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No. 6/2008
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Environment, Communications and the Arts
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Environment and Water
Resources; Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts;
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.04am until 11.01pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
portfolio, including: Australia Post, the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, the Special Broadcasting Service and the Australian
Communications and Media Authority.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 19 February 2007 in
Senate Committee Room 2S3, calling the Environment, Water, Heritage
and the Arts portfolio, commencing with the department.
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Portfolios allocated: Finance and
Administration; Human Services; Parliament; Prime Minister and
Cabinet
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 11.10pm.
The committee called the Department of the
Senate, the Department of Parliamentary Services, and the
department and agencies of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
portfolio, including the Office of the Official Secretary to the
Governor-General.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday 22 May 2007 in Senate
Committee Room 2S1, again calling the Prime Minister and Cabinet
portfolio, commencing with the Australian Public Service
Commission.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Portfolios allocated: Attorney-General;
Immigration and Citizenship
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 11.00pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Attorney-General's portfolio, including: the
Australian Federal Police, the Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation, the Australian Customs Service, the Australian Crime
Commission, AUSTRAC, the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement
Integrity, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, the
Australian Government Solicitor, the Federal Magistrates Court, the
Family Court of Australia and the National Capital Authority.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 19 February 2008 in the
Main Committee Room, calling the Immigration and Citizenship
portfolio, commencing with the Migration Agents Registration
Authority.
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Transport and Regional
Services; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 11.00pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio,
including: the Grains Research and Development Corporation, the
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Biosecurity
Australia, the Export Wheat Commission, the Australian Bureau of
Agriculture and Resource Economics and the Bureau of Rural
Sciences.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 19 February 2008 in
House of Representatives Committee Room 2R1, calling the Transport
and Regional Services portfolio, commencing with the
department.
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 2007-08
additional estimates (membership of committees, portfolio
allocation, terms of reference etc.) is available on the Senate
website.
A
program for each committee is available on the Senate
website 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
The Senate Daily Summary, published each day after the
committees meet, gives an overview of the progress made by
committees and the business they expect 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 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 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