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No. 55/2009
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.17pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment
(Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2009 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 13 August 2009]
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2009
[passed by the House of Representatives on 12 August 2009]
- Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009
[passed by the House of Representatives on 13 August 2009]
The following bill was debated
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and
Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009–second reading
agreed to [first
speaker] and committee of the whole commenced–1
Government amendment agreed to [a further amendment remains to
be considered]
Motion considered
The Senate did not agree to a
motion to give precedence to the Renewable Energy (Electricity)
Amendment Bill 2009 and a related bill upon receipt from the House
of Representatives.
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
-
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners)
Bill 2009 and 2 related bills–Community Affairs
Legislation Committee
-
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009–Environment, Communications
and the Arts Legislation Committee
Other reports
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee–Inquiry
into the legislative arrangements to outlaw serious and organised
crime groups [a motion to take note of the report was debated
–
first speaker]
- Economics References Committee–Employee
share schemes [a motion to take note of the report was debated
–
first speaker]
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given to extend the reporting deadline of
the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for its
inquiry into the economic and security challenges facing Papua New
Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific to 29 October
2009.
Membership
The Senate agreed to the following changes to the membership of
the Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation
Committee:
- Senator Macdonald to replace Senator Troeth for the period 6
October to 23 October 2009
- Senator Troeth 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
Motion agreed to
The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Minister for
the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Senator Wong) to table
documents relating to the Australian Terrestrial Biodiversity
Assessment 2008 by no later than 20 August 2009.
Notice of motion given
Senator Cormann gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister representing the
Minister for Health and Ageing (Senator Ludwig) to table documents
relating to budget measures concerning chemotherapy
treatment–no later than 12.00pm on 19 August 2009
Orders with continuing effect
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
Internet
A letter of advice for the Veterans’ Affairs portfolio was
tabled [Letters of advice about certain contracts valued at $100
000 or more entered into by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the Internet
A statement of compliance for the Australian Trade Commission
was tabled [Letters of advice about certain files created by
departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Unproclaimed legislation
A document was tabled showing details of unproclaimed Acts,
together with a statement of reasons for non-proclamation and a
timetable for their operation [Standing
order 139(2) requires tabling before 31 August each year]
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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