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No. 49/2008
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.09pm
Senators
Senators
Cameron ,
Hanson-Young and
Feeney gave their first speeches.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other
Measures) Bill 2008
- Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008
[passed by the House of Representatives on 28 August 2008]
The following bills were debated
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2008–second reading agreed to [an Opposition
second reading amendment referring the bill to a committee was
agreed to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and 3 related
bills–second reading debate commenced [first
speaker]
The following bill was passed
- Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 3) Bill 2008 [The bill
will now be assented to
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Report on legislation
-
Unit Pricing (Easy comparison of grocery prices) Bill
2008–Economics Committee
Other reports
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee:
- 411th
report–Progress on equipment acquisition and financial
reporting in Defence
-
412th report–Audit reports reviewed during the 41st
Parliament
New inquiry
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2008–Environment, Communications and the Arts
Committee–to report by 15 September 2008
Public meetings
The Senate authorised committees to hold various public meetings
while the Senate is sitting [see Journals entries nos
3 and
10]
Notices of motion given
To refer matters to committees:
- Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No.
2]–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–to report
by 17 September 2008
-
Progress on the implementation of recommendations contained in
reports of the committee relating to child migration and
institutional care–Community Affairs Committee–to
report by the last sitting day in March 2009
Membership
The Senate agreed to appoint the following senators as members of
committees:
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee–Leader of the
Family First Party (Senator Fielding)
- Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities Select
Committee–Senators Hanson-Young and
Ludlam–participating members
A message from the House of Representatives was reported
advising of the following appointments to committees:
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee–Mr Robb
- Public Works Joint Committee–Mr Price in place of Mr
Hale
Documents
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
-
Clerk’s documents were tabled [legislative instruments
and other documents required by statute to be tabled]
Notice of intention to withdraw notices
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances
gave a notice of intention to withdraw notices to disallow the
following delegated legislation:
Orders for the production of documents
Statement by Minister
The Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator Wong) made a
statement relating to the order of the Senate [agreed to on
27 August 2008] requiring the tabling of documents concerning
the Coorong and Lower Lakes in South Australia. Senator Birmingham
took note of the statement.
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
A statement of compliance for the Office of the Official Secretary
to the Governor-General was tabled [Letters of advice about certain
files created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
Internet
Statements of compliance for
various agencies were 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]
Ministerial statement tabled
The Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary
Sector (Senator Stephens) tabled a ministerial statement about
reform of employment services in Australia.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motion agreed to
Motion debated
Statements by leave
Senator Adams made a
statement relating to the Australian Defence Force
Parliamentary Program. Senator Hurley
responded to the statement.
Senator Hutchins made a
personal explanation relating to comments made in the House of
Representatives by Mr Slipper and to newspaper articles of 31
August 2008 concerning alleged security breaches on HMAS
Stuart.
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
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Related resources
The Order of Business (or ‘Senate Red’) and
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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