Second reading amendments—2011

Second reading amendments do not affect the text of a bill. They are generally used to express an opinion about the bill, or related policy issues; to propose the reference of the bill or related matters to commitees; or to postpone further consideration of the bill.

Second reading amendments moved
Number of bills, or packages of bills, to which second reading amendments were moved: 17
Second reading amendments moved: 21
Second reading amendments agreed to 6
Second reading amendments negatived 15
Bills
Bill short title Moved by Outcome
Where the bill is a private senator's bill or a private member's bill the name of the senator or member who introduced it is shown
Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011 1 Opp Negatived
Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011 1 Ind Negatived
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Dividend and Other Measures) Bill 2011 1 AG Agreed to
1 AG Negatived
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 1 Opp Negatived
1 Ind Negatived
Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2011 1 Opp Negatived
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2010 (Senator Ronaldson) 1 Opp Agreed to
1 AG Negatived
1 Ind (as amended by AG)
Agreed to
Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Bill 2011 1 Opp Negatived
National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 1 AG Negatived
Schools Assistance Amendment (Financial Assistance) Bill 2011 1 AG Agreed to
Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010 (Senator Nash) 1 AG Negatived
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 1 AG Negatived
Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011 1 AG Negatived
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011 1 Opp Agreed to
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) 1 Opp Negatived
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Bill 2011 1 Ind/AG Negatived
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011 1 Ind/AG Negatived
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011 (Senator Scullion) 1 Govt (as amended by Opp) Agreed to