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No. 47/2010
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 7.29 pm
Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- International Monetary Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010
[passed by the House of Representatives on 22 June 2010]
The following bills were passed [a
motion to consider the bills under a limitation of time was
debated and agreed to –
first speaker]
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010–3
Government, 3 Opposition, 4 Australian Greens and 3 Senator
Xenophon amendments agreed to today [see Journals entries
nos 4 and
28] [for previous consideration in committee of the whole, see
Journals of the Senate,
22 June 2010] [the House of Representatives will now consider
the amendments made by the Senate]
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill
2010
Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-scale Technology Shortfall
Charge) Bill 2010
[These bills will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Choice of Repairer Bill 2010–notice given by the Leader
of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding) [private
senator’s bill]
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Security of Defence Premises)
Bill 2010–notice given by the Minister for Defence (Senator
Faulkner)
- Financial Management and Accountability Amendment (Value for
Money in Government Spending) Bill 2010–notice given by
Senator Barnett [private senator’s bill]
- Parliamentary Budget Office Bill 2010–notice given by
Senator Barnett [private senator’s bill]
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Amendment Bill
2010
- Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010
- Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying Doctor Service) Bill 2010
- Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Bill
2010
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Indexation) Bill 2010
- Immigration (Education) Amendment Bill 2010
- Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2010
- International Monetary Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1)
2010
- Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Bill 2010
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010
- Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information)
Bill 2009
- Tax Laws Amendment (Foreign Source Income Deferral) Bill (No.
1) 2010
- Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No.
2) 2010
- Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment
(Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2009
–notice
given by the Special Minister of State (Senator Ludwig)
To vary the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig) to vary the routine of business for 24 June 2010 to enable
the Government’s legislative program to be considered.
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Eight legislation committees tabled reports into the 2010-11
Budget estimates.
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
-
Excise Tariff Amendment (Aviation Fuel) Bill 2010 and Customs
Tariff Amendment (Aviation Fuel) Bill 2010–Rural and Regional
Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
Other reports
- Finance and Public Administration References
Committee–COAG
reforms relating to health and hospitals [a motion to take note
of the report was debated and agreed to –
first speaker]
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Possible impacts and consequences for public
health, trade and agriculture of the Government’s decision to
relax import restrictions on beef [a motion was moved to take note
of the report]
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee–Alert
Digest No. 7 of 2010 and
7th 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
- Finance and Public Administration References
Committee–Native vegetation laws, greenhouse gas abatement
and climate change measures–Additional information
- Senators’ Interests Committee–
- Register of gifts to the Senate and the Parliament
incorporating declarations of gifts lodged between 2 December 2008
and 21 June 2010
- Register of senators’ interests, incorporating statements
of registrable interests and notifications of alterations of
interests of senators lodged between 24 November 2009 and 21
June 2010
Government responses
tabled
- Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation
Committee–Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit
and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2009
- Schedule of government responses outstanding to parliamentary
committee reports–tabled by the President of the Senate on 26
November 2009
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 9 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Banking Amendment (Delivering Essential Financial Services for
the Community) Bill 2010–Economics Legislation
Committee–to report by 2 September 2010
- Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 30
July 2010
- Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010–Legal
and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by
24 August 2010
Other references
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References
Committee–Past
and present practices of donor conception in Australia–to
report by 30 November 2010
- 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
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Matters
relating to biosecurity and quarantine arrangements–to report
by 22 November 2010
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Corporations and Financial Services
Joint Committee to hold a public meeting while the Senate is
sitting on 23 June 2010 from 6.00 pm for the committee’s
inquiry into the continuing oversight of the operations of the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee into the management of aircraft noise by Airservices
Australia to 24 June 2010.
Proposal to modify an order of the Senate
The Senate did not agree to a proposal to
modify an order of the Senate agreed to on
28 October 2009, relating to the appearance of the President of
Fair Work Australia at hearings of the Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations Legislation Committee.
Variation to the appointment of a committee
The Senate
varied the resolution appointing the Fuel and Energy Select
Committee.
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines
- Agricultural and Related Industries Select Committee–Food
production in Australia–to report by 23 August 2010
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References Committee
–Energy Efficient Homes Package–to report by 2 July
2010
To refer matters to committees
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References
Committee–Matters relating to online privacy
protection–to report by 20 October 2010–notice given by
Senator Ludlam
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee –
Exposure drafts of Australian privacy amendment legislation
–to report by 1 July 2011–notice given by the Special
Minister of State (Senator Ludwig)
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Import of Chinese apples into Australia and the
Australia/United States cherry trade–to report by 31 July
2010–notice given by Senators Nash and Colbeck
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]
Notice of motion withdrawn
Senator Xenophon withdrew a notice of motion to disallow new
regulations 4.67C and 4.67E in item [2] of Schedule 1 to the
Aviation Transport Security Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1).
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Orders for the production of documents
Motions defeated
A
motion moved by Senator Siewert requiring 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 was defeated.
Documents tabled
The following documents were tabled in response to orders of the
Senate:
- Senator Collins tabled a statement in response to an order of
the Senate concerning the Energy Efficiency task force report
[order agreed to on
22 June 2010]
- The Special Minister of State (Senator Ludwig) tabled a
statement in response to an order of the Senate concerning an
exemption from the Guidelines on Information and Advertising
Campaigns by Australian Government Departments and Agencies [order
agreed to on
22 June 2010] [a motion to take note of the statement was
debated and agreed to –
first speaker]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–
Audit reports nos 47 and 48 of 2009-10
- Correspondence from the President of the Senate to the Minister
for Finance and Deregulation (Mr Tanner)–Ordinary annual
services of the Government
- Department of the Senate–Register of Senate senior
executive officers’ interests incorporating notifications of
alterations of interests of Senate senior executive officers lodged
between 24 November 2009 and 21 June 2010
-
Government documents
-
A petitioning document
Ministerial statements
The Minister for Defence (Senator Faulkner) made a
statement about Afghanistan [a
motion to take note of the statement was agreed to].
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy (Senator Conroy) tabled a ministerial statement about
e-health reform [a
motion to take note of the statement was agreed to].
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
Motion negatived
Death of Australian Defence Force personnel
The Minister for Defence (Senator Faulkner)
moved that the Senate records its deep sorrow at the death, on
21 June 2010, of Private Timothy Aplin, Private Benjamin Chuck and
Private Scott Palmer, while on combat operations in Afghanistan.
The motion was supported.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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