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No. 23/2007
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 11.43pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bill was debated
The following bills were passed
- AusCheck Bill 2006–12
Government amendments agreed to and 1 clause negatived [The
House of Representatives will now consider the amendments made by
the Senate]
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2006–passed after the question for the
third reading of the bill was put again [statements were made
relating to the vote for the third reading–first
speaker] –7
Government amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives
will now consider the amendments made by the Senate]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and
Ageing (Senator Mason) gave notices of motion to introduce the
following bills:
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2007
- Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2007
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
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee to hold a public meeting while the Senate is sitting on
29 March 2007 from 5.30pm to for the committee’s inquiry into
the Migration Amendment (Maritime Crew) Bill 2007.
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline
- Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Committee–Workforce challenges in the Australian transport
sector–to report by 9 August 2007
To refer matters to a committee
-
Impact of the Trade Practices (Horticulture Code of Conduct)
Regulations 2006–Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee–to report by 10 May 2007
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership.
Documents
Orders for the production of documents–Order with
continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
A statement of compliance for the Transport and Regional
Services portfolio was 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
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
-
Slavery–moved by Senator Hutchins
-
Tasmanian Tigers cricket team–moved by Senators Carol
Brown, O’Brien, Polley, Sherry, the Minister for Fisheries,
Forestry and Conservation (Senator Abetz), the Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator
Colbeck), Senators Barnett, Calvert, Watson and Parry, the Leader
of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) and Senator Milne
Motions not agreed to
Matter of public importance
The Senate discussed issues relating to industrial relations,
raised by Senator Wong as a matter of public importance. [first
speaker]
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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It is issued by the Senate Table Office as a convenient summary
of each day’s proceedings in the Senate. For a complete
account see the official record, the Journals of the
Senate, on the Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm
Related resources
The Order of Business (or ‘Senate Red’) and
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Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
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