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No. 57/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.55pm
Senators
Senator Cormann gave his
first speech.
Valedictory speeches were given for
Senator Calvert [first
speaker]
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- APEC Public Holiday Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 13 August 2007]
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)
Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 15 August 2007]
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2007
[new Senate bill]
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007
[new Senate bill]
- Water Bill 2007 and a related bill [passed by the House of
Representatives on 14 August 2007]
The following bills were debated
- Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 and 4
related bills Committee of the whole continued
2 clauses to be determined
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 motion to disallow given
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave a
notice of motion to disallow
principles that outline the process that the Secretary to the
Department of Health and Ageing will undertake in investigating
complaints or information brought to his or her attention regarding
the responsibilities of a residential or community aged care
provider
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk's documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee Review
of the re-listing of Hizballah's External Security
Organisation
- Public Works Joint Committee
- Report
No. 6 of 2007 Fit-out of new leased premises for the
Department of Health and Ageing at the Woden Town Centre
- Report
No. 7 of 2007 Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth ,
Malaysia Australian Defence Force facilities rationalisation
- Report
No. 8 of 2007 RAAF Base Pearce redevelopment stage 1,
Pearce , Western Australia
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee
Alert Digest No. 10 of 2007 [contain assessments of bills on
civil liberties and related grounds]
Documents tabled
- Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 and 4
related bills Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Additional
information
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee into
the current level of academic standards of school education to 13
September 2007.
Documents
Documents tabled
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Matters of public interest debate
first speaker
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motions agreed to
-
Montreal Protocol moved by Senator Milne
-
Sexualisation of children in the media moved by the Leader of
the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) and the Minister for
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Senator
Coonan)
Motions negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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