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No. 18/2008
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.55pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill 2008 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 19 March 2008]
- Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Repeal
Bill 2008 [passed by the House of Representatives on 19 March
2008]
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2008 [new Senate bill]
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network) Bill 2008 [new Senate bill]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill 2008
- Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Repeal
Bill 2008
- Tradex Scheme Amendment Bill 2008
The following bills were debated
The following bills were passed
- Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008 1 Australian Democrats and
5 Opposition amendments agreed to [The House of
Representatives will now consider the amendments made by the Senate
see Journals entries nos
5 and
26]
The following bills were defeated by a majority vote
- Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill 2008 and a
related bill defeated at the second reading
Notice of motion
To introduce a bill
- A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Improved access to baby
bonus) Amendment Bill 2008 notice given by Senator Stott Despoja
[private senator's bill]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Public Works Joint Committee
-
1st report of 2008 71st annual report
- 2nd
report of 2008 HMAS Creswell redevelopment, Jervis Bay
Territory
- 3rd
report of 2008 Land Engineering Agency test services
relocation, Monegeetta, Victoria
- 4th
report of 2008 Refurbishment of staff apartments, Australian
Embassy complex, Tokyo, Japan
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee
Alert Digest No. 2 of 2008 and
2nd report of 2008 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 3 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and
Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2008 Economics Committee to report
by 16 September 2008
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation)
Bill 2008 Community Affairs Committee to report by 7 May 2008
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Communications Fund)
Bill 2008 Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee to
report by 30 April 2008
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill
2008 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to report by 1 May
2008
Other references
- Australia's mandatory
Last Resort Home Warranty Insurance scheme Economics Committee
to report by May 2008
-
Australia's space science and industry sector Economics
Committee to report by October 2008
-
Meat marketing Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee to report by 4 September 2008
- Provisions of Schedule 1 of the Tax Laws Amendment (2008
Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 Electoral Matters Joint Committee to
report by June 2009
Establishment of select committee
The Senate established the Select Committee on
Remote Indigenous Communities.
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline
- State Government Financial Management Select Committee to
report by 27 August 2008
To refer matters to committees
-
Broadcasting Code of Conduct Environment, Communications and
the Arts Committee to report by 9 June 2008
-
Management of Australia's waste streams Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee to report by August 2008
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network) Bill 2008 Environment, Communications and the Arts
Committee to report by 7 May 2008
To enable a committee to use earlier records
- Economics Committee to have power to consider and use records
from the previous Parliament relating to its consideration of an
earlier version of the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill
2008
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]
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]
Departmental and agency contracts published on the Internet
A statement of compliance for the Veterans' Affairs portfolio
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]
Documents tabled
- Australian parliamentary delegation ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly 28th General Assembly, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18 to 24
August 2007 and bilateral visit to Indonesia, 24 to 27 August
2007
-
Government documents
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Matters of public interest debate
first speaker
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motion agreed to
Motion negatived
-
Tibet moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob
Brown)
Statement by President
The President made a
statement relating to the appointment of Mr Alan Thompson as
Secretary of the Department of Parliamentary Services.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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