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No. 68/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 6.42pm
The
Senate will meet again on 26 October 2009.
Senate committees will meet from 19 to 22 October 2009 to
consider supplementary
budget estimates.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Britt Lapthorne Bill 2009 [private senator's bill]
- Higher Education Support Amendment Bill 2009 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 16 September 2009]
- Personal Property Securities Bill 2009 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 16 September 2009]
- Renewable Energy (Certificates and Other Matters) Amendment
Bill 2009 [private senator's bill]
- Renewable Energy (Food Processing Activities) Amendment Bill
2009 [private senator's bill]
- Safe Climate (Energy Efficient Non-Residential Buildings
Scheme) Bill 2009 [private senator's bill]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Customs Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade
Agreement Implementation) Bill 2009 and a related bill
- Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009
The following bill was debated
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination
Payments) Bill 2009 second reading debate commenced [first
speaker]
The following bill was introduced, debated and passed
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2009 [The
bill will now be assented to]
The following bills were passed
- Customs Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade
Agreement Implementation) Bill 2009 and a related bill [The bills
will now be assented to]
- Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction)
Bill 2008 [see
Journals entry no. 35, 16 September 2009 for previous
consideration of the bill] [The House of Representatives will now
consider the amendments made by the Senate]
- Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009 [The bill will
now be assented to]
- Fuel Quality Standards Amendment Bill 2009
1 Government amendment agreed to [The House of Representatives
will now consider the amendment made by the Senate]
- National Health Security Amendment Bill 2009 [The bill will now
be assented to]
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation
Amendment Bill 2009 and a related bill [The bills will now be
assented to]
- Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009 [The
bill will now be assented to]
Notice of motion to introduce a private senator's
bill
- Keeping Jobs from Going Offshore (Protection of Personal
Information) Bill 2009 notice given by the Leader of the Family
First Party (Senator Fielding)
Messages from the House of Representatives
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and
Other Measures) Bill 2009 agreeing to the bill without amendment
[The bill will now be assented to]
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill
2009 agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate [The bill will
now be assented to]
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information arising from the 2009-10 budget
estimates hearings was tabled.
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
-
Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill
2009 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
-
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill
2009 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
-
Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery
Scheme) Bill 2009 Environment, Communications and the Arts
Legislation Committee [a
statement was made in relation to the report]
-
Parliamentary Superannuation Amendment (Removal of Excessive
Super) Bill 2009 Finance and Public Administration Legislation
Committee [statements were made in relation to the report
first speaker]
Other reports
- Economics References Committee
Bank mergers [a motion was moved to take note of the
report]
- Economics References Committee
Foreign investment by state-owned entities [a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
- Economics References Committee
Government measures to address confidence concerns in the
financial sector: The Financial Claims Scheme and the Guarantee
Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding [a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
- Publications Committee
13th Report [report adopted]
- Treaties Joint Committee
106th Report Nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament [a
motion to take note of the report was debated
first speaker]
Government response tabled
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted reports nos
14 and 15 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill
(No. 2) 2009 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
to report by 26 October 2009
- Safe Climate (Energy Efficient Non-Residential Buildings
Scheme) Bill 2009 Economics Legislation Committee to report by 10
March 2010
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support
for Students) Bill 2009 Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
References Committee to report by 26 October 2009
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill
2009 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee to
report by 26 October 2009
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and
Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 Environment, Communications and the
Arts Legislation Committee to report by 26 October 2009
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to Tibet and China to the Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Joint Committee.
Reporting date extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Agricultural and Related Industries Select Committee Incidence
and severity of bushfires across Australia to report by 26 November
2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Crimes
Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill (No. 2)
2009 to report by 16 November 2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 to
report by 16 November 2009
Variation of appointment
The Senate agreed to a
motion varying the appointment of the Fuel and Energy Select
Committee.
Membership
The Senate agreed to various changes to committee membership
[see Journals entries
7 and
65]
Documents
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to disallow defeated
The Senate did not agree to a motion to disallow the Inclusion
of ecological communities in the list of threatened ecological
communities [Lowland Native Grasslands of Tasmania], made on 18
June 2009 under section 181 of the Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 [homepage]
[first
speaker].
Orders for the production of documents
Notice of motion given
The Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding) gave a
notice of motion to require that reports by the Australian
Securities and Investments Commission and the Future Fund Board of
Guardians relating to Telstra be tabled no later than
16 November 2009
Order with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the Internet
Statements of compliance for
two agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain files
created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
Documents discussed
Government documents were discussed.
Ministerial statement tabled
The Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sherry) tabled a ministerial
statement on the approval of exemption of AEC public information
campaigns from Australian Government advertising guidelines [a
motion to take note of the statement was agreed to] .
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Statement by President
The President made a
statement relating to Mr Gerard Martin, Senior Adviser, Office
of the President. Senator Ferguson also made a
statement on the matter.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals [see entries nos
3 and
48] .
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet the
Department of the Senate's online statistical collection.
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