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No. 53/2009
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 6.17pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 [No. 2]
- Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill
2009
[Passed by the House of Representatives on 12 August 2009]
The following bill was debated
- Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and
Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009 second reading debate
commenced [first
speaker]
The following bills were defeated by a majority vote
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and 10 related
bills defeated at second reading [first
speaker]
The following bills were passed
- Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No.
2]
Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No.
2]
[first
speaker] [These bills will now be assented to]
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Supervision
and Enforcement) Bill 2009 [first
speaker] [This bill will now be assented to]
- Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and
Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] [first
speaker] [The House of Representatives will now consider this
bill]
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009
[first
speaker] [This bill will now be assented to]
Notice of motion to give precedence
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 and a
related bill to have precedence over all other government business
until determined notice given by Senator Milne
Motion considered
The Senate did not agree to a
motion to give precedence to a private senator's bill (Crimes
Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Child Protection from Predatory
Tourism Offences) Bill 2008) on 17 August 2009.
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Documents tabled
- Community Affairs Legislation Committee
- Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register
Levy) Bill 2009 Additional information
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform
and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 Additional
information
- Community Affairs References Committee Lost innocents and
forgotten Australians revisited: Report on the progress with the
implementation of the recommendations of the lost innocents and
forgotten Australian reports Additional information
Reporting dates extended
The Senate extended reporting dates for the following
inquiries:
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
- Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009 to
report by 20 August 2009
- Personal Property Securities Bill 2009 to report by 20 August
2009
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee
- Access to justice to report by 30 October 2009
- Australia's judicial system and the role of judges to report by
17 September 2009
Membership
The Senate agreed to various changes to committee membership
[see Journals entries nos
12 and
32].
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 Order with
continuing effect
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
Internet
A letter of advice for the Department of Infrastructure,
Transport, Regional Development and Local Government was tabled
[Letters of advice about certain contracts valued at $100 000 or
more entered into by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Global warming petition to the United States Government signed
by 31 478 American scientists
- Parliamentary zone proposal and documentation to install
additional CCTV cameras in the parliamentary precinct. A
notice of motion was given to extend the approval.
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
Motions agreed to
Motion negatived
-
Establishment of a National Anti-Corruption and Integrity
Commission moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator
Bob Brown)
Motion debated
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are 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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Online
The Senate Daily Summary is available on the Internet
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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 3021
e-mail: sds@aph.gov.au