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No. 15/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 8.09pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm
Bills considered
The following government bills were introduced
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment
Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 28 February
2007]
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Additional Screening
Measures) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 28
February 2007]
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 28 February 2007]
- Corporations Amendment (Takeovers) Bill 2007 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 28 February 2007]
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Augmenting Offshore Powers and
Other Measures) Bill 2006 [passed by the House of Representatives
on 1 March 2007]
- Migration Amendment (Maritime Crew) Bill 2007 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 28 February 2007]
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007 and a
related bill [passed by the House of Representatives on 28 February
2007]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 28 February 2007]
The following private senators’ bills were introduced
- Electoral (Greater Fairness of Electoral Processes) Amendment
Bill 2007
- Marriage (Relationships Equality) Amendment Bill 2007
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Access to Judicial Review of
Migration Decisions) Bill 2007
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Removal of Unjust
Restrictions) Bill 2007
The following bills were passed
- ACIS Administration Amendment (Unearned Credit Liability) Bill
2007 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving
Australia’s Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006 [This
bill will now be assented to]
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Contributions)
Bill 2006 [2007] [The House of Representatives will now consider
this bill]
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [This bill will
now be assented to]
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)
Amendment Bill 2006 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Family Law (Divorce Fees Validation) Bill 2007 [This bill will
now be assented to]
- Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Air Pollution
from Ships) Bill 2006 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [2007] [The
House of Representatives will now consider this bill]
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Statements of
Principles and Other Measures) Bill 2006 [This bill will now be
assented to]
The following bill was discharged from the Notice
Paper
- Charter of Political Honesty Bill 2000 [2004] [private
senator’s bill]
Notice of motion
To exempt bills from the cut-off order
The Minister for Justice and Customs (Senator Ellison) gave a
notice of motion to exempt the following bills to enable
consideration this period of sittings:
- Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill 2007
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2006-2007 and a related bill
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Additional Screening
Measures) Bill 2007
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Debt Agreements) Bill 2007
and a related bill
- Corporations Amendment (Takeovers) Bill 2007
- Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2007
- Health Insurance Amendment (Provider Number Review) Bill
2007
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1)
Bill 2007
- Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Information and Other
Measures) Bill 2007
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007 and a
related bill
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through
Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
Message from the House of Representatives
- Australian Citizenship Bill 2006–agreeing to the
amendments made by the Senate
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion to disallow given
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave a
notice of motion to disallow an
instrument that nominates an agreement for the purposes of
Special Disability Trusts.
Notice of intention to withdraw a notice
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave a notice of intention to withdraw notices to
disallow a
determination amending schedule 4 of determination HIB 20/2006
(made under the National Health Act 1953) to correct an
administrative oversight in the making of the determination.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information arising from estimates hearings was
tabled:
- Community Affairs Committee–budget estimates 2006-07
- Economics Committee–supplementary budget estimates
2006-07
- Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Committee–budget and supplementary budget
estimates–2006-07
- Finance and Public Administration Committee–additional
estimates 2005-06 and 2006-07 and supplementary budget estimates
2006-07
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–supplementary
budget estimates 2006-07
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee–supplementary budget and additional estimates
2006-07
Reports tabled
Government responses tabled
Government responses to committee reports were tabled
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Australia’s defence relations with the United
States
- National Capital and External Territories Joint
Committee–Antarctica: Australia’s pristine frontier:
The adequacy of funding for Australia’s Antarctic
program
- Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land
Account Joint Committee–Operation of native title
representative bodies
Documents tabled
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–Customs
Legislation Amendment (Modernising Import Controls and Other
Measures) Bill 2006–Additional information
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee–Ministerial
correspondence relating to the scrutiny of delegated legislation
for the period March to December 2006
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 3 of the Selection of Bills Committee, which
recommended the following references:
- Migration Amendment (Maritime Crew) Bill 2007–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee–to report by 20 April
2007
- Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill
2007–Economics Committee–to report by 20 March
2007
Proposed references
The Senate did not agree to refer the
following matters to committees:
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership.
Documents
Orders for the production of documents
Explanation
The Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator
Abetz), in response to a
matter raised by Senator Bob Brown on 28 February 2007, gave an
explanation of why various orders for the production of
documents had not been complied with.
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the internet
- A statement of compliance for the
Human Services portfolio was tabled [Letters of advice about
certain files created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
- A
recommendation of the Finance and Public Administration
Committee was adopted, enabling the Committee to consider the
ongoing operation of the order and to report on relevant
developments from time to time.
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
internet
Statement of compliance for
various agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
contracts valued at $100 000 or more entered into by departments
and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
Documents discussed
Government documents, committee reports, government responses
and Auditor-General’s reports were discussed.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
The Senate did not agree to a motion moved by Senator Nettle
about
a national curriculum.
Motion debated
The Senate debated a motion about
nuclear energy in Australia–moved by Senator Wong.
[first
speaker]
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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