<< Return to previous page | Senate Selection of Bills Committee

Selection of Bills Committee - Report 13 for 2005

Members of the Committee

Senator Eggleston (Government Whip, Acting Chair)
Senator George Campbell (Opposition Whip)
Senator Bartlett (Australian Democrats Whip)
Senator McGauran (The Nationals Whip)
Senator Siewert (The Australian Greens Whip)
Senator the Hon C Ellison
Senator Ludwig
Senator Webber

Secretary:
Richard Pye
6277 3020

Report

1. The committee met in private session on Tuesday, 8 November 2005 at 4.20 pm.
   
   
2. The committee resolved to recommend—That the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Bill 2005 be referred immediately to the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 8 February 2006 (see appendix 1 for statement of reasons for referral).
   
   
3. The committee considered a proposal to refer the provisions of the Tax Laws Amendment (Superannuation Contributions Splitting) Bill 2005 to the Economics Legislation Committee, but was unable to reach agreement on whether the bill should be referred (see appendix 2 for statement of reasons for proposed referral).
   
   
4. The committee resolved to recommend—That the following bills not be referred to committees:
   • Census Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
   • Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005
   • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Amendment Bill 2005.

   The committee recommends accordingly.

    

(Alan Eggleston)
Acting Chair
9 November 2005

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

Comments to: web.senate@aph.gov.au
Last reviewed 9 November 2005 by the Senate Web Administrator
© Commonwealth of Australia
Parliament of Australia Web Site Privacy Statement
Images courtesy of AUSPIC