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No. 18/2010
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 7.46 pm
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children)
Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 9 March
2010]
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 [passed by the House
of Representatives on 9 March 2010]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 1)
Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 10 March
2010]
The following bill was debated
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and
Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009–second reading debate
commenced [first
speaker ] [The Senate did not agree to a
motion moved by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
(Senator Minchin) to suspend standing orders –
first speaker ]
The following bill was passed
- Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Bill 2009 [The bill will
now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To introduce a private senator’s bill
- Ombudsman Amendment (Education Ombudsman) Bill
2010–notice given by Senator Hanson-Young
To exempt a bill from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 1)
Bill 2010–notice given by the Special Minister of State
(Senator Ludwig)
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Report on legislation
-
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform
and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 and other
bills–Community Affairs Legislation Committee
Other report
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–Alert
Digest No. 3 of 2010 and
3rd report of 2010 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds]
New inquiry
The Senate referred
matters relating to the administration and effectiveness of the
Green Loans Program to the Environment, Communications and the Arts
References Committee to report by 21 June 2010.
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Finance and Public Administration
Legislation Committee to hold a public meeting while the Senate is
sitting on 11 March 2010 from 3.30 pm for the
committee’s inquiry into the Governance of Australian
Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2010 and related
bills.
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry of
the Economics Legislation Committee into the Safe Climate (Energy
Efficient Non-Residential Buildings Scheme) Bill 2009 to 17 March
2010.
Notices of motion
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Joint
Committee–
- 11 March 2010 from noon–private meeting otherwise than in
accordance with standing order 33(1)
- 11 March 2010 from 12.15 pm–examination of the annual
report 2008-09 of the Integrity Commissioner
- Electoral Matters Joint Committee–15 March 2010 from
12.30 pm–private meeting otherwise than in accordance
with standing order 33(1)
To refer matters to a committee
-
Matters relating to tax exempt status for charitable and
religious organisations–Economics References
Committee–to report by 24 June 2010–notice given by
Senator Xenophon
Membership
A message from the House of Representatives was reported advising
that Mr Johnson would replace Mr Secker on the National
Capital and External Territories Joint Committee.
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]
Notices of motion to disallow given
Senator Fierravanti-Wells gave a
notice to disallow the following delegated legislation:
- Parts 8, 9 and 10 of Schedule 1 of the National Health
(Pharmaceutical Benefits – Therapeutic Groups) Determination
2010 (Instrument Number PB 1 of 2010), made under subsection
84AG(1) of the National Health Act 1953 [homepage]
- Amendment determination – Drugs on F1 and drugs in Part A
of F2 (Instrument Number PB 2 of 2010), made under subsections
85AB(1) and 85AC(1) of the National Health Act 1953
[homepage]
Orders for the production of documents
Motion defeated
A
motion moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator
Bob Brown) to require certain Ministers to table documents relating
to the Australian Federal Police’s search of the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society ships Bob Barker and Steve
Irwin was defeated.
Notice of motion given
Senator Ludlam gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister for Broadband,
Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to table
the National Broadband Network Implementation Study by no later
than 10.00 am on 17 March 2010.
Order with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
Statements of compliance for
various agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
files created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
Ministerial statement
The Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water
(Senator Wong) made a
statement about the Green Loans Program [a motion to take note
of the statement was debated and agreed to –
first speaker].
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Statement by President
The President made a
statement relating to the arrangements for the attendance of
senators at a meeting of the House of Representatives for an
address by His Excellency, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President
of the Republic of Indonesia.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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