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No. 46/2010
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
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The Senate met from 12.30 pm until 8.49 pm
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1)
2010-2011
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2010-2011
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2010-2011
[passed by the House of Representatives on 21 June 2010]
- Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010
[passed by the House of Representatives on 21 June 2010]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements
and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 21 June 2010]
- National Health Amendment (Continence Aids Payment Scheme) Bill
2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 21 June 2010]
- National Integrity Commissioner Bill 2010 [private
senator’s bill]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 3)
Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 21 June
2010]
- Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 21 June 2010]
The following bill was debated
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill
2010–committee of the whole commenced–8 Government
amendments agreed to [further amendments remain to be
considered]
The following bill was passed
- Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No. 2] [a
motion to give precedence to the bill was debated and agreed to
–
first speaker ] [The House of Representatives will now consider
this bill]
Motion negatived
A motion moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob
Brown) to suspend standing orders to give precedence to the
Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill 2010 was
debated and negatived [first
speaker ].
See Committees for details of reports relating
to legislation
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Report on legislation
- Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No.
2]–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–Final
report
Other reports
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint
Committee–Statutory
oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee–Review of
administration and expenditure: No.
8–Australian intelligence agencies [a
motion to take note of the report was agreed to]
- Migration Joint Committee–Enabling
Australia: Inquiry into the migration treatment of disability
[a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
- Privileges Committee–
-
145th report: Persons referred to in the Senate–Mr
Geordie Guy on behalf of Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc. [a
motion to adopt the report was agreed to]
-
146th report: Persons referred to in the Senate–Ms Vicki
Dunstan on behalf of the Church of Scientology Australia [a
motion to adopt the report was agreed to]
- Procedure Committee–2nd
report of 2010–Arrangements for the opening of Parliament
and Rules for questions under standing order 73
- Treaties Joint Committee–
-
Report No. 111–Treaties tabled on 25 November 2009 (3), 4
and 24 February 2010
-
Report No. 112–Treaties tabled on 9, 10, 15, 16 and 29
March 2010
Government responses
tabled
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Joint
Committee–Examination of the annual report for 2007-08 of the
Integrity Commissioner
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Joint
Committee–Inquiry into law enforcement integrity models
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee–Examination
of the annual report of 2007-08 of the Australian Crime
Commission
- Community Affairs Committee–Beyond petrol sniffing:
Renewing hope for Indigenous communities; and Grasping the
opportunity of Opal: Assessing the impact of the petrol sniffing
strategy
New inquiry
The Senate
referred matters relating to industry skills councils to the
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee
to report by 30 September 2010.
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- 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
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Import restrictions on beef–Final
report–to report by 23 June 2010
Notices of motion given
To refer matters to committees
- Finance and Public Administration References
Committee–Matters relating to the Blueprint for the Reform of
Australian Government Administration–to report by 26 August
2010–notice given by Senator Ryan
- Privileges Committee–Adequacy of advice contained in the
Government Guidelines for Official Witnesses before Parliamentary
Committees and Related Matters–to report by 2 September
2010–notice given by Senator Trood
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Matters relating to biosecurity and quarantine
arrangements–to report by 22 November 2010–notice given
by Senators Nash and Colbeck
To modify an order of the Senate
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation
Committee–Order of the Senate of
28 October 2009–notice given by Senator Marshall
To vary the appointment of a committee
- Fuel and Energy Select Committee–notice given by Senator
Cormann
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]
Motion to disallow debated
A motion moved by Senator Xenophon to disallow the Aviation
Transport Security Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1) [homepage]
was debated [first
speaker]. The debate will continue on a future sitting
day.
Notice of intention to withdraw a notice
Senator Xenophon gave notice of his intention to withdraw a notice
of motion to disallow regulations 4.67C and 4.67E in item [2] of
Schedule 1 to the Aviation Transport Security Amendment Regulations
2010 (No. 1). [homepage]
Orders for the production of documents
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to the following orders:
- 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
- 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
- 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 of motion given
Senator Siewert gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister representing the
Minister for Resources and Energy (Senator Carr) to table the
report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Montara oil
spill–no later than 24 June 2010.
Documents tabled
Ministerial statement tabled
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
(Senator Carr) tabled a ministerial statement about the loss of the
Montevideo Maru.
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Matter of public importance discussed
Australian troops in Afghanistan
The Minister for Defence (Senator Faulkner) made a
statement about the medical condition of the 7 soldiers wounded
in Afghanistan on 21 June 2010 [statements by leave were made in
response -
first speaker]
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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