Committee of the whole amendments—2011

Number of bills:
to which amendments were moved in committee of the whole: 57
to which requests were moved in committee of the whole: 4
to which items (etc) were opposed in committee of the whole: 20
Number of amendments:
Moved: 556
Agreed to: 249
Negatived: 288
Withdrawn: 18
Pending: 1
Number of requests:
Moved: 9
Agreed to: 1
Negatived: 8
Number of amendments to amendments:
Moved: 17
Number of items (etc) opposed:
Opposed and negatived: 40
Opposed but agreed to: 46
Bills
Bill Outcome
Auditor-General Amendment Bill 2011 (Mr Oakeshott) 13 amendments negatived (Opp)
Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010 9 amendments agreed to (Govt)
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 2 amendments agreed to (Govt)
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Opp)
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Opp)
1 amendment negatived (Xenophon)
Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Govt)
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 18 amendments agreed to (13 Govt; 2 AG; 3 Xenophon)
21 amendments negatived (10 Opp; 11 Xenophon)
4 amendments withdrawn (Xenophon/Opp)
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Xenophon)
Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 2 amendments agreed to (Govt)
29 amendments negatived (Opp)
Opposed/negatived (1 clause Govt)
Clean Energy Bill 2011 37 amendments negatived (3 Opp/Xenophon; 34 Xenophon)
Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Govt)
Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 3 amendments negatived (Xenophon)
Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 5 amendments negatived (4 Opp; 1 AG)
Customs Amendment (Serious Drugs Detection) Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Govt)
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2010 (Senator Ronaldson) 5 amendments negatived (Opp)
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Registration and Charges consequentials) Bill 2011 1 amendment negatived (Xenophon)
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Bill 2010 5 amendments negatived (Opp)
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Provisional Voting) Bill 2011 2 amendments agreed to (Xenophon)
3 amendments negatived (Xenophon)
Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Bill 2011 1 amendment negatived (Opp)
Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (Mr Wilkie) 2 amendments agreed to (AG)
3 amendments negatived (1 AG; 2 Opp)
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010 4 amendments agreed to (Govt)
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Govt)
2 amendments negatived (AG)
Opposed/negatived (1 Schedule Govt)
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 2 amendments negatived (AG)
Opposed/agreed to (1 Schedule; 1 item AG)
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010 4 amendments agreed to (Govt)
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 6 amendments agreed to (Govt)
4 amendments negatived (3 AG; 1 Opp)
Opposed/agreed to (10 items Opp)
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011 1 amendment negatived (Xenophon)
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2010 (Senators Xenophon and Bob Brown) 4 amendments agreed to (Xenophon/AG)
Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011 14 amendments negatived (AG)
Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010 Opposed/agreed to (1 subsection AG)
Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Bill 2011 3 amendments negatived (Opp)
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 3 amendments negatived (Opp)
Opposed/agreed to (1 subclause; 1 Part Opp)
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010 2 amendments negatived (Opp)
Opposed/agreed to (1 table item; 1 item Opp)
Inome Tax Rates Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 1 request agreed to (Govt)
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Govt)
Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 1 amendment negatived (AG)
Opposed/agreed to (3 items AG)
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011 1 amendment negatived (Opp)
National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010 21 amendments agreed to (20 Govt; 1 AG)
17 amendments negatived (Opp)
Opposed/agreed to (1 subdivision; 11 clauses, 2 subclauses Opp)
National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011 2 amendments negatived (Xenophon)
National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010 8 amendments agreed to (AG)
National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) Bill 2011 2 amendments negatived (1 Opp; 1 Xenophon)
National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Authority) Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (Opp)
Opposed/negatived (1 section Govt)
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2011 1 amendment agreed to (AG)
2 amendments negatived (AG)
Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2011 10 amendments negatived (Opp)
Opposed/agreed to (2 sections Opp)
Product Stewardship Bill 2011 19 amendments agreed to (15 Govt; 1 Opp; 3 AG)
1 amendment negatived (AG)
Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 7 amendments agreed to (Govt)
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 Opposed/agreed to (2 sections Opp)
Schools Assistance Amendment Bill 2011 2 amendments negatived (Opp)
Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Billl 2010 3 amendments agreed to (Opp)
Opposed/negatived (1 item Opp)
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 Opposed/agreed to (1 Schedule AG))
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011 Opposed/agreed to (2 items Opp)
Opposed/negatived (3 items Opp)
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010 2 amendments negatived (Opp)
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011 Opposed/agreed to (1 Schedule Opp)
Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 6 requests negatived (Opp)
41 amendments agreed to (Govt)
56 amendments negatived (Opp)
Opposed/agreed to (1 Division Opp)
Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 1 amendment agreed to (Govt)
1 amendment negatived (AG)
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2011 12 amendments negatived (Opp)
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Bill 2011 50 amendments agreed to (35 Govt; 1 AG; 14 Xenophon)
14 amendments withdrawn (Opp)
Opposed/negatived (33 subsection Xenophon)
Opposed/agreed to (1 Part Opp)
Amendments moved to amendments:
15 agreed to (Xenophon/AG to Govt)
1 negatived (Opp to Govt)
Territories Self-Government Legislation Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment of Laws) Bill 2011 (Senator Bob Brown) previous title: Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government Amendment (Disallowance and amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010) 4 amendments agreed to (Govt)
2 amendments negatived (Brandis)
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011 20 amendments agreed to (Govt)
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 9 amendments agreed to (Govt)
Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 3 amendments agreed to (Govt)
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Bill 2011 1 request negatived (Xenophon)
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011 1 request negatived (Xenophon)
Opposed/agreed to (1 Schedule Opp)
Amendment moved to request:
1 negatived (AG to Xenophon)
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011 (Senator Scullion) 1 amendment pending (AG)
Work Health and Safety Bill 2011 17 amendments negatived (Opp)
Opposed agreed to (2 clauses Opp)
Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011 2 amendments negatived (Opp)
  * See also Amendments and requests—Disagreements