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No. 77/2009
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The Senate met from 12.30 pm until 8.09 pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Protecting Problem Gamblers Bill 2009 [private senator's
bill]
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill
2009 [passed by the House of Representatives on 26 October
2009]
The following bill was debated
- Australian National Preventive Health Agency Bill 2009 [passed
by the House of Representatives on 26 October 2009] second reading
debate commenced [first
speaker] 1 Opposition
second reading amendment to be determined [establishing
procedures for further consideration of the bill]
The following bill was passed
- Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill
2009 5 Government and 1 Australian Greens amendments agreed to
[The House of Representatives will now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
Notice of motion given relating to the consideration of
a bill
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and
Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009
notice given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig)
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The Senate agreed to a
motion establishing dates for estimates hearings for 2010.
Estimates hearing
The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation
Committee held a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate to
further consider 2009-10 supplementary budget estimates. The
committee met from 7.31 pm until 10.00 pm, calling the department
and agencies of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio,
including the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, the Bureau
of Rural Sciences, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary
Medicines Authority and the Biosecurity Services Group.
Notice of motion given
Senator Fisher gave a
notice of motion relating to estimates hearings of the
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee
and Fair Work Australia.
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
-
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support
for Students) Bill 2009 Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
References Committee
Other reports
- Economics References Committee Government's economic stimulus
initiatives
Final report [a motion to take note of the report was debated
first speaker]
Document tabled
- Standing order 37(3) Access to committee documents Social
Security Joint Committee (1941 46) Report to the Senate
New inquiry
The Senate referred
matters relating to import restrictions on beef to the Rural
and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee to report
by 30 November 2009.
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to certain subsidiaries of the Reserve Bank of
Australia to the Economics References Committee [first
speaker].
Meetings during the sitting of the Senate
The Senate authorised the following meetings to be held while
the Senate is sitting:
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee 28 October
2009 from 5.00 pm Financial products and services in
Australia
- Economics References Committee 28 October 2009 from
5.00 pm GROCERYchoice website
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee 28 October
2009 from 11.00 am Australia's trade and investment relations
with Asia, the Pacific and Latin America
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee 29
October 2009 from 3.30 pm Crimes Legislation Amendment
(Serious and Organised Crime) Bill (No. 2) 2009
- National Capital and External Territories Joint Committee
- 28 October 2009 from 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm
- 29 October 2009 from 10.00 am to noon
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee 28 October, 18
November and 25 November 2009 from 11.45 am to
1.30 pm Review of Auditor-General's reports
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee into rural and regional access to secondary and tertiary
education opportunities to 11 December 2009.
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given by Senator Milne to refer
matters relating to Australia's Mandatory Last Resort Home
Warranty Insurance Scheme to the Economics References Committee for
report by 31 March 2010.
Membership
The Senate discharged Senator Scullion from and appointed
Senator Humphries to the National Capital and External Territories
Joint Committee.
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 Cormann gave a notice of motion to disallow items 42698,
42701, 42702 and 42718 in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Health
Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2009, as
contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 272 and
made under the Health Insurance Act 1973 [homepage].
Orders for the production of documents
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to the following orders:
- Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator Wong) to
table a copy of a letter relating to funding approval for stage
2 of the Northern Victorian Irrigation Renewal Project by no later
than noon on 29 October 2009
- Minister representing the Treasurer (Senator Sherry) to
table documents relating to the Frontier Economics report on
the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and any proposed
modifications to the scheme by no later than 4 November
2009
Documents tabled
The following documents were tabled in response to orders of the
Senate:
- Answers to questions on notice nos 2043 and 2044 relating to
macular degeneration [see Notice Paper, 27 October
2009, pages 43 and 44] [tabled in response to the order of the
Senate agreed to on
26 October 2009]
Documents tabled
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation Report ASEAN
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Thailand 2 August to 8 August 2009 [a
motion to take note of the report was agreed to]
- Australian Parliamentary Service Commissioner Annual report
2008-09
-
Government documents [and
considered]
- Response to a Senate resolution about Equal Pay Day from the
Deputy Prime Minister (Ms Gillard) [resolution agreed to
8 September 2009]
-
A petition
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motions negatived
-
Debate on asylum seekers and border protection moved by Senator
Hanson-Young
-
Territorial copyright protection for books moved by Senators
Ludlam and Milne
Matter of public importance discussed
Days of Meeting
The Senate agreed to a motion establishing the
days of meeting for 2010 [first
speaker].
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals [see entries nos
11 and
37].
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