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No. 73/2009
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Families, Housing,
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Health and Ageing
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9 am until 10 pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs portfolio, including the Equal Opportunity for
Women in the Workplace Agency.
Pursuant to a
resolution of the Senate of 26 August 2008, the committee will
next meet on Friday, 23 October 2009 in the Main Committee Room to
hold a hearing on cross portfolio Indigenous matters. (program)
Economics Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Innovation; Industry,
Science and Research; Resources, Energy and Tourism; Treasury
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.01 am until 10.54 pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Treasury portfolio, including the Australian Bureau of Statistics,
the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Australian
Office of Financial Management, the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority, the Australian Taxation Office and the
Productivity Commission; and
- concluded its hearings.
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee
Portfolios allocated: Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9 am until 11.02 pm.
The committee:
- called the Department of Education, Employment
and Workplace Relations; and
- concluded its hearings.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Defence (including
Veterans' Affairs); Foreign Affairs and Trade
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9 am until 9.27 pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, including the Australian
Agency for International Development and the Australian Trade
Commission; and
- concluded its hearings.
Related links
Portfolio budget statements and related papers can be
obtained from the Senate Table Office (phone 6277 3010) and on the
Internet.
General
information about the consideration of the 2009-10
supplementary budget estimates (membership of committees, portfolio
allocation, terms of reference etc.) is available on the Senate web
page.
A
program for each of the committees is available on the
Senate webpage and will be updated as necessary.
Committee proceedingscan be viewed on the
Internet
Committee Hansardscan be obtained from the Senate Table
Office (phone 6277 3010) and on the
Internet (when available)
The Senate Daily Summary will be published each day
after the committees meet. The Summary will give a brief overview
on the progress made by each committee and the business each
committee expects to consider the next day.
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued this week by the Senate Table Office as a
convenient summary of each day's consideration of estimates by
Senate committees. On sitting days it provides a summary of each
day's proceedings in the Senate.
Further information
Senate Briefs, prepared by the Senate Procedure Office,
provide general information about the estimates process:
No.
4: Senate Committees
No.
5: Consideration of Estimates by the Senate Committees
No.
13: Rights and Responsibilities of Witnesses before Senate
Committees
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions:
phone 6277 3021
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au