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Resolutions Expressing Opinions of the
Senate
Miscellaneous
53 Australian Bureau of Statistics surveys
...(b) The committee is of the opinion that
the government should not in the future proceed with any ABS survey unless—
(i) where the survey is significantly
different from surveys conducted prior to July 1988, the proposed survey and
the proposed terms of conduct of the survey are tabled in Parliament and the
parliamentary debate on the proposed survey is fully taken into account, and
(ii) the proposed survey is not
extraordinarily burdensome and intrusive towards those members of the
Australian public selected for inclusion in the survey.
(2 December 1988
J.1233)
Note:
Resolution of a committee of the whole, adopted by the Senate on
2 December 1988. Part of a longer resolution dealing with a particular
statistical survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
54 Voluntary voting
The Senate is of the view that having
regard to the fact that the system of voluntary voting provided for in the
Constitutional Convention (Election) Bill 1997 is for the election of delegates
to a specific Constitutional Convention for a limited and temporary purpose in
special circumstances, the system should not be seen as a precedent for
elections of members of Parliament or for any other ballots including referendums.
(28 August 1997 J.2354)
Note:
Resolution agreed to as a consequence of an amendment to the question that the
report of the committee on message no. 347 from the House of
Representatives relating to the Constitutional Convention (Election) Bill 1997 be
adopted.
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