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No. 22/2008
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.30pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)
Amendment (Assessments and Advertising) Bill 2008 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 13 May 2008]
- Commonwealth Electoral (Above-the-Line Voting) Amendment Bill
2008 [private senator's bill]
- Lands Acquisition Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 13 May 2008]
- Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008
[passed by the House of Representatives on 13 May 2008]
The following private senator's bill was restored to the Notice
Paper
- Plastic Bag Levy (Assessment and Collection) Bill 2002
[2008]
The following bills were passed
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill
2008 20 Government amendments agreed to and 1 subsection
negatived [The House of Representatives will now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network) Bill 2008 1 Opposition second reading amendment agreed to
[expressing a view about the policy of the bill] and 16 Opposition
and 13 Government amendments agreed to. [See Journal entries
nos
4 and
36 The House of Representatives will now consider the Senate's
bill, in its amended form]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other
Measures) Bill 2008 notice given by the Special Minister of State
(Senator Faulkner)
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill
2008 notice given by Senator Milne [private senator's bill]
- Unit Pricing (Easy comparison of grocery prices) Bill 2008
notice given by the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator
Fielding) [private senator's bill]
To restore a private senator's bill to the Notice Paper
- Parliamentary (Judicial Misbehaviour or Incapacity) Commission
Bill 2007 notice given by Senator Kirk
To exempt a bill from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation
Amendment (One-off Payments and Other Budget Measures) Bill 2008
notice given by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
Health and Ageing (Senator McLucas)
To vary the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Minister for Human Services (Senator
Ludwig) to vary the routine of business for 15 May 2008 to allow
the Government's legislative program to be considered.
Messages from the House of Representatives
Agreeing to the following bills without amendment
- Cross-Border Insolvency Bill 2008
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Review of Prudential
Decisions) Bill 2008
[These bills will now be assented to]
Bills assented to
Assent to a number of laws was reported in the Senate
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Appropriations and Staffing Committee 46th report Estimates for
the Department of the Senate 2008-09
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee
Alert Digest No. 3 of 2008 and
3rd report of 2008 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
Documents tabled
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee
Statement on the draft budget estimates for the Australian
National Audit Office for 2008-09
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 4 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and referred
the Reserve Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008 to the
Economics Committee to report by 31 May 2008.
Other references
-
Commonwealth Electoral (Above-the-Line Voting) Amendment Bill
2008 Electoral Matters Joint Committee to be referred to the
Committee as part of its inquiry into all aspects of the 2007
Federal Election to report not before June 2009
-
Lobbying Code of Conduct Finance and Public Administration
Committee to report by the first sitting Thursday of August
2008
Public meetings
The Senate authorised the following public meetings to be held
while the Senate is sitting:
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee 17 June 2008 from
3.30pm to 7.00 pm Australian Crime Commission Amendment Act
2007
- Community Affairs Committee 15 May 2008 from 3.30pm to 7.15pm
Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2007 [2008]
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee into
Australia's involvement in peacekeeping operations to 26 June
2008.
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given to extend the reporting deadline of
the Agricultural and Related Industries Select Committee to 16
October 2008 and to
vary the terms of reference relating to participating
membership.
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership.
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]
Delegated legislation disallowed
The Senate disallowed the following delegated legislation:
- Amendment 2 to the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No. 1,
made under section 238-10 of the Higher Education Support Act
2003 [first
speaker]
- Road User Charge Determination 2008 (No. 1), made under the
Fuel Tax Act 2006 [first
speaker]
Notice of motion to disallow given
Senator Watson gave a notice of motion to disallow an
order providing conditional relief from managed investment
scheme registration, financial product disclosure and AFS licensing
provisions under the Corporations Act 2001 for the operation of
collective investment schemes authorised by the Monetary Authority
of Singapore.
Orders for the production of documents
Notice of motion given
Senator Minchin gave a
notice of motion to require the Special Minister of State
(Senator Faulkner) to table documents relating to defence
procurement projects no later than 4.00pm on 19 June 2008.
Documents tabled
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
Motions negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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