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No. 51/2010
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 7.24 pm
Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Anti-Terrorism Laws Reform Bill 2010 [private senator’s
bill]
- Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment
(Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010
[private senator’s bill]
- Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
[Senate bill]
- Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Workplace Rights)
Bill 2010 [private senator’s bill]
- Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill
2010 [private senator’s bill]
- Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and
Consequential Amendment) Bill 2010 [private senator’s
bill]
- Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Senate bill]
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment
(Prohibition of Support for Whaling) Bill 2010 [private
senator’s bill]
- Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010
[private senator’s bill]
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
and Other Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Racial
Discrimination Act) Bill 2010 [private senator’s bill]
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and
Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Senate bill]
- Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 [private senator’s
bill]
- National Measurement Amendment Bill 2010 [Senate bill]
- Ombudsman Amendment (Education Ombudsman) Bill 2010 [private
senator’s bill]
- Poker Machine (Reduced Losses—Interim Measures) Bill 2010
[private senator’s bill]
- Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill 2010
[private senator’s bill]
- Renewable Energy Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff for Electricity)
Bill 2010 [private senator’s bill]
- Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation)
Bill 2010 [private senator’s bill]
- Safe Climate (Energy Efficient Non-Residential Buildings
Scheme) Bill 2010 [private senator’s bill]
- Service and Execution of Process Amendment (Interstate Fine
Enforcement) Bill 2010 [Senate bill]
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Bill 2010
[Senate bill]
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2010–notice given by the
Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding)
- Drink Container Recycling Bill 2010–notice given by the
Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding)
- Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010–notice given by
the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator
Ludwig)
- Responsible Takeaway Alcohol Hours Bill 2010–notice given
by the Leader of the Family First Party (Senator Fielding)
- Transport Safety Investigation Amendment (Incident Reports)
Bill 2010–notice given by Senator Xenophon
To restore private senator’s bills to the Notice Paper
- Choice of Repairer Bill 2010
- Keeping Jobs from Going Offshore (Protection of Personal
Information) Bill 2009
- Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette
Packs) Bill 2009
- Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill
2008
–notice given by the Leader of the Family First Party
(Senator Fielding)
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
- The Senate agreed to motions–
-
amending standing order 25(1) (committee name changes) and
allocating portfolios to committees
-
establishing committee groupings and dates for supplementary
budget estimates hearings
New inquiries
The Senate referred the following matters to the Procedure
Committee to report by 27 October 2010–
- Amendments to the standing orders
- Standing order 104, relating to the correction of
divisions
Appointment of select committee
The Senate agreed to appoint the Reform of the Australian
Federation Select Committee.
Notices of motion given
To appoint a select committee
- New Taxes Select Committee–to report by 30 November
2011–notice given by Senator Cormann
To refer matters to committees
- Interactive and online gambling–Community Affairs
References Committee–to report by 18 November
2010–notice given by Senator Xenophon
- Matters relating to pilot experience requirements and
training–Rural Affairs and Transport References
Committee–to report by 17 November 2010–notice given by
Senator Xenophon
Membership
The Senate agreed to
various appointments to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Legislation and References committees.
Documents
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
-
Clerk’s documents were tabled [legislative instruments
and other documents required by statute to be tabled]
Orders for the production of documents
Motion agreed to
The Senate ordered that
documents relating to superannuation and the Henry Tax Review
be tabled by noon on 30 September 2010.
Notice of motion given
Senator Siewert gave a
notice of motion to require the Minister representing the
Minister for Resources and Energy (Senator Sherry) to table the
report of the Montara Commission of Inquiry–no later than
8 October 2010.
Orders with continuing effect
Departmental and agency appointments and vacancies
A letter of advice for the Broadband, Communications and the
Digital Economy portfolio was tabled [Lists of appointments made
and existing vacancies are
required to be tabled 7 days before the commencement of budget,
supplementary budget and additional estimates hearings]
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
Internet
A letter of advice for the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio was
tabled [Letters of advice about certain contracts valued at $100
000 or more entered into by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
A statement of compliance for Old Parliament House was tabled
[Letters of advice about certain files created by departments and
agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Matters of public interest debate–first
speaker
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Days of meeting
The Senate agreed to a
motion establishing the sitting days for the remainder of
2010.
Motions agreed to
Motions negatived
Matter of public importance discussed
The Senate discussed
issues relating to the budget and interest rates, raised by
Senator Fifield as a matter of public importance. [first
speaker]
Address-in-reply
Debate commenced on the
Address-in-reply to the Governor-General’s speech and
will resume on a later sitting day. An
Opposition amendment remains to be determined.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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Related resources
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Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
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