No. 12/2006
Monday 27 February 2006
The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.28pm
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bills were introduced in the
Senate
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2005-2006
- Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2005-2006
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2)
2005
- Student Assistance Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
The following bills were considered
The following bills were passed
Without amendments
[These bills will now be assented to]
- Census Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
- Trade Practices Amendment (Personal Injuries and Death) Bill
2004
With amendments
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2005–32 Government
amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives will now
consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
The following messages from the House of Representatives
were reported
The messages reported that the House of Representatives agreed
to the following bills without amendment [The bills will now be
assented to]:
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities)
Bill 2006
- Defence (Road Transport Legislation Exemption) Bill 2005
[2006]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial
responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005 [2006]
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Notices of motion withdrawn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 the following delegated
legislation were withdrawn:
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 2),
as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 222 and made
under the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
- Civil Aviation (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1), as
contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 224 and made
under the Civil Aviation Act 1988
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information tabled
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–Budget estimates
2005-06
- Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation
Committee–Budget estimates 2005-06 (Supplementary)
Reports tabled
- Australian Citizenship Bill 2005 and
a related bill–Legal and Constitutional Legislation
Committee
- Future Fund Bill 2005–Economics Legislation
Committee
- Person referred to in the Senate ( Professor Barbara
Pocock)– Committee of Privileges–126 th report
[Response as recommended by the committee was incorporated in
Hansard]
- Proposed construction of Chancery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia–1
st report of 2006–Public Works Joint Committee
- Proposed construction of Chancery, Rangoon, Burma–2 nd
report of 2006–Public Works Joint Committee
- Proposed 171st Aviation Squadron relocation, Holsworthy
Barracks, NSW–3 rd report of 2006–Public Works Joint
Committee
- Senators’ Interests Committee –Report 1 of 2006:
Annual report 2005
- Treaties Joint Committee –71 st report–Treaty
tabled on 29 November 2005
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership
Message from the House of Representatives reported
A message from the House of Representatives was reported
advising that Dr Southcott would replace Mr Turnbull on the
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee
Reporting date extended
- Administration of the Migration Act–Legal and
Constitutional References Committee –to report by 2 March
2006
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline
- Water policy initiatives–Rural and Regional Affairs and
Transport References Committee –to report by the last sitting
day in 2006
To hold public meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–2 March 2006 from
3.30pm to 7.30pm–Aged Care (Bond Security) Bill 2005 and
related bills
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation
Committee–1 March 2006 from 4.30pm to
6.30pm–administration by the Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry of the citrus canker outbreak
To refer a matter to a committee
- Processes for assisting refugees and humanitarian entrants to
Australia
and related matters–Legal and Constitutional References
Committee
Motions defeated
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
Document tabled
The Acting Deputy President tabled a copy of an application to
the Australia New Zealand Food Authority from Monsanto Australia
Limited for the inclusion of corn containing the Cry3Bb1 gene by
Monsanto in Standard 1.5.2 – Food derived from gene
technology [ The application was tabled in response to the order of
the Senate agreed to on
7 February 2006 on the motion of Senator Stott Despoja.
The application was presented to the President on 13 February 2006
]
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the internet
A statement of compliance for the Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade was tabled [Letters of advice about certain files created
by departments and agencies required to be tabled twice yearly;
Senate
order agreed to]
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
internet
Statement of compliance for
various portfolios were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
contracts valued at $100 000 or more entered into by departments
and agencies required to be tabled twice yearly;
Senate order agreed to]
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
- Auditor-General– Audit report no. 29 of
2005-06–Performance audit–Integrity of electronic
customer records: Centrelink [presented since the last sitting of
the Senate]
-
Clerk’s documents [disallowable instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled]
-
Government documents [presented since the last sitting of the
Senate]
- Commonwealth Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers,
Kenya, 3 to 8 January 2006, and a visit to the United Kingdom,
8 to 12 January 2006–Report by the President of the
Senate
- Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia–Report of
the Australian parliamentary delegation, 16 to 24 November
2005
-
Illegal foreign fishing–Letter from the Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory transmitting a
resolution of the Assembly about illegal foreign fishing
-
2 petitions were received
Also in the Senate yesterday
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2005-06 ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES
Monday 27 February 2006
Related links
Portfolio additional estimates statements and related
papers can be obtained from the Senate Table Office (phone 6277
3010) and on the Internet.
General
information about the consideration of the 2005-06
additional estimates (membership of committees, portfolio
allocation, terms of reference etc.) is available on the Senate web
page.
An
agenda for each of the legislation committees listed below
is available on the Senate webpage and will be updated as
necessary.
The Senate Daily Summary will be published each day
after the legislation committees meet. The Summary will give a
brief overview on the progress made by each committee and the
business each committee expects to consider the next day.
Legal and Constitutional Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Attorney-General;
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 8.38pm until 9.33pm.
The committee completed:
- the Attorney-General’s portfolio
- additional estimates consideration.
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