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No. 33/2009
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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
The committee met from 9.02am until 11.01pm.
The committee:
- called the Department of the Environment,
Water, Heritage and the Arts; and
- concluded its hearings.
Finance and Public Administration Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Finance and Deregulation;
Human Services; Parliament; Prime Minister and Cabinet
The committee met from 9.00am until 9.50pm.
The committee called:
- the department and agencies of the Finance and Deregulation
portfolio, including the Australian Electoral Commission; and
- the department and agencies of the Human Services portfolio,
including Centrelink, Medicare and Australian Hearing.
The committee will next meet on Friday, 29 May 2009 in Senate
Committee Room 2S1, calling the Department of Climate Change and
the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Attorney-General;
Immigration and Citizenship
The committee met from 9.00am until 6.20pm.
The committee:
- called the Department of Immigration and
Citizenship; and
- concluded its hearings.
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation
Committee
Portfolios allocated: Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and
Local Government
The committee met from 9.00am until 10.06pm.
The committee:
- called the department and agencies of the
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local
Government portfolio, including the Inspector of Transport
Security, Airservices Australia, the Civil Aviation Safety
Authority, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, and the Office
of Northern Australia; 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 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