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No. 63/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.47pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures)
Bill 2007 [new Senate bill]
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation
Amendment (Child Disability Assistance) Bill 2007 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 12 September 2007]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual
Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007 and a related
bill [passed by the House of Representatives on 12 September
2007]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation
and Review) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 12
September 2007]
- Lands Acquisition Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [new Senate
bill]
- Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2007 [private senator's
bill]
- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 12 September 2007]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 12 September 2007]
- Workplace Relations (Guaranteeing Paid Maternity Leave)
Amendment Bill 2007 [private senator's bill]
The following bill was debated
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill
2007 Second reading agreed to [details of the bill will be
considered on a future sitting day]
The following bills were passed
- Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (OHS)
Bill 2007 [this bill will now be assented to]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual
Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007 and a related
bill [these bills will now be assented to]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation
and Review) Bill 2007 [this bill will now be assented to]
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2007 [this
bill will now be assented to]
- International Trade Integrity Bill 2007 [this bill will now be
assented to]
- Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [this bill will now be
assented to]
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2007
[the House of Representatives will now consider this bill]
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007
[the House of Representatives will now consider this bill]
- Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2007 [this bill will
now be assented to]
- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2007 [this bill
will now be assented to]
Bills to be considered together
The Senate agreed that the following bills may be considered
together for their remaining stages:
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007 and 2
related bills and the Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill
2007
- Judges' Pensions Amendment Bill 2007 and the Federal
Magistrates Amendment (Disability and Death Benefits) Bill
2007
Message from the House of Representatives
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill
2007 Agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate [this bill will
now be assented to]
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk's documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The following additional information arising from estimates
hearings was tabled:
- Community Affairs Committee budget estimates 2007-08
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee budget estimates
2007-08
Reports tabled
Government responses tabled
Government responses to the following reports were tabled
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee Trafficking of
women for sexual servitude Supplementary report
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts Committee Turning back the tide The invasive species
challenge: Report on the regulation, control and management of
invasive species and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Amendment (Invasive Species) Bill 2002
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee Australia's
relationship with Malaysia
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee Review of the
re-listing of Ansar al-Sunna, JeM, LeJ, EIJ, IAA, AAA and IMU as
terrorist organisations
- National Capital and External Territories Joint Committee
- Norfolk Island electoral matters
- Norfolk Island financial sustainability: The challenge Sink or
swim
- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: Inquiry into governance on
Norfolk Island [revised response]
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee Australian
forest plantations: A review of Plantations for
Australia : The 2020 vision
- Treaties Joint Committee
- 81st report Treaties tabled on 8 August 2006
- 84th report Treaty tabled on 6 December 2006
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to the risks associated with the rise in sea
levels in Australia to the Environment, Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts Committee.
Notices of motion given
To refer matters to committees:
-
Australia-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Committee to report by 3 December 2007
-
Effectiveness of the national emergency intervention in the
Northern Territory Community Affairs Committee to report by 30 June
2008
Documents
Orders for the production of documents Orders with
continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
A statement of compliance for the Attorney-General's portfolio
was tabled [Letters of advice about certain files created by
departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
-
Clerk's documents [legislative instruments and other documents
required by statute to be tabled]
- Response to a Senate resolution about the Kerang train disaster
from the Premier of Victoria (Mr Brumby) [resolution agreed to on
13 June 2007]
-
2 petitions
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
Estimates questions on notice failure to provide
answers
Senator Carr asked the Minister representing the Minister for
Education, Science and Training (Senator Brandis) why answers had
not been provided to 69 questions placed on notice during the
consideration of the 2007-08 budget estimates by the Employment,
Workplace Relations and Education Committee.
The Minister indicated an explanation would be provided. A
motion to take note of the Minister's response was agreed
to.
Motions agreed to
-
Parliamentary zone to approve a proposal to redevelop the
National Library of Australia forecourt to create the Humanities
and Science Campus Square moved by the Parliamentary Secretary to
the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator Colbeck)
-
Tarkine wilderness area in Tasmania moved by Senator
Bartlett
Motions negatived
Motion debated
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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