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No. 50/2009
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outlines the business scheduled for consideration in the Senate. On
subsequent days, it provides a convenient summary of the previous
day’s proceedings in the Senate, with links to official
Senate records.
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Red, which records proceedings in the Senate as they
happen.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills to be considered
The government has scheduled bills for debate this week, as
follows:
11 August 2009
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [homepage]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill
2009 [homepage]
Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [homepage]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges—Customs) Bill 2009
[homepage]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges—Excise) Bill 2009
[homepage]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges—General) Bill 2009
[homepage]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009
[homepage]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits)
(Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [homepage]
Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill
2009 [homepage]
Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill
2009 [homepage]
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance)
Bill 2009 [homepage]
[consideration of these bills is subject to an order of the Senate
agreed to on
25 June 2009]
- Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and
Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] [homepage]
12 August 2009
- Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2]
[homepage]
Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2]
[homepage]
- Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 [homepage]
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy
Surcharge) Bill 2009 [homepage]
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy
Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009 [homepage]
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill
2009 [homepage]
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and
Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009 [homepage]
- Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009
[homepage]
13 August 2009
- AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009 [homepage]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Supervision
and Enforcement) Bill 2009 [homepage]
- Fuel Quality Standards Amendment Bill 2009 [homepage]
- Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill
2009 [homepage]
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and
Other Measures) Bill 2008 [homepage]
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2009
[homepage]
- Native Title Amendment Bill 2009 [homepage]
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 [homepage]
Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2009
[homepage]
- Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2008 [homepage]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009
[homepage]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009
[homepage]
- Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008 [homepage]
Source: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/parliamentary/index.cfm
Committees
For scheduled public committee hearings click
here
Documents presented out of sitting to be tabled on 11 August
2009
Reports on legislation
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination
Payments) Bill 2009–Economics Legislation
Committee–Interim report
- Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and 2
related bills–Community Affairs Legislation Committee
- Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners)
Bill 2009 and 2 related bills–Community Affairs
Legislation Committee–Interim report
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill
2009–Community Affairs Legislation Committee
- Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill
2009–Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee
- Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill
2009–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee–Interim report
- National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 and 3 related
bills–Economics Legislation Committee–Interim
report
- Personal Property Securities Bill 2009–Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee–Interim
report
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill
2009–Community Affairs Legislation Committee
Other reports
- Agricultural and Related Industries Select
Committee–Pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian
and global fertilizer market–Second interim report
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee–National
registration and accreditation scheme for doctors and other health
workers
- Economics Legislation Committee–2009-10 Budget
estimates
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint
Committee–Australia’s relationship with India as an
emerging world power
- Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities Select
Committee–Second report
- Report on meeting of OECD parliamentary budget officials, Rome,
Italy, 26 and 27 February 2009
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Import risk analysis for the importation of
Cavendish bananas from the Philippines–Final report
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Matters specified in part (2) of the inquiry into
the management of the Murray-Darling Basin system–Final
report
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Meat marketing–Final report
Government responses
- Corporations and Financial Services Joint
Committee–Aspects of the regulation of proprietary
companies
- Finance and Public Administration Committee–Transparency
and accountability of Commonwealth public funding and
expenditure–Final response
Reports due to be tabled this week
Reports on legislation
12 August 2009
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 and a
related bill–Economics Legislation Committee
Other reports
11 August 2009
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee–Natural resource management and conservation
challenges
Notice of motion
A
notice of motion proposing that the Agricultural and Related
Industries Select Committee conclude after presenting its reports
on 27 November 2009 is due to be considered on 11 August 2009.
Other business
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to disallow to be considered
A notice given by Senator Milne to disallow the
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Regulations 2009
(No. 1) is listed for consideration on 11 August 2009.
Orders for the production of documents
Documents relating to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme were
presented out of sitting in response to orders of the Senate agreed
to on
4 February,
11 March and
25 June 2009. These documents will be tabled on 11 August
2009.
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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on
the Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
It is issued by the Senate Table Office as a
convenient summary of each day's proceedings in the Senate. For a
complete account see the official record, the Journals of the
Senate, on the Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm
Related resources
The Order of Business (or ‘Senate
Red') and the Dynamic Red (which updates the Order of
Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
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