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No. 45/2006
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Legislation
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 8.08pm
The following bill was introduced in the
Senate
- Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006
The following bill was considered
- Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Amendment Bill
2006–Second reading debate continued
The following bill was passed without
amendment
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection
Amendment Bill 2005 [2006] [The House of Representatives will now
consider this bill]
The following message from the House of Representatives
was reported
- Do Not Call Register Bill 2006–The message reported that
the House had agreed to the amendment made by the Senate
Notices of motion given
To introduce a bill
- Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment (Antarctic Seals
and Other Measures) Bill 2006–Notice of motion given by the
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
To divide a bill into two separate bills
- Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Amendment Bill
2006–Notice
of motion given by Senators Evans, Bartlett and Siewert
Bills assented to
Assent to a number of laws was reported
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Notices of motion withdrawn
Notices of motion to disallow certain instruments were
withdrawn
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–Additional and Budget estimates 2002-03, 2003-04,
2004-05 and 2005-06
Reports tabled
- Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Amendment Bill
2006–Community Affairs Legislation Committee
- Crimes Act Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Bill (No. 1)
2006–Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Modernising Import Controls and
Other Measures) Bill 2006–Legal and Constitutional
Legislation Committee
- Financial Transaction Reports Amendment Bill 2006–Legal
and Constitutional Legislation Committee
Documents tabled
- Beyond petrol sniffing: Renewing hope for Indigenous
communities–Community Affairs References
Committee–Additional information
- Provisions of the Fuel Tax Bill 2006 and the Fuel Tax
(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill
2006–Economics Legislation Committee–Erratum
- Public Service Bill 1997 and a related bill, and Electoral and
Referendum Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1998–Finance and Public
Administration Legislation Committee–Additional
information
- Review of the Australian Crime Commission Act
2002–Australian Crime Commission Joint
Committee–Further volumes of the Hansard record of
proceedings
- Work of Committees–1 January to 30 June 2006
Membership
The Senate agreed to discharge Senator Stott Despoja from the
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
Notice of motion given to extend a reporting
deadline
- Provisions of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill
2006– Economics Legislation Committee–to report by 16
August 2006
Motion defeated
The Senate did not agree to a motion
moved by Senator Carr about the environmental assessment process
for a proposed wind farm at Bald Hills, Victoria [debated as an
urgency motion–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
A statement of compliance for the Health and Ageing portfolios
was tabled [Letters of advice about certain files created by
departments and agencies required to be tabled twice yearly;
Senate
order agreed to]
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
- Auditor-General–
Audit reports nos 49 to 50 of 2005-06 [presented since the last
sitting of the Senate]
- Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference–Perth, 2 to
7 July 2006–Report
- Business
of the Senate–1 January to 30 June 2006 [a digest of all
business considered by the Senate in the first half of 2006]
- Clerk’s documents [legislative instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled, including
Governor-General’s Proclamations]
-
Government documents [
and considered]
-
Government documents presented since the last sitting of the
Senate
- Questions on notice summary–16 November 2004 to 30 June
2006
-
6 petitions were received
Also in the Senate yesterday
- Questions without notice and debate on matters arising in
Question Time [first
question]
- The President informed the Senate of the death, on 17 July
2006, of the Honourable Dr Reginald John David Turnbull, a senator
for Tasmania from 1962 to 1974. The Senate agreed to a
condolence motion moved by the Leader of the Government in the
Senate.
- The President
made a statement about the term of service of Senator Robert
Ray
- Adjournment debate [
first speaker ]
Online
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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
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