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No. 75/2006
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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
supplementary budget estimates (membership of committees, portfolio
allocation, terms of reference etc.) is available on the Senate web
page.
A
program for each of the committees listed below is
available on the Senate webpage and will be updated as
necessary.
Committee proceedings can be viewed on the
Internet
Committee Hansards can be obtained from the Senate
Table Office (phone 62773010) and on the
Internet (when available)
The Senate Daily Summary will be published each day
after the committees meet. The Summary will give a brief overview
on the progress made by each committee and the business each
committee expects to consider the next day.
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and
the Arts Committee
Portfolios
allocated: Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts; Environment and Heritage
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.02am until 10.16pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio,
including the Australian Sports Commission, Australian Sports
Anti-Doping Authority, Australia Council, Australian Film
Commission, Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited, National
Archives of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, National
Library of Australia, and the National Museum of Australia;
- called the department and agencies of the
Environment and Heritage portfolio, including the Bureau of
Meteorology, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and the
Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator; and
- concluded its budget estimates supplementary
hearings for 2006-07.
Finance and Public Administration
Committee
Portfolios allocated:
Finance and Administration; Human Services; Parliament; Prime
Minister and Cabinet
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.01am until 11.01pm.
The committee:
- called the departments and agencies of the
Finance and Administration portfolio, including the Department of
Finance and Administration, Australian Electoral Commission, Future
Fund Management Agency, Department of Human Services and
Centrelink;
- did not require the Child Support Agency, CRS
Australia, and Medicare Australia; and
- concluded its budget estimates supplementary
hearings for 2006-07.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee
Portfolios allocated:
Attorney-General; Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.07am until 11pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Attorney-General’s Portfolio, including the Human Rights and
Equal Opportunity Commission (including the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner), Federal Magistrates
Court, Federal Court of Australia, Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation, Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime
Commission, Director of Public Prosecutions CrimTrac Agency, and
Australian Customs Service; and
- concluded its budget estimates supplementary
hearings for 2006-07.
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee
Portfolios allocated:
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Transport and Regional
Services
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9am until 11.05pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio, including the Wheat
Export Authority, Grains Research and Development Corporation,
Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Australian
Quarantine and Inspection Service, Biosecurity Australia,
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Bureau of
Rural Sciences, and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority;
and
- concluded its budget estimates supplementary
hearings for 2006-07.
Committees will meet on Wednesday, 1 and Thursday, 2 November
2006 as follows:
Community
Affairs Committee
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Health and Ageing
Economics
Committee
Industry, Tourism and Resources
Treasury
Employment,
Workplace Relations and Education Committee
Education, Science and Training
Employment and Workplace Relations
Foreign
Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Defence (including Veterans’ Affairs)
Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued this week by the Senate Table Office as a
convenient summary of each day’s consideration of estimates
by Senate committees. On sitting days it provides a summary of each
day’s proceedings in the Senate.
Further information
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 Committees
No. 13:
Rights and Responsibilities of Witnesses before Senate
Committees
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions: phone 6277 3015
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au