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No. 50/2008
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 6.51pm
Senators
Senators
Furner and
Cash gave their first speeches.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet < www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm
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Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 1 September 2008]
The following bill was debated
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Removal of the Higher
Education Workplace Relations Requirements and National Governance
Protocols Requirements and Other Matters) Bill 2008–committee
of the whole commenced
The following bill was passed
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2008
[The bill will now be assented to]
Notice of motion
To introduce a private senators’ bill
- Flags (Protection of Australian Flags) Amendment Bill
2008–notice given by Senator Barnett
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint
Committee–Statutory
oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission [A
motion to take note of the report was debated and agreed
to]
- Public Works Joint Committee–6th report
of 2008–Referrals tabled March and June 2008
New inquiry
- Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No.
2]–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–to report
by 24 September 2008
Private meeting
The Senate authorised the Environment, Communications and the
Arts Committee to hold a private meeting while the Senate is
sitting on 2 September 2008.
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline:
- The implementation, operation and administration of the
legislation underpinning Carbon Sink Forests–Rural and
Regional Affairs and Transport Committee–to report by 23
September 2008
To refer matters to a committee:
- Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Workplace Rights)
Bill 2008 and
related maters–Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations Committee–to report by 26 November 2008–the
motion was subsequently withdrawn
Documents
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notices of motion to disallow given
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave a notice of motion to disallow the
Student Assistance (Public Interest Certificate Guidelines)
Determination 2008.
Notices of motion withdrawn
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances withdrew notices to disallow the following delegated
legislation:
Orders for the production of documents
Notices of motion given
The following notices of motion were given requiring Ministers
to table documents:
-
Documents relating to emissions-intensive companies –no
later than 4.00pm on 4 September 2008–notice given by
Senator Milne
-
Report of the Strategic Review of Climate Change
Programs–no later than 4.00pm on 4 September
2008–notice given by Senator Milne
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the Internet
A statement of compliance for the Office of the Privacy
Commissioner 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]
Documents tabled
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (
Senator Carr ) tabled a ministerial statement about intercountry
adoption. [A
motion to take note of the statement was agreed to]
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Motion agreed to
Motion negatived
Motion debated
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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