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No. 48/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.30pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following private senators' bills were introduced
- Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009
- Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices Blacktown
Amendment) Bill 2009
The following bill was debated
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform
and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 second reading debate
commenced [first
speaker]
The following bill was introduced, debated and passed
- Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009 [The bill will now be
assented to]
The following bills were passed
- Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009 1 Opposition amendment
agreed to [The House of Representatives will now consider the
amendment made by the Senate]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [The
bill will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and
Other Measures) Bill 2009 notice given by the Minister for
Immigration and Citizenship (Senator Evans)
- Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling Laws) Bill 2009
notice given by Senator Xenophon
- Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009
notice given by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
(Senator Evans)
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 notice given by the Minister for
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator
Conroy)
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services Bill
2009
- Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill
2009
- Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009
notice given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig)
To vary the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by Senator Xenophon to vary the hours of
meeting for 13 August 2009 to enable the Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and 10 related bills to be
considered.
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Report on legislation
-
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform
and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 Community Affairs
Legislation Committee
Other reports
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee Inquiry
into Australia's relationship with ASEAN [a motion to take note of
the report was debated
first speaker]
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee
Report No. 414 Review of Auditor-General's reports tabled
between August 2007 and August 2008 [a
motion to take note of the report was agreed to]
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee
Alert Digest No. 8 of 2009 and
7th report of 2009 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
Documents tabled
- Senators' Interests Committee Register of senators' interests,
incorporating statements of registrable interests and notifications
of alterations of interests of senators lodged between 2 December
2008 and 22 June 2009 [a motion to take note of the document was
debated and agreed to
first speaker]
- Standing order 37(3) Access to committee documents Report to
the Senate
Government response
tabled
- President's report of 4 December 2008 on outstanding government
responses to parliamentary committee reports
New inquiry
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation
Committee Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures)
Bill 2009 to report by 5 August 2009
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee
Relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp
Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd to report by 30 October
2009
Notices of motion given
To vary the order establishing a committee
To refer matters to a committee
- Privileges Committee
Matters relating to evidence given to the Economics Legislation
Committee at its hearing on 19 June 2009 notice given by the
Special Minister of State (Senator Ludwig) [the President made a
statement]
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]
Notice of motion to disallow given
Senator Abetz gave a
notice of motion to disallow the
Directions in Relation to Coercive Powers, made on 17 June 2009
under section 11 of the Building and Construction Industry
Improvement Act 2005.
Orders for the production of documents
Documents tabled
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy (Senator Conroy) tabled documents relating to the
Australian Building and Construction Commissioner [The documents
were tabled in response to the order of the Senate agreed to on
23 June 2009 on the motion of Senator Fisher]
Notice of motion given
Senator Milne gave a
notice of motion to require the tabling of documents relating
to illegal timber imports no later than 4.00pm on 11 August
2009.
Orders with continuing effect
Departmental and agency appointments and vacancies
Statements of compliance for the Climate Change and Water and
the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations portfolios were
tabled [Lists of appointments made and existing vacancies are
required to be tabled 7 days before the commencement of budget,
supplementary budget and additional estimates hearings]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General
Audit report no. 45 of 2008-09
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation Report 120th Assembly of
the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4 to 10
April 2009 Bilateral visit to Switzerland 11 to 18 April 2009 [a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation Report Canada, the United
States, Italy, Austria, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands 12
April to 3 May 2009 [a motion to take note of the document was
debated and agreed to
first speaker]
- Department of the Senate Register of Senate Senior Executive
Officers' Interests, incorporating statements of registrable
interests and notifications of alterations of interests of Senate
senior executive officers lodged between 2 December 2008 and
22 June 2009
-
Government document
-
A petition
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for Employment Participation (Senator Arbib) tabled
a ministerial statement on preparing our forest industries for the
future [a motion to take note of the statement was debated and
agreed to
first speaker]
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Matters of public interest debate
first speaker
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motions agreed to
-
Digital broadcasting for community television moved by Senator
Ludlam
-
Parthenon Marbles moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens
(Senator Bob Brown)
-
Sudan moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob
Brown)
-
Treasury modelling of a certain greenhouse gas emission cuts
moved by Senator Milne
Motion debated
The Senate discussed
issues relating to spending and debt, raised by Senator
Williams as a matter of public importance. [first
speaker]
Statements by President
The President made a
statement relating to matters raised during question time on
23 June 2009, and a further
statement in response to a matter raised by
Senator Macdonald.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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