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No. 24/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.37pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2007 [new
Senate bill]
- Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2007 [new Senate bill]
- Migration Amendment (Border Integrity) Bill 2006 [passed by the
House of Representatives 27 March 2007]
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Information and Other
Measures) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 26
March 2007]
The following bill was exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Migration Amendment (Border Integrity) Bill 2006
The following bills were passed
- Airports Amendment Bill 2006–33
Government amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives
will now consider the amendments made by the Senate]
- Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2007 [The bill will now
be assented to]
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Information and Other
Measures) Bill 2007 [The bill will now be assented to]
- Private Health Insurance (Reinsurance Trust Fund Levy)
Amendment Bill 2006–a message was reported advising that the
House had made the amendments requested by the Senate–the
bill was read a third time [The bill will now be assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 [The bill
will now be assented to]
Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 7) Bill 2006–1
Schedule negatived [The House of Representatives will now
consider the amendment made by the Senate]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Energy Savings (White Certificate Trading) and Productivity
Bill 2007–notice given by the Leader of the Australian
Democrats (Senator Allison) [private senator’s bill]
- Repatriation of Citizens Bill 2007–notice given by the
Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) and Senator
Stott Despoja [private senators’ bill]
Messages from the House of Representatives
Agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate to the following
bills:
- Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill 2007 [The
bill will now be assented to]
- Private Health Insurance Bill 2006
Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential
Amendments) Bill 2006 [These bills 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)
Notice of motion to disallow given
The Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) gave a
notice to disallow Amendments
56,
59,
60 and
61 of the National Capital Plan made under section 19 of the
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land
Management) Act 1988.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Public Works Joint Committee–First
report of 2007–Redevelopment of propellant manufacturing
and other specified capabilities at Mulwala
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–
PDF 274KB of 2006 and
PDF 327KB of 2006 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
Document tabled
- Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill
2007–Economics Committee–Corrected version of comments
on the report by Senator Joyce
New inquiries
The Senate referred the following matters to committees:
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee into
workforce challenges in the Australian transport sector to 9 August
2007.
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline:
- Australia ’s national parks – Environment,
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee
–to report by 12 April 2007
To refer matters to a committee:
Membership
A message from the House of Representatives was reported
advising that Ms Hall and Mr Wilkie had been appointed to the
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Joint
Committee.
Documents
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
Motions agreed to
Motions not agreed to
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals–see entries nos
12 and
36.
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