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No. 58/2010
Thursday, 28 October 2010
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 7.20 pm
Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 27 October 2010]
- Migration Amendment (Detention of Minors) Bill 2010 [private
senator’s bill]
- Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
[passed by the House of Representatives on 28 October 2010]
- Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional
Students) Bill 2010 [private senator’s bill]
- Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Weekly Payments)
Bill 2010 [passed by the House of Representatives on
27 October 2010]
The following private senator’s bill was debated
- Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation)
Bill 2010–second reading debate commenced [first
speaker ]
The following bills were passed
- Carer Recognition Bill 2010 [this bill will now be assented
to]
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010 [this
bill will now be assented to]
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and
Other Measures) Bill 2010 [the House of Representatives will now
consider this bill]
- Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010 [this bill will now be
assented to]
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation
Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010 and a related bill
[these bills will now be assented to]
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management
Amendment Bill 2010 [this bill will now be assented to]
- Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Bill 2010 [this
bill will now be assented to]
- Tradex Scheme Amendment Bill 2010 [this bill will now be
assented to]
- Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment
(Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010 [this bill will now be assented
to]
Message from the House of Representatives
- Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill
2010–transmitting the bill for the concurrence of the Senate
[private member’s bill passed by the House of Representatives
on 27 October 2010. The message will be considered on a future
sitting day.]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information arising from estimates hearings was
tabled.
Report tabled
- Publications Committee–1st
Report [report adopted]
Documents tabled
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee–Ministerial
correspondence relating to the scrutiny of delegated legislation
for the period November 2009 to June 2010
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 13 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill
2010–Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation
Committee–to report by the last sitting day of the 2011
autumn sittings
- Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment
Bill 2010–Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee–to report by 22 November 2010
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill
2010–
- Schedules 2 and 3–Community Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 22 November 2010
- Schedule 4–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by the first sitting day in 2011
- Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health and
Hospitals Network) Bill 2010–Economics Legislation
Committee–to report by the second sitting day in 2011
Other references
-
Competition within the Australian banking
sector–Economics References Committee–to report by 31
March 2011
- Management of the Murray-Darling Basin–Rural Affairs and
Transport References Committee–to report by 30 November 2011
[see Journals entries nos
4 and 6]
-
Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008
[2010] and Poker Machine (Reduced Losses—Interim Measures)
Bill 2010–Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform
The Senate
agreed to withdraw the inquiry into the prevalence of
interactive and online gambling in Australia from the Community
Affairs References Committee [referred on
30 September 2010] and refer it to the Joint Select Committee
on Gambling Reform.
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–Documents
tabled
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Senator Lundy)
tabled a statement about three orders agreed to on 26 October 2010
relating to the Government’s mining tax proposals. [See
Journals of the Senate, 26 October 2010, entries nos 11,
12 and
13]
Documents tabled
Documents discussed
Government documents, committee reports, government responses and
Auditor-General’s reports were discussed
Ministerial statement
tabled
The Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Senator Wong) tabled a
ministerial statement about the Office of Best Practice Regulation
[a motion to take note of the statement was agreed to].
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motions agreed to
-
Coal seam gas projects–moved by the Leader of the
Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown)
-
Parliamentary zone–to approve a proposal for the
construction of a new access road to the National Archives of
Australia, and the installation of outdoor exhibits at
Questacon
Motion negatived
-
National apology for victims of forced adoption
policies–moved by Senator Siewert
Statement by President
The President made a
statement relating to certain procedures of the Senate.
Message from the House of Representatives
A message was received requiring the concurrence of the Senate with
a
resolution of the House relating to the independent youth
allowance. The message will be considered on a future sitting
day.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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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Related resources
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