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No. 38/2007
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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 Health and Ageing portfolio, including the
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 31 May 2007 in
Committee Room 2S1, again calling the Health and Ageing 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 9.05am until 9.40pm.
The committee:
- again called the department and agencies of
the Treasury portfolio, including: the Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission and the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission; and
- did not require the Australian Bureau of
Statistics, the National Competition Council, the Productivity
Commission or the Takeovers Panel.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 31 May 2007 in
Committee Room 2R1, again 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 9.14pm.
The committee called the department and agencies of the
Education, Science and Training portfolio, including: the
Australian Research Council; the Australian Nuclear Science and
Technology Organisation; the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Studies; the Australian Institute of Marine
Science; and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 31 May 2007 in
Committee Room 2S3, again calling the Education, Science and
Training portfolio, commencing with the department.
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 of
Defence.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 31 May 2007 in the
Main Committee Room, again calling the Defence 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