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No. 14/2009
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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 9.00am until 7.55pm.
The committee called the Department of
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Pursuant to a
resolution of the Senate of 26 August 2008, the committee will
next meet on Friday, 27 February 2009 in the Main Committee Room to
hold a hearing on cross portfolio Indigenous matters.
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 9.30am until 10.57pm.
The committee:
- called agencies of the Treasury portfolio,
including the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Australian
Office of Financial Management, the Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission and the Productivity Commission;
- called the department and agencies of the
Resources, Energy and tourism portfolio, including Tourism
Australia;
- called the department and agencies of the
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research portfolio, including the
Office of the Chief Scientist, the Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation, the Australian Research Council
and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation;
and
- concluded its hearings.
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 8.46pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio, including
the Workplace Ombudsman, the Workplace Authority and the Australian
Building and Construction Commission; and
- concluded its hearings.
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 8.05pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, including the Australian
Agency for International Development, the Australian Centre for
International Agricultural Research 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 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