1 January 2012 to 30 June 2012
Appointment
Pursuant to Senate Standing Order 24.
Current
members
Senator the
Hon Macdonald (Chair), Senator C Brown (Deputy Chair), and Senators Bishop,
Edwards, Siewert and Thorp
Former
members
Senators
Fifield and Marshall
Secretary
Ms Toni Dawes (02) 6277 3050 Fax:
(02) 6277 5881
Principles
of the committee
The committee scrutinises bills and Acts of Parliament and
reports to the Senate whether such bills or Acts, by express words or
otherwise:
- trespass unduly on personal rights
and liberties;
- make rights, liberties or
obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently defined administrative powers;
- make rights, liberties or
obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decisions;
-
inappropriately delegate
legislative powers; or
-
insufficiently subject the
exercise of legislative power to parliamentary scrutiny.
Between 1 January 2012 and 30 June 2012, the committee
considered 153 bills, and commented on 73 bills in 7 Alert Digests. The
committee also produced 7 Reports containing correspondence from Ministers
addressing its concerns.
On 10 May 2012, the committee tabled its final report
for the inquiry into the future role and direction of the Senate Scrutiny of
Bills Committee.
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New references
1 January 2012–30 June 2012
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Nil
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Alert digests tabled
1 January 2012–30 June 2012
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No. 1 of 2012 (8 February 2012)
No. 2 of 2012 (29 February 2012)
No. 3 of 2012 (14 March 2012)
No. 4 of 2012 (22 March 2012)
No. 5 of 2012 (10 May 2012)
No. 6 of 2012 (20 June 2012)
No. 7 of 2012 (27 June 2012)
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Reports presented
1 January 2012–30 June 2012
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First Report of 2012 (8 February 2012)
Second Report of 2012 (29 February 2012)
Third Report of 2012 (14 March 2012)
Fourth Report of 2012 (22 March 2012)
Fifth Report of 2012 (10 May 2012)
Future Direction and Role of the Committee (10 May 2012)
Sixth Report of 2012 (20 June 2012)
Seventh Report of 2012 (27 June 2012)
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Meetings
1 January 2012–30 June 2012
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Private: 7
Briefings: Nil
Total: 7
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