Details of Reports tabled in the Senate and
other related matters
Matters
referred to Legislation Committees
23
Individual/Packages of Bills referred through Selection of Bills Committee:
14 May 2009
AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009 to the Legal and Constitutional
Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 June 2009
Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the
Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 15 June 2009
Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment
Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 15 June 2009
17 June 2009
Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and
Recovery Scheme) Bill 2009 to the Environment, Communications and the Arts
Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 20 August 2009
Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net)
Bill 2009 to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report
by 5 August 2009
Parliamentary Superannuation Amendment (Removal of Excessive
Super) Bill 2009 to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
for inquiry and report by 8 September 2009
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension
Reform and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Community
Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 23 June 2009
18 June 2009
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment
(Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Education, Employment
and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10
September 2009
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009
[Provisions] and the Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill
2009 [Provisions] to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report
by 12 August 2009
25 June 2009
Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill
2009 [Provisions] to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
for inquiry and report by 17 September 2009
Anti-Terrorism Laws Reform Bill 2009 to the Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 28
October 2009
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review
and Other Measures) Bill 2009 to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 7 September 2009
Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on
Termination Payments) Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Economics Legislation
Committee for inquiry and report by 7 August 2009
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime)
Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation
Committee for inquiry and report by 17 September 2009
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse
Practitioners) Bill 2009 [Provisions]; Midwife Professional Indemnity
(Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Bill 2009 [Provisions] and Midwife
Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 7
August 2009
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009 to the Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 26
November 2009
Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009
to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and
report by 7 August 2009
National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 [Provisions];
National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Bill 2009 [Provisions]; National
Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill
2009 [Provisions] and Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Services
Modernisation) Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Economics Legislation Committee
for inquiry and report by 7 August 2009
National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2009 to the
Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report
by 7 September 2009
Personal Property Securities Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report
by 7 August 2009
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband
Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 to the Environment, Communications and the
Arts Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 17 August 2009
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009
[Provisions] to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and
report by 7 August 2009
Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill
2009 [Provisions] to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report
by 7 September 2009
10 Individual/Packages of Bills
referred by the Senate
14 May 2009
Provisions of the following bills: Australian Climate Change
Regulatory Authority Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009;
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges—Customs) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme (Charges—Excise) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
(Charges—General) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential
Amendments) Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits)
Bill 2009; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential
Amendments) Bill 2009; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction
Scheme) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme)
Bill 2009; and Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Household Assistance) Bill 2009
to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 15 June 2009
27 May 2009
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009
[Provisions]; Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy
Surcharge) Bill 2009 [Provisions]; and Fairer Private Health Insurance
Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge–Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009 [Provisions] to
the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 16 June 2009 (transferred to
the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 June
2009)
Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing Appropriation
Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and
report by 16 June 2009
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2009
[Provisions] to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16
June 2009
28 May 2009
Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement
Register Levy) Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Community Affairs Legislation
Committee for inquiry and report by 16 June 2009
Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures)
Bill 2009 [Provisions] to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 June 2009
3 June 2009
Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures)
Bill 2009 to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report
by 16 June 2009
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 to
the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 June
2009
15 June 2009
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009
[Provisions]; Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy
Surcharge) Bill 2009 [Provisions]; and Fairer Private Health Insurance
Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge–Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009 [Provisions] transferred
from the Economics Committee to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for
inquiry and report by 5 August 2009
16 June 2009
Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Bill 2009
to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 23 June 2009
6 Matters referred
to References Committees
13 May 2009
The DEEWR tender process to award employment services
contracts, to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee
for inquiry and report by 25 June 2009
14 May 2009
Relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp
Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd to the Finance and Public
Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 11 August 2009
16 June 2009
Rural and regional access to secondary and tertiary
education opportunities to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 August 2009
17 June 2009
Welfare of international students to the Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee for inquiry and report
by 16 November 2009
23 June 2009
Unlimited deposit and wholesale funding guarantees to the
Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 15 September 2009
Operation of employee share schemes to the Economics
References Committee for inquiry and report by 17 August 2009
Reports tabled by Legislation Committees
During the
reporting period, Senate Legislation Committees tabled 13 reports (plus 1
report that did not discharge a reference). The details are as follows:
|
Committee
|
Report
|
Tabled
|
|
CA Leg
|
*Interim Report—Compliance
audits on Medicare benefits (Presented out of session 10.06.09)
|
15.06.09
|
|
FPA Leg
|
Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008
|
15.06.09
|
|
ECO Leg
|
Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme Bill 2008 [Provisions] and related bills
|
15.06.09
|
|
RRAT Leg
|
Nation Building Program
(National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]
|
15.06.09
|
|
ECO Leg
|
Guarantee of State and
Territory Borrowing Appropriation Bill 2009 [Provisions]
|
16.06.09
|
|
CA Leg
|
Private Health
Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
|
16.06.09
|
|
CA Leg
|
Family Assistance
Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
|
16.06.09
|
|
CA Leg
|
Private Health
Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]
|
16.06.09
|
|
CA Leg
|
Health Workforce
Australia Bill 2009 [Provisions]
|
16.06.09
|
|
CA Leg
|
Final Report—Compliance
audits on Medicare benefits
|
17.06.09
|
|
LCA Leg
|
AusCheck Amendment Bill
2009
|
18.06.09
|
|
ECO Leg
|
Tax Laws Amendment
(2009 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
|
22.06.09
|
|
ECO Leg
|
Car Dealership Financing
Guarantee Appropriation Bill 2009
|
23.06.09
|
|
CA Leg
|
Social Security and
Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform and Other 2009 Budget Measures)
Bill 2009 [Provisions]
|
24.06.09
|
*Reports that did not discharge a reference
Estimates reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Legislation Standing
Committees tabled 8 reports.
