Details of Reports tabled in the Senate and other related matters
24 Individual/Packages
of Bills referred through Selection of Bills Committee:
14 February 2008
Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2007 to the Community Affairs
Committee for inquiry and report by 18 June 2008
12 March 2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill
2008 [Provisions) to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 1 May 2008
Renewable Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Power
Percentage) Bill 2008 to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 30 May 2008.
National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007
[2008] to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 30 May 2008
Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill
2008 to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 25 June 2008
Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill
2008 to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report
by 1 May 2008
Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008 to the Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 16 June 2008
19 March 2008
Australian Securities and
Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2008 to
the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 16 September 2008.
Families, Housing, Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency
Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Community Affairs
Committee for inquiry and report by 7 May 2008.
Telecommunications Legislation
Amendment (Communications Fund) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 30 April 2008.
Telecommunications (Interception
and Access) Amendment Bill 2008 to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee for inquiry and report by 1 May 2008.
14 May 2008
Reserve Bank Amendment
(Enhanced Independence ) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics Committee for
inquiry and report by 31 May 2008.
18 June 2008
Families,
Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation
Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 to the Finance and Public
Administration Committee for inquiry and report by 24 June 2008.
Passenger
Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2008 to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee for inquiry and report by 24 June 2008.
Renewable
Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill 2008 to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 14 October 2008.
Tax
Laws Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2008 to the Economics Committee for
inquiry and report by 24 June 2008.
Unit
Pricing (Easy comparison of grocery prices) Bill 2008 to the Economics Committee
for inquiry and report by 2 September 2008.
Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions)
to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report not
before 25 September 2008.
25 June 2008
Offshore Petroleum Amendment
(Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 [Provisions], Offshore Petroleum (Annual
Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 [Provisions], Offshore
Petroleum (Registration Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008
[Provisions], and Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas
Storage) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report on 16 October 2008.
Poker
Machine Harm Minimisation Bill 2008 to the Community Affairs Committee for
inquiry and report on 10 November 2008.
26 June 2008
Family Law Amendment (De Facto
Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report on 27 August 2008.
Tax
Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report on 27 August 2008.
Trade
Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008] to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report on 27 August 2008.
Trade
Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report on 27 August 2008.
11 Packages of Bills referred by
the Senate
14 February 2008
Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with
Fairness) Bill 2008 [Provisions] to the Education, Employment & Workplace
Relations Committee for inquiry and report by 28 April 2008.
12 March 2008
Exposure drafts of the Wheat Export
Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential
Amendments) Bill 2008 to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee
for inquiry and report by 11 April 2008.
20 March 2008
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network) Bill 2008 to the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee
for inquiry and report by 7 May 2008.
18 June 2008
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical and Other
Benefits—Cost Recovery) Bill 2008 to the Community Affairs Committee for
inquiry and report not before 18 August 2008.
Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill
2008 to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report not before 26 August 2008.
Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008, A New Tax
System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2008, A New Tax
System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2008 and A New Tax
System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2008 to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report not before 26 August 2008.
Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 and the
Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 to the Economics Committee for
inquiry and report not before 26 August 2008.
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 and the
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008
to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report not before 29 September 2008.
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth
Laws—Superannuation) Bill 2008 and any related bills introduced to give effect
to the recommendations of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's
report Same Sex: Same Entitlements to the Legal & Constitutional
Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 30 September 2008 or after the
consideration of any related bills, whichever is the sooner.
Provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 of
the Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 3) Bill 2008 to the Economics
Committee for inquiry and report not before 18 August 2008.
25 June 2008
Save Our Solar (Solar Rebate Protection) Bill 2008 [No.2]
and related matters to the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee
for inquiry and report by 15 August 2008.
22 References referred by the
Senate
14 February 2008
Cost of Living Pressures on Older Australians (re-referred) to
the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 20 March 2008.
Mental Health Services in Australia (re-referred) to the
Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 26 June 2008.
Australia's involvement in peacekeeping operations
(re-referred) to the Foreign Affairs, Defence & Trade Committee for inquiry
and report by 15 May 2008.
Climate change and the Australian agricultural sector
(re-referred) to the Rural & Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for
inquiry and report by 4 September 2008.
