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No. 57/2008
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 6.55pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2008 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 17 September 2008]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill
2008 and a related bill
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2008
The following bills were debated
- Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and 3 related
bills–a motion that the bills be read a second time was
further debated [first
speaker ]
The following bill was passed
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2008 [The
bill will now be assented to]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee–Administration
of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and related matters
[a
motion to take note of the report was debated]
-
State Government Financial Management Select Committee [a
motion to take note of the report was debated]
- Treaties Joint Committee–94th
Report–Treaties tabled on 14 May 2008 [a
motion to take note of the report was debated and agreed
to]
Report debated
- Procedure Committee–First report of 2008 [a motion to
amend certain standing orders was
debated, amended and agreed to. Standing order 25(9)(d) was
amended. The amendment to standing order 72(2) contained in
attachment 3 of the report was referred to the Procedure Committee
for further inquiry and report–see Journals entries nos
18 and
31. An
amendment moved by the Leader of the Family First Party
(Senator Fielding) to the motion that the Senate take note of the
report was
debated.]
Documents tabled
- Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee–Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
2008–Additional comments
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee–Ministerial
correspondence relating to the scrutiny of delegated legislation
for the period March 2007 to June 2008
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Australia’s trade with Mexico and the
region
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 11 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following reference:
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other
Measures) Bill 2008–Community Affairs Committee–to
report by 10 November 2008
Other references
-
Progress on the implementation of recommendations contained in
reports of the committee relating to child migration and
institutional care–Community Affairs Committee–to
report by the last sitting day in March 2009
Public meetings
The Senate authorised various public meetings to be held while
the Senate is sitting. [see Journals entries nos
8 and
10]
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following inquiries
of the Community Affairs Committee:
- Special disability trusts—to report by 16 October
2008
- Petrol sniffing and substance abuse in central
Australia–to report by the last sitting day in March
2009
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines:
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–
- Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth
Laws—Superannuation) Bill 2008 and the Same-Sex Relationships
(Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform)
Bill 2008–to report by 8 October 2008
- Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No.
2]–to report by 14 October 2008
To hold a meeting when the Senate is sitting:
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–23 September
2008 from 4.00pm–Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in
Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008
Membership
The Senate appointed Senator Siewert to replace Senator Milne as
a member of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee
for the committee’s inquiry into natural resource management
and conservation challenges, and appointed Senator Milne as a
participating member.
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]
Notice of motion to disallow given
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave a notice of motion to disallow the
Higher Education in External Territories Guidelines 2008.
Orders for the production of documents–Orders
with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
Statements of compliance for
various agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
files created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Document tabled
Documents discussed
Government documents and committee reports were discussed.
Ministerial statement tabled
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and
Ageing (Senator McLucas) tabled a ministerial statement about
Dementia Awareness Week.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motion agreed to
-
Burma–moved by Senator Ludlam
Motion negatived
Motion debated
Temporary chairs of committees
A warrant was tabled revoking the nomination of Senator Joyce as
a temporary chair of committees.
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
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