Details of Reports tabled in the Senate and other related matters
33 Individual/Packages
of Bills referred through Selection of Bills Committee:
3 September 2008
Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Workplace
Rights) Bill 2008 to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Committee for inquiry and report by 30 November 2008.
Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation
Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Community
Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 13 November 2008.
Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill
2008 [Provisions] to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 5 November 2008.
4 September 2008
ATMs and Cash Facilities in Licensed Venues Bill 2008 to the
Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 10 November 2008.
Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting
Amendment) Bill 2008 to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report
by 25 November 2008.
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth
Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 30 September 2008.
18 September 2008
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill
2008 [Provisions] to the Community Affairs Committee for report by 10 November 2008.
25 September 2008
Broadcasting
Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2008 to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 13 October 2008.
Broadcasting
Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-over) Bill 2008 to the
Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 25 November 2008.
Commonwealth
Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2008 to
the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report
by 10 November 2008.
National Rental
Affordability Scheme Bill 2008 [Provisions] and the National Rental
Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the
Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 20 November 2008.
Social Security Legislation
Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations Committee for inquiry and report by 24 November 2008.
Tax Laws Amendment
(2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics Committee for
inquiry and report by 13 October 2008.
Tax Laws Amendment
(Education Refund) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics Committee for
inquiry and report by 13 October 2008.
Temporary
Residents’ Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions] and the
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill
2008 [Provisions] to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 20 November 2008.
15 October 2008
Interstate Road
Transport Charge Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 [Provisions] and the Road Charges
Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Rural and
Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for inquiry and report by 21 November 2008.
Water Amendment Bill
2008 [Provisions] to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for
inquiry and report by 19 November 2008.
Migration Legislation
Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008 to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee for inquiry and report by 7 November 2008.
Schools Assistance
Bill 2008 [Provisions] and the Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008
[Provisions] to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee for
inquiry and report by 27 November 2008.
Nation-building Funds
Bill 2008 [Provisions]; Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill
2008 [Provisions] and the COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the
Economics Committee upon the introduction of the bills in the House of
Representatives for inquiry and report by 10 November 2008.
16 October 2008
Aged Care Amendment
(2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Community Affairs Committee
for inquiry and report by 20 November 2008.
13 November 2008
Corporations Amendment
(Short Selling) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics Committee for inquiry
and report by 27 November 2008.
Plebiscite for an
Australian Republic Bill 2008 to the Finance and Public Administration
Committee for inquiry and report by 10 March 2009.
26 November 2008
Freedom of Information
(Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures) Bill 2008 to the
Finance and Public Administration Committee for inquiry and report by 10 March 2009.
Tax Agent Services
Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 12 February 2009.
4 December 2008
Defence Legislation
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Committee for inquiry and report by 20 February 2009.
Disability
Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008
[Provisions] to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and
report by 24 February 2009.
Federal Court of
Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Legal
and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 20 February 2009.
Federal Justice System
Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2008 [Provisions] to the Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 17 February 2009.
Tax Laws Amendment
(Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report by 20 February 2009.
Trade Practices
Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report by 20 February 2009.
Uranium Royalty (Northern
Territory) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics Committee for inquiry and
report by 30 April 2009.
Water Amendment
(Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008 to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 27 March 2009.
6 Individual/Packages of Bills
referred by the Senate
27 August 2008
Emergency Water (Murray-Darling Basin Rescue) Bill 2008 to
the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for inquiry and report
by 30 September 2008.
1 September 2008
Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 15 September 2008.
2 September 2008
Independent Reviewer
of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2] to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee for inquiry and report by 17 September 2008.
4 September 2008
Horse Disease Response
Levy Bill 2008; Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2008; and Horse
Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 to the Rural and
Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for inquiry and report by 30 October 2008.
13 November 2008
Exposure draft of the
Personal Property Securities Bill 2008 to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee for inquiry and report by 24 February 2009.
25 November 2008
Fair Work Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations Committee for inquiry and report by 27 February 2009.
17 References referred by the
Senate
27 August 2008
Water management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes to the Rural
and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for inquiry and report by 30 September 2008.
Implications for the long-term sustainable management of the
Murray-Darling Basin system to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee for inquiry and report by 4 December 2008.
28 August 2008
Establishment of an Australian Football League team for Tasmania
to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for inquiry and report
by 30 June 2009.
Matters relating to the gas explosion at Varanus Island, Western
Australia to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 14 October 2008.
4 September 2008
National Health
(Pharmaceutical Benefits—Charges) Regulations 2008—Draft regulations to the
Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 2 October 2008.
15 September 2008
Levels of Federal and
NT government expenditure on Indigenous affairs and social services in the Northern
Territory to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 4 December 2008.
16 September 2008
Item 16525 in Part 3
of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table)
Regulations 2007 to the Finance and Public Administration Committee for inquiry
and report on and not before 13 November 2008.
