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No. 42/2010
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 7.29 pm
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other
Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives
on 16 June 2010]
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (How-to-Vote Cards and Other
Measures) Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 16
June 2010]
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation and Other
Measures) Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 16
June 2010]
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Pre-poll Voting and Other
Measures) Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 16
June 2010]
- Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill 2010
[private senator’s bill]
The following bills were debated
- Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010–second reading agreed to
[first
speaker ] and committee of the whole commenced–1
Government amendment and 4 Government requests for amendments
agreed to, 2 subclauses, 4 clauses and 2 Parts negatived [see
Journals entries nos
4 and
38 ] [further amendments remain to be considered]
- Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill
2010–second reading agreed to and committee of the whole
commenced [amendments remain to be considered]
Proposed variation to hours of meeting
The Senate did not agree to a motion to vary the hours of meeting
and routine of business for 17 June 2010 to enable the
Government’s legislative program to be considered [first
speaker ].
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–Alert
Digest No. 6 of 2010 and
6th report of 2010 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds] [a
motion to take note of the report was agreed to]
Documents tabled
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation
Committee–Correspondence from the Secretary of the Industrial
Relations Society of Australia and the Chair of the Committee
relating to the appearance of the President of Fair Work Australia
at estimates hearings
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 8 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Aviation Fuel) Bill 2010 and a related
bill–Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation
Committee–to report by 22 June 2010
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill
2010–Community Affairs Legislation Committee–to report
by 26 August 2010
Other references
-
Funding arrangements for tax reform
advertisements–Finance and Public Administration References
Committee–to report by 30 June 2010
- Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill
2010–Finance and Public Administration Legislation
Committee–to report by 21 June 2010
Meetings during the sitting of the Senate
The Senate authorised the following meetings to be held while the
Senate is sitting:
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation
Committee–17 June 2010 from 4.30 pm to
6.30 pm–Reconvene
to resume consideration of the 2010-11 Budget estimates
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–16
June 2010–Private meeting otherwise than in accordance with
standing order 33(1)
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee–17 June 2010
from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm–Role of the Auditor-General in
monitoring compliance with the ‘Guidelines on Campaign
Advertising’
Reporting dates extended or established
The Senate extended or established reporting dates for the
following inquiries:
- Community Affairs References Committee–Impact of gene
patents on the provision of healthcare in Australia–to report
by 2 September 2010
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References
Committee–Sustainable management by the Commonwealth of water
resources–to report by 30 July 2010
- Finance and Public Administration References
Committee–COAG reforms relating to health and
hospitals–to report by 21 June 2010
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Import restrictions on beef–to report by 22
June 2010
Notice of motion given
A
notice of motion was given by Senator Back to refer matters
relating to the Australian horse industry to the Rural and Regional
Affairs and Transport References Committee for report by 30 August
2010.
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 that any documents provided by the Government to the
meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors at
Busan, Korea relating to the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies
be tabled by 10.00 am on 17 June 2010.
Documents tabled
- Statement concerning Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas
Limited–tabled by the Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sherry)
[tabled in response to the order of the Senate agreed to on
12 May 2010]
- Response by the Minister for Health and Ageing (Ms Roxon) to an
order for the production of documents relating to therapeutic
groups [agreed to on
11 May 2010]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–Audit
reports nos 43 and 44 of 2009-10
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation–United Nations and
other International Agencies in Europe and the 121st Assembly of
the Inter-parliamentary Union in Geneva, 7 to 24 October
2009–Report [a motion to take note of the report was debated
and agreed to –
first speaker]
- Correction to the 2010-11 portfolio budget statements for the
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio
-
Government documents
-
A petition
Ministerial statement tabled
The Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sherry) tabled a ministerial
statement about the International Whaling Commission [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
Matters of public interest debate–first
speaker
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motion agreed to
-
World Trade Organization report relating to the importation of
apples from New Zealand–moved by Senators Colbeck, Xenophon
and Milne and the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator
Fielding)
Matter of public importance discussed
-
Impact of the proposed new tax on resources on small quarries
and on the cost of living–proposed by Senator Parry [first
speaker]
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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