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No. 43/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.23pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2009 [passed by the
House of Representatives 16 June 2009]
- Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Bill
2009 [passed by the House of Representatives 17 June
2009]
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian
Apprentices) Bill 2009 [passed by the House of Representatives
16 June 2009]
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform
and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 17 June 2009]
The following bills were passed
- Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other
Amendments) Bill 2009 [This bill will now be assented to]
Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments)
Bill 2009–1 Xenophon
amendment agreed to [see Journals
entry no. 45 , 16 June 2009 for previous consideration of the
bill] [The House of Representatives will now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
- International Monetary Agreements Amendment (Financial
Assistance) Bill 2009 [This bill will now be assented
to]
- Social Security Amendment (Training Incentives) Bill 2009 [This
bill will now be assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009 [This bill
will now be assented to]
The following bill was discharged from the Notice Paper
- Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment
(Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2009
Notice of motion to vary the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig) to vary the hours of meeting for 18 June 2009 to enable the
Government’s legislative program to be further
considered.
Messages from the House of Representatives
Agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate to the following
bills:
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical and Other
Benefits—Cost Recovery) Bill 2008 [No. 2]
- Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures)
Bill 2008
[These bills will now be assented to]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee–Examination
of the annual report for 2007-08 of the Australian Crime Commission
[a motion to take note of the report was debated and agreed to
–
first speaker]
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–Compliance
audits on Medicare benefits
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–Alert
Digest No. 7 of 2009 and
6th report of 2009 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 8 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery
Scheme) Bill 2009–Environment, Communications and the Arts
Legislation Committee–to report by 20 August 2009
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill
2009–Community Affairs Legislation Committee–to report
by 5 August 2009
- Parliamentary Superannuation Amendment (Removal of Excessive
Super) Bill 2009–Finance and Public Administration
Legislation Committee–to report by 8 September 2009
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform
and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009–Community Affairs
Legislation Committee–to report by 23 June 2009
Other references
-
Matters relating to support and advocacy for international
students–Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
References Committee–to report by 16 November 2009
Meetings during the sitting of the Senate
The Senate authorised the following meetings to be held while
the Senate is sitting:
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee–
- 17 and 24 June 2009 from 5.30pm
- 18 June 2009 from 9.30am to 11.30am–Private briefing by
officers of the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission
- National Capital and External Territories Joint
Committee–17 June 2009
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–24 June 2009
from 11.30am to 1.30pm–Review of Auditor-General’s
reports
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References
Committee–Oversight of the child care industry–to
report by 17 September 2009
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Public passenger transport in Australia–to
report by 20 August 2009
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–National
registration and accreditation scheme for doctors and other health
workers–to report by 6 August 2009
- Economics References Committee–Foreign investment in
Australia–to report by 17 September 2009
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Natural resource management and conservation
challenges–to report by 11 August 2009
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Economics References Committee–22 and 23 June 2009 from
7.30pm–Foreign investment in Australia
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References
Committee–18 June 2009 from 3.45pm––Major
economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the
island states of the southwest Pacific–In camera hearing
To refer bills to a committee
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 and the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill
2009–Economics Legislation Committee–to report by 12
August 2009
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following changes to the membership of
committees:
- Economics Legislation Committee–Senator Abetz to replace
Senator Joyce for the committee’s inquiry into the Car
Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Bill 2009, and Senator
Joyce appointed as a participating member
- Economics References Committee–Senator Xenophon
appointed
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
Notice of motion given
Senator Fifield gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister for Employment
Participation (Senator Arbib) to table documents relating to the
Employment Services Contract 2009-12–no later than 5.00pm on
22 June 2009.
Documents tabled
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
(Senator Carr) tabled ministerial statements about:
- The Government’s response to trafficking in persons, and
the report of the Anti-People Trafficking Interdepartmental
Committee
- The wellbeing of Australia’s children
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
-
Coal exploration near the food plain at Caroona, New South
Wales–moved by the Leader of The Nationals in the Senate
(Senator Joyce)
-
Failure to provide information relating to the proposed Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme–moved by the Chair of the Fuel and
Energy Select Committee (Senator Cormann)
-
Mountain ash forests in Victoria–moved by the Leader of
the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown)
Motion negatived
-
Coal exploration near the food plain at Caroona, New South
Wales–moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator
Bob Brown)
Motion debated
The Senate discussed
issues relating to changes to the Independent Youth Allowance,
raised by Senator Williams as a matter of public importance.
[first
speaker]
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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