No. 50/2005
The Senate met from 12.30pm until 7.54pm
Senator sworn in
Amanda Vanstone, senator for the state of South Australia, made
and subscribed the affirmation of allegiance
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bills were introduced in the
Senate
- Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2005
- Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential
and Transitional) Bill 2005
- Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005
The following bills were considered
- Skilling Australia’s Workforce Bill 2005 and Skilling
Australia’s Workforce (Repeal and Transitional Provisions)
Bill 2005–second reading debate continued [together with
debate on a
second reading amendment moved by the Australian Greens
expressing a view about the bill’s policy]
No bills were passed
The following bill was exempted from the cut-off
order [to enable consideration this period of
sittings]
- Customs Amendment (Extension of Import Cut-over Time) Bill
2005
Notices of motion given
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable
consideration this period of sittings]
- Australian Workplace Safety Standards Bill 2005
- National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Repeal,
Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005
To introduce a bill
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005–Notice of
motion given by the Minister for Defence
Bills assented to
Assent to a number of laws 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)
Notice of motion withdrawn
A notice of motion to disallow the HIH Royal Commission
(Transfer of Records) Regulations 2005, as contained in Select
Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 11 and made under the HIH Royal
Commission (Transfer of Records) Act 2003 was withdrawn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
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Serious Drug Offences
and Other Measures) Bill 2005–Legal and Constitutional
Legislation Committee
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership
Message from the House of Representatives reported
A message from the House of Representatives was reported
advising that Mr Keenan would replace Mr Turnbull on the Treaties
Joint Committee and that Mr Baker would replace Mrs J Kelly on the
Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee
Public meeting
The Senate agreed that the following public meeting may be held
while the Senate is sitting:
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee–17
August 2005 from 3.30pm to 7pm–Regional Partnerships
program
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline
- Gallipoli Peninsula–Finance and Public Administration
References Committee–to report by 15 September 2005
To hold public meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–18 August 2005
from 3.30pm–Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Safety-nets)
Bill 2005
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–18 August 2005
from 10.45am to 11.45am–Aviation security in Australia
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to motions about:
-
Indigenous communities–petrol sniffing–Opal
Fuel–moved by Senator Brown [debated as a matter of
urgency–link to
first speaker]
- Parliamentary zone–to approve a proposal by the National
Capital Authority for capital works within the Parliamentary Zone,
being the construction of a pathway on the southern foreshore of
Lake Burley Griffin, including Australian of the Year Walk
Motion debated
The Senate continued to debate a motion to dissent from the
ruling of the President on 11 August 2005 [first
speaker]. The debate will continue on a future sitting day.
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Orders for the production of documents
Notices of motion given
- Senator Siewert gave
notice of a motion to require the Minister for Industry,
Tourism and Resources to table any legal advice which the
Government has received from the Australian Government Solicitor or
other source on the Commonwealth Government’s authority to
unilaterally approve uranium mines in the Northern
Territory–no later than 3.30pm on 18 August 2005
- Senator Allison gave
notice of a motion to require the Minister for Defence to table
a copy of the Australian Defence Force report of the presence of
depleted uranium in the Australian area of operations in Al
Muthanna province in southern Iraq–no later than 4.30pm on 18
August 2005
- Senator Allison gave
notice of a motion to require the Minister representing the
Minister for Health and Ageing to table a copy of the report
provided by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as part of their consultancy
to assist in the development of a strategy to implement the
recommendations made by the Australian National Audit Office in
Audit Report no. 18 of 2004-05–no later than 4.30pm on 5
September 2005
- Senator Allison gave
notice of a motion to require the Minister representing the
Minister for Health and Ageing to table a copy of the report from
the review of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health
Initiative–no later than 4.30pm on 5 September 2005
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the internet
A statement of compliance for the Department of Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts for the period 1 January to 30
June 2005 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
- Questions without notice and debate on issues arising in
Question Time
- Senators
Joyce (Nats, Qld),
Sterle (ALP, WA) and
Trood (Liberal, Qld) made their first speeches [Senators Nash,
Parry and Wortley will make their first speeches on 18 August
2005]
- The President made
a statement relating to a matter of privilege raised by Senator
Brown on 11 August 2005
- Adjournment debate [link to
first speaker]
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