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No. 2/2007
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 8.01pm
Privilege matter
The President made a
statement relating to a matter of privilege raised by Senators
Forshaw and Murray concerning an allegation that false or
misleading evidence was given before the Finance and Public
Administration References Committee in 2005 and the refusal to
answer questions put by the committee when required to do so.
Senator Forshaw gave a
notice of motion to refer the matter to the Committee of
Privileges.
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Airspace Bill 2006 and a related bill
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill
2006
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2006
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 6) Bill 2006
[These bills were passed by the House of Representatives on
7 December 2006]
The following bill was debated
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Border Compliance and Other
Measures) Bill 2006–second reading agreed to [first
speaker] and committee of the whole
commenced
Notice of motion
To introduce a bill
- The Australian Territories Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill
2007–notice given by Senator Bob Brown [private
senator’s bill]
Messages from the House of Representatives
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill
2006–agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate [This bill
was assented to on 12 December 2006]
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006–agreeing to the bill
without amendment [This bill was assented to on 8 December
2006]
Bills assented to
Assent to a number of laws was reported in the Senate.
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to disallow
The Senate debated a motion proposed by Senator Siewert to
disallow an
instrument that determines the Australian national catch
allocation for southern bluefin tuna for the 2006/2007 season.
[first
speaker] The debate was interrupted at 6.50pm in order to
consider government documents.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Government response tabled
A government response to the report of the Rural and Regional
Affairs and Transport Committee into rural water resource usage was
tabled and debated. [first
speaker]
Documents tabled
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign
Affairs, Defence and Trade to hold a public meeting while the
Senate is sitting on 7 February 2007 from 11.00am to noon for the
committee’s inquiry into Australia ’s trade with Mexico
and the region.
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline
- Finance and Public Administration Committee– Transparency
and accountability of Commonwealth public funding and expenditure
–to report by 1 March 2007
To refer matters to a committee
Other debates and motions
The Senate did not agree to motions
about:
Notices of motion
For other
notices of motion not mentioned elsewhere
Orders for the production of documents
Notice of motion given
Senator Stott Despoja gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister representing the
Attorney-General to table any legal advice received by the
Government regarding the legality of the United States Military
Commission Act 2006–no later than the end of question
time on 8 February 2007.
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
internet
Statements of compliance for
2 agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain files
created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
- Auditor-General– Audit reports nos 15 to 23 of 2006-07
[see Journals entries nos
22 and
29]
- Business
of the Senate–1 January to 31 December 2006 [a digest of
all business considered by the Senate during 2006]
-
Clerk’s documents [legislative instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled, including
Governor-General’s Proclamations]
-
Government documents [and
considered]
-
Government documents presented since the last sitting of the
Senate
- Odgers’ Australian Senate Practice 11th
edition–Supplement–Updates
to 31 December 2006
- Questions on notice summary–16 November 2004 to 31
December 2006
- Response to a Senate resolution about Foster Care Week from the
New South Wales Minister for Community Services [resolution agreed
to
13 September 2006]
-
8 petitions
Also in the Senate yesterday
- Questions without notice and debate on issues arising in
Question Time [first
question]
- The President informed the Senate of the death of two former
Ministers: Senator the Honourable Sir Robert Carrington Cotton, a
senator for the state of New South Wales from 1965 to 1978 and the
Honourable Sir Denis James Killen, AC, KCMG, a member of the House
of Representatives for the division of Moreton, Queensland, from
1955 to 1983. The Senate agreed to a
condolence motion moved by the Leader of the Government in the
Senate.
- Adjournment debate [first
speaker]
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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
the Dynamic Red (which updates the Order of
Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
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