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No. 85/2006
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 11.01pm
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
Bills considered
The following private senator’s bill was introduced
- Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol Ratification)
Bill 2006 [No. 2]–introduced by Senator Carr
The following bills were debated
- Independent Contractors Bill 2006 and a related
bill–second reading debate continued [first
speaker] [The Australian Democrats moved a
second reading amendment in relation to the main bill
expressing a view about the bill’s policy]
The following bills were passed
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Amendment Bill 2006 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget
Measures) Bill 2006–1 Government agreed to; 1 Schedule
negatived [The House of Representatives will now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
- Inspector of Transport Security Bill 2006 and a related bill
[These bills will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To introduce a bill
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and
Witness Protection) Bill 2006–notice given by the Minister
for Justice and Customs
To divide a bill
- Copyright Amendment Bill 2006–notice
given by Senator Bartlett
Messages from the House of Representatives
- Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child
Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Bill
2006–Agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate [This bill
will now be assented to]
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection
Amendment Bill 2005 [2006]–Agreeing to the bill without
amendment [This bill will now be assented to]
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion withdrawn
The Chairman of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances withdrew a notice of motion to disallow the following
instruments: Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species
(Nos 42
to 45)
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Report tabled
-
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006
and a related bill–Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee
Public meeting
The Senate
varied its order of
9 October 2006 and authorised the Public Accounts and Audit
Joint Committee to hold a public meeting while the Senate is
sitting on 7 December 2006 from 10.00am to 1.30pm for the
committee’s inquiry into financial reporting and equipment
acquisition at the Department of Defence and DMO.
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines:
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee–
- Water policy initiatives – to report by 5 December
2006
- Australia ’s future oil supply–to report by 7
December 2006
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting:
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee–
- 30 November 2006 from 5.30 pm – Continuing oversight of
the operations of the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission
- 1 December 2006 from 9.00am –Exposure draft of the
Corporations Amendment (Takeovers) Bill 2006
Other debates and motions
The Senate agreed to a motion moved by Senator Siewert about the
Australian Council of Social Services.
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
Motion defeated
A
motion moved by Senator Siewert requiring the Minister for the
Environment and Heritage to table the report of a review of matters
of national environment significance was defeated.
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
Also in the Senate yesterday
- Questions without notice and debate on issues arising in
Question Time [first
question]
- The President informed the Senate of the death, on 19 November
2006, of Norman Kenneth Foster , OAM, a member of the House of
Representatives for the division of Sturt , South Australia , from
1969 to 1972.
- Adjournment debate [first
speaker]
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