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No. 43/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 11.29pm
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Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Amendment
(Township Leasing) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 13 June 2007]
- Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System)
Bill 2007 and 2 related bills [passed by the House of
Representatives on 14 June 2007]
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation
Amendment (Child Care and Other 2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
[passed by the House of Representatives on 14 June 2007]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Restructures) Bill 2007
[passed by the House of Representatives on 13 June 2007]
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures)
Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 13 June
2007]
- Lobbying and Ministerial Accountability Bill 2007 [private
senator’s bill]
- Migration (Sponsorship Fees) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 14 June 2007]
- Public Interest Disclosures Bill 2007 [private senator’s
bill]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified GST Accounting) Bill 2007
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2007
The following bills were debated
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill
2007–second reading agreed to and committee of the whole
commenced–
3 Government amendments agreed to
- Pregnancy Counselling (Truth in Advertising) Bill 2006 [
private senator’s bill] –second reading debate
commenced
The following bills were passed
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration)
Amendment Bill 2007
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (2007
Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
- Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1)
2007
- Corporations (NZ Closer Economic Relations) and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
- Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Bill 2006
- Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill
2007
- Governance Review Implementation (Science Research Agencies)
Bill 2007
- Health Insurance Amendment (Inappropriate and Prohibited
Practices and Other Measures) Bill 2007
- Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2007
- Migration Amendment (Statutory Agency) Bill 2007
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through
Choice and Opportunity ) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill
2007
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures
No. 1) Bill 2007
[These bills will now be assented to]
Changes to days and hours of meeting
The Senate agreed to a
motion moved by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and
Conservation ( Senator Abetz ) to vary the days and hours of
meeting for the remainder of the Winter sittings to allow the
Government’s legislative program to be considered.
Notices of motion
To introduce private senators’ bills
- Migration (Climate Refugees) Amendment Bill 2007–notice
given by Senator Nettle
- Trade Practices Amendment (Predatory Pricing) Bill
2007–notice given by the Leader of the Family First Party (
Senator Fielding )
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
Senator Siewert gave notice of her intention to withdraw a
notice to disallow an
instrument that determines the total allowable catch for the
2007 fishing year in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark
Fishery.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The Community Affairs Committee tabled additional information
arising from the 2006-07 additional estimates and 2007-08 budget
estimates.
Reports tabled
-
PDF 659KB Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill
2007–Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Committee
-
PDF 208KB (Restoring Family Work Balance) Amendment Bill
2007–Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Committee
Government responses tabled
Government responses to the following reports were tabled
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Expanding Australia’s trade and investment
relations with North Africa
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee–Review
of Australia-New Zealand trade and investment relations
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References
Committee–Mr Chen Yonglin’s request for political
asylum. This response was debated [
first speaker]
- Legal and Constitutional References
Committee–Administration and operation of the Migration
Act 1958. This response was debated [
first speaker]
- Migration Joint Committee–Detention centre contracts:
Review of audit report no. 1, 2005-06, Management of the
detention centre contracts: Part B [first
speaker]
- National Capital and External Territories Joint
Committee–Current and future governance arrangements for the
Indian Ocean territories
- Publications Joint Committee–Distribution of the
Parliamentary Paper Series
New inquiry
The Senate referred
matters relating to cost of living pressures on older
Australians to the Community Affairs Committee for report by 13
September 2007.
Public meetings
The Senate authorised various committees to hold public meetings
while the Senate is sitting. [See Journals entries nos
5 and
14]
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given to refer the Wheat Marketing
Amendment Bill 2007 to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee for report by 7 August 2007.
Membership
The Senate appointed Senator Boyce as a participating member of
the Economics Committee and the Employment, Workplace Relations and
Education Committee.
Documents
Documents tabled
Documents discussed
Government documents, committee reports, government responses
and Auditor-General’s reports were discussed. [See Journal
entries
48 and
49]
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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