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Selection of Bills Committee - Report 3 for 2005

Members of the Committee

Senator Jeannie Ferris (Government Whip, Chair)
Senator George Campbell (Opposition Whip)
Senator Bartlett (Australian Democrats Whip)
Senator Julian McGauran (The Nationals Whip)
Senator Alan Eggleston
Senator the Hon C Ellison
Senator Joseph Ludwig
Senator R Webber

Secretary:
Rosemary Laing
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Report

  1. The committee met in private session from 4.20 pm.

  2. The committee resolved to recommend—That—
    • the provisions of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2005 and the Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2005 to be referred immediately to the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2005 (see appendix 1 for statement of reasons for referral);

    • the provisions of the Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences) Bill 2005 to be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2005 (see appendix 2 for statement of reasons for referral);

    • the provisions of the Migration Litigation Reform Bill 2005 to be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 May 2005 (see appendix 3 for statement of reasons for referral);

    • the provisions of the National Security Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 to be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 May 2005 (see appendix 4 for statement of reasons for referral);

    • the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment (Promoting Safer Workplaces) Bill 2005 to be referred immediately to the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2005 (see appendix 5 for statement of reasons for referral); and

    • the provisions of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Regular Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2005 to be referred immediately to the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 May 2005 (see appendix 6 for statement of reasons for referral).

  3. The committee resolved to recommend—That the following bills not be referred to committees:
  • Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005
  • Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 2) Bill 2005
  • Payment Systems (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2005
  • Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005
  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Better Bargaining) Bill 2005.

The committee recommends accordingly.

  1. The committee deferred consideration of the following bill to the next meeting:

    Bill deferred from meeting of 8 February 2005

    • Trade Practices Amendment (Personal Injuries and Death) Bill 2004.

(Jeannie Ferris)
Chair
16 March 2005

Attachments are available in the PDF version of this document, available here.

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