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No. 58/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 6.20pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling Laws) Bill 2009
[private senators’ bill]
- Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette
Packs) Bill 2009 [private senator’s bill]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009
[passed by the House of Representatives on 19 August 2009]
The following bill was debated
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill
2009–second reading debate commenced [first
speaker] –1
second reading amendment moved by the Opposition, Family First
and Senator Xenophon to be determined [expressing a view about the
policy of the bill]
The following bills were passed
- Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009
[This bill will now be assented to]
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009–4
Government amendments agreed to [The House of Representatives will
now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2009 [This
bill will now be assented to]
Notice of motion to introduce a private senator’s
bill
- Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of
Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2009–notice given by Senator
Ludlam
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information arising from estimates hearings was
tabled.
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
Other reports
- Agricultural and Related Industries Select
Committee–Pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian
and global fertiliser market–Final
report [a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
- Appropriations and Staffing Committee–Report for
2008-09
- Procedure Committee–PDF
55KB–Committee proceedings and public interest immunity
claims: order of the Senate of 13 May 2009; Senators caring for an
infant: standing order 175 [a motion to take note of the report was
debated –
first speaker]
- Publications Committee–12th
Report [report adopted]
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Investment
of Commonwealth and State funds in public passenger transport
infrastructure and services [a motion to take note of the report
was debated –
first speaker]
- Environment, Communications and the Arts
Committee–Sexualisation of children in the contemporary
media
- Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee–The
effectiveness of the broadcasting codes of practice
- Finance and Public Administration Committee–Additional
estimates 2008-09
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee–Reforms to
Australia’s military justice system: Fourth progress report
[a motion was moved to take note of the document]
Documents tabled
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–Health Insurance
Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009–Additional
information
- Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation
Committee–Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National
Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009–Additional
information
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Implications for the long-term sustainable
management of the Murray-Darling Basin system–Correction
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 12 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service)
Bill 2008 [No. 2]–Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Legislation Committee–to report by 19 November 2009
- Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment
(Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill
2009–Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee–to report by 16 October 2009
Other reference
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References
Committee–Matters
relating to sustainable management of water resources–to
report by 29 November 2009
Private meetings
The Senate authorised the following private meetings otherwise
than in accordance with standing order 33(1) to be held while the
Senate is sitting:
- Economics Legislation Committee–20 August 2009 from
5.00pm
- Economics References Committee–20 August 2009
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership.
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]
Motion to disapprove defeated
The Senate did not agree to a
motion which would have disapproved
Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2009/11: Members of
Parliament – Travelling allowance, made under the
Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 [statements were made in
relation to the motion –
first speaker]
Notice of intention to withdraw a notice
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave notice of her intention to withdraw a notice to
disallow the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas
Management Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1) [homepage].
Orders for the production of documents
Documents tabled
The following documents were tabled by the Minister for
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy)
in response to orders of the Senate:
- Letter from the Minister for Ageing (Ms Elliot) relating to the
General Purpose Accounts of aged care providers [tabled as an
interim response to the order of the Senate agreed to on
19 August 2009]
- Letter from the Minister for Health and Ageing (Ms Roxon)
relating to the National Preventative Health Taskforce [tabled as
an interim response to the order of the Senate agreed to on
19 August 2009]
- Statement and documents concerning the Australian Terrestrial
Biodiversity Assessment 2008 [tabled in response to the order of
the Senate agreed to on
17 August 2009]
Order with continuing effect
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
Internet
A letter of advice for the Human Services 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]
Document tabled
Documents discussed
Committee reports, government responses and
Auditor-General’s reports were discussed
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Motion debated
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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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