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No. 14/2008
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.22pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 12 March 2008]
- Drink Container Recycling Bill 2008 [private senator's
bill]
- Screen Australia Bill 2008 and 2 related bills [passed by the
House of Representatives on 12 March 2008]
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other
Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 [new Senate
bill]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008
[passed by the House of Representatives on 12 March 2008]
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill
2008 [passed by the House of Representatives on 12 March 2008]
The following bills were passed
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2008
- Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP Assistance)
Bill 2008
- Screen Australia Bill 2008 and 2 related bills
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008
- Trade Practices Amendment (Access Declarations) Bill 2008
[These bills will now be assented to]
Change to hours of meeting
The Senate agreed to vary the
hours of meeting for 17 and 18 March 2008 to allow the
Government's legislative program to be considered.
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee into the
exposure drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and a
related bill to 24 April 2008.
Membership
A message from the House of Representatives was reported
advising that Mr Bevis, Mr Downer, Mr Dreyfus, Mr Melham and Mr
Ruddock have been appointed members of the Intelligence and
Security Joint 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]
Orders for the production of documents Orders with
continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
A statement of compliance for the Department of Broadband,
Communications and the Digital Economy 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
A statement of compliance for the Health and Ageing portfolio
agencies was 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]
Health Insurance Anti-competitive practices
A report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
on anti-competitive and other practices by health funds and
providers in relation to private health insurance for the period 1
July 2006 to 30 June 2007 was tabled [The report was tabled in
response to the order of the Senate agreed to on
25 March 1999 on the motion of Senator Harradine and amended on
18 September 2002]
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator Wong) tabled
a
ministerial statement about the Wheat Export Marketing Bill
2008.
Documents discussed
Government documents, committee reports, government responses
and Auditor-General's reports were discussed.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motion debated
The Senate debated a
motion moved by Senator Eggleston relating to the budget and
the economy.
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.
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet the
Department of the Senate's online statistical collection.
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued by the Senate Table Office as a convenient summary
of each day's proceedings in the Senate. For a complete account see
the official record, the Journals of the Senate, on the
Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm
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
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions:
phone 6277 3021
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au