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Senate Daily Summary
No. 35/2011
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On the first day of each sitting week the Senate Daily Summary outlines the business scheduled for consideration in the Senate. On subsequent days, it provides a convenient summary of the previous day’s proceedings in the Senate, with links to official Senate records.
Another document useful in tracking the business of the Senate is the Dynamic Red, which records proceedings in the Senate as they happen.
Senators
Five new senators will give their first speeches during the sitting week. On 16 August Senators Singh and Di Natale will give their speeches, followed by Senators Gallacher and Wright on 17 August, and Senator Thistlethwaite on 18 August.
Legislation
Bills and related documents
Bills to be considered
The government has scheduled bills for debate this week, as follows:
16 August 2011
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 [homepage]
Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 [homepage]
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 [homepage]
- National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 [homepage]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 [homepage]
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 [homepage]
17 August 2011
- Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010 [homepage]
- Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2011 [homepage]
- Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [homepage]
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [homepage]
- Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 [homepage]
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010 [homepage]
- Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011 [homepage]
- National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [homepage]
- Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Amendment Bill 2010 [homepage]
18 August 2011
- Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011 [homepage]
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Financial Viability) Bill 2011 [homepage]
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 [homepage]
- Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011 [homepage]
Source: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/parliamentary/index.cfm
Private senators’ bills to be debated
On 22 November 2010 the Senate agreed to a temporary order allowing private senators’ bills to be considered on Thursdays. On 18 August 2011 the following bills are scheduled for debate:
- Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010 [homepage]
- Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010 [homepage]
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Support for Whaling) Bill 2010 [homepage]
Committees
Scheduled public committee hearings
Reports due to be tabled this week
Reports on legislation
16 August 2011
- Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
- Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2011 [No. 2] and the Live Animal Export Restriction and Prohibition Bill 2011 [No. 2]–Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
- Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
- Public Service Amendment (Payments in Special Circumstances) Bill 2011–Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
- Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 and the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 and related matters–Economics References Committee
- Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011–Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
Other reports
16 August 2011
- Economics Legislation Committee–Drafts settled with state/territory officials of the Business Name Registration Bill 2011, the Business Names (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011 and the Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011
18 August 2011
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee–Administration of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Other business
Documents presented out of sitting to be tabled on 16 August 2011
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and outcomes)
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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