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No. 18/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.32pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Airports Amendment Bill 2006 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 March 2007]
- Criminal Code Amendment (Anti-Child Abuse and Pornography
Materials) Bill 2007 [private senator’s bill]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill 2007
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2006-2007 and a related bill
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Additional Screening
Measures) Bill 2007
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Debt Agreements) Bill 2007
and a related bill
- Corporations Amendment (Takeovers) Bill 2007
- Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2007
- Health Insurance Amendment (Provider Number Review) Bill
2007
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Information and Other
Measures) Bill 2007
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007 and a
related bill
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through
Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
The following bill was debated
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment
Bill 2007–consideration in committee of the whole
commenced–4 government
amendments to be determined
The following bills were passed
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006 [This bill
will now be assented to]
- Airspace Bill 2006 and a related bill [These bills will now be
assented to]
Notice of motion
To introduce a bill
- Lobbying and Ministerial Accountability Bill 2007–notice
given by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown)
[private senator’s bill]
Changes to hours of meeting
The Senate agreed to a
motion moved by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and
Conservation (Senator Abetz) to extend the hours of meeting for the
remainder of the Autumn sittings to allow the Government’s
legislative program to be considered.
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)
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The following reports relating to estimates hearings were
tabled:
Notice of motion
Reports tabled
Document tabled
- Senators’ Interests Committee–Explanatory
notes relating to statements of registrable interests
New inquiry
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 4 of the Selection of Bills Committee, which
recommended that the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007
Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 be referred to the Employment, Workplace
Relations and Education Committee for inquiry and report by 1 May
2007.
Proposed references
The Senate did not agree to refer the following matter to a
committee:
The following proposed reference was withdrawn:
- Housing needs of low and middle income households –
Community Affairs Committee
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the time for the presentation of the
report of the Economics Committee on the 2006-07 additional
estimates to 22 March 2007.
Notice of motion given
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting:
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee –23 March 2007
from 9.30am –two classified hearings to take evidence for the
committee’s inquiries into the review of administration and
expenditure no. 5: Australian Intelligence Organisations, and the
review of the re-listing of Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad
al-Rafidayan (TQJBR) as a terrorist organisation under the
Criminal Code Act 1995.
Membership
The Acting Deputy President (Senator Hutchins) reported that
letters had been received from Senator Brandis resigning his
position as a member of the Council of the National Library of
Australia, and resigning from the Parliamentary Library Joint
Committee.
Documents
Orders for the production of documents–Orders with
continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
Statement of compliance for
2 agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain files
created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
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
Motion agreed to
-
75th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
–moved by Senators Hutchins, Faulkner, George Campbell,
Stephens and Forshaw
Motions negatived
Motion debated
The Senate discussed issues relating to
rebuilding Iraq, raised by Senator Allison as a matter of
public importance. [first
speaker]
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals–see entries nos
13 and
27
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