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No. 45/2010
Monday, 21 June 2010
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The Senate met from 12.30 pm until 10.27 pm
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 and a
related bill [passed by the House of Representatives on 17 June
2010]
The following bills were debated
- Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care
and Other Measures) Bill 2010–second reading debate commenced
[first
speaker ]
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010 and 2
related bills–second reading agreed to [first
speaker ] [details of the bills will be considered on a future
sitting day]
The following bills were passed
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment
(Recreational Fishing for Mako and Porbeagle Sharks) Bill
2010–1 Australian Greens
second reading amendment agreed to [expressing a view about the
policy of the bill] [The bill will now be assented to]
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform
and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 [The bill
will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
A
notice of motion was given by Senator Parry to give precedence
to the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No. 2] on
23 June 2010, and varying the order of business on 24 June
2010.
To enable bills to be considered together
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2010 Budget
Measures) Bill 2010
Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Income Support Measures)
Bill 2010
–notice given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig)
Message from the House of Representatives
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) Bill
2010–agreeing to the amendments 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
Reports tabled
Report on legislation
-
Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill
2010–Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
[a motion to take note of the report was debated –
first speaker]
Other reports
- National Capital and External Territories Joint
Committee–2009 New Zealand parliamentary committee exchange,
24 August to 27 August 2009 [a motion to take note of the report
was agreed to]
- Public Works Joint Committee–2nd
report of 2010–Referrals made February to March 2010 [a
motion to take note of the report was debated and agreed
to]
Documents tabled
- Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 and a
related bill–Economics Legislation Committee–Additional
information
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References
Committee–Administration and effectiveness of the Green Loans
Program–to report by 6 August 2010
- Finance and Public Administration References
Committee–COAG reforms relating to health and
hospitals–to report by 23 June 2010
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines
- Agricultural and Related Industries Select
Committee–Incidence and severity of bushfires across
Australia–to report by 13 August 2010
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–Poker Machine
(Reduced Losses—Interim Measures) Bill 2009 and the
Protecting Problem Gamblers Bill 2009–to report by 28 October
2010
- Community Affairs References Committee–New therapeutic
groups under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme–to report by
26 August 2010
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References
Committee–Energy Efficient Homes Package–to report by
24 June 2010
- Reform of the Australian Federation Select Committee–to
report by 17 November 2010
To refer matters to a committee
-
Matters relating to Industry Skills Councils–Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee–to
report by 30 September 2010
Membership
The Senate appointed Senator Ludlam as a member of the Reform of
the Australian Federation Select 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]
Notice of motion to disallow given
Senator Xenophon gave a
notice of motion to disallow the Aviation Transport Security
Amendment Regulations 2010 (no. 1) [homepage].
Orders for the production of documents
Notices of motion given
The following notices of motion were given requiring Ministers to
table documents:
- Minister representing the Minister for Environment Protection,
Heritage and the Arts (Senator Wong) to table documents relating to
a study in estimating consumers’ willingness to pay for
improvements in packaging and beverage container waste
management–no later than 9.30 pm on 24 June 2010–notice
given by Senator Ludlam
- Minister representing the Prime Minister (Senator Evans) to
table a copy of the report prepared by the Energy Efficiency task
force–no later than noon on 23 June 2010–notice
given by Senator Birmingham
- Special Minister of State (Senator Ludwig) to table documents
relating to the Guidelines on Information and Advertising Campaigns
by Australian Government Departments and Agencies–no later
than 2.00 pm on 23 June 2010–notice given by Senator
Ronaldson
Documents tabled
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Matter of public importance discussed
Australian troops in Afghanistan
The Minister for Defence (Senator Faulkner) made a
statement about an incident in Afghanistan involving Australian
troops [statements by leave were made in response –
first speaker].
Notice of motion to vary hours
A
notice was given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig) to vary the hours for 22 June 2010 to enable a motion
relating to Australian troops in Afghanistan to be
considered.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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