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No. 90/2009
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The Senate met from 10.00 am and suspended at 10.00 pm on
Monday, 30 November 2009, met from 10.00 am and suspended
at 10.00 pm on Tuesday, 1 December 2009 and met from 10.00 am
until 12.37 pm on Wednesday, 2 December 2009
The Senate has now completed its sittings for 2009 and will
commence the autumn sittings on 2
February 2010
Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 [passed by the House
of Representatives on 30 November 2009]
- Health Insurance Amendment (New Zealand Overseas Trained
Doctors) Bill 2009 [passed by the House of Representatives on
30 November 2009]
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and
Amenities) Bill 2009 [passed by the House of Representatives on 26
November 2009]
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support
for Students) Bill 2009 [No. 2] [passed by the House of
Representatives on 25 November 2009]
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2009 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 26 November 2009]
- Trade Practices Amendment (Infrastructure Access) Bill 2009
[passed by the House of Representatives on 1 December
2009]
The following bills were passed
- Appropriation (Water Entitlements and Home Insulation) Bill
2009-2010 and a related bill
- Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill
2009
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009 and a
related bill
[These bills will now be assented to]
The following bills were defeated by a majority vote
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and 10
related bills–defeated at third reading [first
speaker] [see Journals of the Senate
25 November, 26 November–entries nos
71 and
73 and 30 November–entries nos
10 and
15 for consideration of the bills in committee]
[These bills meet the requirements for a simultaneous
dissolution of both houses under s.57
of the Constitution]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Agricultural and Related Industries Select Committee–Food
production in Australia
-
Second interim report
-
Third interim report
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Import restrictions on beef–Interim
report [a motion to extend the reporting date to
25 February 2010 was agreed to]
Document tabled
- Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities Select
Committee–Third report–Correction
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 19 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Do Not Call Register Legislation Amendment Bill
2009–Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation
Committee–to report by 24 February 2010
- Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009 and
Information Commissioner Bill 2009–Finance and Public
Administration Legislation Committee–to report by 16 March
2010
- Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2009–Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee–to report by 25 February 2010
- Trade Practices Amendment (Material Lessening of
Competition—Richmond Amendment) Bill 2009–Economics
Legislation Committee–to report by 18 March 2010
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations References Committee to hold a public meeting while the
Senate was sitting on 30 November 2009 from 2.00 pm for the
committee’s inquiry into the Primary Schools for the 21st
Century program.
Membership
The Senate agreed that Senator Siewert replace Senator
Hanson-Young on the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee for the committee’s inquiry into
Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
2009, and appointed Senator Hanson-Young as a participating
member.
A message from the House of Representatives was reported
advising that Mr Kerr would replace Ms Vamvakinou on the Treaties
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, including
Governor-General’s Proclamations]
Notice of motion to disallow given
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances gave a
notice or motion to disallow Marine Order No. 4 of 2009 –
Part 28 – Operations Standards and Procedures – Issue
3, made under subsection 425(1AA) of the Navigation Act
1912 [homepage].
Document tabled
Other business
End of 2009 sittings
Valedictory speeches were made relating to the end of the 2009
sittings [first
speaker].
2010 sittings
The Senate will commence the autumn sittings on 2
February 2010.
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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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued by the Senate Table Office as a convenient summary
of each day's proceedings in the Senate. For a complete account see
the official record, the Journals of the Senate, on the
Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm
Related resources
The Order of Business (or Senate Red') and the
Dynamic Red (which updates the Order of Business
throughout the sitting day) are also available on the Internet at
www.aph.gov.au/senate
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions:
phone 6277 3021
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au
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