Details of Reports tabled in the Senate and other related matters

Matters referred to Legislation Committees

Bills referred through Selection of Bills Committee:

9 August 2006

Legal and Constitutional

Migration Amendment (Visa Integrity) Bill 2006 (report by 11 September 2006)

16 August 2006

Economics

Provisions of the Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill 2006 (report by 31 August 2006)

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment Bill 2006 (report by 9 September 2006)

7 September 2006

Employment, Workplace Relations and Education

Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (report by 3 October 2006)

References referred:

Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector (referred 15 August 2006, report by first sitting day in 2007)

Matters referred to References Committees

Employment, Workplace Relations and Education

Workforce challenges in the Australian transport sector (referred 6 September 2006, reporting date last sitting day in June 2007)

Reports tabled

Legislation Committees:

During the reporting period, Senate Legislation Committees tabled 15 reports (plus 2 reports that did not discharge a reference). The details are as follows:

Bills

Legislation Committees tabled 8 reports (plus 1 report that did not discharge a reference) on bills. Bills can be referred either by the Senate's adoption of a report by the Selection of Bills Committee or by Senate resolution. The following bills were the subject of reports (unless otherwise indicated these bills have been referred through the Selection of Bills Committee process):

Committee	Bills	Tabled
CA	Aboriginal land Rights (Northern Territory Amendment Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 1 August 2006)	8.8.06
LC	Crimes Act Amendment (ForensicProcedures) Bill (No.1) 2006(presented out of session on 1 August 2006)	8.8.06
LC	Customs Legislation Amendment(Modernising Import Controls and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (presented out of session on1 August 2006)	8.8.06
LC	Financial Transactions ReportsAmendment Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 1 August 2006)	8.8.06
Committee	Bills	Tabled
CA	Transparent Advertising and NotificationOf Pregnancy Counselling ServicesBill 2005	17.8.06
ECO	Provisions of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006	17.8.06
EWRE	Provisions of the Independent ContractorsBill 2006 and the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Bill 2006 (presented outof session on 1 August 2006)	4.9.06
ECO	*Interim report - Provisions of the TaxLaws Amendment (2006 MeasuresNo. 4) Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 31 August 2006)	4.9.06
FADT	Export Finance and InsuranceCorporation AmendmentBill 2006	7.9.06

*Interim Report that did not discharge a reference

General

Legislation Committees tabled 1 report, that did not discharge a reference, on the following matter:

Committee	Report	Tabled
FADT	*Reforms to Australia's military justicesystem – First progress report	17.8.06

* Report that did not discharge a reference

Estimates reports:

During the reporting period, Senate Legislation Committees did not table any reports.

Annual Report reports:

During the reporting period, Senate Legislation Committees tabled 7 reports.

References Committees:

During the reporting period, Senate References Committees tabled 1 report (plus 2 reports that did not discharge a reference). The details are as follows:

Committee	Report	Tabled
ECITA	About Time! Women in sport andrecreation in Australia	6.9.06
RRAT	*Interim report – Australia's future oil and alternative transport fuel	7.9.06
RRAT	*Interim report – Water policy initiatives	7.9.06

^Reports that did not discharge a reference

Joint Statutory/Select Committees:

During the reporting period, 1 report that did not discharge a reference was tabled by a Joint Statutory Committee.

Committee	Report	Tabled
CFS	*Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission	16.8.06

*Report 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
Examination of the Annual Report for 2003-04 of the Australian Crime Commission	17.8.06	ACC

 

A complete list of Government responses is produced in the Business of the Senate published half yearly by the Senate Table Office.

Additional Comments; Dissenting Reports; Minority Reports; Report and Majority Position

(Note: These statistics record the signatory to the reports)

Legislation:	LP	ALP	AD	AG	FFP
Additional Comments	1	1	1		1
Dissenting Reports		3	1	1
Minority Reports		3	3	1
Report	1	1
Majority Position	2	1

Extension of Time to present Reports

During the reporting period, 3 extensions of time of under a week 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 2 occasions.

Change of Membership of Committees

During the reporting period, there were 8 membership changes of Committees.

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