12 March 2008
Sexualisation of children in the media to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 23 June 2008.
19 March 2008
Meat marketing to the Rural and Regional Affairs and
Transport Committee for inquiry and report by 4 September 2008.
Australia's mandatory Last Resort Home Warranty Insurance
Scheme to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by May 2008.
Australia's space science and industry sector to the
Economics Committee for inquiry and report by October 2008, with an interim
report by 23 June 2008.
20 March 2008
Effectiveness of the broadcasting codes of practice
operating within the radio and television industry to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 9 June 2008.
Waste management in Australia, including consideration of
the Drink Container Recycling Bill 2008 to the Environment, Communications and
the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by August 2008.
14 May 2008
Lobbying Code of Conduct to the Finance and Public
Administration Committee for inquiry and report by 26 August 2008.
15 May 2008
Special Disability Trusts to the Community Affairs Committee
for inquiry and report by 18 September 2008.
Effectiveness of proposed changes to alcohol excise regime
to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 24 June 2008.
17 June 2008
Petrol sniffing and substance abuse in central Australia to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 16 October 2008.
18 June 2008
Disclosure regimes for
charities and not-for-profit organisations to the Economics Committee for
inquiry and report by last sitting day of November 2008.
Effectiveness of the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and other programs in
protecting threatened species and ecological communities to the Environment,
Communications and the Arts Committee for inquiry and report by 27 November 2008.
24 June 2008
Economic and security challenges
facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific to the
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee for inquiry and report by 30 May 2009.
Current level of academic freedom
in school and higher education to the Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations Committee for inquiry and report by 11 November 2008.
26 June 2008
Developing Australia's research
and training capacity in the area of climate change to the Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations Committee for inquiry and report by 20 March
2009.
Effectiveness of the Sex
Discrimination Act 1984 in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender
equality to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and
report by 12 November 2008.
Natural resource management and
conservation challenges to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Committee for inquiry and report by 27 November 2008.
The implementation, operation and
administration of the legislation underpinning Carbon Sink Forests, and any related matter to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for
inquiry and report by 22 August 2008.
Reports tabled
During the
reporting period, Senate Standing Committees tabled 16 Bills reports (plus 7
reports that did not discharge a reference) and 4 references reports (plus 4 reports
that did not discharge a reference). The details are as follows:
|
Committee
|
Report
|
Tabled
|
|
ECO
|
*Australian
Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees)
Amendment Bill 2007—Final Interim report (presented out of session on 11.02.08)
|
12.02.08
|
|
ECO
|
*National Market Driven Energy
Efficiency Target Bill 2007—Final Interim report
(presented out of session on 11.02.08)
|
12.02.08
|
|
CA
|
^Report on the
references of the 41st Parliament
(re-adoption of inquiries)
|
14.02.08
|
|
FADT
|
^Report on the
references of the 41st Parliament
(re-adoption of inquiries)
|
14.02.08
|
|
RRAT
|
^Report on the
references of the 41st Parliament
(re-adoption of inquiries)
|
14.02.08
|
|
EEWR
|
Workplace Relations
Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
|
17.03.08
|
|
CA
|
A decent quality of
life: Inquiry into the cost of living pressures on older Australians
|
20.03.08
|
|
RRAT
|
*Interim Report—Exposure drafts of the
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and
Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008
(presented out of session on 24.04.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
ECA
|
Telecommunications
Legislation Amendment (Communications Fund) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented
out of session on 30.04.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
RRAT
|
Final Report—Exposure
drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing
(Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008
(presented out of session on 30.04.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
ECO
|
Tax Laws Amendment
(Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
(presented out of session on 01.05.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
ECO
|
*Interim Report—Australia's Mandatory Last Resort Home Warranty Insurance Scheme (presented out of session
on 01.05.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
LC
|
*Interim Report—Telecommunications
(Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 01.05.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
LC
|
Final
Report—Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008
(presented out of session on 06.05.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
ECA
|
*Interim Report—Telecommunications
Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network) Bill 2008 (presented out
