Details of Reports tabled in the Senate and other related matters
Bills referred
through Selection of Bills Committee:
14 SEPTEMBER 2006
Community Affairs
Child Support Legislation Amendment
(Reform of the Child Support Scheme – New Formula and Other Measures) Bill 2006
[Provisions] (report by 10 October 2006)
Aged Care Amendment (Residential
Care) Bill 2006 (report by 9 October 2006)
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and
the Arts
Broadcasting Services Amendment
(Media Ownership) Bill 2006 and the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital
Television) Bill 2006, and the provisions of the Communications Legislation
Amendment (Enforcement Powers) Bill 2006 and the Television Licence Fees
Amendment Bill 2006 plus a background paper prepared by the Minister on new
services on digital spectrum (report by 6 October 2006)
Foreign Affairs, Defence & Trade
Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized
System Changes) Bill 2006 and Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System
Changes) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report by 9 October 2006)
Defence Legislation Amendment Bill
2006 [Provisions] (report by 10 October 2006)
Legal & Constitutional Affairs
Corporations Amendment (Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Corporations) Bill 2006 and the Corporations
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Consequential, Transitional and Other
Measures Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report by 9 October 2006)
Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies
and Disasters) Bill 2006 (report by 10 October 2006)
Crimes Amendment (Bail and
Sentencing) Bill 2006 (report by 16 October 2006)
11 OCTOBER 2006
Legal & Constitutional Affairs
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget Measures) Bill 2006 [Provisions]
(report by 22 November 2006)
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment)
Bill 2006 and the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment)
(Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report
by 7 November 2006)
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and
the Arts Committee
Upon its introduction in the
House of Representatives the provisions of the Environment and Heritage
Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 (report by 17 November 2006).
19 OCTOBER 2006
Legal & Constitutional Affairs
Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions]
(report by 10 November 2006)
Finance and Public Administration
Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 [Provisions]
(report by 27 November 2006)
8 NOVEMBER 2006
Legal & Constitutional Affairs
Anti-Money Laundering and
Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 and the Anti-Money Laundering and
Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential
Amendments) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report by 28 November 2006)
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste
Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report by 30 November 2006)
7 DECEMBER 2006
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Crimes Legislation Amendment
(National Investigative Powers and Witness Protection) Bill 2006 (report by 7 February 2007)
Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment
(Superannuation Contributions) Bill 2006 (report by 8 February 2007)
Native Title Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions]
(report by 23 February 2007)
Customs Legislation Amendment
(Augmenting Offshore Powers and Other Measures) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report
by 8 February 2007)
Migration Amendment (Review
Provisions) Bill 2006 (report by 20 February 2007)
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Australian Technical Colleges
(Flexibility in Achieving Australia's Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006
[Provisions] (report by 20 February 2007
Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Vocational Rehabilitation Services)
Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report by 20 February 2007)
Safety, Rehabilitation and
Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report by 20 February 2007)
Finance and Public Administration
Electoral and Referendum Legislation
Amendment Bill 2006 (report by 20 February 2007)
Community Affairs
Private Health Insurance Bill 2006
and 6 related bills [Provisions] (report by 26 February 2007)
Economics
Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified
Superannuation) Bill 2006 and 6 related bills [Provisions] (report by 6 February 2007)
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill
2006 (report by 29 March 2007)
Non-Proliferation Legislation
Amendment Bill 2006 (report by 8 February 2007)
Rural & Regional Affairs & Transport
Murray-Darling Basin Amendment Bill
2006 [Provisions] (report by 26 February 2007)
Airspace Bill 2006 and the Airspace
(Consequentials and Other Measures) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (report by 26 February 2007)
Airports Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions]
(report by 26 February 2007)
References referred
Legal & Constitutional Affairs
Legislative responses to
recommendations of the reports of the Legislation Review Committee on the Prohibition
of Human Cloning Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act
2002 (the Lockhart review) (report by 27 October 2006)
7 NOVEMBER 2006
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Australia's public diplomacy (report
by 29 March 2007)
8 NOVEMBER 2006
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Australia's involvement in
international peacekeeping operations (report by 16 August 2007)
Reports tabled
During the reporting period, Senate Standing Committees
tabled 26 reports (plus 3 reports that did not discharge a reference). The
details are as follows:
| Committee |
Report |
Tabled |
| LC |
Migration Amendment (Visa IntegrityBill 2006 Provisions]
|
11.9.06 |
| LC |
^Interim Report – Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill2005 [Provisions]
|
14.9.06 |
| |
|
|
| Committee |
Report |
Tabled |
| ECO |
Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No.4) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented (out of session on 4 October 2006)
|
9.10.06 |
| ECITA |
Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2006 and the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2006, and the Provisions of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Enforcement Powers) Bill 2006 and the Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 2006; plus a background paper prepared by the Minister on new services on digital spectrum (presented out of session on 6 October 2006)
|
9.10.06 |
| ECO |
*Interim Report – Petrol Pricing in Australia
|
9.10.06 |
| EWRE |
Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006
|
9.10.06 |
| CA |
Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2006
|
9.10.06 |
| LC |
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bills 2005 [Provisions], Corporations Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations) Bill 2006 [Provisions] and Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Consequential, Transitional and Other Measures Bill 2006 [Provisions]
|
9.10.06 |
| CA |
Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme – New Formula and Other Measures) Bill 2006
|
10.10.06 |
| FADT |
Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 and Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006
|
11.10.06 |
| LC |
Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies and Disasters) Bill 2006
|
12.10.06 |
| |
|
|
| Committee |
Report |
Tabled |
| LC |
Crimes Amendment (Bail and (Sentencing) Bill 2006
|
16.10.06 |
| CA |
Breaking the silence: a national voice for gynaecological cancers
|
19.10.06 |
| EWRE |
Perspectives on the future of the harvest labour force
|
19.10.06 |
| CA |
*Interim Report – Legislative responses to recommendations of the Lockhart Review (presented out of session on 27 October 2006)
|
6.11.06 |
| FADT |
Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 27 October 2006)
|
6.11.06 |
| CA |
Legislative responses to recommendations of the Lockhart Review (presented out of session on 30 October 2006)
|
6.11.06 |
| FADT |
Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006 [Provisions] and Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006 [Provisions]
|
8.11.06 |
| LC |
*Interim report: Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 November 2006)
|
27.11.06 |
| LC |
Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 13 November 2006)
|
27.11.06 |
| ECITA |
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 21 November 2006)
|
27.11.06 |
| LC |
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget Measures) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 22 November 2006)
|
27.11.06 |
| |
|
|
| Committee |
Report |
Tabled |
| FPA |
Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 [Provisions]
|
27.11.06 |
| LC |
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter- Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 [Provisions] and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 [Provisions]
|
28.11.06 |
| EWRE |
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions]
|
30.11.06 |
| RRAT |
Water policy initiatives |
5.12.06 |
| ECO |
Petrol Pricing in Australia |
7.12.06 |
| FADT |
Blue water ships: Consolidating past achievements
|
7.12.06 |
| LC |
Unfinished Business: Indigenous Stolen Wages
|
7.12.06 |
*Interim Report that did not discharge a reference
^The final report for Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2005 [Provisions] was amalgamated with the 2006 Bills and tabled on 9 October 2006
Estimates reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Standing Committees did
not table any reports.
Annual Report reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Standing Committees did
no table any reports.
Joint Statutory/Select Committees:
During the reporting period, 1 report that did not discharge
a reference was tabled by a Joint Statutory Committee.
| Committee |
Report |
Tabled |
| ACC |
*Examination of the Annual Report for 2004-2005 of the Australian Crime Commission
|
19.10.06 |
*Report that did not
discharge a reference
Government Responses to Committee Reports
The following table shows 6 Government responses to a Senate
Committee Report:
| Government response |
Date |
Committee |
China's emergence: implications for Australia
(presented out of session on 2 November 2006)
|
6.11.06 |
FADT |
| Trafficking of women for sexual servitude
First Report |
9.11.06 |
ACC |
| Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 |
30.11.06 |
LC |
| Effectiveness and Appropriateness of the Privacy Act 1988 |
30.11.06 |
LC |
| Regional Partnerships and Sustainable Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 |
5.12.06 |
FPA |
| Inquiry into Australian Expatriates |
7.12.06 |
LC |
A complete list of Government
responses is produced in the Business of the Senate published half yearly by
the Senate Table Office.
Additional Comments; Dissenting Reports; Minority Reports; Report;
Additional Remarks; Comments; Supplementary; Additional Comments & Points
of Dissent; and Supplementary Comments
(Note: These statistics
record the signatory to the reports)
Legislation: |
LP/NATS |
ALP |
AD |
AG |
FFP |
| Additional Comments |
|
23 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
| Dissenting Reports |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
| Minority Reports |
|
6 |
4 |
1 |
|
| Report |
|
7 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Additional Remarks |
|
3 |
|
|
|
| Comments |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Supplementary |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
| Supplementary Comments |
|
3 |
|
|
|
| Additional Comments & Points of Dissent |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Extension of Time to present Reports
During the reporting period, 14 extensions of time – 5 under
a week; 5 over a week; and 4 over a month - were granted to Committees
administered by the Senate Committee Office to present reports.
Leave to Meet while the Senate is in session
During the reporting period, Senate Committees were granted leave
to meet while the Senate was in session on 15 occasions.
Change of Committee Name and Membership of Committees
With effect from 11 September 2006, Legal and
Constitutional's title was changed to Legal and Constitutional Affairs. During
the reporting period, there were 513 membership changes of Committees.
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