Dynamic Red - Thursday, 15 May 2008


The Senate
This document is issued as a guide to senators.
The business listed is subject to change.
ORDER OF BUSINESS

(Question time to be televised live and
proceedings to be broadcast on radio
from 5 pm)
2008/13
THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
*AT 9.30 am*


1. Prayers			Commenced 9:30 AM
2. Petitions			Commenced 9:31 AM Presented
3. Notices of motion			Commenced 9:31 AM Notices given
Statement by leave relating to the hours of meeting for today			Commenced 9:32 AM
4. Placing of business
Manager of Government Business (Senator Ludwig) to move a motion relating to the government business to be considered at 12.45 pm			Commenced 9:38 AM Agreed to
Manager of Government Business (Senator Ludwig), by leave, to move a motion relating to the order of general business for today			Commenced 9:39 AM Agreed to
Postponement notifications			Commenced 9:40 AM See under "Discovery of Formal Business"
5. Discovery of formal business
*Business of the Senate – notices of motion –*
No. 1 – Senator Siewert – Reference to the Community Affairs Committee (Special Disability Trusts)			Commenced 9:41 AM Agreed to
No. 2 – Senator Siewert – Reference to the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee (effectiveness of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in protecting threatened species and ecological communities)			Commenced 9:40 AM Postponed to 16 June 2008
*Government business – notices of motion –*
No. 1 – Special Minister of State (Senator Faulkner) – Introduction of the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008			Commenced 10:00 AM Bill introduced. Debate adjourned
No. 2 – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing (Senator McLucas) – Exemption of the Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (One-Off Payments and Other Budget Measures) Bill 2008 from the bills cut-off order			Commenced 10:02 AM Agreed to
No. 3 – Minister for Human Services (Senator Ludwig) – Variation – Routine of business
*General business – notices of motion –*
No. 70 – Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) – Pilot medicinal heroin schemes			Commenced 10:05 AM Negatived
No. 72 – Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) and Senator Murray – Disclosure of information by charities			Commenced 9:42 AM Negatived Senate divided: Ayes 35; Noes 37
No. 73 – Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) – Smoking in films			Commenced 10:06 AM Negatived
No. 79 – Senator Nettle – Palestine, 60th anniversary of ‘Al Nakba’			Commenced 9:50 AM Negatived Senate divided: Ayes 5; Noes 48
No. 82 – Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) – Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia Awareness Week			Commenced 10:04 AM Agreed to
No. 83 – Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) – Hospital care for women			Commenced 10:04 AM Agreed to
No. 84 – Chair of the Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries (Senator Heffernan) – Extension of time to report and variation of membership provisions			Commenced 10:14 AM Agreed to
No. 85 – Senator Kirk – Restoration of the Parliamentary (Judicial Misbehaviour or Incapacity) Commission Bill 2007 to the Notice Paper			Commenced 10:03 AM Agreed to
No. 86 – Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) – Tibet			Commenced 9:50 AM Agreed to as amended
No. 87 – Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Minchin) – Order for the production of documents – Defence procurement projects			Commenced 10:15 AM Agreed to
No. 88 – Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding) – Introduction of the Unit Pricing (Easy comparison of grocery prices) Bill 2008			Commenced 9:40 AM Bill introduced. Debate adjourned
No. 89 – Senator Milne – Introduction of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill 2008			Commenced 9:59 AM Bill introduced. Debate adjourned
No. 90 – Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) – Earthquake in south west Asia			Commenced 10:03 AM Agreed to
No. 91 – Senator Milne – Closure of the CSIRO wool scour at Belmont, Victoria			Commenced 10:02 AM Agreed to as amended
No. 92 – Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) – Destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis in Burma			Commenced 10:06 AM Agreed to
No. 93 – Senator Milne – Radioactive waste facilities			Commenced 10:06 AM Negatived Senate divided: Ayes 7; Noes 48
Committee membership Senator Forshaw appointed as a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security			Commenced 10:18 AM Agreed to
Reference to Committee Matters relating to taxation on ready-to-drink alcoholic drinks to be referred to the Community Affairs Committee for report by 24 June 2008			Commenced 10:19 AM Agreed to Senate divided: Ayes 44; Noes 24
6. Tabling and consideration of committee reports – pursuant to standing order 62(4)
Publications Committee report			Commenced 10:53 AM Report tabled Motion that the report be adopted agreed to
