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No. 36/2009
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Community Affairs Legislation 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 9.50pm.
The committee called the Department of
Families, Housing and Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs.
The committee will next meet on Wednesday, 3 June 2009 in Senate
Committee Room 2S1, calling the department and agencies of the
Health and Ageing portfolio, commencing with the department.
Economics Legislation 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 9.01am until 10.45pm.
The committee called:
- the department and agencies of the Resources, Energy and
Tourism portfolio, including Geoscience Australia and Tourism
Australia; and
- the department and agencies of the Treasury portfolio,
including the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Australian
Office of Financial Management and the Australian Taxation
Office.
The committee will next meet on Wednesday, 3 June 2009 in House
of Representatives Committee Room 2R1, again calling the Treasury
portfolio, commencing with the department.
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 10.13pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
portfolio, including Comcare, the Australian Industrial Registry,
the Australian Fair Pay Commission Secretariat, the Workplace
Ombudsman, the Workplace Authority and the Australian Building and
Construction Commission.
The committee will next meet on Wednesday, 3 June 2009 in Senate
Committee Room 2S3, calling the Department of Education, Employment
and Workplace Relations portfolio.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation
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 9.54pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, including the
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the
Australian Agency for International Development and Austrade.
The committee will next meet on Wednesday, 3 June 2009 in the
Main Committee Room, calling the Department of Defence.
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 2009-10 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 by the Senate Table Office 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, prepared by the Senate Procedure Office,
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