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Committee-related activity in the Chamber
Details of Reports tabled in the Senate and other related matters
Legislation Committees:
During the reporting period, Senate Legislation Committees tabled 48 reports. The details are as follows:
Bills
Legislation Committees tabled 22 reports on the following Bills:
| Committee |
Bills |
Tabled |
| CA |
Provisions of Private Health Insurance Incentives Amendment Bill 2004 |
8.2.05 |
| CA |
Provisions of National Health Amendment (Prostheses) Bill 2004 |
10.2.05 |
| ECITA |
Provisions of the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti-Siphoning) Bill 2004 |
7.3.05 |
| LC |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Bill 2004 |
8.3.05 |
| ECO |
Provisions of the Tax Laws Amendment (2004 Measures No.7) Bill 2004 |
9.3.05 |
| LC |
Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Bill 2004 |
10.3.05 |
| EWRE |
Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Small Business Employment Protection) Bill 2004 |
14.3.05 |
| EWRE |
Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Right of Entry) Bill 2004 |
14.3.05 |
| ECO |
Provisions of the Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2005 |
16.3.05 |
| EWRE |
Provisions of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2005 and the Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2005 |
10.5.05 |
| EWRE |
Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No.1) Bill 2005 |
10.5.05 |
| EWRE |
Provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment (Promoting Safer Workplaces) Bill 2005 |
10.5.05 |
| RRAT |
Border Protection Legislation Amendment (Deterrence of Illegal Foreign Fishing) Bill 2005 |
10.5.05 |
| ECITA |
Provisions of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Regular Reviews And Other Measures) Bill 2005 |
12.5.05 |
| LC |
Provisions of the Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences) Bill 2005 |
12.5.05 |
| LC |
Provisions of the Migration Litigation Reform Bill 2005 |
12.5.05 |
| LC |
Provisions of the National Security Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 |
12.5.05 |
| RRAT |
AusLink (National Land Transport) Bill 2004 And the AusLink (National Land Transport – Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2004 |
12.5.05 |
| LC |
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Interception and Other Measures) Bill 2005 |
20.6.05 |
| ECO |
Superannuation Bill 2005, Superannuation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2005 and Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Choice of Superannuation Funds) Bill 2005 |
21.6.05 |
| ECO |
Provisions of the Tax Laws Amendment (Improvements to Self Assessment) Bill (No.1) 2005 and the Shortfall Interest Charge (Imposition) Bill 2005 |
22.6.05 |
| ECO |
Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No.1) Bill 2005 |
21.6.05 |
General
Legislation Committees tabled 2 reports on the following matters:
| Committee |
Report |
Tabled |
| RRAT |
Administration of Biosecurity Australia - revised draft import risk analysis for bananas from the Philippines |
17.3.05 |
| RRAT |
Administration of Biosecurity Australia - revised draft import risk analysis for apples from New Zealand |
17.3.05 |
Estimates reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Legislation Committees tabled 16 reports.
Annual Report reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Legislation Committees tabled 8 reports.
References Committees:
During the reporting period, Senate References Committees tabled 12 reports (plus 3 reports that did not discharge a reference). The details are as follows:
| Committee |
Report |
Tabled |
| CA |
^Reference not re-adopted from 40th Parliament |
7.3.05 |
| LC |
They still call Australia home: Inquiry into Australian Expatriates |
8.3.05 |
| ECITA |
A lost opportunity? Inquiry into the provisions of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Bill 2004 and related bills and matters |
10.3.05 |
| EWRE |
^Indigenous education funding - Interim Report |
16.3.05 |
| CA |
Protecting vulnerable children: A national challenge – Second report on the inquiry into children in institutional or out-of-home care |
17.3.05 |
| ECITA |
^Interim report – Inquiry into the Government's Energy White Paper (presented out of session on 18.4.05) |
11.5.05 |
| ECITA |
Lurching forward, looking back: Budgetary and environmental Implications of the Government's Energy White Paper
(presented out of session on 16.5.05) |
14.6.05 |
| FADT |
The effectiveness of Australia's military justice system |
16.6.05 |
| RRAT |
Iraqi wheat debt – repayments for wheat growers |
16.6.05 |
| EWRE |
Unfair dismissal and small business employment |
21.6.05 |
| EWRE |
Indigenous Education Funding |
22.6.05 |
| EWRE |
Student income support |
23.6.05 |
| CA |
The cancer journey: Informing choice - The delivery of services and treatment options for persons with cancer |
23.6.05 |
| CA |
Quality and equity in aged care |
23.6.05 |
| LC |
The real Big Brother: inquiry into the Privacy Act 1988 |
23.6.05 |
^Reports that did not discharge a reference
Joint Statutory/Select Committees:
During the reporting period, 4 reports (plus 3 reports that did not discharge a reference) were tabled by the Joint Statutory/Select Committees.
