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No. 19/2010
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 7.44 pm
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill 2010
[passed by the House of Representatives on 10 March 2010]
- Ombudsman Amendment (Education Ombudsman) Bill 2010 [private
senator’s bill]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 10 March 2010]
The following bill was exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 1)
Bill 2010
The following bills were debated
- Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010–second
reading debate commenced [first
speaker] [A division was called for on a motion that the
question be put on the second reading of the bill. As required by
standing
order 57(3), the division will be held on 15 March 2010.]
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and
Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009–second reading debate
continued [first
speaker]
The following bills were passed
- Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Bill 2010
and Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2010
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death
Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 GST Administration Measures) Bill
2009
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 6) Bill 2009
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 1)
Bill 2010
[These bills will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To introduce a private senator’s bill
- Responsible Takeaway Alcohol Hours Bill 2010–notice given
by the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding)
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill
2010
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children)
Bill 2010
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other
Measures) Bill 2010
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Bill
2010
- Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment
(Weekly Payments) Bill 2010
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010
notice given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig)
To vary the days of meeting
A
notice was given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig) to vary the days of meeting to enable the
Government’s legislative program to be considered.
Message from the House of Representatives
- Crimes Amendment (Working With Children—Criminal History)
Bill 2009–agreeing to the amendment made by the Senate [The
bill will now be assented to]
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
The Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee tabled
additional information arising from the 2009-10 additional and
supplementary budget estimates hearings
.
Reports tabled
Report on legislation
-
Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information)
Bill 2009–Economics Legislation Committee
Other reports
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Import restrictions on beef–Third
interim report [a motion to extend the final reporting date to
18 March 2010 was agreed to]
- Seven legislation committees [see Journals entries nos
19 and
35]–Examination of annual reports tabled by 31 October
2009
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 4 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following reference:
- Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010–Legal
and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by
11 May 2010
New joint select committee
The Senate
amended and agreed to a motion to concur with a
resolution of the House of Representatives appointing the
Cyber-Safety Joint Select Committee.
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to the appropriateness of applying the public
benefit test to charitable and religious organisations in 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:
- 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)
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership.
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]
Regulations disallowed
The Senate debated [first
speaker] and disallowed the following regulations:
- 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 agreed to
The Senate ordered the Minister for Broadband, Communications and
the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to table the National
Broadband Network Implementation Study and government response by
no later than 10.00 am on 17 March 2010.
Documents tabled
Documents were tabled in response to an order of the Senate agreed
to on
25 February 2010 relating to proposed sites for a
Commonwealth radioactive waste dump.
Notice of motion given
Senator Milne gave a
notice of motion to require the documents referred to in
resolutions of the Senate agreed to on
16 September 2009 and
18 November 2009 to be tabled by 10.00 am on 18 March
2010.
Orders with continuing effect
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
Internet
Letters of advice for
various portfolios were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
contracts valued at $100 000 or more entered into by departments
and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
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 discussed
Government documents, committee reports, government responses and
Auditor-General’s reports were discussed
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water
(Senator Wong) tabled a ministerial statement about the home
insulation program [a motion to take note of the statement was
debated and agreed to –
first speaker].
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
-
Independent inquiry into an Australian Defence Force operation
in Afghanistan–moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens
(Senator Bob Brown)
-
Bank ATM fees–moved by the Leader of the Australian
Greens (Senator Bob Brown)
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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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