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No. 65/2009
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.29pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 10 September 2009]
The following bill was debated
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and
Other Measures) Bill 2009–second reading debate commenced
[first
speaker]
The following bills were passed
- Automotive Transformation Scheme Bill 2009–1 Opposition
amendment agreed to [The House of Representatives will now consider
the
amendment made by the Senate]
ACIS Administration Amendment Bill 2009 [The bill will now be
assented to]
- Native Title Amendment Bill 2009 [The bill will now be assented
to]
Notices of motion
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Asian Development Bank (Additional Subscription) Bill 2009
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination
Payments) Bill 2009
- Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Services
Modernisation) Bill 2009
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2009
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation
Amendment Bill 2009
–notice given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig)
To discharge a bill from the Notice Paper
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009–notice given by the Special
Minister of State (Senator Ludwig)
Bills assented to
Assent to a number of laws was reported in the Senate
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Privileges Committee–138th
report–Persons referred to in the Senate–The
Medical Council of Tasmania [A
motion to adopt the report was agreed to]
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Management
of the removal of the rebate for AQIS export certification
functions [a motion to take note of the report was debated and
agreed to –
first speaker]
New inquiry
The Senate referred
matters relating to Australia’s administration and
management of Torres Strait to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade References Committee for report by 26 February 2010.
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Economics References Committee into unlimited deposit and
wholesale funding guarantees to 17 September 2009.
Notices of motion given–To hold meetings when the Senate
is sitting
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee–16
September 2009 from 6.30pm
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation
Committee–16 September 2009 from 1.50pm–Private meeting
otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1)
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following changes to the membership of
the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee:
- Senator Hanson-Young to replace Senator Ludlam for the
committee’s inquiry into the Migration Amendment
(Complementary Protection) Bill 2009
- Senator Ludlam 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, including
Governor-General’s Proclamations]
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 the Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade and Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and
Local Government portfolio agencies were tabled [Letters of advice
about certain files created by departments and agencies are
required to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Responses to Senate resolutions about:
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer–from the Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator
Wong) [resolution agreed to
25 June 2009]
- New Australian Security Intelligence Organisation headquarters
building–from the Chair of the Public Works Joint Committee
(Senator McLucas) [resolution agreed to
20 August 2009] [a
motion to take note of the response was agreed to]
- Proclamation of provisions in the Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park Act 1975 relating to spent convictions of certain
offences–from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and
the Arts (Mr Garrett) [resolution agreed to
25 June 2009]
-
A petition
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for Defence (Senator Faulkner) tabled a ministerial
statement on Sri Lanka.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motion negatived
-
Allegations relating to contractors used by a certain Reserve
Bank subsidiary–moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens
(Senator Bob Brown)
Matter of public importance discussed
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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