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No. 69/2008
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2008-09 Supplementary budget estimates
Environment, Communications and the Arts
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Broadband, Communications
and the Digital Economy; Environment, Water, Heritage and the
Arts
For PDF
12KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.02am until 11.00pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio,
including the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Special Broadcasting
Service; and
- called the department and agencies of the
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio, including
Screen Australia and the Australia Council.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 21 October 2008 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: Parliament; Prime
Minister and Cabinet; Climate Change; Finance and Deregulation;
Human Services
For PDF
37KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 10.59pm.
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 Office of the Inspector-General of
Intelligence and Security, the Australian National Audit Office,
the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman, and the Department of
Climate Change.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday 21 October 2008 in
Senate Committee Room 2S1, calling:
- the department and agencies of the Finance and Deregulation
portfolio, commencing with the Australian Electoral Commission;
and
- the department and agencies of the Human Services portfolio,
commencing with the department.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Attorney-General;
Immigration and Citizenship
For PDF
17KB about the committee’s hearings
The committee met from 9.02am until 11.03pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Attorney-General’s portfolio, including the
National Native Title Tribunal, the Administrative Appeals
Tribunal, the Australian Law Reform Commission, the Classification
Board, the Classification Review Board, the Family Court of
Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Magistrates
Court, the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Australian
Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and the Australian Federal
Police.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 21 October 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: Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and
Local Government
For PDF
19KB 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 Australian Wool Innovation, Australian Quarantine and
Inspection Service, Biosecurity Australia, Australian Pesticides
and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Wheat Exports Australia, Grans
Research and Development Corporation, Meat and Livestock Australia,
Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Land and Water
Australia, Bureau of Rural Sciences and the Australian Bureau of
Agricultural and Resource Economics.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday, 21 October 2008 in
House of Representatives Committee Room 2R1, calling the
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local
Government 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 2008-09
supplementary budget estimates (membership of committees, portfolio
allocation, terms of reference etc.) is available on the Senate web
page.
A
program for each of the committees is available on the
Senate webpage 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 (when available)
The Senate Daily Summary will be published
each day after the committees meet. The Summary will give a brief
overview on the progress made by each committee and the business
each committee expects 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
Committee
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions:
phone 6277 3021
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au