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No. 53/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.31pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 8 August 2007]
- Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 [passed by the House
of Representatives on 8 August 2007]
- National Health Amendment (National HPV Vaccination Program
Register) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 8
August 2007]
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other
Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2007 [passed by the House
of Representatives on 8 August 2007]
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 [passed
by the House of Representatives on 8 August 2007]
The following bill was debated
- Migration (Climate Refugees) Amendment Bill 2007 Second reading
debate commenced [private senator's bill]
The following bills were passed
- Australian Postal Corporation Amendment (Quarantine Inspection
and Other Measures) Bill 2007 [The House of Representatives will
now consider this bill]
- Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007 [This bill will
now be assented to]
- Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 [This bill will now
be assented to]
- Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment
(Cosmetics) Bill 2007 [This bill will now be assented to]
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 [This
bill will now be assented to]
- National Health Amendment (National HPV Vaccination Program
Register) Bill 2007 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2007 [The House of
Representatives will now consider this bill]
Notice of motion
To vary the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Minister representing the Minister for
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Abetz) to vary the
hours of meeting for 13 to 16 August 2007 to allow the Government's
legislative program to be considered.
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 a notice
The Chairman of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave notice of his intention to withdraw a notice to
disallow
regulations to amend the Australian Federal Police Regulations
1979 to prescribe matters related to the suspension of AFP
appointees from their duties and matters related to drug
testing.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk's documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Report on legislation
-
Communications Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing and
Datacasting) Bill 2007 Environment, Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts Committee
Other reports
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee Statutory
oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission
- Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee
Workforce challenges in the transport industry
Document tabled
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee Ministerial correspondence
relating to the scrutiny of delegated legislation for the period
June 2006 to June 2007
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 12 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following reference:
- Water Bill 2007 and a related bill Environment, Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts Committee to report by 14
August 2007
Proposed select committee
The Senate did not agree to establish a select committee to
inquire into
Australia's anti-terrorism laws.
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer matters relating to the
detention and release of
Dr Mohammed Haneef to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee.
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Economics Committee to hold a public
meeting while the Senate was sitting on 9 August 2007 from 4.30pm
to 6.00pm for the committee's inquiry into private equity
markets.
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following changes and appointments to
committee membership:
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts Committee Senator O'Brien to replace Senator Lundy for the
committee's inquiry into the Water Bill 2007 and a related bill,
and Senator Lundy appointed as a participating member
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Senator Adams
appointed as a participating member
Documents
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
Motion agreed to
Motions negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet the
Department of the Senate's online statistical collection.
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Related resources
The Order of Business (or Senate Red') and the
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throughout the sitting day) are also available on the Internet at
www.aph.gov.au/senate
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