No. 73/2005
www.aph.gov.au/senate
2005-06 BUDGET ESTIMATES
supplementary hearings
Monday 31 October 2005
Related links
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 webpage.
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 9.05am until 11.10pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts portfolio (commenced outcome 3–output
3.1, Corporate Services, outputs 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 to be examined
through questions on notice)
- will continue the Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts portfolio (outcome 2) and
- will commence the Environment and Heritage
portfolio when it meets on Tuesday 1 November 2005 in Senate
Committee Room 2S3
Finance and Public Administration Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Finance and Administration;
Human Services; Parliament; Prime Minister and Cabinet
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.04am until 11.19pm.
The committee:
- completed Parliament
- completed the Prime Minister and Cabinet
portfolio
- will commence the Finance and Administration
portfolio when it meets on Tuesday 1 November 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 9.03am until 11.01pm.
The committee:
- completed the Attorney-General’s
portfolio
- will commence the Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs portfolio when it meets on
Tuesday 1 November 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 9.05am until 10.38pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Transport and Regional Services
portfolio
- will continue the Transport and Regional
Services portfolio (Territories and Local Government and National
Capital Authority) and
- will commence the Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry portfolio when it meets on Tuesday 1 November 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 publicationis issued by the Senate Procedure
Office as a convenient summary of each day’s consideration of
estimates by Senate legislation committees. Budget estimates
statements and related papers can be obtained from the Senate Table
Office (phone: 6277 3010) and on the Internet.
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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