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No. 13/2009
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Community Affairs 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 9.30am until 11.05pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Health and Ageing portfolio, including Cancer
Australia, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, the
Australian Sports Commission, the Aged Care Standards and
Accreditation Agency, the National Blood Authority and the Private
Health Insurance Administration Council.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 26 February 2009 in
Senate Committee Room 2S1, calling the Families, Housing, Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio, commencing with the
department.
Economics 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 9.00am until 11.33pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Treasury portfolio, including the Australian
Prudential Regulation Authority, the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission and the Australian Taxation Office.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 26 February 2009 in
House of Representatives Committee Room 2R1, calling:
- agencies of the Treasury portfolio, commencing with the
Australian Bureau of Statistics;
- the department and agencies of the Resources, Energy and
Tourism portfolio, commencing with the department; and
- the department and agencies of the Innovation, Industry,
Science and Research portfolio, commencing with the
department.
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.01am until 8.01pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
portfolio, including the Office of Early Childhood Education and
Child Care.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 26 February 2009 in
Senate Committee Room 2S3, again calling the department and
agencies of the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
portfolio, commencing with the Workplace Ombudsman.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Defence (including
Veterans' Affairs); Foreign Affairs and Trade
For current
information about the committee's hearings
The committee met from 9.00am until 8.55pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Defence portfolio, including the Defence Materiel
Organisation, Defence Housing Australia, the Department of
Veterans' Affairs and the Australian War Memorial.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 26 February 2009 in
the Main Committee Room, calling the department and agencies of the
Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, commencing with the
department.
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