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No. 68/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 10.43pm
The Senate has now completed the Spring (2) sittings. The
Spring (3) sittings are scheduled to commence on 15
October 2007 but will not occur if the Parliament is prorogued
(brought to a close) before that date for a general
election.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Crime or Terrorism
Related Internet Content) Bill 2007 [new Senate bill]
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Child Sex Tourism Offences and
Related Measures) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives
on 19 September 2007]
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 19 September 2007]
- Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 19 September 2007]
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending FEE-HELP for VET
Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Diploma and Graduate
Certificate Courses) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 September 2007]
- National Health Security Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 September 2007]
- Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007
[passed by the House of Representatives on 19 September 2007]
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for
Students) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 19
September 2007]
- Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007
[private senator's bill]
- Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Disability, War Widow and War
Widower Pensions) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives
on 20 September 2007]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in 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, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Diploma and Graduate
Certificate 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
- Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Disability, War Widow and War
Widower Pensions) Bill 2007
The following bills were passed
- Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving
Australia' Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2007
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)
Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing and
Datacasting) Bill 2007
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation
Amendment (Child Disability Assistance) Bill 2007
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation
Amendment (Further 2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1)
2007
- Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Bill
2007
- Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending FEE-HELP for VET
Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Diploma and Graduate
Certificate Courses) Bill 2007
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (Cape York
Measures) Bill 2007
- Judges' Pensions Amendment Bill 2007
Federal Magistrates Amendment (Disability and Death Benefits) Bill
2007
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Bill 2007
- National Health Security Bill 2007
- Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 and a
related bill
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for
Students) Bill 2007
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 A message
was reported advising that the House had made the amendments
requested by the Senate the bill was read a third time
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill
2007
- Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Disability, War Widow and War
Widower Pensions) Bill 2007
[These bills will now be assented to]
Messages from the House of Representatives
- Australian Crime Commission Amendment Bill 2007 agreeing to the
bill without amendments
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2007
agreeing to the bill without amendments
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 agreeing to
the amendment made by the Senate
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007
agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate
[These bills will now be assented to]
Document tabled
- Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill 2007 Inquiry into the bill
[tabled by the Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator
Allison), by leave]
Bill assented to
Assent to a law was reported in the Senate.
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to disallow defeated
The Senate did not agree to a
motion which would have disallowed four items contained in the
Migration Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 7).
Notices of motion to disallow given
- The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave
notices to disallow the following:
-
Determination that amends the Australian Passports
Determination 2005
-
Regulations that amend the Corporations Regulations 2001 in
relation to access to a register of members of a body
corporate
-
Regulations that amend the Family Law (Child Abduction
Convention) Regulations 1986 to improve the operation and
effectiveness of the Convention
-
Regulations that amend the Financial Transaction Reports
Regulations 1990
-
Regulations that amend the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging
Services Table) Regulations 2006
-
Direction that allows Jetstar Airways to operate the A320
aircraft with 4 cabin attendants
-
Determination giving effect to changes to the list of drugs and
medicinal preparations available as pharmaceutical benefits
-
Regulations that amend the Ozone Protection and Synthetic
Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995
-
Rules that provide for the fees for human tissue prosthesis and
other prosthesis
-
Notice that revokes the Notice of Declarations and
Specifications made by the Minister for Social Security relating to
safety, rehabilitation and compensation
-
Instrument that provides an exemption to allow the stockpiling
in Australia of three separate unregistered therapeutic goods
-
Regulations prescribing matters connected to certain procedures
of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
-
Instrument varying the Statement of Conditions relating to
insurance cover for certain buildings that are provided under the
Defence Service Homes Act 1918
-
Vehicle standard that provides requirements for new pneumatic
tyres for motor vehicles and trailers
-
Regulations that amend the Workplace Relations Regulations
2006
-
Regulations that set out ways by which an employer may provide
the Workplace Relations Fact Sheet to employees
- Senator Milne gave a
notice of motion to disallow
regulations that amend the Ozone Protection and Synthetic
Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995
If notices of motion for disallowance are unresolved at the end
of the Parliament, the instruments to which they relate are deemed
to be tabled again at the start of the new Parliament, and the
disallowance timetable begins again.
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The following additional information arising from estimates
hearings was tabled:
Reports tabled
- Community Affairs Committee
Highway to health: better access for rural, regional and remote
patients
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts Committee
Report on two privilege matters raised with the committee in
relation to its inquiry into national parks, conservation reserves
and marine protected areas
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Annual reports
referred to the committee
Report no. 2 of 2007
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee
Australia's aid program in the Pacific
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee
Inquiry into the proscription of terrorist organisations' under
the Australian Criminal Code
- Publications Committee
-
24th Report [report adopted]
- Printing standards for documents presented to Parliament
- Treaties Joint Committee
89th Report Treaties tabled on 7 August 2007
Report considered
The Senate agreed to the recommendation in paragraph 40 and
endorsed the finding contained in paragraph 41 of the
131st report of the Privileges Committee.
Government response tabled
A
government response to the report of the Community Affairs
References Committee on quality and equity in aged care was
tabled.
New inquiry
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 16 of the Selection of Bills Committee and referred
the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Child Sex Tourism Offences and
Related Measures) Bill 2007 to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee to report by 10 October 2007.
Documents
Documents tabled
Ministerial statement tabled
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and
Administration (Senator Colbeck) tabled a ministerial statement on
the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap. [first
speaker]
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Statement by President
The President made a further statement in response to a
question asked by Senator Crossin on 19 September 2007
confirming that the Women in Parliament exhibition in Parliament
House would remain.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet the
Department of the Senate's online statistical collection.
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