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No. 52/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 6.51pm
New Senator
Senator Fisher gave her
first speech.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill
2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 8 August 2007]
- Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment
(Cosmetics) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 7
August 2007]
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007
[passed by the House of Representatives on 7 August 2007]
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Rights and
Procedural Fairness) Bill 2007 [private senator's bill]
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare
Payment Reform) Bill 2007
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other
Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency
Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007
Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill
(No. 1) 2007-2008
Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill
(No. 2) 2007-2008
[passed by the House of Representatives on 7 August 2007]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- APEC Public Holiday Bill 2007
- Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response)
Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008
- Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response)
Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other
Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency
Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007
- Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare
Payment Reform) Bill 2007
The following bills were debated
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare
Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and 4 related bills second reading debate
commenced [The Opposition moved a
second reading amendment expressing a view on the policy of the
bills]
The following bill was passed
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and
Witness Protection) Bill 2006 [2007] [The House of Representatives
will now consider the bill]
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to disapprove defeated
The Senate did not agree to a motion
moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown)
which would have disapproved a
determination that amends Remuneration Tribunal Determination
2005/19 Principal Executive Office Classification Structure and
Terms and Conditions.
A similar
notice that had been set down for consideration on 10 September
2007 was withdrawn.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk's documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Report tabled
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee
PDF 545KB of 2007 and
PDF 1151KB of 2007 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
New inquiry
The Senate agreed to refer the Social Security and Other
Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and 4
related bills to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, at
whatever stage the bills have reached at 12.45pm on 9 August 2007,
for inquiry and report by 13 August 2007.
Proposed references
The Senate
debated a proposal to refer matters relating to the detention
and release of
Dr Mohammed Haneef to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee. The debate is scheduled to continue on Thursday, 9
August 2007.
A proposal to refer matters relating to the impact of the Trade
Practices (Horticulture Code of Conduct) Regulations 2006 to the
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee was
withdrawn.
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Australia's involvement in international peacekeeping
operations Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee to report
by 25 October 2007
- Australia's public diplomacy Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Committee to report by 16 August 2007
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given to authorise the Economics
Committee to hold a meeting while the Senate is sitting on 9 August
2007 from 4.30pm to 6pm, to take evidence for the committee's
inquiry into private equity markets.
Documents
Documents tabled
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Matters of public interest debate
first speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
-
Access by interest groups to the leaders of the Coalition and
Labor parties moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator
Bob Brown)
-
Export of uranium moved by the Leader of the Australian
Democrats (Senator Allison) [debated as a matter of urgency
first speaker]
-
India and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty moved by Senator
Milne
-
Nuclear weapons moved by the Leader of the Australian Democrats
(Senator Allison)
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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Related resources
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