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No. 8/2007
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Economics Committee
Portfolios allocated: Industry, Tourism and
Resources; Treasury
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9am until 11.05pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Treasury portfolio, including: the Australian
Taxation Office, the Australian Accounting Standards Board, the
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee and the Australian
Bureau of Statistics.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 15 February 2007 in
House of Representatives Committee Room 2R1, calling the:
- Treasury portfolio, commencing with the Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission; and
- Industry Tourism and Resources portfolio, commencing with
Resources and Energy.
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Employment and Workplace
Relations; Education, Science and Training
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9am until 11pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Education, Science and Training portfolio, including: the
Australian Research Council, the Australian Nuclear Science and
Technology Organisation, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation, and the Australian Institute of Marine
Science; and
- did not require the Indigenous Transitions
Group, the Strategic Analysis and Evaluation Group and the
International Education Group.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 15 February 2007 in
Senate Committee Room 2S3, calling the Employment and Workplace
Relations portfolio, commencing with the department.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Foreign Affairs and
Trade; Defence (including Veterans’ Affairs)
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9am until 11pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Defence portfolio, including the Defence Materiel Organisation;
and
- called the Department of Veterans’
Affairs.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 15 February 2007 in
the Main Committee Room, calling the Foreign Affairs and Trade
portfolio, commencing with the department.
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Transport and Regional
Services; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
For current
information about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.03am until 11.01pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio, including the Wheat
Export Authority, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary
Medicines Authority, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection
Service, Biosecurity Australia, the Australian Bureau of
Agriculture and Resource Economics, the Bureau of Rural Sciences,
and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority; and
- did not require the Grains Research and
Development Corporation.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 15 February 2007 in
the Senate Committee Room 2S1, calling the Transport and Regional
Services portfolio, commencing with the department.
Related links
Portfolio budget statements and related papers can be
obtained from the Senate Table Office (phone 6277 3010) and on the
Internet.
General
information about the consideration of the 2006-07
additional estimates (membership of committees, portfolio
allocation, terms of reference etc.) is available on the Senate web
page.
A
program for each of the committees listed below is
available on the Senate webpage and will be updated as
necessary.
Committee proceedings can be viewed on the
Internet
Committee Hansards can be obtained from the Senate
Table Office (phone 62773010) and on the
Internet (when available)
The Senate Daily Summary will be published each day
after the committees meet. The Summary will give a brief overview
on the progress made by each committee and the business each
committee expects to consider the next day.
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued this week by the Senate Table Office as a
convenient summary of each day’s consideration of estimates
by Senate committees. On sitting days it provides a summary of each
day’s proceedings in the Senate.
Further information
Senate Briefs , prepared by the Senate Procedure
Office, provide general information about the estimates
process:
No.
4: Senate Committees
No.
5: Consideration of Estimates by the Senate Committees
No.
13: Rights and Responsibilities of Witnesses before Senate
Committees
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions:
phone 6277 3015
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au