Time spent on consideration of legislation—Winter 2007
12 to 21 June 2007
Details of bills that were debated in the Senate for more than five hours are available from Bills generating lengthy debates.
| Bill |
Time spent |
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Township Leasing) Bill 2007;
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Restructures) Bill 2007;
Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
(introduced together then listed separately)
|
02 mins
|
|
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Township Leasing) Bill 2007
|
54 mins
|
|
Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2007
|
19 mins
|
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Amendment Bill 2007;
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007;
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Amendment Bill 2007;
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007;
Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007;
Corporations (NZ Closer Economic Relations) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2007;
Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Bill 2007;
Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Bill 2007;
Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2007;
Governance Review Implementation (Science Research Agencies) Bill 2007;
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Bill 2007;
Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2007;
Schools Assistance (Learning Together Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007;
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
(introduced together, listed as 13 separate orders)
|
02 mins
|
|
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Amendment Bill 2007
|
01 min
|
|
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
|
01 min
|
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008;
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008;
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008;
Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2006-2007;
Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2006-2007
|
52 mins
|
|
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Amendment Bill 2007
|
03 mins
|
Australian Postal Corporation Amendment (Quarantine Inspection and Other Measures) Bill 2007;
Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2007
(introduced together then listed separately)
|
01 min
|
|
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007
|
13 mins
|
|
Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
|
01 min
|
|
Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007
|
40 mins
|
|
Corporations (NZ Closer Economic Relations) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
|
01 min
|
Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007;
Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007;
Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007;
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other 2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007;
Migration (Sponsorship Fees) Bill 2007
(introduced together, listed as 3 separate orders)
|
03 mins
|
Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007;
Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007;
Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007
|
47 mins
|
|
Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Bill 2007
|
02 mins
|
Evidence Amendment (Journalists Privilege) Bill 2007;
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Bill 2007;
Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007;
Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007;
Migration Amendment (Statutory Agency) Bill 2007
(introduced together, listed as 4 separate orders)
|
03 mins
|
|
Evidence Amendment (Journalists Privilege) Bill 2007
|
1 hr 36 mins
|
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other 2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
|
2 hrs 45 mins
|
|
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Bill 2007
|
21 mins
|
|
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007
|
01 min
|
|
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Restructures) Bill 2007
|
26 mins
|
Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007;
Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007
|
32 mins
|
|
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2007
|
1 hr 53 mins
|
Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Bill 2007;
Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2007
|
1 hr 41 mins
|
|
Governance Review Implementation (Science Research Agencies) Bill 2007
|
19 mins
|
|
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Bill 2007
|
3 hrs 16 mins
|
|
Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Bill 2007
|
58 mins
|
|
Health Insurance Amendment (Inappropriate and Prohibited Practices and Other Measures) Bill 2007
|
03 mins
|
|
Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
|
2 hrs 26 mins
|
|
Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
|
1 hr 01 min
|
|
Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2007
|
01 min
|
|
Migration Amendment (Statutory Agency) Bill 2007
|
01 min
|
|
Migration (Sponsorship Fees) Bill 2007
|
03 mins
|
|
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2007
|
3 hrs 00 mins
|
|
Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007
|
1 hr 15 mins
|
|
Schools Assistance (Learning Together Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
|
1 hr 59 mins
|
|
Social Security Amendment (Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up for Australian Apprentices) Bill 2007
|
02 mins
|
|
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007
|
1 hr 04 mins
|
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 3) Bill 2007;
Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business) Bill 2007;
Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007;
Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Bill 2007;
Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007
(introduced together, listed as 4 separate orders)
|
03 mins
|
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 3) Bill 2007;
Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business) Bill 2007
|
2 hrs 54 mins
|
Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2007;
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
|
1 hr 01 min
|
|
Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified GST Accounting) Bill 2007
|
11 mins
|
|
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007
|
27 mins
|
|
Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2007
|
3 hrs 57 mins
|
|
Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007
|
11 hrs 18 mins
|
|
Total time spent on legislation |
48 hrs 39 mins |
| Percentage of business spent on legislation |
65.1% |