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No. 79/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 6.39 pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
Exemption of a bill from an order of the Senate
The Senate further debated and agreed to a motion to exempt the
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer
Safeguards) Bill 2009 from the order of the Senate agreed to on
13 May 2009 to enable consideration of the bill on a future
sitting day [first
speaker].
The following bills were introduced
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
and Other Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Racial
Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 [private senator’s bill]
- Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2)
2009 [passed by the House of Representatives on 28 October
2009]
The following bills were introduced, debated and passed
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill
2009
- Tax Agent Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential
Amendments) Bill 2009
[The bills will now be assented to]
The following bills were passed
- Asian Development Bank (Additional Subscription) Bill 2009 [The
bill will now be assented to]
- AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009–9 Government amendments
agreed to [The House of Representatives will now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
- Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment (Telstra) Bill 2009
[The bill will now be assented to]
- Statute Stocktake (Regulatory and Other Laws) Bill 2009 [The
bill will now be assented to]
Message from the House of Representatives
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination
Payments) Bill 2009–disagreeing to the
amendment made by the Senate [The Senate will consider the
message on a future sitting day]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information arising from estimates hearings was
tabled.
Reports tabled
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References
Committee–Forestry
and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands [a motion to take
note of the report was debated –
first speaker]
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Review
of the Defence annual report 2007-08 [a
motion to take note of the report was agreed to]
- Privileges Committee–140th
report–Persons referred to in the Senate–Mr Richard
Stanton [a
motion to adopt the report was agreed to]
- Publications Committee–14th
Report [report adopted]
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–Compliance audits
on Medicare benefits
- Treaties Joint Committee–95th report–Treaties
tabled on 4 June, 17 June, 25 June and 26 August 2008
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 16 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Bill 2009–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 2
February 2010
- Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill
2009–Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee–to report by 16 November 2009
- Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 2
February 2010
- Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Bill
2009–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 16 November 2009
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009
Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Bill 2009–Economics
Legislation Committee–to report by 16 November 2009
Other references
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References Committee
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to Australia’s mandatory last resort
home warranty schemes to the Economics References Committee
[first
speaker].
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References
Committee–
- Oversight of the child care industry–to report by 23
November 2009
- Welfare of international students–to report by 25
November 2009
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References
Committee–Economic and security challenges facing Papua New
Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific–to
report by 19 November 2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–Crimes Amendment (Working With
Children—Criminal History) Bill 2009–to report by
17 November 2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References
Committee–Access to justice–to report by 19 November
2009
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given to refer
matters relating to public interest immunity claims to the
Finance and Public Administration References Committee for report
by the first sitting day in 2010.
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership.
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]
Orders for the production of documents
Motion agreed to
The Senate
ordered the Minister representing the Minister for the
Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Senator Wong) to table
documents relating to the Montara oil spill, no later than 16
November 2009.
Orders with continuing effect
Departmental and agency appointments and vacancies
A letter of advice for the Climate Change and Water portfolio
was tabled [Lists of appointments made and existing vacancies are
required to be tabled 7 days before the commencement of budget,
supplementary budget and additional estimates hearings]
Departmental and agency grants
A letter of advice for the Climate Change and Water portfolio
was tabled [Lists of all grants approved are
required to be tabled 7 days before the commencement of budget,
supplementary budget and additional estimates hearings]
Document tabled
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
Motion agreed to
-
Parliamentary zone–to approve a proposal for the
installation of additional CCTV cameras in the parliamentary
precinct–moved by the Minister for Climate Change and Water
(Senator Wong)
Motion negatived
Motion debated
Statement by President
The President made a
statement relating to the appointment of Dr Rosemary Laing as
Clerk of the Senate from 5 December 2009 [statements were made in
relation to the matter –
first speaker].
Hours of meeting
The Senate agreed to a
motion to vary the hours of meeting on 16 November 2009
[statements were made in relation to the motion –
first speaker].
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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