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No. 67/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.26pm
New Senator
Senator Bushby gave his
first speech.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2007 [private senator's bill]
- Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Bill 2007
[passed by the House of Representatives on 19 September 2007]
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (Cape York
Measures) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 19
September 2007]
The following bills were debated
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)
Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007 Second reading debate
commenced
- The following bills were passed
- Higher Education Endowment Fund Bill 2007 and a related bill
[These bills will now be assented to]
- Quarantine Amendment (Commission of Inquiry) Bill 2007 [This
bill will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Crime or Terrorism
Related Internet Content) Bill 2007 notice given by the Minister
for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Senator
Coonan)
- Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007
notice given by the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator
Fielding) [private senator's bill]
- To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Bill
2007
- Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending FEE-HELP for VET
Diploma and VET Advanced Diploma Courses) Bill 2007
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (Cape York
Measures) Bill 2007
- National Health Security Bill 2007
- Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for
Students) Bill 2007
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 6) Bill 2007
- Trade Practices Amendment (Small Business Protection) Bill
2007
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion to disallow given
Senator Bartlett gave a
notice of motion to disallow certain items contained in the
Migration Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 7).
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk's documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee
Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime
on Australian society
- Public Works Joint Committee
-
10th report of 2007 Proposed CSIRO collocation with Queensland
Government on the ecosciences and health and food sciences
precincts, Brisbane, Queensland
- 11th
report of 2007 Proposed RAAF Base Amberley redevelopment stage
three, Queensland
- 12th
report of 2007 Proposed C-17 heavy air lift infrastructure
project
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee
Alert Digest No. 12 of 2007 and
10th report of 2007 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
Government response tabled
A
government response to the report of the Finance and Public
Administration Committee on the Superannuation Legislation
Amendment Bill 2007 was tabled.
New inquiry
The Senate referred matters relating to
climate change and Australian agricultural industries to the
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport 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 Department of Defence was
tabled [Letters of advice about certain files created by
departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Australian National Audit Office Report for 2006-07
-
Clerk's documents [legislative instruments and other documents
required by statute to be tabled]
- Government documents [see Journal entries nos
2 and
26]
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Matters of public interest debate
first speaker
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motion agreed to
Motions negatived
Question to President
Senator Crossin asked the President a
question relating to the Women in Parliament display in
Parliament House. The President made a
statement in response. A
motion to take note of the statement was agreed to.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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