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Senate Daily Summary

Information on significant events and decisions made by the Senate each sitting day. The summaries contain links to video replays of debates, as well as source documents such as the Senate Journals, Hansard transcripts, and committee reports.

30 March to 1 April 2026

Daily summaries

  • Monday, 30 March (PDF 123KB)

Weekly summary

  • Passed

    Without amendments

    • Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026
      Watch the debate [part one] [part two]   Read the transcript [part one] [part two]
    • Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025
    • Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025

    These bills will now be sent to the Governor-General for assent

    With amendments

    • Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner Bill 2025
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript

    The House of Representatives will now consider the Senate's amendments

  • New inquiries
    • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation—Upgrade and fitout of Building 302 Research Way, Clayton, Victoria referred to the Public Works Joint Committee for inquiry and report
    • Taxation of Gas Resources Select Committee to inquire and report by 7 May 2026
  • Reporting dates extended
    • Funding and resourcing for the CSIRO extended to 21 April 2026
  • Membership

    See also committee membership page

  • Tabled documents

    Government documents and documents presented by the President

    • Monday, 30 March [includes documents presented since the Senate last sat]

    Clerk's documents

    Legislative instruments and other documents required by statute to be tabled

    • Monday, 30 March
  • Orders for the production of documents

    Agreed to

    • Documents relating to the integrity of the Australian information environment to be tabled by the Minister for Science, by no later than 9 am on Wednesday, 1 April 2026
  • Scheduling
    • The Senate varied its hours of meeting and routine of business for 30 March to 1 April 2026 to allow for the consideration of government bills
Statistics
Bills received from the House of Representatives 0
Bills introduced in the Senate - government 0
Bills introduced in the Senate - private senators' 0
Bills passed in the Senate 5
Bills negatived or discharged 0
Bills referred to committees 0
New inquiries 2
Reports tabled 0
Orders for production of documents agreed to 1
Notices of motion given 9
Divisions 22

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Access past daily and weekly summaries for the previous five years.

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