Inquiry into provisions of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill
2008
Information relating to reference of the Bill
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On 19 March 2008 the Senate, on the
recommendation of the Selection of Bills Committee, referred the
provisions of the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation)
Bill 2008 to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 7
May 2008.
The Bill amends some of
the special measures to protect Aboriginal children as part of the
emergency response. The Bill:
- repeals the permit system that gave public access to certain
Aboriginal land and clarifies the power of the Minister to authorise
people to enter communities covered by the emergency response;
- requires pay television licensees not to provide television
channels that contain a large amount of R 18+ programming into certain
prescribed areas;
- permits prohibited pornographic material to be transported
through a prescribed area to a place outside the prescribed area; and
- ensures that if a roadhouse effectively takes the place of a
community store in a remote area, it can be treated as a community store
in having to meet new licensing standards.
The Bill, second reading speech, and Bills
Digest may be accessed via the link:
Legislation and documentation
relating to the Bill
The Committee invites you to provide a
written submission addressing issues that may be of relevance to you. The
submission should be lodged by 14 April 2008. The Committee prefers to
receive submissions electronically as an attached document – email:
community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au – otherwise by fax (02 6277 5829).
Submissions become Committee documents and
are made public only after a decision by the Committee. Publication of
submissions includes loading them onto the internet and their being
available to other interested parties including the media. Persons making
submissions must not release them without the approval of the Committee.
Submissions are covered by parliamentary privilege but the unauthorised
release of them is not protected.
Information relating to Senate
Committee inquiries, including notes to assist in the preparation of
submissions for a Committee, can be located on the Internet at
https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm
Should you require
further information please contact the Committee Secretariat on
(02) 6277 3515.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia