No. 15/2006
Thursday 2 March 2006
The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.59pm
The Senate
will meet again on 27 March 2006 until 30 March 2006 . That week
will complete the autumn sittings.
Address by the Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom
A message from the House of Representatives was reported
inviting senators to attend a meeting of the House on 28 March 2006
for an address by the Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bill was introduced in the
Senate
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through
Choice and Opportunity ) Amendment Bill 2006
The following bills were passed
Without amendments
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Bill 2005 [The bill
will now be assented to]
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and
Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005 [The bill will now be assented
to]
- Jurisdiction of Courts (Family Law) Bill 2005 [2006] [The House
of Representatives will now consider this bill]
The following messages from the House of Representatives
were reported
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Cooperative Fisheries
Arrangements and Other Matters) Bill 2005 [2006]–The message
reported that the House of Representatives agreed to the bill
without amendment [The bill will now be assented to]
- Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2005 [2006]–The message
reported that the House of Representatives agreed to the bill
without amendment [The bill will now be assented to]
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 intention given to withdraw
notices
A notice of intention was given by the Chair of the Standing
Committee on Regulations and Ordinances to withdraw notices to
disallow the following delegated legislation:
- Civil Aviation Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 3), as contained
in Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 243 and made under the
Civil Aviation Act 1988
- Instrument No. CASA 383/05, made under regulation 179A of the
Civil Aviation Regulations 1988
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information tabled
- Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation
Committee–Budget estimates 2005-06 (Supplementary)
Reports tabled
- Administration and operation of the Migration Act
1958–Legal and Constitutional References Committee
- Publications Committee–
10th Report [report adopted]
Government responses to committee reports
tabled
- Access of Indigenous Australians to law and justice
services–Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee –403
rd report
- Australia ’s engagement with the World Trade
Organisation–Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee
- Australia ’s human rights dialogue process–Foreign
Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee
Document tabled
- Ministerial correspondence relating to the scrutiny of
delegated legislation, May to December 2005–Regulations and
Ordinances Standing Committee
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following appointments to
committees:
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–Senator Nettle
appointed
- Parliamentary Library Joint Committee–Senators Brandis,
Nash and Trood appointed
Reporting dates extended
- Petrol sniffing in remote Aboriginal
communities–Community Affairs References Committee –to
report by 20 June 2006
- Workplace exposure to toxic dust–Community Affairs
References Committee –to report by 31 May 2006
Motions defeated
The Senate did not agree to refer the
following matters to committees:
- Performance of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and related
matters–Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee –
moved by Senator O’Brien
- Funding and operation of the Commonwealth-State/Territory
Disability Agreement and related matters–Community Affairs
References Committee–moved
by Senator McLucas [and see
Journals]
- Processes for assisting refugees and humanitarian entrants to
Australia and related matters–Legal and Constitutional
References Committee –
moved by Senator Hurley
Motion agreed to
The Senate agreed to
a motion moved by Senator Boswell about Australian medical
students [and see
Journals]
Motions defeated
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
Motion debated
The Senate debated
a motion moved by Senator O’Brien about government
accountability and integrity [link to
first speaker]
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Orders for the production of documents
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the internet
Statements of compliance for
various agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
files created by departments and agencies required to be tabled
twice yearly; Senate
order agreed to]
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
internet
A statement of compliance for the Health and Ageing portfolio
agencies was tabled [Letters of advice about certain contracts
valued at $100 000 or more entered into by departments and agencies
required to be tabled twice yearly;
Senate order agreed to]
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
No government documents were tabled
Also in the Senate yesterday
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