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No. 52/2010
Thursday, 30 September 2010
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The Senate met from 9.30 am until 7.12 pm
The
Senate will meet again on 25 October 2010. Senate
committees will meet from 18 to 21 October to consider
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Legislation
For bills and
related documents
Bills considered
The following bill was introduced
- Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010 [Senate bill]
The following private senators’ bills were introduced
- Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2010
- Banking Amendment (Delivering Essential Financial Services)
Bill 2010
- Commonwealth Electoral (Above-the-Line Voting) Amendment Bill
2010
- Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service)
Bill 2010
- Drink Container Recycling Bill 2010
- Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery
Scheme) Bill 2010
- Fair Work Amendment (Paid Parental Leave) Bill 2010
- Food Safety (Trans Fats) Bill 2010
- Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil)
Bill 2010
- National Integrity Commissioner Bill 2010
- Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2010
- Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting
Amendment) Bill 2010
- Responsible Takeaway Alcohol Hours Bill 2010
- Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of
Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2010
- Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal Bill 2010
- Transport Safety Investigation Amendment (Incident Reports)
Bill 2010
- Water (Crisis Powers and Floodwater Diversion) Bill 2010
The following private senator’s bills were restored to the
Notice Paper
- Choice of Repairer Bill 2010
- Keeping Jobs from Going Offshore (Protection of Personal
Information) Bill 2009 [2010]
- Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette
Packs) Bill 2009 [2010]
- Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008
[2010]
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Estimates
Additional information arising from estimates hearings was
tabled.
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted
report no. 11 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and made the
following references:
- Airports Amendment Bill 2010–Rural Affairs and Transport
Legislation Committee–to report by 16 November 2010
- Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010–Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Legislation Committee–to report by 17
November 2010
- Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010–Foreign Affairs, Defence
and Trade Legislation Committee–to report by 18 November
2010
- Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill
2010–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 16 November 2010
- Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 22
November 2010
- Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill
2010–Community Affairs Legislation Committee–to report
by the last sitting day in May 2011
- Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010–Economics
Legislation Committee–to report by 16 November 2010
- Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010–Legal
and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by
18 November 2010
- Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 17
November 2010
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Security of Defence Premises)
Bill 2010–Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation
Committee–to report by 16 November 2010
- Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 and a related
bill–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by 23 November 2010
- National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill
2010–Environment and Communications Legislation
Committee–to report by 16 November 2010
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill
2010–Community Affairs Legislation Committee–to report
by 16 November 2010
- National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010–Community
Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 18 November
2010
- Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010–Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee–to report by 17 November
2010
- Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill
2010–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–to report by the third sitting day of 2011
- Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services
Legislation Amendment Bill 2010–Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Legislation Committee–to report by 24 November
2010
Other references
-
Interactive and online gambling–Community Affairs
References Committee–to report by 18 November 2010
-
Matters relating to pilot experience requirements and
training–Rural Affairs and Transport References
Committee–to report by 17 November 2010
Reports relating to inquiries of the 42nd Parliament
The Senate agreed to
recommendations by various committees to readopt certain
inquiries not disposed of at the end of the 42nd Parliament.
Appointment of select committee
The Senate agreed to appoint the Scrutiny of New Taxes Select
Committee [see Journals entries nos
21 and
49].
Membership
- The Senate agreed to the appointment of members to committees
[see Journals entries nos
33,
43 and
48].
- Messages from the House of Representatives were reported
informing the Senate of resolutions
re-establishing joint committees. The Senate agreed with the
resolutions.
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
Motions agreed to
The Senate agreed to three orders, requiring documents relating to
the Government’s proposed mining tax proposals to be tabled
by 5.00 pm on 30 September 2010 [see Journals entries nos
18,
19 and
20].
Motion defeated
A
motion moved by Senator Siewert requiring the Minister
representing the Minister for Resources and Energy (Senator Sherry)
to table the report of the Montara Commission of Inquiry was
defeated.
Document tabled
- Statement relating to the Henry Tax Review. [The statement was
tabled in response to the order of the Senate agreed to on
29 September 2010]
- Statement relating to mining tax arrangements. [The statement
was tabled in response to the order of the Senate agreed to on
30 September 2010]
Orders with continuing effect
Departmental and agency grants
A letter of advice for the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and
Transplantation Authority was tabled [Lists of all grants approved
are
required to be tabled 7 days before the commencement of budget,
supplementary budget and additional estimates hearings]
Unproclaimed legislation
A document was tabled showing details of unproclaimed Acts,
together with a statement of reasons for non-proclamation and a
timetable for their operation [Standing
order 139(2) requires tabling before 31 August each year]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–Audit
reports nos 10 and 11 of 2010-11
- Impacts of the new job seeker compliance framework–Report
of the independent review
-
2 petitions
Documents discussed
Government documents, committee reports, government responses and
Auditor-General’s reports were discussed
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Motion agreed to
Motions negatived
Motion debated
Address-in-reply
Debate continued on the Address-in-reply to the
Governor-General’s speech. [first
speaker]
Advisory Council on Australian Archives
Senator Faulkner was elected as a member of the Advisory Council on
Australian Archives for a period of 3 years, in place of Senator
Lundy.
Notice of motion
A notice of motion given today is available in the Senate
Journals.
Statistics
Statistics on the work of the Senate this week will be available
in the Statistical
Summary, which forms part of StatsNet–the
Department of the Senate’s online statistical collection.
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