Committee
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following appointments to committee
membership:
- ASIO, ASIS and DSD Joint Committee–Senator McGauran
appointed
-
Four Senate legislation and reference committees–Senator
Parry appointed as a participating member
Reporting dates extended
- Gallipoli Peninsula–Finance and Public Administration
References Committee–to report by 12 October 2005
- Matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the terms of
reference for the inquiry into the Chen Yonglin and Vivian Solon
cases and any related matters–Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade References Committee–to report by 12 September
2005
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to motions about:
Motions defeated
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
Motion debated
The Senate debated
a motion moved by
Senator Carr about the effect of the government majority on
Senate processes and procedures
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Orders for the production of documents
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the internet
A statement of compliance for the Department of Health and
Ageing was tabled [Letters of advice about certain files created by
departments and agencies required to be tabled twice yearly;
Senate
order agreed to]
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
-
Clerk’s documents [disallowable instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled]
No petitions were received
No government documents were tabled
Also in the Senate yesterday
- Questions without notice and debate on issues arising in
Question Time [link to
first question]
- The Deputy President made
a statement about remarks made by Senator Ian Campbell during
question time on 7 September 2005
- Government documents, committee reports, government responses
and Auditor-General’s reports were discussed
- Adjournment debate
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