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No. 48/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.40pm
New Senator
Mr Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann was sworn in as a senator for
Western Australia.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Australian Postal Corporation Amendment (Quarantine Inspection
and Other Measures) Bill 2007 [new Senate bill]
- Independent Contractors Amendment Bill 2007 (No. 2) [private
senator's bill introduced by Senator Sterle]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified GST Accounting) Bill 2007
[passed by the House of Representatives on 19 June 2007]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2007 [new Senate bill]
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 June 2007]
The following bills were passed
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill
2007
18 Government amendments agreed to
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill
2007 9 Government and 1 Opposition amendments agreed to [see
Journal entries nos
6 and
38]
- Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007
2 Family First amendments agreed to
[The House of Representatives will now consider the amendments
made by the Senate]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and
Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 notice given by the Leader of
the Family First Party (Senator Fielding) [private senator's
bill]
- Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
notice given by the Minister for Justice and Customs (Senator
Johnston)
To exempt a bill from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2007
Message from the House of Representatives
- Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007
agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion given
Senator Bob Brown gave a
notice of motion to disapprove a
determination that amends Remuneration Tribunal Determination
2005/19 Principal Executive Office Classification Structure and
Terms and Conditions
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk's documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts Committee
Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector. The report
was debated [first
speaker]
- Public Works Joint Committee 5th
report of 2007 Provision of facilities for project single
living environment and accommodation precinct phase 2
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee
Administration of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry, Biosecurity Australia and Australian Quarantine and
Inspection Service in relation to the final import risk analysis
report for apples from New Zealand. The report was debated
[first
speaker]
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee
Alert Digest No. 7 of 2007 and
7th report of 2007 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
- Treaties Joint Committee
84th report Treaty tabled on 6 December 2006. The report was
debated [first
speaker]
Documents tabled
- Senators' Interests Committee Register of gifts to the Senate
and the Parliament incorporating declarations of gifts lodged
between 5 December 2000 and 18 June 2007
- Senators' Interests Committee Register of senators' interests
incorporating statements of registrable interests and notifications
of alterations of interests of senators lodged between 5 December
2006 and 18 June 2007
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer the Wheat Marketing Amendment
Bill 2007 to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee. [first
speaker]
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given to refer matters relating to the
fire on
HMAS Westralia in May 1998 to the Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Committee for report by 31 August 2007.
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee memberships.
Documents
Orders for the production of documents
Motion defeated
The Senate did not agree to a
motion moved by Senator Nettle requiring the Minister
representing the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
(Senator Abetz) to table documents relating to Anvil Hill coal
mine.
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General
Audit report no. 46 of 2006-07
-
Clerk's documents [legislative instruments and other documents
required by statute to be tabled]
- Department of the Senate Register of Senate senior executive
officers' interests incorporating notifications of alterations of
interests of Senate senior executive officers lodged between 5
December 2006 and 18 June 2007
-
A petition
Documents discussed
Government documents were discussed.
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
Motions negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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Related resources
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