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No. 3/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.37pm
Legislation
For full text of
bills and other associated documents
Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 7) Bill 2006 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 7 February 2007]
The following bills were debated
- Australian Citizenship Bill 2006 and a related
bill–second reading debate continued [The Australian
Democrats moved a
second reading amendment expressing a view about the
bill’s policy]
The following bill was passed
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Border Compliance and Other
Measures) Bill 2006 [This bill will now be assented to]
Message from the House of Representatives
- Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) Bill 2006
[2007]–Agreeing to the bill without amendment [This bill will
now be assented to]
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)
Notice of intention to withdraw notices
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave a notice of intention to withdraw notices to
disallow the following delegated legislation:
-
regulations to amend the A New Tax System (Commonwealth-State
Financial Arrangements) Regulations 2003 by extending the years for
transitional GST assistance to 30 June 2009
-
determination providing guidelines for the exercise of the
power to give public interest certificates for the purposes of
paragraph 208(1)(a) of the Social Security (Administration) Act
1999 by the Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace
Relations
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation were tabled as follows:
-
Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and
Witness Protection) Bill 2006–Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Committee
-
Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006 and
related bills–Economics Committee
Other reports were tabled as follows:
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee–Australia’s future oil supply–Final
report [This report was debated–
first speaker]
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–
Alert Digest No. 1 of 2007 and
1st report of 2007 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
Documents tabled
An erratum and additional information were tabled in relation to
the inquiry of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee into water policy initiatives.
New Inquiry
The Senate referred to the Committee of Privileges
matters concerning possible false or misleading evidence given
before the Finance and Public Administration References Committee
and refusal to answer questions put by the committee when required
to do so .
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to the
proposed takeover of Qantas to the Rural and Regional Affairs
and Transport Committee. [First
speaker]
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and
Audit to hold a public meeting while the Senate is sitting on 8
February 2007 from 9.30am to 1.00pm for the committee’s
inquiry into financial reporting and equipment acquisition at the
Department of Defence and Defence Materiel Organisation.
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Finance and Public Administration Committee into the
transparency and accountability of Commonwealth public funding and
expenditure to 1 March 2007.
Notices of motion given
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting:
- Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee–8
February 2007 from 4.30 pm–Safety, Rehabilitation and
Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 and the
Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare
to Work and Vocational Rehabilitation Services) Bill 2006
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts Committee–8 February 2007 from 1.00pm
To refer matters to committees:
Membership
A message from the House of Representatives was reported
advising that Mr Barresi would replace Mr ADH Smith on the Public
Accounts and Audit Joint Committee.
Other debates and motions
The Senate agreed to motions about:
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
Motion defeated
A
motion moved by Senator Stott Despoja requiring 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 was defeated .
Documents
The following documents were tabled:
Also in the Senate yesterday
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