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No. 69/2010
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The Senate met from 9.00 am until 3.44 pm
The Senate has now completed its sittings for 2010 and will
commence the 2011 Autumn sittings on 8
February 2011
Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Assisting Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2010 [private
senator’s bill]
- National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010
and a related bill [Senate bills]
The following bills were introduced, debated and passed [The
bills were also exempted from the cut-off order to enable
consideration in this period of sittings]
- Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010
- Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
[These bills will now be assented to]
The following bills were passed
- Airports Amendment Bill 2010–33 Government amendments
were agreed to [The House of Representatives will now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
- Family Law Amendment (Validation of Certain Parenting Orders
and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [This bill will now be assented
to]
- Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010 [This
bill will now be assented to]
- Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010 [This bill will now be
assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information)
Bill 2010–9 Opposition amendments were agreed to [The House
of Representatives will now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and
Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010–2 Australian Greens and 2
Senator Xenophon (1 as amended by the Government) amendments
agreed to [The House of Representatives will now consider the
amendments made by the Senate]
- Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 [This bill will now be
assented to]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010
[This bill will now be assented to]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 15 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Genetically
Modified Material) Bill 2010–Community Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 16 June 2011
- Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill
2010–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 16 June 2011
Documents
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to disallow defeated
The Senate did not agree to a motion moved by Senator Ludlam to
disallow the Extradition (United Arab Emirates) Regulations 2010
[homepage]
[first
speaker].
Notices of motion to disallow given
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances
(Senator Stephens) gave
notices of motion to disallow various legislative
instruments.
Other business
Motion agreed to
The Senate agreed to a
motion to approve works within the Parliamentary Zone –
an external expansion of the Abacus childcare centre at the
Treasury Building.
Personal explanation
Senator Boswell made a
personal explanation relating to articles in the Courier
Mail and the Daily Telegraph of 25 November 2010
concerning election donations.
End of 2010 sittings
Valedictory speeches were made relating to the end of the 2010
sittings [first
speaker].
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet–the
Department of the Senate’s online statistical collection.
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued by the Senate Table Office as a convenient summary
of each day’s proceedings in the Senate. For a complete
account see the official record, the Journals of the
Senate, on the Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm
Related resources
The Order of Business (or ‘Senate Red’) and
the Dynamic Red (which updates the Order of
Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions:
phone 6277 3021
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au