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No. 31/2006
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Portfolio budget 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 2006-07 Budget
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 to the next day.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Family, Community Services
and Indigenous Affairs; Health and Ageing
For PDF
59KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 11.00pm.
The committee:
- completed the Family, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs portfolio
- will commence the Health and Ageing portfolio
(whole of portfolio/corporate matters, outcomes 2, 3, 4, 9, 12 and
13) when it meets on Wednesday 31 May 2006 in Senate Committee Room
2S1
Economics Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Industry, Tourism and
Resources; Treasury
For PDF
83KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.04am until 11.02pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Treasury portfolio (completed
outcome 3, Australian Taxation Office and the Inspector-General of
Taxation)
- will continue the Treasury portfolio
(Takeovers Panel, National Competition Council, Australian Office
of Financial Management, Treasury outcomes 2 and 4, Australian
Securities and Investment Commission, Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority, Productivity Commission, and the Australian
Bureau of Statistics) when it meets on Wednesday 31 May 2006 in
House of Representatives Committee Room 2R1
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Legislation Committee
Portfolios
allocated: Education, Science and Training; Employment and
Workplace Relations
For PDF
124KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.03am until 11.50pm.
The committee:
- completed the Employment and Workplace
Relations portfolio
- will continue the Education, Science and
Training portfolio (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation, Australian Research Council, Australian Nuclear
Science and Technology Organisation, Department of Education,
Science and Training, Science Group, Cross Portfolio, Innovation
and Research Systems Group, Indigenous and Transitions Group, and
the Strategic Analysis and Evaluation Group) when it meets on
Wednesday 31 May 2006 in Senate Committee Room 2S3
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated:
Defence (including Veterans’ Affairs); Foreign Affairs and
Trade
For PDF
83KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 7.00pm.
The committee:
- completed the Foreign Affairs and Trade
portfolio
- will commence the Defence portfolio
(Department of Defence, Portfolio overview and major corporate
issues, Defence Material Organisation, Major capability facilities
projects, Defence outcomes, and Business processes) when it meets
on Wednesday 31 May 2006 in the Main Committee Room
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The Senate Daily Summary is available on
the Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
Enquiries, comments and suggestions: phone 6277
3209
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au
This publication is issued by the Senate
Procedure Office as a convenient summary of each day’s
consideration of estimates by Senate legislation committees.
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Further information
Committee Hansards can be obtained
from the Senate Table Office (phone 6277 3010) and on the
Internet
(when available)
Committee proceedings can be viewed on
the Internet
Senate Briefs , prepared by the Senate
Procedure Office, provide general information about the estimates
process:
No. 4:
Senate Committees
No. 5:
Consideration of Estimates by the Senate’s Legislation
Committees
No. 13:
Rights and Responsibilities of Witnesses before Senate
Committees