Monday 28 November
2005
The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.22pm
Change in sitting hours and additional sitting
days
The Senate agreed to a variation in sitting hours and routine
of business on 1 and 8 December 2005 , and to sit on 2 and 9
December 2005
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bills were introduced in the
Senate
- Tax Laws Amendment (Superannuation Contributions Splitting)
Bill 2005
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2005
The following bill was considered
- Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005–
second reading debate continued
No bills were passed
The following message from the House of Representatives
was reported
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Video Link Evidence and
Other Measures) Bill 2005–The message reported that the House
of Representatives agreed to the amendments
made by the Senate [The bill will now be assented to]
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)
Notices of motion given
Notices were given to disallow the following delegated
legislation:
- Building and Construction Industry Improvement Regulations
2005, as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 204
and made under the Building and Construction Industry
Improvement Act 2005–by Senator Siewert
- Schedule 7 of the Migration Amendment Regulation 2005 (No. 8),
as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 221 and made
under the Migration Act 1958–by Senator
Bartlett
Notices of motion withdrawn
Notices of motion to disallow the following delegated
legislation were withdrawn:
- Australian Passports Determination 2005, made under section 57
of the Australian Passports Act 2005 and section 8 of the
Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005
- Foreign Passports Determination 2005, made under section 24 of
the Passports Act 1938
- Health Insurance (Obstetric Item 15999) Determination
HS/02/2005, made under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance
Act 1973
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee Regulations 2005, as
contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 127 and made
under the Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act
1951
- Variation to Licence Area Plan for Scottsdale Radio–No. 1
of 2005, made under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting
Services Act 1992
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
Estimates
Additional information tabled
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee –Budget estimates
2005-06
Reports tabled
- Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005–Legal and Constitutional
Legislation Committee
- Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment
(Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Bill 2005 and Family and
Community Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill
2005–Community Affairs Legislation Committee
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–405 th
report–Annual report 2004-05
- Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill
2005–Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Legislation Committee
Government response to a committee report
- Duties of Australian personnel in Iraq–Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade References Committee
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following changes in committee
membership:
- Committee of Privileges–Senator Hutchins discharged and
Senator Evans appointed until 11 December 2005
- Committee of Privileges–Senator Ray appointed from 11
December 2005
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Senator George Campbell discharged and Senator
Crossin appointed
Reporting date extended
- Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005 and a
related bill–Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Legislation Committee–to report by 29 November 2005
Notices of motion given
To hold public meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land
Account Joint Committee–29 November 2005 from 5pm to
7pm–Native Title representation bodies
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–30 November
2005 from 11.30am to 1pm–Aviation security in Australia
Motion agreed to
The Senate agreed to a motion about
nuclear non-proliferation–moved by Senator Allison
Motions defeated
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
- Auditor-General–
Audit reports nos 15 and 16 of 2005-06 presented since the last
sitting of the Senate
-
Clerk’s documents [disallowable instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled]
-
Government documents presented since the last sitting of the
Senate
- Parliamentary zone–proposals and documentation relating
to the construction of two kiosk concession buildings and
associated works at Commonwealth Place; and the installation of
artworks at Reconciliation Place. A
notice of motionwas given to approve the proposals.
- Responses to Senate resolutions about:
-
Murray River–Letter from the Premier of South Australia
[resolution
agreed to 11 October 2005 ]
-
Mr Nguyen Tuong Van–Letter from the High Commissioner of
the Republic of Singapore [resolution
agreed to 8 November 2005 ] [The Senate took note of the
document]
-
A petition was received
Also in the Senate yesterday
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