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Senate Daily Summary
No. 26/2011
Monday, 20 June 2011
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The Senate met from 10.00 am until 10.29 pm
Legislation
For bills and related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011
Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011
[passed by the House of Representatives on 16 June 2011]
- Interactive Gambling and Broadcasting Amendment (Online Transactions and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [private senator’s bill]
- Live Animal Export Restriction and Prohibition Bill 2011 [private senator’s bill]
The following bills were debated
- Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011
ComSuper Bill 2011
Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011
–second reading agreed to [first speaker ] and committee of the whole commenced
The following bills were passed
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 [The bill will now be assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010 [The bill will now be assented to]
- Taxation of Alternative Fuels Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011
Customs Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011
Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Bill 2011
[These bills will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Carbon Tax Plebiscite Bill 2011–notice given by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz)
- Government Advertising (Accountability) Bill 2011–notice given by Senator Xenophon
To consider bills under a limitation of time
- Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2010
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011
–notice given by Senator Boswell
See Committees for details of reports relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public committee hearings
For committee reports
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011 and related bills–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee [report]
- Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011–Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee [report]
Other reports
- Cyber Safety Joint Select Committee–High-wire act – cyber-safety and the young–Interim report [report] [a motion to take note of the report was debated and agreed to – first speaker]
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following inquiries:
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011–to report by 21 June 2011
- Community Affairs References Committee–Planning options and services for people ageing with a disability–to report by 6 July 2011
- Reform of the Australian Federation Select Committee–to report by 30 June 2011
Notices of motion
To extend reporting deadlines
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee–2011-12 Budget estimates–to report by 23 June 2011
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Joint Committee–23 June 2011 from 11.00 am to noon–private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1)
- National Broadband Network Joint Committee–23 June 2011 from 11.00 am to 1.30 pm–private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1)
- Treaties Joint Committee–4 July 2011 from 10.30 am to noon–public hearing
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, including Governor-General’s Proclamations]
Orders for the production of documents
Notice of motion
Senator Cormann gave a notice of motion to require documents relating to the Minerals Resource Rent Tax and the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax to be tabled by no later than noon on 22 June 2011.
Documents tabled
- Parliamentary advisers to Australia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations–Report on the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations, September to December 2010 [a motion to take note of the document was debated and agreed to – first speaker]
- A petition
Other business
Adjournment debate–first speaker
Motion 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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