No. 13/2006
Tuesday 28 February 2006
The Senate met from 12.30pm until 7.49pm
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
The following bills were introduced in the
Senate
- Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 6) Bill 2005
- Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Bill
2006
The following bills were considered
The following bill was passed without
amendments
- Future Fund Bill 2005 [The bill will now be assented to]
Notice of motion given
To introduce a bill
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Subscription Television Drama
and Community Broadcasting Licences) Bill 2006–Notice of
motion given by the Minister for Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
For a complete list of notices
of motion to disallow (and outcomes)
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given by Senator Wong to disallow the
Declaration of percentage of Commonwealth supported places to be
provided by
Table A providers for a course of study in medicine, made under
paragraph
36-35(1)(b) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 [The
declaration will be deemed to be disallowed if the notice is not
agreed to or withdrawn within 15 sitting days after 28 February
2006–ie by 21 June 2006]
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information tabled
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation
Committee–Budget estimates 2005-06 (Supplementary)
No reports were tabled
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following change to committee
membership:
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References
Committee–Senator Bartlett to replace Senator Stott Despoja
for the committee’s inquiry into naval shipbuilding in
Australia
Public meetings
The Senate agreed that the following public meetings may be held
while 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
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines
- Mental health–Mental Health Select Committee –to
report by 28 April 2006
- Petrol sniffing in remote Aboriginal
communities–Community Affairs References Committee –to
report by 22 June 2006
- Workplace exposure to toxic dust–Community Affairs
References Committee –to report by 22 June 2006
To refer a matter to a committee
- Funding and operation of the Commonwealth-State/Territory
Disability Agreement
and related matters–Community Affairs References
Committee–to report by 17 August 2006
Motion agreed to
The Senate agreed to
a motion moved by Senator Bob Brown about Japanese whaling in
Australian waters
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
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the internet
Statements of compliance for the Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet and the National Water Commission were 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
Statements of compliance for
various agencies 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:
Also in the Senate yesterday
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