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No. 89/2006
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On the first day of each sitting week the Senate Daily Summary
provides an overview of the business scheduled for consideration in
the Senate that week. On subsequent days, SDS provides a convenient
summary of the previous day’s proceedings in the Senate, with
links to official Senate records.
Another document which is useful in tracking the Business of the
Senate is the Dynamic Red, which
records proceedings in the Senate as they happen each day.
Legislation
For full text of bills and other associated documents
click here
Bills to be considered
The government has scheduled bills for debate this week, as
follows
4 December 2006
- Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment
Bill 2006
- Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006
5 December 2006
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006
and a related bill
- Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment
Bill 2006
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill 2006
6 December 2006
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006
- Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1)
2006
- Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Bill 2006
7 December 2006
- Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006
- Customs Legislation Amendment ( New Zealand Rules of Origin)
Bill 2006
- Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1)
2006
Source: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/parliamentary/index.cfm
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to be considered
A notice given by Senator Siewert to disallow an
instrument that determines the Australian national catch
allocation for southern bluefin tuna for the 2006/2007 season is
due to be considered on 5 December 2006.
Committees
For scheduled public committee hearings click
here
Reports due this week
- Community Affairs Committee–Funding and operation of the
Commonwealth-State/Territory Disability Agreement–due by the
last sitting week of 2006
- Economics Committee–Petrol pricing in Australia–due
on 7 December 2006
- Finance and Public Administration Committee–Transparency
and accountability of Commonwealth public funding and
expenditure–due on 7 December 2006
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee–Naval
shipbuilding in Australia–due by the last sitting day in 2006
(7 December 2006)
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–Indigenous
workers whose paid labour was controlled by Government–due by
the last sitting day in 2006 (7 December 2006)
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee–Australia’s future oil supply–due on
7 December 2006
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee–Water
policy initiatives–due on 5 December 2006
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued by the Senate Table Office as a convenient summary
of each day’s proceedings in the Senate. For a complete
account see the official record, the Journals of the
Senate, on the Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm.
Related resources
The Order of Business (or ‘Senate Red’) and
the Dynamic Red (which updates the Order of
Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions: phone 6277 3015
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au