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No. 59/2008
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.19pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas
Storage) Bill 2008 and 2 related bills [passed by the House of
Representatives on 18 September 2008]
- Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Bill 2008 [private
senator’s bill]
The following bills were debated
- Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and 3 related
bills–second reading further
debated and agreed to and committee of the whole
commenced–3 Opposition
requests for amendments to be determined
The following private senator’s bill was passed
- Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Bill 2008–a
motion to give the bill precedence over government business was
debated ,
amended and agreed to and the bill passed through all stages
[The House of Representatives will now consider this bill]
Notices of motion
To introduce a private senator’s bill
- Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal Bill 2008–notice
given by Senator Siewert
To vary the days and hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Minister for Human Services (Senator
Ludwig) to vary the days and hours of meeting for the remainder of
the week to enable the Government’s legislative program to be
considered.
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee to hold a public meeting while the Senate is sitting on
23 September 2008 from 4.00pm for the committee’s inquiry
into the provisions of the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment
in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008.
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended the following reporting dates of the 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
Notices of motion given
To extend a reporting deadline:
- Matters relating to the gas explosion at Varanus Island,
Western Australia–Economics Committee–to report by 13
November 2008
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting:
- Economics Committee–23 September 2008 from
6.00pm–Australia’s space science and industry
sector
- Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee–24
September 2008 from 4.30pm to 5.30pm–Renewable Energy
(Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill 2008
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee–24
September 2006 from 3.30pm–Horse Disease Response Levy Bill
2008 and 2 related bills
Membership
The Senate appointed Senator Siewert as a member of the Scrutiny
of Bills Committee.
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, including
Governor-General’s Proclamations]
Notice of intention to withdraw notices
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave notice of her intention to withdrawn notices to
disallow
4 instruments.
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 [see
Journals entries nos
15 and
18] [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 Immigration and Citizenship
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]
Document tabled
- Parliamentary zone–proposal and documentation relating to
the National Portrait Gallery forecourt sculpture. A
notice of motion was given to approve the proposal.
Ministerial statements tabled
The Minister for Human Services (Senator Ludwig) tabled
ministerial statements about:
- Global economic turbulence
- Mortimer Review on export policies and programs
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motion agreed to
The Senate agreed to a
motion moved by Senator Bernardi about the Australian
Paralympics team.
Shadow Ministry
Senator Minchin informed the Senate of changes to the
Shadow Ministry.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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