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No. 12/2009
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Environment, Communications and the Arts
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Broadband,
Communications, and the Digital Economy; Environment, Water,
Heritage and the Arts
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.01am until 11.08pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio, including the
Bureau of Meteorology, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Authority, the Supervising Scientist, the Sydney Harbour Federation
Trust, the Director of National Parks, the Murray-Darling Basin
Authority and the National Water Commission; and
- concluded its hearings.
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Portfolios allocated: Finance and Deregulation;
Human Services; Parliament; Prime Minister and Cabinet
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 11.00pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Finance and Deregulation portfolio, including Medibank Private Ltd,
the Australian Electoral Commission and the Future Fund Management
Agency;
- called the department and agencies of the
Human Services portfolio, including the Child Support Agency,
Centrelink and Medicare Australia; and
- concluded its hearings.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Portfolios allocated: Attorney-General;
Immigration and Citizenship
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 7.03pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Immigration and Citizenship portfolio, including the Migration
Agents Registration Authority, the Migration Review Tribunal and
the Refugee Review Tribunal; and
- concluded its hearings.
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and
Local Government
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 7.30pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local
Government portfolio, including Infrastructure Australia, the
Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd, Airservices Australia, the
Civil Aviation Safety Authority, the Australian Transport Safety
Bureau, the Office of Transport Security, the Bureau of
Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, the Office of
Northern Australia and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority;
and
- concluded its hearings.
Committees will meet on Wednesday, 25 and Thursday, 26 February
2009 as follows:
Community Affairs Committee (program)
Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
Health and Ageing
Economics Committee (program)
Innovation, Industry, Science and
Research
Resources, Energy and Tourism
Treasury
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Committee (program)
Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
(program)
Defence (including Veterans' Affairs)
Foreign Affairs and Trade
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 2008-09
additional estimates (membership of committees, portfolio
allocation, terms of reference etc.) is available on the Senate web
page.
A
program for each of the committees listed below 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