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No. 18/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.15pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009
Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009
[Passed by the House of Representatives on 25 February 2009]
The following bills were debated
- Aviation Legislation Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill
2008–second reading agreed to [first
speaker]
- Fair Work Bill 2008–second reading agreed to [first
speaker]
[Details of these bills will be considered on a future sitting
day]
The following bill was defeated by a majority vote
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other
Measures) Bill 2008 [2009]–defeated at second reading
[first
speaker]
The following bills were introduced, debated and passed
- Australian Energy Market Amendment (AEMO and Other Measures)
Bill 2009
- Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2009
Transport Safety Investigation Amendment Bill 2009
[These bills will now be assented to]
The following bills were passed
- Defence Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2008
- Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill
2008
[These bills will now be assented to]
Notice of motion to vary the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Minister for Human Services (Senator
Ludwig) to vary the hours of meeting for 16 and 17 March 2009 to
enable the Government’s legislative program to be
considered.
Message from the House of Representatives
- Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number
Database) Bill 2009–agreeing to the amendments made by the
Senate [This bill will now be assented to]
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
-
Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction)
Bill 2008–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
-
Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2008–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee
Other reports
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–PDF
335KB of 2009 and
PDF 678KB of 2009 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
- Senators’ Interests Committee–PDF
49KB for 2008
New inquiry
- Exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme–Economics Committee–to
report by 14 April 2009
New select committee
The Senate agreed to establish the
Select Committee on Climate Policy to report by 14 May
2009.
Proposed discontinuation of inquiry
The Senate did not agree to a
motion to discontinue the inquiry of the Rural and Regional
Affairs and Transport Committee into the establishment of an
Australian Football League team for Tasmania.
Meetings during Senate sittings
The Senate authorised the various meetings to be held while the
Senate is sitting [see Journals entries nos
4,
13,
20,
21 and
22]
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Committee–Australia’s research and training capacity in
the area of climate change–to report by 17 September
2009
- Environment, Communications and the Arts
Committee–Effectiveness of the Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and other programs in
protecting threatened species and ecological
communities–First report–to report by 18 March
2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–Personal
Property Securities Bill 2008 [Exposure draft]–to report by
19 March 2009
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines
- Finance and Public Administration Committee–Annual
reports tabled by 31 October 2008–to report by 19 March
2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee–Annual reports
tabled by 31 October 2008–to report by 17 March
2009
- National Broadband Network Select Committee–to report by
22 June 2009
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee–
- 2008-09 additional estimates–to report by 31 March
2009
- Management of the Murray-Darling Basin system–to report
by 12 May 2009
- Natural resource management and conservation
challenges–to report by 12 May 2009
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Economics Committee–12 March 2009 from 6.30pm–Bank
mergers
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee–16
March 2009 from 4.45pm–Management of the Murray-Darling Basin
system
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]
Orders for the production of documents
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to the following orders:
- Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing
(Senator Ludwig) to table
documents relating to private health insurance–no later
than 12.00pm on 16 March 2009
-
Documents relating to the Department of the Treasury report,
Australia’s Low Pollution Future: The economics
of climate change mitigation to be provided to the Fuel and
Energy Select Committee–no later than noon on 13 March
2009
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the Internet
Statements of compliance for the Environment, Water, Heritage
and the Arts portfolio and the Workplace Authority were tabled
[Letters of advice about certain files created by departments and
agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–Audit
report no. 25 of 2008-09
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation–Report–Republic
of Serbia and the 119th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
in Geneva, Switzerland–4 to 18 October 2008
-
Government documents
- Message of condolence from the Chairman, Council of
Representatives, Kingdom of Bahrain
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Matters of public interest debate–first
speaker
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Temporary chair of committees
A warrant was tabled nominating Senator Bernardi as a temporary
chair of committees.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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