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No. 77/2008
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.28pm.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Customs Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement
Implementation) Bill 2008 and a related bill [passed by the House
of Representatives on 12 November 2008]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Education Refund) Bill 2008 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 11 November 2008]
- Transport Security Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008
[passed by the House of Representatives on 11 November 2008]
The following bill was debated
- Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth
Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008–second reading
agreed to and committee of the whole commenced–1
Government amendment agreed to and 1 Part negatived [further
amendments and requests remain to be considered]
The following bills were defeated by a majority vote
- National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 and a
related bill–defeated
at the second reading [first
speaker]
The following bill was agreed to with requests
- Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth
Laws—Superannuation) Bill 2008–3 Government and 1
Opposition amendments agreed to and 2 Government requests for
amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives will now
consider the
amendments requested by the Senate]
Messages from the House of
Representatives
- Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other
Measures) Bill 2008–agreeing to the amendments made by the
Senate [This bill will now be assented to]
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill
2008–agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate [This bill
will now be assented to]
- Safe Work Australia Bill 2008–insisting on disagreeing to
the
amendments made and insisted on by the Senate [The Senate will
reconsider the amendments disagreed to by the House on a future
sitting day]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The Senate agreed to a
motion establishing dates for estimates hearings for 2009.
Reports tabled
- Economics Committee–Lost
in Space? Setting a new direction for Australia’s space
science and industry sector [a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
- Procedure Committee–Third
report of 2008–Restructuring question time
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–Alert
Digest No. 12 of 2008 and
12th report of 2008 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Community Affairs Committee to hold a
private meeting while the Senate is sitting on 12 November
2008.
Notices of motion given
To establish committees:
To extend a reporting deadline:
- Natural resource management and conservation
challenges–Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee–to report by 12 March 2009
To refer a matter to a committee:
- Exposure draft of the Personal Property Securities Bill
2008–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–to
report by 24 February 2009
To vary resolutions of appointment of certain select
committees:
Membership
The Senate discharged Senator Fierravanti-Wells from and
appointed Senator Fifield to the Fuel and Energy Select
Committee.
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]
Documents tabled
Ministerial statement tabled
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and
Ageing (Senator McLucas) tabled a ministerial statement about
global food security.
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
Motion negatived
Days of meeting
The Senate agreed to a motion establishing the
days of meeting for 2009.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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Senate, on the Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm
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Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
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