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No. 51/2007
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 7.40pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were debated
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and
Witness Protection) Bill 2006 [2007]
17 Government amendments agreed to and 2 items negatived
The following documents were tabled
- Particulars of proposed expenditure and portfolio supplementary
estimates statements 2007-08 relating to the Northern Territory
national emergency response legislation
Notices of motion
To introduce bills
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Rights and
Procedural Fairness) Bill 2007 notice given by Senator Bartlett
[private senator's bill]
- Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill 2007 notice given by the
Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison) and Senators
Bartlett, Murray and Stott Despoja [private senators' bill]
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- APEC Public Holiday Bill 2007
- Appropriation ( Northern Territory National Emergency Response)
Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008
- Appropriation ( Northern Territory National Emergency Response)
Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other
Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency
Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007
- Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare
Payment Reform) Bill 2007
Message from the House of Representatives
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill
2007 agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate [This bill has
now been 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
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion to disallow given
Senator Bob Brown gave notice of a motion to be considered on
the next day of sitting to disapprove a
determination that amends Remuneration Tribunal Determination
2005/19 Principal Executive Office Classification Structure and
Terms and Conditions. He also gave notice of his intention to
withdraw an identical notice that had been set down for
consideration on 10 September 2007.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk's documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
-
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill
2007 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
-
Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving
Australia's Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2007 Employment,
Workplace Relations and Education Committee
-
Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee
-
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)
Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007 Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Committee
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing and
Datacasting) Bill 2007 Environment, Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts Committee Interim report
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual
Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007 and a related
bill Economics Committee
Interim report and
report
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation
and Review) Bill 2007 Economics Committee
Interim report and
report
-
Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending FEE-HELP for VET
Diploma and VET Advanced Diploma Courses) Bill 2007 Employment,
Workplace Relations and Education Committee
-
International Trade Integrity Bill 2007 Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee
-
Migration Amendment (Sponsorship Obligations) Bill 2007 Legal
and Constitutional Affairs Committee
-
Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee
-
Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for
Students) Bill 2007 Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Committee
-
Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 Finance and
Public Administration Committee
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007 and 2
related bills Economics Committee
Interim report and
report
-
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill
2007 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
-
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Protecting Services
for Rural and Regional Australia into the Future) Bill 2007
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Committee
-
Trade Practices Amendment (Predatory Pricing) Bill 2007
Economics Committee
-
Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007
Economics Committee
Other reports
- Joint Corporations and Financial Services Committee Structure
and operation of the
superannuation industry
- Privileges Committee
130th report Person referred to in the Senate ( Mr Darryl
Hockey ) [A
motion to adopt the report was agreed to.]
Documents tabled
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill
2007 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Additional
information
-
Work of Committees Financial year statistics: 1 July 2006 to 30
June 2007; and half-year statistics: 1 January to 30 June 2007
Government responses tabled
Government responses to committee reports were tabled
- Electoral Matters Joint Committee Funding and disclosure:
Inquiry into disclosure of donations to political parties and
candidates
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Response to
committee's recommendations on the Crimes Legislation Amendment
(National Investigative Powers and Witness Protection) Bill 2006
[2007]
- Treaties Joint Committee 66th report Treaties tabled on 7
December 2004 (4), 15 March and 11 May 2005
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Environment, Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts Committee to hold a public
meeting while the Senate was sitting on 7 August 2007 from 5pm
for the committee's inquiry into the Communications Legislation
Amendment (Information Sharing and Datacasting) Bill 2007.
Reporting date extended
The Senate agreed to extend the reporting date for the inquiry
of the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts Committee into the Communications Legislation Amendment
(Information Sharing and Datacasting) Bill 2007 to 9 August
2007.
Notices of motion given
To establish a select committee:
To extend reporting deadlines:
- Australia's involvement in international peacekeeping
operations to report by 25 October 2007
- Australia's public diplomacy Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Committee to report by 16 August 2007
To refer matters to committees:
- Detention and release of
Dr Mohammed Haneef Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
to report by 15 October 2007
-
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 and a
related bill Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to report
by 10 September 2007
-
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare
Payment Reform) Bill 2007 Community Affairs Committee to report by
10 September 2007
Documents
Orders for the production of documents Orders with
continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
A statement of compliance for the Australian Agency for
International Development was tabled [Letters of advice about
certain files created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- 38th Conference of Presiding Officers and Clerks, Rarotonga,
Cook Islands, 7 to 14 July 2007 Report
- Auditor-General
Audit reports nos 48 to 53 of 2006-07 and reports nos 1 to 3 of
2007-08
-
Business of the Senate 1 January to 30 June 2007 [a digest of
all business considered by the Senate in the first half of
2007]
-
Clerk's documents [legislative instruments and other documents
required by statute to be tabled, including Governor-General's
Proclamations]
-
Government documents [and
considered]
-
Government documents presented since the last sitting of the
Senate
- Odgers' Australian Senate Practice 11th edition
Supplement
Updates to 30 June 2007
- Original certificate of the choice by the Western Australian
Parliament of Senator Cormann
- Questions on notice summary 16 November 2004 to 30 June
2007
-
2 petitions
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motion agreed to
Motion negatived
-
Desalination plants in Victoria moved by the Leader of the
Australian Democrats (Senator Allison)
President of the Senate
The President
announced that he would resign as President of the Senate on 14
August 2007, and as a Senator for Tasmania before the sittings in
September.
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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