Finance and Public Administration


Finance and Public Administration

1 January 2007 - 30 June 2007

Matters Current as at 1 January 2007
Matters Referred during period (including estimates and annual reports)
Reports tabled that discharge a reference
Current Inquiries as at 30 June 2007
Standing Committee 3 5 7 1

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public
Hrs
Public Estimates
Hrs
Private
Hrs
Insp/Other
Hrs
Total Meetings
Total Hours
Standing Committee 3 30:22 7 68:07 9 2:37 0 0:00 19 101:06

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Standing Committee 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Witnesses
Hansard Pages
Televised hearings
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
No. of submissions
No. of Pages
Government Responses
Standing Committee 7 443 58 0 873 282 0 58 299 0


Finance and Public Administration (Standing)

1 January 2007 to 30 June 2007

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members

Date of appointment

Senator Mitch Fifield (Vic, LP)
      (appointed Chair on 22.3.07)

11.9.06

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)
      (appointed Deputy Chair on 12.9.06)

11.9.06

Senator Carol Brown (Tas, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

20.6.07

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Claire Moore (Qld, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Andrew Murray (WA, AD)

11.9.06

Senator John Watson (Tas, LP)

11.9.06

 

Substitute members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry (Tas, ALP)*

21.6.07

*replaces Senator Carol Brown for inquiry into the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

 

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator Guy Barnett (Tas, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Andrew Bartlett (Qld, AD)

11.9.06

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

20.6.07

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (Qld, NATS)

11.9.06

Senator Sue Boyce (Qld, LP)

20.6.07

Senator Bob Brown (Tas, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Carol Brown (Tas, ALP)

21.6.07

Senator Kim Carr (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Grant Chapman (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Stephen Conroy (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Christopher Evans (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon John Faulkner (NSW, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Steve Fielding (Vic, FFP)

11.9.06

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

20.6.07

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

11.9.06

Senator John Hogg (Qld, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Barnaby Joyce (Qld, NATS)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp (Vic, LP)

8.2.07

Senator Joseph Ludwig (Qld, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald (NSW, NATS)

9.5.07

Senator Gavin Marshall (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Julian McGauran (Vic, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Jan McLucas (Qld, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Christine Milne (Tas, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Andrew Murray (WA, AD)

8.2.07

Senator Kerry Nettle (NSW, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Kerry O'Brien (Tas, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Stephen Parry (Tas, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Robert Ray (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (Vic, LP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry (Tas, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Russell Trood (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Ruth Webber (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Penny Wong (SA, ALP)

8.2.07

 

Former members

Term of appointment

Senator Brett Mason (Qld, LP)
       (Chair)

11.9.06-23.3.07

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (Qld, LP)

23.3.07-9.5.07

Senator Sue Boyce (Qld, LP)

9.5.07-20.6.07

 

Former substitute members

Term of appointment

Senator Jeannie Ferris (SA, LP)*

19.10.06-30.10.06

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)**

17.10.06-22.12.06

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, AD)***

8.2.07-20.3.07

*replaced Senator Bernardi for consideration of the 2006-07 budget estimates on 30 October 2006, until 10.00pm
**replaced Senator Mason from 23 October to 22 December 2006
***replaced Senator Murray for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007

 

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator the Hon George Brandis (Qld, LP)

11.9.06-23.3.07

Senator Jeannie Ferris (SA, LP)

11.9.06-2.4.07

 

Inquiries

As at 1 January 2007

  • Second year of operation of the Senate order for the production of lists of departmental and agency contracts (ordered 18 June 2003)
  • The transparency and accountability of Commonwealth public funding and expenditure (referred 20 June 2006)
  • Electoral and Referendum Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (referred 7December 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)

Current inquiry

As at 30 June 2007

  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [Provisions] (referred 21June 2007 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)

New references

1 January 2007 – 30 June 2007

  • Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (referred 8 February 2007 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [Provisions] (referred 21June 2007 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)

Public hearings

1 January 2007 – 30 June 2007

  • 2006-07 Additional Estimates – 12, 13 & 16 February 2007, Canberra
  • Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 [Provisions] – 2March 2007, Sydney; 5 March 2007, Melbourne; 6 March 2007, Canberra
  • 2007-08 Budget Estimates – 21, 22, 23 & 24 May 2007, Canberra

Reports tabled

1 January 2007 – 30 June 2007

  • Electoral and Referendum Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 20February 2007; tabled on 26 February 2007)
  • Departmental and agency contracts: Second report on the operation of the Senate order for the production of lists of departmental and agency contracts (2003-06) (tabled 27 February 2007)
  • Transparency and accountability of Commonwealth public funding and expenditure (tabled 1 March 2007)
  • Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 15 March 2007; tabled on 20 March 2007)
  • Additional estimates 2006-07 (tabled 21 March 2007)
  • Annual Reports (No. 1 of 2007) (tabled 22 March 2007)
  • Budget estimates 2007-08 (tabled 19 June 2007)

Government responses

1 January 2007 – 30 June 2007

  • Nil

Estimates

A statistical summary of this Committee's work when considering Estimates appears in Part Four.

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