Inquiry into ATMs and Cash Facilities in Licensed Venues Bill 2008
Reason for referral of the Bill and information relating to the
reference
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On 4 September 2008 the
Senate, on the recommendation of the Selection of Bills Committee,
referred the ATMs and Cash Facilities in Licensed Venues Bill 2008
introduced by Senator Xenophon to the Community Affairs Committee. The
reporting date for this Bill is 10 November 2008, the same reporting date
as Senator Fielding's previously referred Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax
(Administration) Bill 2008 and Poker Machine Harm Minimisation Bill 2008.
The Committee has agreed that with the issues in the three bills being
closely related, the inquiry into Senator Xenophon's Bill will be run in
conjunction with the other two Bills.
The Bill and second
reading speech may be accessed via the link: Legislation and documentation relating to the Bill
The Committee invites you to provide a further written
submission addressing any issues that may be of relevance to you with this
further Bill. The submission should be lodged by 3 October 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.
Further information
relating to the inquiry into these Bills may located from the Committee's
website at
https://www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca or by contacting 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