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No. 47/2006
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Legislation
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The following bill was introduced in the
Senate
- Australia-Japan Foundation (Repeal and Transitional Provisions)
Bill 2006 [passed by the House of Representatives on 9 August
2006]
The following bills were passed without
amendments
[These bills will now be assented to]
- Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving
Australia’s Skills Needs) Amendment Bill 2006
- Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Bill
2006
Notice of motion given to introduce a bill
A notice of motion was given by Senator Bartlett to introduce
the Migration Legislation Amendment (Provisions Relating to
Character and Conduct) Bill 2006 [Private senator’s bill]
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given by the Chair of the Standing
Committee on Regulations and Ordinances to disallow the
Broadcasting Services (Anti-Terrorism Requirements for Open
Narrowcasting Television Services) Standard 2006, made under
subsection 125(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act
1992
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Report on restructuring the committee
system
The Chairman of the Procedure Committee
tabled a report on a proposal to restructure the Senate committee
system. The committee examined the practicability of the proposal
and amendments to standing orders required to give it
effect.
Features of the proposed system include:
- establishing eight standing committees (combining the functions
of the 16 legislation and references committees) with eight
members each instead of six;
- a government senator to chair each standing committee, with a
non-government senator as deputy chair;
- more flexible arrangements to appoint substitute members of
committees.
This report will be considered by the Senate on Monday, 14
August.
Government response to a report tabled
A
government response to the 65th Report of the Treaties Joint
Committee was tabled
Membership changes
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts References Committee–Senator Marshall appointed and
Senator Webber discharged
- Legal and Constitutional References Committee–Senator
Moore to replace Senator Ludwig for the committee’s inquiry
into Indigenous workers whose paid labour was controlled by
Government
Other debates and motions
The Senate agreed to a procedural
motion moved by the Minister for Justice and Customs about
divisions on Thursdays after 4.30pm.
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
The Senate debated motions about:
- Broadband infrastructure–moved by Senator Conroy [debated
as a matter of public importance–link to
first speaker]
- Housing and accommodation affordability–moved by Senator
Carr [link to
first speaker]
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
No government documents were tabled
Also in the Senate yesterday
- Questions without notice and debate on issues arising in
Question Time [
first question]
- Government documents, committee reports, government responses
and Auditor-General’s reports were discussed
- Adjournment debate [
first speaker ]
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet–the
Department of the Senate’s online statistical collection.
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
Enquiries, comments and suggestions: phone 02 6277 3015
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au