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No. 81/2009
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National apology
The Leader of the Government in the Senate (Senator Evans) moved
a
motion supporting the apology given by the Prime Minister, on
behalf of the nation, to the Forgotten Australians and former child
migrants. The motion was debated and agreed to [first
speaker].
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 5) Bill 2009 [passed by
the House of Representatives on 29 October 2009]
The following bills were debated
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support
for Students) Bill 2009—second reading debate commenced
[first
speaker]–1 Australian Greens second reading
amendment to be determined [expressing a view about the policy
of the bill]
Notice of motion to vary the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Special Minister of State (Senator
Ludwig) to vary the hours of meeting for 17 November 2009 to
enable the Government’s legislative program to be
considered.
Message from the House of Representatives
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination
Payments) Bill 2009–disagreeing to the amendment made by the
Senate [The Senate did not insist on its amendment. The bill will
now be assented to]
Bills assented to
Assent to a number of laws was reported in the Senate
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
-
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill
(No. 2) 2009–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee
-
Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill
2009–Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee
-
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill
2009–Economics Legislation Committee [a
motion to take note of the report was agreed to]
-
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill
2009–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint
Committee–Opportunity not opportunism: Improving conduct in
Australian franchising
- Economics Committee–The need, scope and content of a
definition of unconscionable conduct for the purposes of Part IVA
of the Trade Practices Act 1974
New inquiry
The Senate referred matters relating to
public interest immunity claims to the Finance and Public
Administration References Committee, to report by the first sitting
day in 2010.
Meeting during the sitting of the Senate
The Senate authorised the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Legislation Committee to hold a meeting otherwise than in
accordance with standing order 33(1) while the Senate was sitting
on 16 November 2009.
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Economics References Committee–GROCERYchoice
website–to report by 18 November 2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–Personal Property Securities (Consequential
Amendments) Bill 2009–to report by 23 November 2009
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation
Committee–Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of
Overseas Service) Bill 2008 [No. 2]–to report by
25 February 2010
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–Crimes Amendment (Working With
Children—Criminal History) Bill 2009–to report by
19 November 2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee–to
report by 26 November 2009
- Access to justice
- Australia’s judicial system and the role of judges
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee–17
November 2009 from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm–Australia’s
judicial system and the role of judges
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, including
Governor-General’s Proclamations]
Notices of motion to disallow given
- Definition of electioneering in
subregulation 3AA(11) in item [1] of Schedule 1 of the
Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)
Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1), as contained in Select
Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 250 and made under the
Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 [homepage]–notice
given by Senator Ronaldson
- Health Insurance (Cataract Surgery) Determination 2009, made
under section 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973
[homepage]–notice
given by Senator Cormann, the Leader of the Family First Party
(Senator Fielding) and Senator Xenophon
Notice of intention to withdraw a notice
Senator Abetz gave a notice of intention to withdraw a notice to
disallow Schedule 2 of the Fair Work Amendment Regulations 2009
(No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2009
No. 164 and made under the Fair Work Act 2009
[homepage].
Orders for the production of documents
Documents tabled
The following documents were tabled in response to orders of the
Senate:
- Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sherry)–document relating to
the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the Frontier Economics
report [the Minister made a
statement] [tabled in response to an order of the Senate agreed
to on
27 October 2009 on the motion of Senator Xenophon]
- Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sherry)–documents relating
to the Montara oil spill [tabled in response to the order of the
Senate agreed to on
29 October 2009 on the motion of Senator Siewert]
- Documents relating to the disposal of Telstra shares by the
Future Fund [tabled in response to the order of the Senate agreed
to on
26 October 2009 on the motion of the Leader of the Family First
Party (Senator Fielding)]
Notices of motion given
The following
notices of motion were given requiring Ministers to table
documents:
- Assessment by Geoscience Australia relating to underground
carbon dioxide storage sites–no later than 4.00 pm on 18
November 2009–notice given by Senator Milne
- Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy–to table a document relating to an appointment to NBN
Co–no later than 10.00 am on 18 November
2009–notice given by the Leader of the Opposition in the
Senate (Senator Minchin)
- Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing
(Senator Ludwig)–
- to table documents relating to aged care providers–no
later than 12.00 pm on 18 November 2009–notice given by
Senator Cormann
- to table legal advice relating to the Health Insurance
Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009–no later than
5.00 pm on 17 November 2009–notice given by Senator
Cormann
Documents tabled
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Matter of public importance discussed
The Senate discussed issues relating to
border protection, raised by Senator Parry as a matter of
public importance. [first
speaker]
Death of former member
The Deputy President informed the Senate of the death, on 7
November 2009, of Allan William Mulder, a member of the House of
Representatives for the division of Evans from 1972 to 1975.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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