No. 44/2005
The Senate met from 9.30am until 1.24am
The Senate has now completed the Budget sittings and will
commence the Spring sittings
on 9 August 2005
Legislation
The following bills were introduced in the
Senate
- Acts Interpretation Amendment (Legislative Instruments) Bill
2005
- Arts Legislation Amendment (Maritime Museum and Film,
Television and Radio School) Bill 2005
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005
- Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with
New Zealand) Bill 2005
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 3)
Bill 2005
- Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
- Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment
(Maritime Security Guards and Other Measures) Bill 2005
- Migration Amendment (Detention Arrangements) Bill 2005
- Transparent Advertising and Notification of Pregnancy
Counselling Services Bill 2005 [Private senator’s bill]
The following bills were passed
Without amendments or requests
[These bills will now be assented to]
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2005-2006
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2005-2006
- Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2004-2005
- Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2004-2005
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1)
2005-2006
- Shortfall Interest Charge (Imposition) Bill 2005
- Superannuation Bill 2005
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Choice of Superannuation
Funds) Bill 2005
- Tax Laws Amendment (Improvements to Self Assessment) Bill (No.
1) 2005
With amendments
- Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences)
Bill 2005–6 Government
amendments agreed to. A message from the House of
Representatives reported that the House had agreed to the
amendments made by the Senate. [The bill will now be assented
to]
- Migration Amendment (Detention Arrangements) Bill 2005–17
Opposition amendments agreed to [see Journals
26,
50,
58]. A message from the House of Representatives reported that
the House had disagreed to the amendments made by the Senate. The
Senate did not insist on the amendments disagreed to by the House.
[The bill will now be assented to]
- Superannuation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2005–1
Government
amendment agreed to. A message from the House of
Representatives reported that the House had agreed to the amendment
made by the Senate. [The bill will now be assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005–8
Government
amendments agreed to. A message from the House of
Representatives reported that the House had agreed to the
amendments made by the Senate. [The bill will now be assented
to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 2) Bill 2005–2
Government
amendments agreed to. A message from the House of
Representatives reported that the House had agreed to the
amendments made by the Senate. [The bill will now be assented
to]
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Regular Reviews and
Other Measures) Bill 2005–14 Opposition
amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives will now
consider the amendments made by the Senate]
The following messages from the House of Representatives
were received
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Interception
and Other Measures) Bill 2005–The message reported that the
House of Representatives had agreed to the bill without amendment
[The bill will now be assented to]
- Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill
2005–The message reported that the House of Representatives
had agreed to the bill without amendment [The bill will now be
assented to]
- Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Family
Assistance and Related Measures) Bill 2005–The message
reported that the House of Representatives had agreed to the bill
with
amendments. The Senate agreed to the amendments made by the
House of Representatives [The bill will now be assented to]
- Family Law Amendment Bill 2005–The message reported that
the House of Representatives had agreed to the bill with
amendments. [The Senate will now consider the message on a future
sitting day]
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (International Obligations and
Other Matters) Bill 2005–The message reported that the House
of Representatives had agreed to the bill without amendment [The
bill will now be assented to]
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2005–The message reported that
the House of Representatives had agreed to the bill without
amendment [The bill will now be assented to]
The following bill was exempted from the cut-off
order [to enable consideration this period of
sittings]
- Migration Amendment (Detention Arrangements) Bill 2005
Notice of motion given to restore a bill to the Notice
Paper
- Superannuation Laws Amendment (Abolition of Surcharge) Bill
2005–moved by the Minister for Family and Community Services
[The bill was negatived at the second reading stage on
15 June 2005]
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
Estimates
Additional information tabled
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation
Committee–Budget estimates 2004-05, Budget estimates 2004-05
(Supplementary), Additional estimates 2004-05, and Budget estimates
2005-06
Reports tabled
- Antarctica: Australia’s pristine frontier: The adequacy
of funding for Australia’s Antarctic Program–National
Capital and External Territories Joint Committee
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee–Examination
of the annual report for 2003-04 of the Australian Crime
Commission
- Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land
Account Joint Committee–Examination of annual reports
2003-2004
- Property investment advice: Safe as houses?–Corporations
and Financial Services Joint Committee
- Publications Committee–4th
Report [report adopted]
- Quality and equity in aged care–Community Affairs
References Committee
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee–112th
report–40th Parliament report
- Student income support–Employment, Workplace Relations
and Education References Committee
- Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill
2005–Economics Legislation Committee
- The cancer journey: Informing choice–The delivery of
services and treatment options for persons with
cancer–Community Affairs References Committee
- The real Big Brother: Inquiry into the Privacy Act
1988–Legal and Constitutional References Committee
Documents tabled
- Indigenous education funding–Employment, Workplace
Relations and Education References Committee–corrigendum
- Government responses to parliamentary committee
reports–Response to the schedule tabled by the President of
the Senate on 9 December 2004
- President’s report on government responses outstanding to
parliamentary committee reports as at 23 June 2005
- Property investment advice: Safe as houses?–Corporations
and Financial Services Joint Committee–erratum
New inquiries
- Industrial agreements, and
related matters–Employment, Workplace Relations and
Education References Committee–to report by 31 October
2005
- Standing orders–proposed
amendments–Procedure Committee
Membership
The Senate agreed to various changes to committee membership
[see Journals entries
23,
32, and
71]
Motion defeated
The Senate did not agree to
a motion moved by Senator Greig to refer the matter of the
proposed agreement between Australia and the United States of
America not to surrender US nationals to the International Criminal
Court
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to motions about:
Notices of motion
Orders for the production of documents
Motion agreed to
The Senate ordered the Minister for Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs to table a copy of the final
report, including findings and recommendations, by Mr Mick Palmer
into the Ms Cornelia Rau matter–no later than 3 calendar days
after the Minister receives the report and if the Senate is not
sitting at that time, the report to be presented to the President
in accordance with standing order 166–moved by Senator
Nettle
Statements by Minister
- The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs made
a statement relating to the order of the Senate [agreed to on
14 June 2005] requiring the tabling of documents concerning the
proposed pulp mill in Tasmania–no later than 3.30pm on 16
June 2005. The Minister indicated that the order would not be
complied with.
The Senate took note of the minister’s statement.
- The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs made
a statement relating to the order of the Senate [agreed to on
21 June 2005] requiring the tabling of documents concerning the
deductible gift recipient status of environment groups–no
later than 3.30pm on 22 June 2005. The Minister indicated that the
order would not be complied with.
The Senate took note of the minister’s statement.
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
- Auditor-General–Audit report no. 55 of
2004-05–Performance audit–Workforce planning
-
Clerk’s documents [disallowable instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled]
- Former Governors-General travel paid by the Department of Prime
Minister and Cabinet–1 January to 30 June 2004 and 1 July to
31 December 2004
- Former parliamentarians’ travel paid by the Department of
Finance and Administration–July to December 2004
- Parliamentarians’ travel paid by the Department of
Finance and Administration–July to December 2004
- Parliamentarians’ overseas study travel reports–25
May to 31 December 2004
- Russian Federation and the Italian Republic–Report of the
Australian parliamentary delegation, 17 April to 1 May 2005
-
A petition was received
No government documents were tabled
Also in the Senate yesterday
- Questions without notice and debate on issues arising in
Question Time
- Senator George Campbell informed the Senate of the appointment
of Senator Kirk as Opposition Deputy Whip from 1 July 2005
- The Leader of The Nationals in the Senate made
a statement relating to the retirement of the Leader of The
Nationals (Mr Anderson)
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