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No. 49/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.09pm
The Senate has now completed the winter
sittings and will commence the Spring
sittings on Tuesday,
11 August 2009
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
A
motion moved 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 was agreed
to.
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and
Other Measures) Bill 2009 [new Senate bill]
- Banking Amendment (Keeping Banks Accountable) Bill 2009
[private senator’s bill]
- Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009
[new Senate bill]
- National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2009 [new Senate
bill]
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [new Senate bill –
consideration of this bill will be adjourned to the next day of
sitting after the presentation of documents relating to the
National Broadband Network tender process – see the order
agreed to by the Senate on
13 May 2009]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in 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
The following bills were introduced, debated and passed
- Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services Bill 2009
[The bill will now be assented to]
- Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 [The
bill will now be assented to]
The following bills were passed
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1)
2009-2010
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2009-2010
[These bills will now be assented to]
- Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Bill 2009 [The
bill will now be assented to]
- Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation
Amendment Bill 2008–1 Government amendment agreed to [The
House of Representatives will now consider the
amendment made by the Senate]
- Migration Amendment (Protection of Identifying Information)
Bill 2009 [The bill will now be assented to]
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform
and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 [The bill will now be
assented to]
The following bill was discharged from the Notice Paper
- Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009
[Senate bill]
Message from the House of Representatives
- Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009–agreeing to the
amendment made by the Senate [The bill will now be assented
to]
Bills assented to
Assent to a number of laws was reported in the Senate
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information arising from estimates hearings was
tabled.
Reports tabled
- Community Affairs References Committee–Lost
innocents and forgotten Australians revisited: Report on the
progress with the implementation of the recommendations of the lost
innocents and forgotten Australians reports [a motion to take note
of the report was debated –
first speaker]
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References
Committee–DEEWR
tender process to award employment services contracts [a
motion to take note of the report was moved]
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Sealing a just outcome:
Report from the inquiry into RAAF F-111 deseal/reseal workers
and their families [a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee–Review
of the re-listing of Hizballah’s External Security
Organisation as a terrorist organisation [a
motion to take note of the report was agreed to]
- Publications Committee–11th
Report [report adopted]
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Matters
relating to the establishment of an Australian Football League team
for Tasmania [a motion was moved to take note of the report]
- Treaties Joint Committee–102nd
Report–Treaties tabled on 12 and 16 March 2009 [a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
Documents tabled
- Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009–Community Affairs
Legislation Committee–Additional information
- President of the Senate–Report to the Senate on
government responses outstanding to parliamentary committee
reports
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2009
Exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme
–Economics Legislation Committee–Additional
information
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–412th
report–Audit reports reviewed during the 41st Parliament
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 10 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill
2009–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 17 September 2009
- Anti-Terrorism Laws Reform Bill 2009–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 28
October 2009
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and
Other Measures) Bill 2009–Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Legislation Committee–to report by 7 September 2009
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination
Payments) Bill 2009–Economics Legislation Committee–to
report by 7 August 2009
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill
2009–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 17 September 2009
- Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners)
Bill 2009 and 2 related bills–Community Affairs
Legislation Committee–to report by 7 August 2009
- Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 26
November 2009
- Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill
2009–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 7 August 2009
- National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 and 3 related
bills–Economics Legislation Committee–to report by 7
August 2009
- National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2009–Finance
and Public Administration Legislation Committee–to report by
7 September 2009
- Personal Property Securities Bill 2009–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 7
August 2009
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009–Environment, Communications
and the Arts Legislation Committee–to report by 17 August
2009
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill
2009–Community Affairs Legislation Committee–to report
by 7 August 2009
- Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill
2009–Economics Legislation Committee–to report by 7
September 2009
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to possible false or misleading evidence given
to a committee to the Privileges Committee.
Notice of motion given
A
notice of motion was given by the Special Minister of State
(Senator Ludwig) relating to a final reporting date for the
Agricultural and Related Industries Select Committee.
Membership
The Senate agreed to various changes to committee membership
[see Journals entries nos
49 and
65].
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]
Regulations disallowed
The Senate agreed to a 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 [first
speaker]
Notice of motion to disallow given
Senator Milne gave a
notice of motion to disallow the
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Regulations 2009
(No. 1).
Orders for the production of documents
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to the following orders:
-
Documents held by the Productivity Commission relating to the
design and economic impacts of the Carbon Pollution Reduction
Scheme–to be tabled by 6 August 2009
-
Documents relating to illegal timber imports–to be tabled
by 4.00pm on 11 August 2009
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–Audit
reports nos 46 and 47 of 2008-09
- Department of Defence–Special purpose
flights–Schedule for the period 1 January to 30 June
2009
- Department of Finance and Deregulation–Former
parliamentarians’ travel–1 January to 30 June
2009
- Department of Finance and
Deregulation–Parliamentarians’ travel–1 January
to 30 June 2009
- Parliamentarians’ overseas study travel reports–1
January to 30 June 2009
Documents discussed
Government documents, committee reports, government responses
and Auditor-General’s reports were discussed
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet–the
Department of the Senate’s online statistical collection.
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