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No. 32/2006
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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
55KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.05am until 11.00pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Health and Ageing portfolio
(completed whole of portfolio/corporate matters, outcomes 2, 3, 4
and 9)
- will continue the Health and Ageing portfolio
(Professional Services Review, outcomes 1, 5 to 8, and 10 to 15)
when it meets on Thursday 1 June 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 9.05am until 10.47pm.
The committee:
- continued the Treasury portfolio (completed
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 Australian
Bureau of Statistics)
- will continue the Treasury portfolio
(Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee, Australian Accounting
Standards Board, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission,
and Treasury outcome 1) when it meets on Thursday 1 June 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 11.00pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Education, Science and Training
portfolio (completed Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation, Australian Research Council, Australian
Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, department’s
Science Group, Cross Portfolio, Innovation and Research Systems
Group, Indigenous and Transitions Group, and Strategic Analysis and
Evaluation Group)
- will continue the Education, Science and
Training portfolio (department’s Higher Education Group,
Vocational Training and Education Groups, Schools Group and
International Education Group) when it meets on Thursday 1 June
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
75KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 11.00pm.
The committee:
- commenced the Defence portfolio (completed
portfolio overview and major corporate issues, Defence Material
Organisation, major capital facilities projects, and Defence
outcomes 1 to 4)
- will continue the Defence portfolio (Defence
outcomes 5 to 7, Business processes, and people)
and
- commence the Department of Veterans’
Affairs (portfolio overview, corporate and general matters, and
outcomes 1 to 5) when it meets on Thursday 1 June 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