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No. 65/2007
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.27pm
Privilege matter
The President made a
statement relating to a matter of privilege raised by Senator
Nettle concerning possible false or misleading evidence given by
officers at estimates hearings of the Legal and Constitutional
Legislation Committee in May 2004 and February 2005 relating to the
Government's knowledge that Mr Mamdouh Habib had been taken to
Egypt. Senator Nettle gave a
notice of motion to refer the matter to the Committee of
Privileges.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 13 September 2007]
The following bill was debated
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007
Committee of the whole commenced 3 Government amendments agreed to
and 2 Australian Democrat amendments to be determined [see
Journal entries nos
3 and
26]
The following bill was passed
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill
2007 [This bill will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2007 notice given by the Leader of
the Family First Party (Senator Fielding) [private senator's
bill]
- Australian Crime Commission Amendment Bill 2007 notice given by
the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator
Abetz)
To consider bills together
The Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator
Abetz) gave a notice of motion to allow the following bills to be
considered together:
- Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
- Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007
To vary the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and
Conservation (Senator Abetz) to vary the hours of meeting for the
remainder of this week to allow the Government's legislative
program to be considered.
To exempt a bill from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Australian Crime Commission Amendment Bill 2007 notice given by
the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator
Abetz)
Messages from the House of Representatives
- Australian Postal Corporation Amendment (Quarantine Inspection
and Other Measures) Bill 2007 agreeing to the bill without
amendments
- Northern Territory National Emergency Response Amendment
(Alcohol) Bill 2007 agreeing to the bill without amendments
[These bills will now be assented to]
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 Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave notice of his intention to withdraw a
notice to disallow
principles that outline the process that the Secretary to the
Department of Health and Ageing will undertake in investigating
complaints 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
Procedural change
The Senate agreed that a
sessional order adopted on 6 October 2005 relating to the
unauthorised disclosure of committee proceedings operate as an
order of continuing effect.
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 145 questions placed on notice during the
consideration of the 2007-08 budget estimates by the Employment,
Workplace Relations and Education Committee.
The Minister provided an explanation. A
motion to take note of the Minister's response was agreed
to.
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and
Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 and National Market Driven
Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007
PDF 95KB Economics Committee [Recommendation of the interim
report adopted and reporting date for the final reports extended to
last day of the 41st Parliament]
Other reports
- Electoral Matters Joint Committee Review
of certain aspects of the administration of the Australian
Electoral Commission
- Privileges Committee
132nd report Person referred to in the Senate (Mr Chalid
Muhammad and Mr Nurkholis on behalf of staff of the Indonesian
Forum for Environment (WALHI)) [A motion to adopt the report was
agreed to]
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to the Australia-Russia Nuclear Cooperation
Agreement to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee.
Notices of motion given
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting:
- Community Affairs Committee 20 September 2007 from 3.30pm Cost
of living pressures on older Australians
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee 19 September 2007
from 11.15 am to 1.15 pm Review of Auditor-General's reports
Documents
Orders for the production of documents Orders with
continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
Statements of compliance for
various agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
files created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Departmental and agency contracts published on the Internet
A statement of compliance for the Defence portfolio was tabled
[Letters of advice about certain contracts valued at $100 000 or
more entered into by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Australian parliamentary delegation Report Canada and Germany
14 to 28 April 2007
-
Clerk's documents [legislative instruments and other documents
required by statute to be tabled]
-
3 petitions
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motion agreed to
- Health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
moved by Senator Siewert [debated as a matter of urgency
first speaker]
Motion negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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