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No. 9/2008
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Community Affairs Committee
Portfolios allocated: Families, Housing,
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Health and Ageing
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 9.25pm.
The committee called the Department of
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
The committee will next meet on Friday, 22 February 2008, in
Committee Room 2S2 calling the Department of Health and Ageing.
Economics Committee
Portfolios allocated: Innovation, Industry,
Science and Research; Resources, Energy and Tourism; Treasury
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 8.45am until 11.01pm.
The committee:
- called agencies of the Treasury portfolio,
including: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Australian
Securities and Investments Commission and the Productivity
Commission;
- called the department and agencies of the
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research portfolio, including:
the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation;
- called the department and agencies of the
Resources, Energy and Tourism portfolio, including: Geoscience
Australia and Tourism Australia; and
- concluded its hearings.
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 6.25pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio, including:
the Workplace Authority, the Workplace Ombudsman, the Australian
Building and Construction Commission, the Australian Industrial
Registry and the Australian Fair Pay Commission Secretariat;
and
- concluded its hearings.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Defence (including
Veterans' Affairs); Foreign Affairs and Trade
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 9.25pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, including: the Australian
Agency for International Development and the Australian Trade
Commission; and
- concluded its hearings.
Friday, 22 February Further hearings
The following committees will meet on 22 February:
- Community Affairs Committee Committee Room 2S2 calling the
Department of Health and Ageing commencing at 9.00am;
- Environment, Communications, and the Arts Committee Committee
Room 2S3 calling the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
portfolio, commencing with the department commencing at 8.00am;
and
- Finance and Public Administration Committee Committee Room 2R1
recalling departments and agencies from across its portfolio
allocation, commencing with the Future Fund Management Agency
commencing at 9.00am.
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