Definition of
unconscionable conduct for the purposes of Part IVA of the Trade Practices
Act 1974 to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 3 December 2008.
18 September 2008
Progress with the
implementation of the recommendations in the reports by the Community Affairs
References Committee, Lost Innocents: Righting the Record, and Forgotten
Australians to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by the
last sitting day in March 2009.
25 September 2008
Funding, planning,
allocation, capital and equity of residential and community aged care in Australia
to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by the first sitting day in
April 2009.
Joint marketing arrangements on the North West Shelf project
and their impact on competition in the upstream gas market and on prices paid
by consumers to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 10 November 2008.
11 November 2008
Impact of gene patents on the provision of healthcare in Australia
to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting
day of 2009.
24 November 2008
Economic, social and employment impacts of the recent
mergers among Australian banks to the Economics Committee for inquiry and
report by 26 February 2009.
25 November 2008
Financial, social and industry impact
of the ABC Learning collapse on the provision of child care in Australia to
the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee for inquiry and
report by 12 March 2009.
27 November 2008
Issues relating to the import risk analysis (IRA) for the
importation of Cavendish bananas from the Philippines to the Rural and Regional
Affairs and Transport Committee for inquiry and report by 19 March 2009.
4 December 2008
Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 25 June 2009.
Public passenger transport infrastructure and services in Australia
to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for inquiry and
report by 18 June 2009.
Reports tabled
During the
reporting period, Senate Standing Committees tabled 44 bills reports (plus 6
reports that did not discharge a reference) and 18 references reports (plus 7 reports
that did not discharge a reference). The details are as follows:
|
Committee
|
Report
|
Tabled
|
|
RRAT
|
* Interim Report—Administration of the Civil Aviation Safety
Authority (CASA) and related matters (presented out of session on 9.07.08)
|
26.08.08
|
|
FADT
|
* Interim Report—Australia's
involvement in peacekeeping operations (presented out of session on 31.07.08)
|
26.08.08
|
|
FADT
|
Final Report—Australia's
involvement in peacekeeping operations (presented out of session on 01.08.08)
|
26.08.08
|
|
ECA
|
* Interim Report—Save
Our Solar (Solar Rebate Protection) Bill 2008 [No. 2] (presented out of
session on 15.08.08)
|
26.08.08
|
|
ECA
|
Final Report—Save Our
Solar (Solar Rebate Protection) Bill 2008 [No. 2] (presented out of session
on 25.08.08)
|
26.08.08
|
|
RRAT
|
* Interim Report—Implementation,
operation and administration of the legislation underpinning carbon sink
forests (presented out of session on 22.08.08)
|
26.08.08
|
|
CA
|
National Health
Amendment (Pharmaceutical and Other Benefits-Cost Recovery) Bill 2008 (presented
out of session on 22.08.08)
|
26.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
Tax Laws Amendment
(2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
26.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
Trade Practices
(Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
|
26.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
Trade Practices
Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
26.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
Excise Legislation
Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 and Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate)
Bill 2008
|
27.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
Tax Laws Amendment
(Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008
|
27.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
* Interim Report—National
Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 and National Fuelwatch (Empowering
Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008
|
27.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
Tax Laws Amendment
(Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008, A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax
Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2008, A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax
Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2008 and A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax
Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2008
|
28.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
Provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 of the Tax Laws Amendment (2008
Measures No. 3) Bill 2008
|
28.08.08
|
|
LCA
|
Family Law Amendment (De
Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
28.08.08
|
|
ECO
|
Unit Pricing (Easy
comparison of grocery prices) Bill 2008
|
01.09.08
|
|
ECA
|
Management of Australia's
waste streams (including consideration of the Drink Container Recycling Bill
2008)
|
03.09.08
|
|
FPA
|
Knock, knock...who's there?
