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No. 60/2009
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 10.30pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- ACIS Administration Amendment Bill 2009 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 20 August 2009]
- Automotive Transformation Scheme Bill 2009 [passed by the House
of Representatives on 20 August 2009]
- National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 and 2 related
bills [passed by the House of Representatives on 20 August
2009]
- Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of
Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2009 [private senator's bill]
The following bill was debated
- Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009 [No.
2] second reading debate commenced [first
speaker]
The following bills were passed
- Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill
2009
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill
2009
- Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 [No. 2]
- Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill
2009
Veterans' Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform)
Bill 2009
[These bills will now be assented to]
Message from the House of Representatives
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 agreeing to
the amendments made by the Senate [The bill will now be 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
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
Reports on legislation
-
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and
Other Measures) Bill 2009 Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Legislation Committee
-
Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination
Payments) Bill 2009 Economics Legislation Committee
-
National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 and 2 related
bills Economics Legislation Committee
-
National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2009 Finance and
Public Administration Legislation Committee [a
motion was moved to take note of the report]
-
Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009
Economics Legislation Committee
Other report
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
Rural and regional access to secondary and tertiary education
opportunities Interim report [reporting date for the final report
extended to 29 October 2009]
Documents tabled
- Finance and Public Administration Committee Residential and
community aged care in Australia Additional information
- Migration Joint Committee Immigration detention in Australia:
Facilities, services and transparency Correction to dissenting
report by Senator Hanson-Young
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Environment, Communications and the
Arts Legislation Committee to hold a public meeting while the
Senate was sitting on 7 September 2009 from 4.00pm for the
committee's inquiry into the Environment Protection (Beverage
Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2009.
Notices of motion given
To extend reporting deadlines
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
Parliamentary Superannuation Amendment (Removal of Excessive Super)
Bill 2009 to report by 17 September 2009
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee
Relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp
Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd to report by 26 November
2009
To hold meetings when the Senate is sitting
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee
- 9 September 2009 from 11.15am to 1.30pm Role of the
Auditor-General in monitoring compliance with the Guidelines on
Campaign Advertising'
- 16 September 2009 from 11.15am to 1.30pm Review of the
Auditor-General Act 1997
To refer a matter to a committee
Membership
The Senate agreed to discharge Senator Humphries from and
appoint Senator Scullion to the National Capital and External
Territories Joint Committee.
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]
Notice of motion withdrawn
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances withdrew a
notice of motion to disallow the Ozone Protection and Synthetic
Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)
[homepage].
Orders for the production of documents
Documents tabled
The Minister for Climate Change and Water (Senator Wong) tabled
the report of the National Preventative Health Taskforce Australia:
The healthiest country by 2020 National preventative health
strategy the roadmap for action [The document was tabled in
response to the order of the Senate agreed to on
19 August 2009 on the motion of Senators Cormann and
Barnett]
Orders with continuing effect
Departmental and agency contracts published on the
Internet
Letters of advice for
various agencies were 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]
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on
the Internet
Statements of compliance for various agencies were tabled [see
Journals entries nos
19 and
28] [Letters of advice about certain files created by
departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General
Audit report no. 2 of 2009-10
-
Government documents
- Responses to Senate resolutions about:
- Death of Ms Natalya Estemirova from the Ambassador of the
Russian Federation (His Excellency Alexander Blokhin) [resolution
agreed to
18 August 2009]
- Federal Court of Australia registry services in Australia from
the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia (the Honourable
Michael Black, AC) [resolution agreed to
12 August 2009] [a motion to take note of the response was
debated and agreed to
first speaker]
-
2 petitions
Ministerial statements tabled
The Assistant Treasurer (Senator Sherry) tabled ministerial
statements on:
- Commonwealth response to the interim report of the Victorian
Bushfires Royal Commission [a
motion to take note of the statement was agreed to]
- The Montara oil spill incident and response
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motion negatived
The Senate did not agree to a motion moved by the Leader of the
Australian Greens (Senator Bob Brown) about
parliamentary consideration of Australian Defence Force
personnel in Afghanistan.
Motion debated
The Senate discussed
issues relating to the Building the Education Revolution
program, raised by Senator Parry as a matter of public importance.
[first
speaker]
Statement by President
The President made a
statement relating to a matter of privilege raised by Senator
Milne about evidence given before the Climate Policy Select
Committee and the Fuel and Energy Select Committee [a motion to
take note of the statement was debated and agreed to
first speaker].
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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