Reports on Annual Reports:
During the reporting period, Senate Legislation Committees
tabled no reports.
Reports tabled by References Committees
During the
reporting period, Senate References Committees tabled 6 references reports
(plus 3 reports that did not discharge a reference). The details are as
follows:
|
Committee
|
Report
|
Tabled
|
|
RRAT Ref
|
*Interim
Report—Matters specified in part (2) of the inquiry into the management of
the Murray-Darling Basin system (Presented out of session 22.05.09)
|
15.06.09
|
|
RRAT Ref
|
*Interim
Report—Import risk analysis for the importation of Cavendish bananas from the
Philippines (Presented out of session 22.05.09)
|
15.06.09
|
|
FADT Ref
|
*Interim
Report—Economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the
island states of the southwest Pacific (Presented out of session 27.05.09)
|
15.06.09
|
|
RRAT Ref
|
Matters
relating to the establishment of an Australian Football League Team for Tasmania
|
25.06.09
|
|
EEWR Ref
|
DEEWR
tender process to award employment services contracts
|
25.06.09
|
|
CA Ref
|
Lost
Innocents and Forgotten Australians Revisited: Report on the progress
with the implementation of the recommendations of the Lost Innocents and
Forgotten Australians Reports
|
25.06.09
|
|
RRAT Ref
|
Final
Report—Matters specified in part (2) of the inquiry into the management of
the Murray-Darling Basin system (Presented out of session 25.06.09)
|
11.08.09
|
|
RRAT Ref
|
Final
Report—Import risk analysis for the importation of Cavendish bananas from the
Philippines (Presented out of session 25.06.09)
|
11.08.09
|
|
RRAT Ref
|
Final
Report—Meat Marketing (Presented out of session 30.06.09)
|
11.08.09
|
*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
|
|
Men’s Health (Select)
|
Report (Presented out
of session 29.05.09)
|
15.06.09
|
|
Australian Commission
for Law Enforcement Integrity (Joint)
|
Examination of the
Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2007–08 (Tabled in the House of Representatives
01.06.09)
|
16.06.09
|
|
Climate Policy (Select)
|
Report
|
15.06.09
|
|
Australian Crime
Commission (Joint)
|
Examination of the Annual Report of the Australian Crime
Commission 2007–08
|
17.06.09
|
|
Agricultural and
Related Industries (Select)
|
*Interim Report—Food Production in Australia
|
18.06.09
|
|
Regional and Remote
Indigenous Communities (Select)
|
*Second Report (Presented out of session 25.06.09)
|
11.08.09
|
|
Agricultural and
Related Industries (Select)
|
*Second Interim Report—Pricing and supply arrangements in
the Australian and global fertiliser market (Presented out of session
30.06.09)
|
11.08.09
|
* Reports that did not
discharge a reference
Government Responses to Committee Reports
The following table shows 4 Government responses to Senate
Committee Reports:
|
Government Response
|
Date
|
Committee
|
|
Building
trust: Supporting families through disability trusts (report tabled 16
October 2008)
|
14.05.09
|
CA
|
|
Disclosure regimes for charities and not-for-profit
organisations (presented out of session 19 June 2009, report tabled 4
December 2008)
|
22.06.09
|
ECO
|
|
Exposure draft of the Personal Property Securities Bill 2008 (report tabled
19 March 2009)
|
18.06.09
|
LCA
|
|
Implementation, operation and administration of the
legislation underpinning carbon sink forests (report tabled 23 September
2008)
|
18.06.09
|
RRAT
|
Additional Comments; Dissenting Reports; Minority Reports; Report;
Additional Remarks; Opposition Report; Comments; Supplementary Comments;
Supplementary Report; Supplementary Remarks; Additional Comments & Points
of Dissent (Note: These statistics record the
signatory to the reports)
Legislation
|
LP/NAT
|
ALP
|
AG
|
FFP
|
IND
|
Additional Comments
|
6
|
|
3
|
|
|
Dissenting Reports
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
|
Minority Reports
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
2
|
Report
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Extension of Time to present Reports
During the reporting period, 16 extensions of time: 4 one
week or less; 3 over a week; and 9 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 1073 membership
changes of Committees.
Appointment of Committees
There were no new
committees appointed during the reporting period.
Change of Committee Name
There were no changes to committee names during the
reporting period.
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