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No. 51/2006
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.40pm
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bills were introduced in the
Senate
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment Bill 2006 [a
new Senate bill]
- Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 16 August 2006]
- Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment
(Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2006 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 16 August 2006]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Bill 2006
[passed by the House of Representatives on 16 August
2006]
The following bill was considered
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005
[2006]–second reading debate continued [first
speaker]
The following bill was passed with amendments and
requests
- Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Amendment Bill
2006– [see amendments and requests agreed to on 14
and
15 August 2006] [The House of Representatives will now consider
the requests made by the Senate]
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to disallow regulations debated
The Senate commenced debate on a motion moved by Senator Bob
Brown to disallow the Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2005
(No. 14), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2005
No. 298, specifying the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a
terrorist organisation, and made under the Criminal Code Act
1995. [
first speaker]
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Appropriations and Staffing Committee– Annual report for
2005-06
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint
Committee–Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities
and Investments Commission
- Privileges Committee–128th report–Person referred
to in the Senate–Mr Karl J. O’Callaghan, APM,
Commissioner of Police, Western Australia [the Senate agreed that a
response by Mr O’Callaghan to references to him made in
the Senate be incorporated in Hansard]
- Public Works Committee–Report no. 12 of
2006–Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle facilities project,
Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera , Queensland
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–
Alert Digest No. 8 of 2006 and
6th report of 2006 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
- Selection of Bills Committee–
Report No. 8 of 2006 [report adopted] [contains recommendations
to refer bills to legislation committees]
- Treaties Joint Committee–76th Report—Treaties
tabled on 28 March and 10 May 2006
Notice of motion given
A
notice of motion was given by Senator O’Brien to refer
the administration of quarantine by the Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry and its Ministers to the Rural and Regional
Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee to report by the last
sitting day in March 2006
Other debates and motions
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
The Senate debated a motion about t emporary business long stay
visas which was moved by Senator Ludwig as a matter of public
importance [first
speaker]
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Orders for the production of documents
Notice of motion given
Senator Wortley gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister for Immigration and
Multicultural Affairs to table a report by the Department of
Immigration on T&R Pastoral and its employment of workers on
section 457 visas–no later than 10.00am on 4 September
2006
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
Also in the Senate yesterday
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
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