Government Whip (Senator O’Brien) to present additional information received by committees relating to the 2007-08 additional estimates hearings: Community Affairs Committee Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee Finance and Public Administration Committee Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee			Commenced 10:53 AM Documents tabled
Deputy Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (Senator Sandy Macdonald), to present report no. 90 – Treaties tabled on 12 March 2008			Commenced 10:54 AM Report tabled Motion to take note of the report agreed to
*Time limit per speaker: 10 minutes* *Total time limit for all motions: 60 minutes*
7. Messages from the House of Representatives transmitting the following bills for concurrence –
Higher Education Support Amendment (Removal of the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements and National Governance Protocols Requirements and Other Matters) Bill 2008 Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Bill 2008 (these bills are not subject to the bills cut-off order)			Commenced 10:58 AM Bills introduced. Debate adjourned
Social Security and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (One-off Payments and Other Budget Measures) Bill 2008			Commenced 11:00 AM Bill passed without amendments
8. Order of business – It is proposed to consider business in the following order –
*Business of the Senate – order of the day –*
No. 1–Community Affairs Committee – Report – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 [Provisions]			Commenced 10:58 AM Postponed to a later hour of the day
*Government business – notice of motion –*
No. 3 – Minister for Human Services (Senator Ludwig) – Variation – Routine of business			Commenced 10:58 AM Postponed to a later hour of the day
*Government business – orders of the day –*
No. 1–Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008 – Resumption of second reading debate			Commenced 11:19 AM Second reading debate adjourned till a later hour
*Government business – notice of motion –*
No. 3 – Minister for Human Services (Senator Ludwig) – Variation – Routine of business Motion amended and agreed to			Commenced 12:36 PM Agreed to as amended
*Government business – orders of the day –*
No. 1–Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008 – Resumption of second reading debate			Commenced 12:37 PM Read a second time
*At 12.45 pm*
It is proposed to consider the following government business orders of the day –
No. 2–Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Amendment Bill 2008			Commenced 12:44 PM Bill passed without amendments
No. 3–Statute Law Revision Bill 2008			Commenced 12:45 PM Bill passed without amendments
No. 4–Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008			Commenced 12:48 PM Bill passed without amendments
No. 5–Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008			Commenced 12:49 PM Bill passed without amendments
Suspension of sitting			Commenced 1:07 PM
*At 2 pm*
Ministerial statement relating to threats against the Australian High Commission in Fiji			Commenced 2:00 PM
9. Questions			Commenced 2:03 PM
Statement by leave relating to the CEO of Centrelink			Commenced 3:10 PM
10. Motions to take note of answers			Commenced 3:11 PM
*Time limit: 30 minutes*
11. Any proposal pursuant to standing order 75 (If a proposal is submitted, it will be circulated in the chamber)
*Time limit: 60 minutes, or if no motions are moved* *to take note of answers, 90 minutes*
13. Tabling of documents
(a) By President
Auditor-General – Report no. 33 of 2007-08 – Performance audit – The National Capital Authority’s management of national assets			Commenced 3:39 PM Tabled
(b) By ministers
(c) By senators tabling reports from committees
Privileges Committee report			Commenced 3:40 PM Report tabled Motion moved that the Senate endorse the finding of the Committee
Community Affairs Committee – Report – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 [Provisions]			Commenced 3:49 PM Report tabled
(d) By Clerk (delegated legislation including regulations, ordinances, determinations, rules, declarations and orders – a list will be circulated in the chamber)			Commenced 3:50 PM Documents tabled
*Time limit per speaker: 10 minutes* *Time limit per motion: 30 minutes* *Total time limit for all motions: 60 minutes*
14. Committee membership, by leave			Commenced 3:50 PM Agreed to
*Not later than 4.30 pm*
15. General business Budget 2008-09 – Motion to be moved by the Opposition Whip (Senator Parry)			Commenced 3:51 PM Debate interrupted
*At 6pm*
Message from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that the House has agreed to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network) Bill 2008 with amendments and requesting the concurrence of the Senate			Commenced 6:00 PM Senate agreed to Reps amendments
Suspension of sitting			Commenced 6:21 PM
*At 8pm*
16. Budget statement 2008-09 Party leaders to make responses to the budget statement and documents			Commenced 8:01 PM Debate adjourned
17. Adjournment proposed			Commenced 9:13 PM
18. Adjournment			Commenced 9:31 PM Senate adjourned







HARRY EVANS Clerk of the Senate

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