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No. 32/2009
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Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation
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 9.02am until 11.01pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
portfolio, including the National Film and Sound Archive.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 28 May 2009 in Senate
Committee Room 2S3, again calling the department and agencies of
the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio, commencing
with the department.
Finance and Public Administration Legislation
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 9.35pm.
The committee called the department and
agencies of the Finance and Deregulation portfolio, including
Comsuper, ASC Pty Ltd, Medibank Private and the Future Fund
Management Agency.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 28 May 2009 in Senate
Committee Room 2S1, calling the department and agencies of the
Finance and Deregulation portfolio and the Department of Human
Services, commencing with the Department of Finance and
Deregulation.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Attorney-General;
Immigration and Citizenship
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 Attorney-General's
portfolio, including the CrimTrac Agency, Insolvency and Trustee
Service Australia, the High Court of Australia and the Office of
the Director of Public Prosecutions; and
- the department and agencies of the Immigration and Citizenship
portfolio, including the Migration Review Tribunal, the Refugee
Review Tribunal and the Migration Agents Registration
Authority.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 28 May 2009 in the
Main Committee Room again calling the department and agencies of
the Immigration and Citizenship portfolio, commencing with the
department.
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation
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 9.05am until 10.56pm.
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, the Australian Maritime Safety
Authority, and the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional
Economics.
The committee will next meet on Thursday, 28 May 2009 in House
of Representatives Committee Room 2R1, again calling the department
and agencies of the Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development
and Local Government 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 2009-10 budget
estimates (membership of committees, portfolio allocation, terms of
reference etc.) is available on the Senate web page.
A
program for each of the committees 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