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No. 36/2007
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Community Affairs Committee
Portfolios allocated: Families, Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs; Health and Ageing
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.05am until 11.00pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
portfolio, including: Aboriginal Hostels Limited, the Indigenous
Land Corporation, and the Tiwi Land Council.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 29 May 2007 in
Committee Room 2S1, again calling the Family, Community Services
and Indigenous Affairs portfolio, commencing with the
department.
Economics Committee
Portfolios allocated: Industry, Tourism and
Resources; Treasury
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.02am until 10.42pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Industry, Tourism and Resources portfolio.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 29 May 2007 in
Committee Room 2R1, calling the Treasury portfolio, commencing with
the department.
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee
Portfolios allocated: Employment and Workplace
Relations; Education, Science and Training
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.02am until 11.02pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio,
including: the Workplace Authority and the Workplace Ombudsman.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 29 May 2007 in
Committee Room 2S3, again calling the Employment and Workplace
Relations portfolio, commencing with the Australian Industrial
Relations Commission and the Australian Industry Registry.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Portfolios allocated: Foreign Affairs and
Trade; Defence (including Veterans' Affairs)
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 11.00pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, including the
Australian Agency for International Development.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 29 May 2007 in the Main
Committee Room, again calling the Foreign Affairs and Trade
portfolio, commencing with the department.
Related links
Portfolio budget statements and related papers can be
obtained from the Senate Table Office (phone 6277 3010) and on the
Internet.
General
information about the consideration of the 2007-08 budget
estimates (membership of committees, portfolio allocation, terms of
reference etc.) is available on the Senate website.
A
program for each committee is available on the Senate
website and will be updated as necessary.
Committee proceedingscan be viewed on the
Internet
Committee Hansardscan be obtained from the Senate Table
Office (phone 6277 3010) and on the
Internet
The Senate Daily Summary, published each day after the
committees meet, gives an overview of the progress made by
committees and the business they expect to consider the next
day.
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued this week as a convenient summary of each day's
consideration of estimates by Senate committees. On sitting days it
provides a summary of each day's proceedings in the Senate.
Further information
Senate Briefs provide general information about the
estimates process:
No.
4: Senate Committees
No.
5: Consideration of Estimates by the Senate Committees
No.
13: Rights and Responsibilities of Witnesses before Senate
Committees
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions: phone 6277 3021
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au