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No. 92/2006
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.55pm
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Contributions)
Bill 2006 [new Senate bill]
- Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [new Senate
bill]
- Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Bill 2006 [ passed by the
House of Representatives on 5 December 2006]
- Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2006 [new Senate bill]
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006 [ new Senate bill]
The following bill was exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006
The following bill was debated
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006–second reading debate
commenced [first
speaker]
The following bill was passed
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill
2006–2
Government amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives
will now consider the amendments made by the Senate]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006–notice
given by the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs
- Pregnancy Counselling (Truth in Advertising) Bill
2006–notice given by Senators Stott Despoja, Troeth, Carol
Brown and Nettle [private senators’ bill]
- Removal of Recognition of US Military Commissions (David Hicks)
Bill 2006–notice given by Senator Nettle [private
senator’s bill]
To allocate time to complete consideration of a bill
Message from the House of Representatives
- Copyright Amendment Bill 2006–agreeing to the amendments
made by the Senate [This bill will now be assented to]
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notices of motion to disallow given
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave
notices to disallow the following delegated legislation:
-
principles specifying the payment factor which is the
denominator used in the formula in subsection 9BA(5) of the Social
Security Act 1991
-
principles specifying the criteria that an income stream,
purchased on or after 20 September 2004, must satisfy for it
to be an asset-test exempt income stream for the purposes of
section 1118 of the Social Security Act 1991
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Public Works Joint Committee–19th
report of 2006–Extension and accommodation upgrade to the
existing Chancery of the Australian Embassy in Beijing, China
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–13th
report of 2006 and
Alert Digest No. 15 of 2006 [contain assessments of bills on
civil liberties and related grounds]
- Treaties Joint Committee–Report
No. 81–Treaties tabled on 8 August 2006. This report was
debated. [first
speaker]
Document tabled
- Register of Senators’ Interests, incorporating statements
of registrable interests and notifications of alterations of
interests of senators lodged between 20 June and 4 December
2006–Standing Committee of Senators’ Interests
Reporting dates extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Community Affairs Committee into the funding and operation
of the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement to 8
February 2007.
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following changes and appointments to
committee membership:
- Electoral Matters Joint Committee –Senator Hogg
discharged and Senator Polley appointed
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–Senator
Johnston to replace Senator Scullion for the committee’s
inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 2006 (with Senator
Scullion appointed as a participating member)
- Migration Joint Committee–Senator Kirk discharged and
Senator Polley appointed
Other debates and motions
The Senate agreed to a motion moved by Senator Milne about
climate change.
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Orders for the production of documents
Notice of motion given
Senator Milne gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister for Fisheries,
Forestry and Conservation to table correspondence between the
federal government and the government of Tasmania concerning the
protection of old-growth forests in the Styx and Florentine
valleys.
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
-
Clerk’s documents [legislative instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled]
- Report for 2005-06 on activities in monitoring controlled
operations conducted by the Australian Crime Commission and the
Australian Federal Police–Commonwealth Ombudsman
-
Government documents [and
considered] [first
speaker]
- Register of Senior Executive Officers’ Interests,
incorporating notifications of alterations of interests of senior
executive officers lodged between 20 June and 4 December
2006–Department of the Senate
-
3 petitions
Also in the Senate yesterday
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