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No. 62/2010
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 7.18 pm
Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other
Measures) Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on
17 November 2010]
- Higher Education Support Amendment (FEE-HELP Loan Fee) Bill
2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 16 November
2010]
- International Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment Bill
2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 17 November
2010]
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and
Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 16 November 2010]
- Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 16 November 2010]
The following bill was debated
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill
2010–second reading debate commenced [first
speaker ]–1 Opposition second reading
amendment to be determined
The following bill was passed
- Australian National Preventive Health Agency Bill 2010–1
Senator Xenophon amendment agreed to [The House of Representatives
will now consider the
amendment made by the Senate
Documents tabled
- Correspondence relating to the Social Security Amendment
(Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010
Notices of motion
To introduce private senators’ bills
- Banking Amendment (Controls on Variable Interest Rate Changes)
Bill 2010–notice given by the Leader of the Australian Greens
(Senator Bob Brown)
- Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair
Indexation) Bill 2010–notice given by Senator Ronaldson
To give precedence to a private senator’s bill
- Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation)
Bill 2010–notice given by the Minister for Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Ludwig)
To exempt a bill from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- International Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment Bill
2010–notice given by the Minister for Broadband,
Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy)
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
- Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010–Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Legislation Committee [report]
- Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee [report]
- National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill
2010–Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
[report]
- Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010–Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee [report]
Other reports
- Legislation committees–Examination of annual reports
tabled by 30 April 2010
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–PDF
167KB of 2010 and
PDF 167KB of 2010 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds] [a
motion to take note of the report was agreed to]
New inquiries
-
Australia’s koala population–Environment and
Communications References Committee–with effect from the
first day of sitting of 2011, to report by 1 June 2011
- Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional
Students) Bill 2010–Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations Legislation Committee–to report by the second
sitting day in February 2011
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Legislation Committee to hold a public hearing while the Senate is
sitting on 18 November 2010 from 3.45 pm for the
committee’s inquiry into the Evidence Amendment
(Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010 and a similar bill.
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 and
a related bill–to report by 7 December 2010
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References
Committee–
- Donor conception practices in Australia–to report by the
Wednesday of the first sitting week in February 2011
- Review of government compensation schemes–to report by 6
December 2010
- Reform of the Australian Federation Select Committee–to
report by the last sitting day in May 2011
- Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation
Committee–Airports Amendment Bill 2010–to report by 18
November 2010
- Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee–Pilot
safety including consideration of the Transport Safety
Investigation Amendment (Incident Reports) Bill 2010–to
report by the second sitting day in March 2011
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given to authorise the Economics References
Committee to hold private briefings while the Senate is sitting on
22 and 25 November 2010.
Messages from the House of Representatives
Messages from the House of Representatives were reported advising
of resolutions of the House varying the appointment of the
Cyber Safety Joint Select Committee and the
Parliamentary Library Joint Committee. The Senate concurred
with the resolutions.
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
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to the following orders:
-
Advice relating to the GST Agreement–no later than
5.00 pm on 18 November 2010
- Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
(Senator Conroy) to table
documents relating to the National Broadband Network–no
later than 17 November 2010
Notices of motion given
The following notices of motion were given requiring Ministers to
table documents:
- Documents relating to the Building the Education Revolution
program–by 23 November 2010–moved by Senator
Mason
- Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
(Senator Conroy) to table documents relating to the National
Broadband Network–by 22 November 2010–notice given
by Senator Fisher
Orders with continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
A statement of compliance for the Department of Defence was tabled
[Letters of advice about certain files created by departments and
agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Matters of public interest debate–first
speaker
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Matter of public importance discussed
Statement by President
The President made a
statement relating to question time. A motion moved by the
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz) to take note
of the statement was debated and agreed to [first
speaker].
Statements by leave
Statements were made relating to the engagement of His Royal
Highness Prince William of Wales KG to Miss Catherine Middleton
[first
speaker].
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate. On
sitting days it provides a summary of each day’s proceedings
in the Senate.
Estimates at a Glance is issued this week by the Senate
Table Office as a convenient guide and index for information
relating to the consideration of estimates by Senate
committees.
Further information
Senate Briefs, prepared by the Senate Procedure Office,
provide general information about the estimates process:
No. 4:
Senate Committees
No.
5: Consideration of Estimates by the Senate Committees
No.
13: Rights and Responsibilities of Witnesses before Senate
Committees
Contact details
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