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No. 66/2010
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The Senate met from 12.30 pm until 9.54 pm
Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Anti-Siphoning) Bill 2010
[private senator’s bill]
- National Broadband Network Financial Transparency Bill 2010
(No. 2) [private senator’s bill]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information)
Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 22 November
2010]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 and a
related bill [passed by the House of Representatives on 22 November
2010]
The following bills were exempted from the cut-off order [to
enable consideration in this period of sittings]
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill
2010
- Family Law Amendment (Validation of Certain Parenting Orders
and Other Measures) Bill 2010
- Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010
- Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information)
Bill 2010
- Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 and a
related bill
The following bill was debated
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and
Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010–second reading debate
continued [first
speaker ]
Notices of motion given
To introduce private senators’ bills
- Foreign Acquisitions Amendment (Agricultural Land) Bill
2010–notice given by Senator Xenophon
- Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill
2010–notice given by Senators Heffernan, Coonan, Xenophon and
Siewert
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment
Bill 2010
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget
Measures) Bill 2010
- Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010
–notice given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry (Senator Ludwig)
Relating to the consideration of a bill
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and
Amenities) Bill 2010–to be an order of the day for the first
day of sitting after the Scrutiny of New Taxes Select Committee
reports on the student services and amenities fee proposed by the
bill–notice given by Senator Mason
Message from the House of Representatives
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2)
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
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
A
notice of motion was given by the Minister for Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Ludwig) to schedule estimates
hearings for 2011.
Report tabled
- Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010 and
a similar bill–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee [report]
Documents tabled
- Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010–Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Legislation Committee–Additional
information
New inquiries
-
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission decision to
oppose the proposed acquisition of the Franklins Supermarket
business–Economics References Committee–to report by 17
December 2010
-
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment
(Prohibition of Support for Whaling) Bill 2010–Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee–to report by the end
of the Autumn sittings, 2011
-
The Australian Law Reform Commission–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs References Committee–to report by 31
March 2011
Proposed reference
The Senate did not agree to refer
matters relating to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s
subsidiaries to the Economics References Committee.
Meeting during the sitting of the Senate
The Senate authorised the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Legislation Committee to hold a public meeting while the Senate is
sitting on 25 November 2010 from 4.00 pm for the
committee’s inquiry into the Human Rights (Parliamentary
Scrutiny) Bill 2010 and a related bill.
Notices of motion given
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee–25
November 2010 from 11.30 am–private meeting otherwise
than in accordance with standing order 33(1)
To refer matters to committees
- Matters relating to the Department of Defence Request for
Tender for the provision of air support to the Middle East Area of
Operations–Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References
Committee–to report by 1 May 2011–notice given by
Senator Johnston
- Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill
2010–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 23 March 2011–notice given by
Senators Heffernan, Coonan, Xenophon and Siewert
Membership
The Senate appointed Senators Joyce and Milne as members of the
Parliamentary Budget Office Joint Select Committee.
Documents
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion to disallow given
Senator Fierravanti-Wells gave a notice of motion to disallow the
Health Insurance (Eligible Collection Centres) Approval Principles
2010 [homepage].
Orders for the production of documents
Motion agreed to
The Senate ordered that
documents relating to a proposed variation to the GST Agreement
be tabled by 5.00 pm on 25 November 2010.
Documents tabled
- Letter from the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs
and Workplace Relations (Senator Evans) relating to order for the
production of documents concerning the Building the Education
Revolution–tabled by the Acting Deputy President (Senator
Pratt) [order of the Senate agreed to on
18 November 2010] [a
motion to take note of the letter was agreed to]
- Statement relating to the order for the production of documents
concerning the National Broadband Network–tabled by the
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Senator Lundy)
[order of the Senate agreed to on
18 November 2010]
Notices of motion given
The following notices of motion were given requiring Ministers to
table documents:
- Copy of the post-election brief for a returned Labor Government
for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations–no later than 10 December 2010–notice
given by Senator Mason
- Documents relating to the Home Insulation Safety
Program–no later than noon on 25 November
2010–notice given by Senator Birmingham
A notice of motion was given by Senators Birmingham and Cormann
requiring documents relating to the National Broadband Network to
be presented to the President under standing
order 166, by no later than noon on 25 November 2010 [the
notice was subsequently altered to require the documents by Monday,
29 November 2010].
Documents tabled
Ministerial statement tabled
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Senator Lundy)
tabled a ministerial statement and a report about the
Government’s response to people trafficking.
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
Matter of public importance discussed
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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