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No. 86/2006
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.46pm
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006
and a related bill [passed by the House of Representatives on 28
November 2006]
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and
Witness Protection) Bill 2006 [new Senate bill]
- Customs Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin)
Bill 2006 [passed by the House of Representatives on 28 November
2006]
- Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number
Database) Bill 2006 [passed by the House of Representatives on 28
November 2006]
The following bills were debated
- Copyright Amendment Bill 2006–second reading agreed to
[first
speaker] [details of the bill will be considered on a future
sitting day]
- Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1)
2006–second reading debate continued [The Opposition moved a
second reading amendment expressing a view on the policy of the
bill]
- Independent Contractors Bill 2006 and a related
bill–second reading agreed to [first
speaker] [details of the bills will be considered on a future
sitting day]
Notice of motion
To introduce a bill
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Fair Process)
Bill 2006–notice given by Senator Bartlett [private
senator’s bill]
Messages from the House of Representatives
- Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006–agreeing
to the bill with
amendments [The Senate will consider the message on a future
sitting day]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Trans-Tasman Banking
Supervision) Bill 2006 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Judiciary Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [This bill will now
be assented to]
- Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies and Disasters) Bill
2006 [This bill will now be assented to]
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion to disallow given
Senator Siewert gave a notice of motion to disallow an
instrument that determines the Australian national catch
allocation for southern bluefin tuna for the 2006/2007 season.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Public meetings
The Senate authorised the following public meetings to be held
while 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
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- 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
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline
- Economics Committee–Petrol pricing in Australia –to
report by 7 December 2006
To hold a meeting when the Senate is sitting
- Economics Committee–7 December 2006 from 3.30 pm –
Further consideration of the 2006-07 supplementary Budget
estimates
Other debates and motions
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
- Australian parliamentary delegation–Republic of Korea and
the United States of America , 13 to 24 September
2006–Report. This report was also debated [First
speaker]
-
Clerk’s documents [legislative instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled]
-
Government documents [
and considered]
- Parliamentary zone–proposal to provide directional and
interpretive signage in the Parliamentary Zone. A
notice of motion was given to approve the proposal.
Also in the Senate yesterday
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Online
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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
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Senate, on the Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm
Related resources
The Order of Business (or ‘Senate Red’) and
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Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
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