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No. 1/2007
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On the first day of each sitting week the Senate Daily Summary
(SDS) provides an overview of the business scheduled for
consideration in the Senate that week. On subsequent days, SDS
provides a convenient summary of the previous day’s
proceedings in the Senate, with links to official Senate
records.
Another document which is useful in tracking the Business of the
Senate is the Dynamic Red, which
records proceedings in the Senate as they happen each day.
Legislation
For full text of bills and other associated documents
click here
Bills to be considered
The government has scheduled bills for debate this week, as
follows
6 February 2007
- Australian Citizenship Bill 2006 and a related bill
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Border Compliance and Other
Measures) Bill 2006
7 February 2007
- Archives Amendment Bill 2006
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Modernising Import Controls and
Other Measures) Bill 2006
- Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment)
Amendment (Promoting Safer Workplaces) Bill 2005
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 6) Bill 2006
8 February 2007
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission Amendment
(Audit Inspection) Bill 2006
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)
Amendment Bill 2006
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill
2006
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Marking of Plastic
Explosives) Bill 2006
- Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2006
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 7) Bill 2006
Source: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/parliamentary/index.cfm
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Motion to be considered
A notice given by Senator Siewert to disallow an
instrument that determines the Australian national catch
allocation for southern bluefin tuna for the 2006/2007 season is
due to be considered on 6 February 2007.
Committees
For scheduled public committee hearings click
here
Reports on legislation due this week
6 February 2007
- Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill
2006–Economics Committee
7 February 2007
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and
Witness Protection) Bill 2006–Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Committee
8 February 2007
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Contributions)
Bill 2006–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Augmenting Offshore Powers and
Other Measures) Bill 2006–Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee
- Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006–Foreign
Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Other reports due this week
6 February 2007
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee–Australia’s future oil supply
8 February 2007
- Community Affairs Committee–Funding and operation of the
Commonwealth-State/Territory Disability Agreement
- Finance and Public Administration Committee–Transparency
and accountability of Commonwealth public funding and
expenditure
Government response
A government response to the report of the Rural and Regional
Affairs and Transport Committee on rural water resource usage was
presented out of sitting and will be tabled on 7 February 2007.
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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
Contact details
Inquiries, comments and suggestions: phone 6277 3015
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au