No. 6/2005
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Portfolio additional estimates 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 2004-05
additional 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.
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and
the Arts Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts; Environment and Heritage
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.03am until 11.00pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts portfolio (Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service, Australian Broadcasting
Authority and Telstra)
- will continue the Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts portfolio (outputs 3.1, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5,
outcomes 1 and 2)
- will commence the Environment and Heritage
portfolio (outcome 1) when it meets on Tuesday 15 February 2005 in
Senate Committee Room 2S3
Finance and Public Administration Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Finance and
Administration; Parliament; Prime Minister and Cabinet
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.08am until 11.04pm.
The committee:
- completed Parliament
- competed Prime Minister and Cabinet
- will commence the Finance and Administration
portfolio when it meets on Tuesday 15 February 2005 in Senate
Committee Room 2S1
Legal and Constitutional Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Attorney-General;
Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.04am until 10.58pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Attorney-General’s
portfolio (completed the Attorney-General’s Department,
outcomes 1 and 2)
- will continue the Attorney-General’s
portfolio (Australian Federal Police and Australian Security
Intelligence Organisation)
- will commence the Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs portfolio when it meets on
Tuesday 15 February 2005 in the Main Committee Room
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry; Transport and Regional Services
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 10.36pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Transport and Regional Services
portfolio (Corporate Group, Policy and Research Group, Programmes
Group and Regulatory Group)
- will commence the Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry portfolio
- may continue the Transport and Regional
Services portfolio (Safety and Investigation Group, Programmes
Group and Policy and Research Group) [evening hearing] when it
meets on Tuesday 15 February 2005 in House of Representatives
Committee Room 2R1
- will continue the Transport and Regional
Services portfolio when it meets on Friday 18 February
2005 in House of Representatives Committee Room 2R1
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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: sue.blunden@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 (see
the estimates information document)
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