of session on 07.05.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
CA
|
*Interim Report—Families, Housing,
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment
(Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
(presented out of session on 07.05.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
ECA
|
Final
Report—Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network)
Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 09.05.08)
|
13.05.08
|
|
CA
|
Final Report –
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other
Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008
[Provisions]
|
15.05.08
|
|
ECO
|
*Interim Report – Reserve Bank Amendment
(Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 30.05.08)
|
16.06.08
|
|
ECO
|
National Market Driven
Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007 [2008] and the Renewable Energy
Legislation Amendment (Renewable Power Percentage) Bill 2008
(presented out of session on 30.05.08)
|
16.06.08
|
|
ECA
|
*Interim Report – Effectiveness of the
broadcasting codes of practice
(presented out of session on 06.06.08)
|
16.06.08
|
|
ECO
|
Final Report – Reserve
Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out
of session on 11.06.08)
|
16.06.08
|
|
LC
|
Stolen Generation
Compensation Bill 2008
|
16.06.08
|
|
CA
|
Alcohol Toll Reduction
Bill 2007 [2008]
|
18.06.08
|
|
CA
|
*Interim Report – Mental Health Services
in Australia
|
19.06.08
|
|
ECA
|
Final Report – Effectiveness
of the Broadcasting Codes of Practice
|
19.06.08
|
|
ECO
|
*Interim Report – Australia's Space Science and Industry Sector
|
23.06.08
|
|
CA
|
Ready-to-Drink Alcohol
Beverages
|
24.06.08
|
|
FPA
|
Families,
Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation
Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008
|
24.06.08
|
|
LC
|
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2008
|
24.06.08
|
|
ECO
|
Tax Laws Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2008
|
24.06.08
|
|
CA
|
A matter relating to the PET review of 2000
|
26.6.08
|
|
ECA
|
Sexualisation of children in the contemporary media
|
26.6.08
|
|
LC
|
Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008
|
26.6.08
|
*Reports that did not discharge a reference
^
Reports that re-referred inquiries
Estimates reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Standing Committees tabled
16 reports.
Reports on Annual Reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Standing Committees tabled
8 reports.
Joint Statutory/Select Committees:
During the reporting period, 2 reports (plus 2 reports
that did not discharge a reference) were tabled by the Joint Statutory/Select
Committees.
|
Committee
|
Report
|
Tabled
|
|
HSAF (Select)
|
A good house is hard to find: Housing Affordability in Australia
|
16.06.08
|
|
ACLEI (Joint)
|
* Examination of the
Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2006–07
|
18.06.08
|
|
ACC (Joint)
|
* Examination of the
Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2006–07
|
18.06.08
|
|
CFS (Joint)
|
Better Shareholders—Better Company: Shareholder Engagement
and Participation in Australia
|
24.06.08
|
* reports that did not
discharge a reference
Government Responses to Committee Reports
The following table shows 1 Government response to a Senate
Committee Report:
|
Government Response
|
Date
|
Committee
|
|
Workplace
Agreements
(report tabled 31 October 2005) |
23.06.08
|
EEWR
|
Legislation
|
LLP/NATS
|
ALP
|
AD
|
AG
|
FFP
|
|
Additional Comments |
6
|
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
|
Dissenting Reports |
4
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Minority Reports |
2
|
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
Report |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional Remarks |
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
Opposition Report |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplementary Comments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplementary Report |
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Supplementary Remarks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement |
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Additional Comments & Points
of Dissent |
|
|
|
|
|
Extension of Time to present Reports
During the reporting period, 15 extensions of time: 3
under a week; 2 over a week; and 10 over 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 leave to meet while the Senate was in session on 6 occasions.
Membership of Committees
During the reporting period, there were 915 membership changes
of Committees.
The Select Committee
on Agricultural and Related Industries was appointed on 14 February 2008.
The Select Committee
on State Government Financial Management was appointed on 14 February 2008.
The Select Committee
on Housing Affordability in Australia was appointed on 14 February 2008.
The Select Committee
on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities was appointed 19 March 2008.
The Select Committee
on Fuel and Energy was appointed on 25 June 2008.
The Select Committee
on National Broadband Network was appointed on 25 June 2008.
Change of Committee Name
The Senate Standing
Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations & Education was changed to the
Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment & Workplace Relations on
13 February 2008.
The Senate Standing
Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology & the Arts
was changed to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications
& the Arts on 13 February 2008.
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