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No. 13/2008
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.48pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures)
Bill 2008 [new Senate bill]
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008
Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 [passed by the House of Representatives
on 11 March 2008]
- Skills Australia Bill 2008 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 11 March 2008]
- Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of
Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2008 [private senator's bill]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008
[passed by the House of Representatives on 11 March 2008]
- Trade Practices Amendment (Access Declarations) Bill 2008
[passed by the House of Representatives on 11 March 2008]
Bills restored to the Notice Paper
The Senate agreed to restore
eight private senators' bills to the Notice Paper at the stage
reached in the last Parliament.
The following bills were passed
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008
Measures No. 1) Bill 2008
- Skills Australia Bill 2008
- Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment
(Enhanced Allowances) Bill 2008
[These bills will now be assented to]
Notice of motion
To introduce a bill
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other
Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 notice given by the
Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law (Senator Sherry)
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee tabled
additional information arising from the 2007-08 budget estimates
hearings.
Report tabled
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 2 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007
[2008] Economics Committee to report by 30 May 2008
- Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008
Community Affairs Committee to report by 25 June 2008
- Renewable Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Power
Percentage) Bill 2008 Economics Committee to report by 30 May
2008
- Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to report by 1 May
2008
- Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008 Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee to report by 16 June 2008
- Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008
Economics Committee to report by 1 May 2008
Other references
-
2007 Federal Election Electoral Matters Joint Committee
- Exposure drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and a
related bill Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee to
report by 11 April 2008
-
Sexualisation of children in the media Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee to report by 23 June
2008
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the Select
Committee on State Government Financial Management to 18 June
2008.
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given for the Rural and Regional Affairs
and Transport Committee to report on the exposure drafts of the
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and a related bill by 24 April
2008.
Membership
- The Senate agreed to various changes to committee membership
[See Journals entries nos
30 and
37]
- A message from the House of Representatives was reported
advising
various appointments to joint committees
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]
Orders for the production of documents
Motion defeated
A motion moved by the Leader of the Australian Democrats
(Senator Allison) requiring the Minister for Broadband,
Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to table a
copy of the KPMG ABC Funding Adequacy and Efficiency Review report
was defeated.
Documents tabled
- Australian parliamentary delegation 53rd Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi, India 21 to 29 September 2007
and bilateral visit to the Republic of the Philippines, 1 to 5
October 2007
-
Government documents [and
considered]
-
A petition
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for Human Services (Senator Ludwig) tabled a
ministerial statement on fertility policy. A
motion to take note of the statement was agreed to.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Matters of public interest debate
first speaker
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motions agreed to
-
Alcohol abuse moved by Senator Murray
-
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women moved by the Leader of the Australian Democrats
(Senator Allison) and Senator Stott Despoja
-
Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking moved by Senator
Ellison
Address-in-reply
Debate continued on the Address-in-reply to the
Governor-General's speech.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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