The Lobbying Code of Conduct
|
03.09.08
|
|
RRAT
|
* Interim Report—Climate
change and the Australian agricultural sector
|
04.09.08
|
|
RRAT
|
*
Interim Report—Meat marketing
|
04.09.08
|
|
ECA
|
Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2008
|
15.09.08
|
|
ECO
|
Australian Securities
and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill
2008
|
16.09.08
|
|
RRAT
|
Final Report—Administration
of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and related matters
|
18.09.08
|
|
ECO
|
Offshore Petroleum Amendment
(Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 [Provisions]; Offshore Petroleum (Annual
Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 [Provisions]; Offshore
Petroleum (Registration Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008
[Provisions]; and Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Amendment (Greenhouse
Gas Storage) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
23.09.08
|
|
RRAT
|
Final Report—Implementation,
operation and administration of the legislation underpinning carbon sink forests
|
23.09.08
|
|
FADT
|
* Reforms to Australia's
military justice system—Fourth progress report
|
24.09.08
|
|
LCA
|
Evidence Amendment Bill
2008 [Provisions]
|
25.09.08
|
|
CA
|
Towards recovery:
mental health services in Australia
|
25.09.08
|
|
CA
|
Draft National Health
(Pharmaceutical Benefits—Charges) Regulations 2008 (presented out of session
on 2.10.08)
|
13.10.08
|
|
RRAT
|
* Interim Report—Horse
Disease Response Levy Bill 2008; Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill
2008; and Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008
(presented out of session on 3.10.08)
|
13.10.08
|
|
RRAT
|
* Interim Report—Water
management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes (including consideration of the
Emergency Water (Murray-Darling Basin Rescue) Bill 2008) (presented out of
session on 3.10.08)
|
13.10.08
|
|
RRAT
|
Final Report—Water
management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes (including consideration of the
Emergency Water (Murray-Darling Basin Rescue) Bill 2008) (presented out of
session on 10.10.08)
|
13.10.08
|
|
ECO
|
* Interim Report—Tax
Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
13.10.08
|
|
ECO
|
Tax Laws Amendment
(Education Refund) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
13.10.08
|
|
ECA
|
Broadcasting
Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2008
|
13.10.08
|
|
ECO
|
Final
Report—National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 and the National
Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008
|
14.10.08
|
|
LCA
|
Independent Reviewer of
Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2]
|
14.10.08
|
|
LCA
|
Same-Sex Relationships
(Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—Superannuation) Bill 2008
|
14.10.08
|
|
LCA
|
Same-Sex Relationships
(Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008
[Provisions]
|
14.10.08
|
|
CA
|
Building trust:
Supporting families through Disability Trusts
|
16.10.08
|
|
ECO
|
Tax
Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented
out of session on 20.10.08)
|
10.11.08
|
|
LCA
|
* Interim
Report—Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008
(presented out of session on 7.11.08)
|
10.11.08
|
|
LCA
|
Final Report—Migration
Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008
|
10.11.08
|
|
CA
|
Poker Machine Harm
Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008; Poker Machine Harm Minimisation
Bill 2008; and ATMs and Cash Facilities in Licensed Venues Bill 2008
|
10.11.08
|
|
CA
|
Families, Housing,
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment
(Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
10.11.08
|
|
ECA
|
Renewable Energy
(Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill 2008
|
10.11.08
|
|
ECO
|
Tax Laws Amendment
(2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
10.11.08
|
|
ECO
|
Lost in Space? Setting
a new direction for Australia's space science and industry sector
|
12.11.08
|
|
CA
|
Social Security and
Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill
2008 [Provisions]
|
13.11.08
|
|
CA
|
National Rental
Affordability Scheme Bill 2008 [Provisions] and the National Rental
Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
13.11.08
|
|
ECO
|
Australia's mandatory
Last Resort Home Warranty Insurance scheme
|
13.11.08
|
|
FPA
|
Item 16525 in Part 3 of
Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table)
Regulations 2007
|
13.11.08
|
|
RRAT
|
Final Report—Horse
Disease Response Levy Bill 2008; Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill
2008; and Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008
|
13.11.08
|
|
ECO
|
Temporary Residents'
Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions] and the
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment
Bill 2008 [Provisions] (Presented out of session 18.11.08)
|
24.11.08
|
|
RRAT
|
* Interim Report—Water
Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session 19.11.08)
|
24.11.08
|
|
CA
|
Aged Care Amendment
(2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session
20.11.08)
|
24.11.08
|
|
RRAT
|
Final Report—Water Amendment
Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session 21.11.08)
|
24.11.08
|
|
RRAT
|
Interstate Road
Transport Charge Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 [Provisions] and the Road
Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented
out of session 21.11.08)
|
24.11.08
|
|
EEWR
|
Social Security
Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
24.11.08
|
|
ECA
|
Broadcasting
Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-over) Bill 2008
|
25.11.08
|
|
EEWR
|
Schools Assistance Bill
2008 [Provisions] and the Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008
[Provisions]
|
27.11.08
|
|
ECO
|
Corporations Amendment
(Short Selling) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
27.11.08
|
|
EEWR
|
Building and
Construction Industry (Restoring Workplace Rights) Bill 2008 (Presented out of
session 28.11.08)
|
1.12.08
|
|
ECO
|
Joint marketing arrangements
on the North West Shelf project
|
2.12.08
|
|
ECO
|
Nation-building Funds
Bills 2008 [Provisions]; Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments)
Bill 2008 [Provisions] and the COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
2.12.08
|
|
CA
|
Protecting Children
from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting Amendment) Bill 2008
|
2.12.08
|
|
ECO
|
The
need, scope and content of a definition of unconscionable conduct for the
purposes of Part IVA of the Trade Practices Act 1974
|
3.12.08
|
|
ECO
|
Matters relating to the
gas explosion at Varanus Island, Western Australia
|
3.12.08
|
|
RRAT
|
Final Report—Climate
change and the Australian agricultural sector
|
4.12.08
|
|
CA
|
Government expenditure
on Indigenous affairs and social services in the Northern Territory
|
4.12.08
|
|
ECO
|
Disclosure regimes for
charities and not-for-profit organisations
|
4.12.08
|
|
EEWR
|
Allegations
of academic bias in universities and schools
|
4.12.08
|
|
LCA
|
Effectiveness of the Sex
Discrimination Act 1984 in eliminating discrimination and promoting
gender equality (Presented out of session 12.12.08)
|
To be tabled in
February 2009
|
|
ECA
|
Commonwealth
Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2008
(Presented out of session 18.12.08)
|
To be tabled in
February 2009
|
*Reports that did not discharge a reference
Estimates reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Standing Committees tabled
no reports.
