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No. 46/2009
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.15pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
The Senate did not agree to a motion moved by Senator Parry to
vary the Government’s legislative program [see Journals
entries nos
3 and
22 ] [first
speaker ]. A
notice of motion was given to vary the program for 24 June
2009.
Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- Migration Amendment (Protection of Identifying Information)
Bill 2009 [passed by the House of Representatives on 18 June
2009]
The following bills were debated
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [a
second reading amendment expressing a view about the policy of
the bill was moved by the Australian Greens] and 10 related
bills–second reading debate commenced [first
speaker]
Notices of motion
To introduce a private senator’s bill
- Anti-Terrorism Laws Reform Bill 2009–notice given by
Senator Ludlam
To exempt a bill from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform
and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009–notice given by the
Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator Wong)
To give precedence to a private senator’s bill
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Child Protection from
Predatory Tourism Offences) Bill 2008–to have precedence over
government business from 9.30am on 12 August 2009–notice
given by Senator Bernardi
Messages from the House of Representatives
- Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential
Amendments) Bill 2009–agreeing to the amendments made by the
Senate [The bill will now be assented to]
- Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing Appropriation Bill
2009–agreeing to the amendment made by the Senate [The bill
will now be assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill
2008–disagreeing to the amendments made by the Senate, but
making amendments in their place and requesting the concurrence of
the Senate [The Senate will consider the message on a future
sitting day]
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Report tabled
Document tabled
- Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009–Community Affairs
Legislation Committee–Additional information
Government response tabled
New inquiry
The Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) amended
his motion objecting to a ruling of the President on 18 June 2009
(that a child of a senator should be removed from the chamber
during a division), and the Senate agreed to refer a
proposed amendment to standing order 175(3) to the Procedure
Committee for report by 7 September 2009 [first
speaker].
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–Social Security
and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform and Other 2009
Budget Measures) Bill 2009–to report by 24 June 2009
- Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation
Committee–Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit
and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2009–to report by 17 September
2009
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee–24
June 2009 from 11.00am–Australia’s trade and investment
relations with Asia, the Pacific and Latin America
To refer matters to committees
Membership
The Senate discharged Senator Fierravanti-Wells from and
appointed Senator Boyce to the Migration Joint Committee.
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]
Notice of intention to withdraw notices
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave notice of her intention to withdraw notices to
disallow
3 instruments.
Orders for the production of documents
Document tabled
The Minister for Employment Participation (Senator Arbib) tabled
a statement indicating why the government would not be complying
with the order agreed to on
18 June 2009 requiring the production of documents relating to
the Employment Services Contract 2009-12.
Notice of motion given
Senator Fisher gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister representing the
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (Senator Arbib) to
table certain documents provided to the Government by the
Australian Building and Construction Commissioner–no later
than 5.00pm on 24 June 2009.
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–Audit
report no. 42 of 2008-09
- Response to a Senate resolution about National Volunteer
Week–from the Minister for Families, Housing, Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs (Ms Macklin) [resolution agreed to
13 May 2009]
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
-
Allegations relating to firms associated with the Reserve Bank
of Australia–moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens
(Senator Bob Brown)
-
Israel and Palestine–moved by Senator Hanson-Young
Motion debated
The Senate discussed
issues relating to the Building the Education Revolution
program, raised by Senator Mason 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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