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No. 37/2006
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 11.40pm
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bills were introduced in the
Senate
- Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2006
- Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Insurance) Bill
2006
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision
Repeal) Bill 2006 [Private senator’s bill]
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision
Repeal) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2006 [Private
senator’s bill]
- New Business Tax System (Untainting Tax) Bill 2006
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2006
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Instalment Transfer Interest
Charge Imposition) Bill 2006
- Same-Sex Marriages Bill 2006 [Private senator’s
bill]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 3) Bill 2006
The following bill was considered
- Excise Laws Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill
2006 and 3 related bills–second reading debate continued
The following bills were passed without
amendments
- Age Discrimination Amendment Bill 2006 [The bill will now be
assented to]
- Australian Trade Commission Legislation Amendment Bill 2006
[The bill will now be assented to]
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Subscription Television Drama
and Community Broadcasting Licences) Bill 2006 [The House of
Representatives will now consider this bill]
- Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment
(Welfare to Work and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments)
Bill 2006 [The bill will now be assented to]
- Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [The bill will now be
assented to]
- Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Bill
2006 [The bill will now be assented to]
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fishing Offences) Bill
2006 [The bill will now be assented to]
- Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Amendment
Bill 2006 [The bill will now be assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 2) Bill 2006 [The bill
will now be assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge)
Bill 2006 [The bill will now be assented to]
Notice of motion given to introduce a bill
- Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment
(Disallowance Power of Governor-General) Bill 2006–Notice of
motion given by the Senator Bob Brown [Private senator’s
bill]
Bills assented to
Assent to two laws was reported in the Senate
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
For a complete list of notices
of motion to disallow (and outcomes)
Motion to disallow regulations defeated
The Senate agreed notto
disallow the following delegated legislation:
-
Instrument made by the Governor-General on 13 June 2006 under
sub section 35(2) of the Australian Capital Territory
(Self-Government) Act 1988, disallowing the Civil
Unions Act 2006 (ACT)–moved by Senator Nettle
- Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Amendment Regulations 2006
(No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 73
and made under the Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Act
1980–moved by Senator Joyce [see Journals
entries nos
34 and
36]
-
Workplace Relations Regulations 2006, as contained in Select
Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 52 and made under the Workplace
Relations Act 1996 and the Workplace Relations Amendment
(Work Choices) Act 2005–moved by Senator Wong
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Custom s Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill
2006 and 3 related bills–Economics Legislation Committee
- Fuel Tax Bill 2006 and the Fuel Tax (Consequential and
Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006–Economics Legislation
Committee
- Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment
(Security Plans and Other Measures) Bill 2006–Rural and
Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
Government response to report tabled
- Australia’s maritime strategy–Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Joint Committee
Public meetings
The Senate agreed that the following public meetings may be held
while the Senate is sitting:
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts References Committee–16 June 2006 from
9am–Australia’s national parks
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee–19
June 2006 from 4.30pm–Implementation of recommendations on
Australia’s military justice system
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Defence sub-committee–16 June 2006 from
9.30am to 11.15am–Defence annual report 2004-05
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee–Trade
sub-committee–16 June 2006 from 11.45am to
4pm–Review of the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic
Relations Trade Agreement
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–16 June 2006
from 9.30am to 3.30pm–Certain taxation matters
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–22 June 2006
from 10am to noon–Financial reporting and equipment
acquisition at the Department of Defence and Defence Materiel
Organisation
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–23 June 2006
from 10am to 4pm–Auditor-General’s reports
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to motions about:
-
Parliamentary zone –to approve proposals for the
temporary installation of two sculptures at Questacon, Parkes
Place, and improvements to the existing Lobby Café–moved
by Senator Sandy Macdonald
-
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day–moved by Senator
Nettle
Motions defeated
The Senate did not agree to
a motion moved by Senator Stott Despoja about Guantanamo
Bay
Notices of motion
For
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Orders for the production of documents
Motion defeated
The Senatedid not agree to require
the Minister representing the Minister for Human Services to table
the government’s Privacy Impact Statement on its smartcard
proposal and all privacy advice relating to the proposal obtained
by the government from Mr Nigel Waters (Pacific Privacy
Consulting)–moved by Senator Stott Despoja
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
- Australian parliamentary delegation–Turkey and Ireland,
16 to 28 October 2005–Report
-
3 petitions were received
No government documents or Clerk’s documents were
tabled
Also in the Senate yesterday
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