Reports on Annual Reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Standing Committees tabled
8 reports.
Joint Statutory/Select Committees:
During the
reporting period, 3 reports (plus 4 reports that did not discharge a reference)
were tabled by the Joint Statutory/Select Committees.
|
Committee
|
Report
|
Tabled
|
|
CFS (Joint)
|
* Statutory Oversight of the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission (tabled in the House of Representatives 01.09.08)
|
02.09.08
|
|
ACC (Joint)
|
Inquiry into the Australian
Crime Commission Amendment Act 2007
|
04.09.08
|
|
SGFM (Select)
|
Report
|
18.09.08
|
|
RRIC(Select)
|
* First Report 2008 (presented
out of session 30.09.08)
|
13.10.08
|
|
NBN (Select)
|
* Interim Report
|
2.12.08
|
|
CFS (Joint)
|
Opportunity not
opportunism: improving conduct in Australian franchising
(tabled in the House of Representatives 01.12.08)
|
2.12.08
|
|
AGRIC (Select)
|
*Interim Report—Pricing
and supply arrangements in the Australian and global fertiliser market
|
2.12.08
|
* reports that did not
discharge a reference
Government Responses to Committee Reports
The following table shows 8 Government responses to Senate
Committee Reports:
|
Government Response
|
Date
|
Committee
|
|
Indigenous art:
Securing the future—Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector
(report tabled 20 June 2007) |
08.08.08
|
ECA
|
|
Departmental and agency contracts: Second report on the
operation of the Senate order for the production of lists of departmental and
agency contracts (2003–06) (report tabled 27 February 2007)
|
21.08.08
|
FPA
|
|
A decent quality of life: Inquiry into the cost of living
pressures on older Australians (report tabled 20 March 2008)
|
05.09.08
|
CA
|
|
Workplace exposure to toxic dust
(report tabled 31 May 2006) |
25.09.08
|
CA
|
|
An appropriate level of protection? The importation of
salmon products: A case study of the administration of Australian Quarantine
and the impact of international trade arrangements (report tabled 5 June 2000 );
Biosecurity Australia's import risk analysis for pig meat
(report tabled 13 May 2004);
Administration of Biosecurity Australia: Revised draft
import risk analysis for bananas from the Philippines (report tabled 17 March 2005);
Administration of Biosecurity Australia: Revised draft
import risk analysis for apples from New Zealand (report tabled 17 March 2005);
The administration by the Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry of the citrus canker outbreak (report tabled 20 June 2006)
|
25.09.08
|
RRAT
|
|
A matter relating to the PET review of 2000
(report tabled 26 June 2008)
|
13.11.08
|
CA
|
|
The removal, search for and discovery of Ms Vivian Solon—Final
Report (report tabled 8 December 2005)
|
27.11.08
|
FADT
|
|
Options for additional water supplies for South East
Queensland (report tabled 16 August 2007)
|
4.12.08
|
RRAT
|
Additional Comments; Dissenting Reports; Minority Reports; Report;
Additional Remarks; Opposition Report; Comments; Supplementary Comments;
Supplementary Report; Supplementary Remarks; Additional Comments & Points
of Dissent
(Note: These statistics
record the signatory to the reports)
Legislation
|
LP/NAT
|
ALP
|
AG
|
FFP
|
IND
|
Additional Comments
|
19
|
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
Dissenting Reports
|
24
|
1
|
9
|
5
|
|
Minority Reports
|
4
|
|
9
|
|
5
|
Report
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
Additional Remarks
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Critique of Report
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Extension of Time to present Reports
During the reporting period, 38 extensions of time: 8 one
week or less; 18 over a week; and 12 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 31 occasions.
Membership of Committees
During the reporting period, there were 330 membership changes
of Committees.
Appointment of Committees
The Select Committee
on Men's Health was appointed on 13 November 2008.
Change of Committee Name
There were no changes to committee names during the
reporting period.
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