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No. 33/2008
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Community Affairs Committee
Portfolios allocated: Families, Housing,
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Health and Ageing
The committee met from 9.00am until 10.55pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the Health and Ageing
portfolio, including the General Practice Education and Training
Ltd Agency, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Agency, the
Australian Sports Commission Agency and the National Health and
Medical Research Council Agency; and
- concluded its hearings.
Economics Committee
Portfolios allocated: Innovation, Industry,
Science and Research; Resources, Energy and Tourism; Treasury
The committee met from 9.00am until 10.25pm.
The committee:
- called agencies of the Treasury portfolio, including the
Australian Competition and Consume Commission, the National
Competition Council, the Australian Accounting Standards Board, the
Takeovers Panel, the Commonwealth Grants Commission, the
Productivity Commission and the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission; and
- concluded its hearings.
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations
The committee met from 9.01am until 3.21pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the Education, Employment
and Workplace Relations portfolio, including Skills Australia and
the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Ltd; and
- concluded its hearings.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Foreign Affairs and
Trade; Defence (including Veterans' Affairs)
The committee met from 10.00am until 12.35pm.
The committee:
- called the Defence portfolio, including the Department of
Veterans' Affairs and the Australian War Memorial; and
- concluded its hearings.
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 2008-09 budget
estimates (membership of committees, portfolio allocation, terms of
reference etc.) is available on the Senate web page.
A
program for each of the committees is available on the
Senate webpage 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 (when available)
The Senate Daily Summary will be published
each day after the committees meet. The Summary will give a brief
overview on the progress made by each committee and the business
each committee expects 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 by the Senate Table Office 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, prepared by the Senate Procedure Office,
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