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No. 19/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 11.31pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Bill 2006
[passed by the House of Representatives on 21 March 2007]
- Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the House
of Representatives on 22 March 2007]
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through
Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 21 March 2007]
- Tourism Australia Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 21 March 2007]
The following bills were debated
- Climate Change Action Bill 2006 [private senator’s bill]
–second reading debate commenced [first
speaker]
- Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through
Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007–second reading
debate commenced [first
speaker] [The Opposition moved a
second reading amendment expressing a view on the policy of the
bill]
The following bills were passed
- Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill
2007–1
government amendment agreed to [The House of Representatives
will now consider the amendment made by the Senate]
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment
Bill 2007–4
government amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives
will now consider the amendments made by the Senate]
- Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Bill 2006
[This bill will now be assented to]
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Additional Screening
Measures) Bill 2007 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Debt Agreements) Bill 2007
and a related bill [These bills will now be assented to]
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007 and a
related bill [These bills will now be assented to]
- Tourism Australia Amendment Bill 2007 [This bill 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)
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The Economics Committee tabled a report on additional estimates
2006-07.
Reports tabled
Document tabled
A corrigendum was tabled to the report of the Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee into the Migration Amendment
(Review Provisions) Bill 2006 [2007].
Government response tabled
A
government response to the 80th report of the Treaties Joint
Committee was tabled.
Meetings during Senate sittings
The Senate authorised two committees to meet while the Senate is
sitting. [See Journal entries nos
9 and
31]
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]
Documents tabled
Documents discussed
Government documents, committee reports, government responses
and Auditor-General’s reports were discussed.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motion agreed to
The Senate agreed to a motion moved by Senator Faulkner about
former Prime Minister,
Mr EG Whitlam.
Personal explanations
- Leader of the Family First Party (Senator
Fielding)–article in the Age on 22 March
2007 concerning Mr David Hicks and the United States of America
military commission process
- Leader of The Nationals in the Senate (Senator
Boswell)–comments made on the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation news on 22 March 2007concerning broadband
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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