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No. 55/2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
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The Senate met from 12.30 pm until 10.30 pm
Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Carer Recognition Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 21 October 2010]
- Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 October 2010]
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010
[passed by the House of Representatives on 20 October
2010]
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill
2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on 19 October
2010]
- National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 20 October 2010]
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation
Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010 and a related bill
[passed by the House of Representatives on 19 October
2010]
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management
Amendment Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on
20 October 2010]
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010
[passed by the House of Representatives on 20 October
2010]
- Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Bill 2010 [passed
by the House of Representatives on 20 October 2010]
- Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services
Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 October 2010]
- Tradex Scheme Amendment Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 October 2010]
- Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment
(Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 October 2010]
The following bills were introduced, debated and passed
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010
- Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
- Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
[These bills will now be assented to]
The following bills were passed
- National Measurement Amendment Bill 2010
- Service and Execution of Process Amendment (Interstate Fine
Enforcement) Bill 2010
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Bill
2010
[The House of Representatives will now consider these
bills]
Notice of motion to introduce a private senator’s
bill
- Migration Amendment (Detention of Minors) Bill
2010–notice given by Senator Hanson-Young
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
- For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Environment and Communications References
Committee–Sustainable management by the Commonwealth of water
resources [report]
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–Committee’s visit to Indonesia and Singapore,
5 to 9 July 2010
- Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee–Matters
referred to the committee during the previous Parliament [A motion
to adopt the
report was agreed to and the inquiry into the Australian Horse
Industry and an emergency animal disease response agreement was
re-adopted with a reporting date of 25 November 2010.]
Documents tabled
- Tax Laws Amendment (Public Benefit Test) Bill
2010–Economics Legislation Committee–Additional
information
Government responses
tabled
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Joint
Committee–Operation of the Law Enforcement Integrity
Commissioner Act 2006–Interim report
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References
Committee–Australia’s judicial system and the role of
judges
- Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Legislation Committee to hold a public meeting while the Senate is
sitting on 26 October 2010 from 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm for the
committee’s inquiry into the Corporations Amendment (Sons of
Gwalia) Bill 2010.
Notices of motion given
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee–27
October 2010 from 4.00 pm–2010-11 supplementary budget
estimates for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Reform of the Australian Federation Select Committee–27
October 2010 from 11.00 am–private meeting otherwise
than in accordance with standing order 33(1)
To refer matters to committees
- Adverse impacts of rural wind farms–Community Affairs
References Committee–to report by 30 April 2011–notice
given by the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator
Fielding)
- Water (Crisis Powers and Floodwater Diversion) Bill
2010–Environment and Communications Legislation
Committee–to report by 18 November 2010–notice
given by Senators Xenophon and Hanson-Young
To vary an order of the Senate
- Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill
2010–varying the order of the Senate of 30 September 2010
referring the bill to a committee–notice given by Senator
Siewert
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various changes to committee membership.
A message from the House of Representatives was reported advising
that Mr Champion, Mr SP Jones, Mr Neumann, Mr Frydenberg, Mr
Ciobo and Mr Wilkie had been appointed as members of the
Gambling Reform Joint Select Committee.
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
Notices of motion given
- Senator Birmingham gave a notice of motion requiring the
Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy
Efficiency (Senator Wong) to table documents relating to the Green
Loans Program by no later than noon on 28 October 2010
- Senator Cormann gave three notices of motion requiring
documents relating to the Resource Super Profits Tax to be tabled
by noon on 28 October 2010
Orders with continuing effect
Departmental and agency appointments and vacancies
Letters of advice for
various portfolios were tabled [Lists of appointments made and
existing vacancies are
required to be tabled 7 days before the commencement of budget,
supplementary budget and additional estimates hearings]
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
Internet
Letters of advice for
various portfolios were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
contracts valued at $100 000 or more entered into by departments
and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Departmental and agency grants
Letters of advice for
various portfolios were tabled [Lists of all grants approved
are
required to be tabled 7 days before the commencement of budget,
supplementary budget and additional estimates hearings]
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
Statements of compliance for various agencies were tabled [see
Journals entries nos
26 and
39] [Letters of advice about certain files created by
departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–Audit
report no. 12 of 2010-11
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation–Ireland and
Italy–26 June to 10 July 2010–Report
- Department of Parliamentary Services–Report for
2009-10
- Department of the Senate–Report for 2009-10
- Department of the Senate–Travel expenditure–1 July
2009 to 30 June 2010
- Department of the Senate–Travelling allowance payments to
senators and members–1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
-
Government documents [and
considered]
- Parliamentary Service Commissioner–Annual report
2009-10
- President of the Senate–Official visit to the United
Kingdom–15 to 22 April 2010–Report
- Response to a Senate resolution about mobile phone
chargers–from the Minister for Sustainability, Environment,
Water, Population and Committees (Mr Burke) [resolution agreed to
23 June 2010]
Ministerial statements tabled
The Leader of the Government in the Senate (Senator Evans) tabled a
ministerial statement on Australia’s commitment to
Afghanistan [a motion to take note of the statement was debated
–
first speaker. Debate will continue on a future sitting
day.]
The Minister for Small Business (Senator Sherry) tabled ministerial
statements about:
- Global and domestic economies
- National counter-terrorism exercise: Mercury 10
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motion agreed to
The Senate agreed to a motion moved by Senator Siewert about
tobacco advertising.
Matter of public importance discussed
The Senate discussed
issues relating to the Murray-Darling Basin, raised by Senator
Fifield as a matter of public importance. [first
speaker]
Death of former senator and former member
The President informed the Senate of the death on 18 October 2010
of the Honourable Kenneth Shaw Wriedt, a senator for the state of
Tasmania from 1968 to 1980 [motion
moved by the Leader of the Government in the Senate (Senator
Evans)].
The Acting Deputy President (Senator Troeth) informed the Senate of
the death on 1 July 2010 of Dr Gareth Clayton, a member of the
House of Representatives for the division of Isaacs from 1974 to
1975.
Personal explanation
The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz) made a
personal explanation about an article in the Hobart
Mercury of 23 October 2010 concerning a matter currently
before the High Court relating to his election to the Senate.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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