No. 79/2005
www.aph.gov.au/senate
Tuesday 8
November 2005
The Senate met from 12.30pm until 11.27pm
Change of sitting days
The Senate agreed to meet from 5 to 8 December 2005
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bill was introduced in the
Senate
- Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
The following bills were considered
- Australian Workplace Safety Standards Bill 2005–second
reading agreed to and committee of the whole commenced–1
Opposition/Democrat
amendment to be determined
- National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Repeal,
Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005 –second
reading agreed to and committee of the whole commenced
The following bill was passed
With amendments
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Budget Measures)
Bill 2005–3 Government
amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives will now
consider the amendments made by the Senate]
Notice of motion given
To restore a bill to the Notice Paper
- Parliamentary Charter of Rights and Freedoms Bill 2001
–Notice of motion given by the Senator Stott Despoja
Law assented to
Assent to the Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment
Act 2005 was reported in the Senate
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
For a complete list of notices
of motion to disallow (and outcomes)
Notices of motion to disallow the following instruments were
withdrawn:
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1), as
contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 125 and made
under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
- Health Insurance (Allied Health and Dental Services)
Determination 2005, made under sub section 3C(1) of the Health
Insurance Act 1973
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information tabled
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts Legislation Committee–Budget estimates 2005-06
No reports were tabled
Membership
The Senate agreed that Senator Santoro replace Senator Barnett
on the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation
Committee for the committee’s inquiry into the Workplace
Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005 on 14 November
2005 from 9am to 5pm and on 15 November from 9am to 1pm
Public meetings
The Senate agreed that the following public meetings may be held
while the Senate is sitting:
- Community Affairs References Committee–10 November 2005
from 4pm–workplace exposure to toxic dust
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee–9
November 2005 from 7pm–statutory oversight of the operations
of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Reporting dates extended
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2005–Economics
Legislation Committee–to report by 10 November 2005
- Petrol sniffing–Community Affairs References
Committee–to report by 30 March 2006
- Tax Laws Amendment (Loss Recoupment Rules and Other Measures)
Bill 2005–Economics Legislation Committee–to report by
10 November
- Workplace exposure to toxic dust–Community Affairs
References Committee–to report by 2 March 2006
Motion debated
The Senate debated
a motion to refer the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management
Bill 2005 and a related bill to the Employment Workplace Relations
and Education Legislation Committee for report by 6 December
2005
Motion defeated
The Senate did not agree to
a motion moved by Senator George Campbell to amend the terms of
reference and reporting date for the inquiry into the Workplace
Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005 by the Employment,
Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline
- Administration of the Migration Act–Legal and
Constitutional References Committee–to report by 9 February
2006
To refer matters to committees
- Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment
(Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Bill 2005, a related bill, and
related matters–to be referred to the Community Affairs
Legislation Committee upon introduction in the House of
Representatives–to report by 28 November 2005
- Involvement of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) in the Iraq
Oil-for-Food Programme between 1999 and 2003 and
related matters–Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
References Committee–to report by 30 March 2006
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to motions about:
-
Mr Nguyen Tuong Van– moved by the Leaders of the
Government, the Opposition, The Nationals, and the Leader of the
Australian Democrats in the Senate, and Senator Bob Brown and the
Leader of the Family First Party
-
Warrant Officer David Russell Nary–Death of–moved
by the Leaders of the Government, the Opposition, The Nationals,
and the Leader of the Australian Democrats in the Senate, and
Senator Bob Brown and the Leader of the Family First Party
Motions defeated
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
Motion debated
The Senate debated
a motion moved by Senator Bartlett about the need for a
national Royal Commission into the sexual assault of children in
Australia [debated as a matter of public importance–link to
first speaker]
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 Australian Research Council
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:
Also in the Senate yesterday
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