| Committee |
Report |
Tabled |
| CFS |
Australian Accounting Standards tabled in compliance with the Corporations Act 2001 on 30 August and 16 November 2004 |
10.2.05 |
| IA |
After ATSIC – Life in the Mainstream? |
8.3.05 |
| CFS |
^Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
12.5.05 |
| CFS |
Inquiry into the Exposure Draft of the Corporations Amendment Bill (No.2) 2005 |
16.6.05 |
| CFS |
Property investment advice: Safe as houses? |
23.6.05 |
| ACC |
^Examination of the annual report for 2003-04 of the Australian Crime Commission |
23.6.05 |
| NT |
^Examination of annual reports 2003-2004 |
23.6.05 |
^Reports that did not discharge a reference
Government Responses to Committee Reports
The following table shows 10 Government responses to Senate Committee Reports:
| Government response |
Date |
Committee |
| Superannuation and standards of living in retirement: The adequacy of the tax arrangements for superannuation and related policy |
10.2.05 |
SUPER |
| Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance |
10.3.05 |
ECO |
| Recruitment and Training in the Australian Public Service |
10.3.05 |
FPA |
| CLERP (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003 – Part 1 |
10.3.05 |
CFS |
| CLERP (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003 – Part 2 |
10.3.05 |
CFS |
| Structure and distributive effects of the Australian Taxation System |
11.5.05 |
ECO |
| Hepatitis C and the Blood Supply In Australia |
11.5.05 |
CA |
| Commonwealth Funding for Schools |
16.6.05 |
EWRE |
| Administrative Review of Veteran and Military Compensation and Income Support |
16.6.05 |
FPA |
| A Pacific engaged: Australia's relationships with Papua New Guinea and the island states Of the south-west Pacific |
24.6.05 |
FADT |
A complete list of Government responses is produced in the Business of the Senate published half yearly by the Senate Table Office.
Dissenting Reports/Additional Comments/Supplementary Reports/Comments/Additional Recommendations/Minority Reports/Reports/Additional Comments and Points of Dissent
| Legislation: |
ALP |
AD |
AG |
IND |
| Additional Comments |
11 |
6 |
|
|
| Comments |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Reports |
4 |
3 |
|
|
| Dissenting Reports |
|
3 |
|
|
| Additional Recommendations |
3 |
|
|
|
| Minority Reports |
6 |
4 |
|
|
| Supplementary Reports |
|
1 |
|
|
| Additional Comments And Points of Dissent |
|
1 |
|
|
| References: |
LP |
ALP |
AD |
AG |
| Additional Comments |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
| Supplementary Reports |
|
|
1 |
|
| Dissenting Reports |
4 |
|
|
1 |
| Joint/Select: |
LP |
ALP |
AD |
AG |
| Supplementary Reports |
|
4 |
1 |
|
| Minority Reports |
|
4 |
1 |
|
| Additional Comments |
3 |
|
|
1 |
Extension of Time to present Reports
During the reporting period, 10 extensions of time (under a week) and 12 extensions of time (under a month) were granted to Committees administered by the Senate Committee Office to present reports.
Leave to Meet while the Senate is in session
During the reporting period, Senate Committees were granted to meet while the Senate was in session on 19 occasions.
Change of Membership of Committees
During the reporting period, there were 61 membership changes of Committees.
Appointment of Committee
During the reporting period the Select Committee on Mental Health was appointed on 8 March 2005.
Change of Committee Name
During the reporting period, the Joint Statutory Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund was changed to the Joint Statutory Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account on the 22 February 2005.
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