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No. 62/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.51pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1)
Bill 2009 [passed by the House of Representatives on 9 September
2009]
- Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners)
Bill 2009 and 2 related bills [passed by the House of
Representatives on 8 September 2009]
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009 and a
related bill [new Senate bills]
- Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2009 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 8 September 2009]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009 and a
related bill
The following bills were debated
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill
2009
- second reading agreed to [first
speaker]
- draft regulations and explanatory statements relating to the
bill were tabled. An Opposition
second reading amendment was agreed to providing for further
consideration of the bill to take place three sitting days after
the tabling (15 September 2009)
- Native Title Amendment Bill 2009–second reading debate
commenced [first
speaker]
The following bills were passed
- International Monetary Agreements Amendment Bill 2009 [The bill
will now be assented to]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill
2009–1 Senator Xenophon
amendment (as amended by the Government) agreed to [The House
of Representatives will now consider the amendment made by the
Senate]
- Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008 [The bill will
now be assented to]
The following bills were defeated by a majority vote
- Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and 2
related bills–defeated at second reading [first
speaker]
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Documents tabled
- Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners)
Bill 2009 and 2 related bills–Community Affairs Legislation
Committee–Additional information
New inquiry
The Senate agreed to refer
matters relating to the Government’s Primary Schools for
the 21st Century program to the Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations References Committee.
Private meeting
The Senate authorised the Fuel and Energy Select Committee to
hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing
order 33(1) on 10 September 2009.
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee into
annual reports tabled by 30 April 2009 to 15 September
2009.
Notices of motion to refer matters to committees
- Community Affairs References Committee–Hearing
health in Australia–to report by the last sitting day in
February 2010–notice given by Senator Siewert
- Community Affairs References Committee–Suicide
in Australia–to report by the last sitting day in April
2010–notice given by Senator Siewert
- Privileges Committee–Possible
contempt in relation to a witness to the Legal and
Constitutional Affairs References Committee’s inquiry into
access to justice–notice given by the Chair of the Legal and
Constitutional Affairs References Committee (Senator Barnett) [The
President made a
statement]
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following changes to the membership of
the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References
Committee:
- Senator Collins discharged and Senator Bilyk appointed
- Senator Collins appointed as a participating member
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]
Motion to disallow defeated
The Senate did not agree to a motion by Senator Milne to
disallow the
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Regulations 2009
(No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2009
No. 119 and made under the Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act
2006 [first
speaker].
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 [Letters of advice about certain
files created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
Ministerial statement tabled
The Special Minister of State (Senator Ludwig) tabled a
ministerial statement–Injection of momentum into the Doha
Round of negotiations resulting from the meeting of trade ministers
in New Delhi, India.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Matters of public interest debate–first
speaker
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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