No. 27/2005
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Portfolio budget 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 2005-06 Budget
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 to 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 9.00am until 10.15pm.
The committee:
- continued the Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts portfolio (completed output 3.1: Australia
Post, Telstra, and Australian Communications Authority)
- will continue the Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts portfolio (outcomes 1 and 2) when it meets
on Wednesday 25 May 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 9.05am until 11.05pm.
The committee:
- completed the Prime Minister and Cabinet
portfolio (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Office of
National Assessments, Office of the Inspector-General of
Intelligence and Security, Australian National Audit Office,
Australian Public Service Commission, Office of the Commonwealth
Ombudsman, and National Water Commission)
- will commence the Finance and Administration
portfolio (Department of Finance and Administration, Future Fund
Management Agency, Comsuper, CSS Board, PSS Board, and Commonwealth
Grants Commission) when it meets on Wednesday 25 May 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 9.02am until 11.14pm.
The committee:
- completed the Attorney-General’s
portfolio (Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime Commission,
ASIO, Australian Institute of Criminology and Criminology Research
Council, AUSTRAC, Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner,
Australian Government Solicitor, CrimTrac Agency, Director of
Public Prosecutions, Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia,
Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Family Court of Australia, Family
Law Council, Federal Court of Australia, Federal Magistrates Court,
High Court of Australia, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission, Federal Police Disciplinary Tribunal, Office of Film
and Literature Classification, and Australian Customs Service)
- will commence the Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs portfolio (Department of
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Migration Agents
Registration Authority, Migration Review Tribunal, and Refugee
Review Tribunal) when it meets on Wednesday 25 May 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 8.30am until 11.00pm.
The committee:
- continued (completed Civil Aviation Safety
Authority, AusLink, Maritime and Land Transport, Australian
Maritime Safety Authority, and Regional Services)
- will continue the Transport and Regional
Services portfolio (Territories and Local Government, and National
Capital Authority) when it meets on Friday 27 May
2005
- will commence the Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry portfolio (Management Services and Corporate Governance,
Food and Agriculture, Biosecurity Australia, Market Access, Product
Integrity, Animal and Plant Health, and Australian Quarantine and
Inspection Service) when it meets on Wednesday 25 May 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: sds@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
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