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No. 25/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 6.36pm
The Senate has now completed the Autumn
sittings and will commence the Budget
sittings on 8 May
2007
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Governance Review Implementation (Treasury Portfolio Agencies)
Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 28 March
2007]
- Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development
Amendment Bill 2007 [passed by the House of Representatives on 28
March 2007]
- Repatriation of Citizens Bill 2007 [private senators’
bill]
- Workplace Relations (Restoring Family Work Balance) Amendment
Bill 2007 [private senator’s bill]
The following bills were passed
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2006-2007 and Appropriation Bill
(No. 4) 2006-2007 [These bills will now be assented to]
- Corporations Amendment (Takeovers) Bill 2007 [The bill will now
be assented to]
- Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment
(Welfare to Work and Vocational Rehabilitation Services) Bill 2006
[The bill will now be assented to]
- Health Insurance Amendment (Provider Number Review) Bill 2007
[The bill will now be assented to]
- Migration Amendment (Border Integrity) Bill 2007 [The bill will
now be assented to]
- Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 [2007] [The
House of Representatives will now consider this bill]
Messages from the House of Representatives
Agreeing to amendments made by the Senate
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment
Bill 2007
- AusCheck Bill 2006
- Native Title Amendment Bill 2006
[These bills will now be assented to]
Agreeing to a bill without amendment
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Contributions)
Bill 2006 [2007] [The 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)
Notice of intention to withdraw notices
The Chairman of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave notice of his intention to withdraw a
notice of motion to disallow an
instrument that nominates an agreement for the purposes of
Special Disability Trusts.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The following additional information arising from estimates
hearings was tabled:
- Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts Committee–Supplementary budget and additional estimates
2006-07
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Committee–Supplementary budget estimates 2006-07
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee–Additional estimates 2005-06; Supplementary budget
and additional estimates 2006-07
Reports tabled
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint
Committee–Exposure
drafts of the Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007 and
the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Amendment
Regulations 2007. This report was debated [first
speaker]
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee–Reforms to
Australia’s military justice system–Second progress
report
- Publications Committee–
20th Report [report adopted]
Government responses tabled
Government responses to committee reports were tabled
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Australia’s free trade agreements with
Singapore, Thailand and the United States: Progress to date and
lessons for the future
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Australia’s relationship with the Republic of
Korea; and developments on the Korean peninsula
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–3rd report of 2004–The
quality of explanatory memoranda accompanying bills
Documents tabled
- Community Affairs References Committee–Beyond petrol
sniffing: Renewing hope for Indigenous communities–Additional
information. This document was debated [first
speaker]
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee reports
The Senate adopted reports
5 and
6 of the Selection of Bills Committee, which recommended the
following references:
- Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill
2007–Community Affairs Committee–to report by 17 May
2007
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2007
and a related bill–Environment, Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts Committee–to report by 30 April
2007
- Corporations (NZ Closer Economic Relations) and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill 2007–Economics Committee–to
report by 4 May 2007
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation
Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures)
Bill 2007–Community Affairs Committee–to report by 8
May 2007
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill
2007–Community Affairs Committee–to report by 1 May
2007
- Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2007–Community Affairs
Committee–to report by 1 May 2007
- Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2007–Economics
Committee–to report by 8 May 2007
- Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill
2007–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–to
report by 8 May 2007
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill
2007–Economics Committee–to report by 30 April
2007
Other references
The Senate referred matters relating to
private equity markets to the Economics Committee for report by
20 June 2007.
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer matters relating to
sea-level rises and climate change to the Environment,
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee.
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Australia’s national parks–Environment,
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Committee–to report by 12 April 2007
- Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006–Foreign
Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee–to report by 10 May
2007
Membership
The Senate agreed to various changes to committee membership
[see Journals entries
22,
35 and
44 ]
Documents
Orders for the production of documents–Order with
continuing effect
Departmental and agency contracts published on the Internet
A statement of compliance for the Australian Institute of Family
Studies was tabled [Letters of advice about certain contracts
valued at $100 000 or more entered into by departments and agencies
are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–
Audit report no. 31 of 2006-07
- Australian parliamentary delegation–United Kingdom and
Poland, 25 June to 8 July 2006–Report
-
Clerk’s documents [legislative instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled]
- Department of the Senate–Preparing Private
Senators’ bills, explanatory memoranda and second reading
speeches–Guidelines
- Department of the Senate–Training programs provided by
Senate staff for overseas legislatures–Reports
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for the Arts and Sport ( Senator Brandis ) tabled a
ministerial statement on global initiatives on forests and
climate. This statement was debated [first
speaker]
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Advance to the Finance Minister
The
Advance to the Finance Minister for 2005-2006 was approved
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals–see entries nos
2 and
30.
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet–the
Department of the Senate’s online statistical collection.
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Online
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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
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the Dynamic Red (which updates the Order of
Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
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