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No. 28/2008
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Environment, Communications and the Arts
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Broadband, Communications
and the Digital Economy; Environment, Water, Heritage and the
Arts
The committee met from 9.04am until 10.06pm.
The committee:
- again called the department and agencies of the Communications
and Information Technology portfolio, including the Australia
Council, the Australian Film Commission, Film Australia Limited,
Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited, the Australian Film,
Television and Radio School, the Australian National Maritime
Museum, the National Library of Australia, the National Gallery of
Australia, the National Museum of Australia and Old Parliament
House; and
- concluded its hearings.
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Portfolios allocated: Finance and Deregulation;
Human Services; Parliament; Prime Minister and Cabinet (including
Climate Change)
The committee met from 9.01am until 10.54pm.
The committee:
- again called the Australian Electoral Commission;
- called the department and agencies of the Human Services
portfolio, including Centrelink, Medicare, Health Services
Australia and Australian Hearing
- called the Department of Climate Change; and
- concluded its hearings.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Portfolios allocated: Attorney-General;
Immigration and Citizenship
The committee met from 9.00am until 3.00pm.
The committee:
- again called the Department of Immigration and Citizenship;
and
- concluded its hearings.
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and
Local Government
The committee met from 9.00am until 10.40pm.
The committee:
- again called the department and agencies of the Infrastructure,
Transport, Regional Development and Local Government portfolio,
including the Australian Maritime Safety Authority; and
- concluded its hearings.
Budget estimates at a glance
2 to 5 June 2008
Next week committees will consider portfolios as follows:
- Community Affairs (program)
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs
- Health and Ageing
- Economics (program)
- Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Resources, Energy and Tourism
- Treasury
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (program)
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- Employment and Workplace Relations
- Education
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (program)
- Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Defence (including Veterans' Affairs)
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 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
Committees
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions:
phone 6277 3021
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au