Senate Standing Committee on Procedure

Reports tabled
2005 - 2009

Report no. Topics Date tabled
Fourth report of 2009

Rules for question time

Public interest immunity claims: operation of the order of the Senate of 13 May 2009

24 November 2009
Third report of 2009

Committee proceedings and public interest immunity claims: order of the Senate of 13 May 2009

Senators caring for an infant: standing order 175

20 August 2009
Second report of 2009

The Senate committee system

16 April 2009
First report of 2009

Restructuring question time

Legislative and general purpose standing committees

Temporary orders

12 February 2009
Third report of 2008

Restructuring question time

12 November 2008
Second report of 2008

Questions to chairs of committees and other senators

14 October 2008
First report of 2008

Restructuring question time

Reference of bills to committees

Questions to chairs of committees

Deputy chairs of committees

Leave to make statements

16 September 2008
First report of 2006

Restructuring the committee system

Additional information received by the committee:

Options for more flexible procedures relating to the membership of committees, Office of the Clerk of the Senate, August 2006

Response by the Clerk Assistant (Committees), Department of the Senate (John Vander Wyk) on the proposal to alter Senate committee system, 26 July 2006 (PDF 245KB)

Response by the Secretary, Department of Parliamentary Services (Hilary Penfold, QC) on proposed changes to the Senate committee system, 8 August 2006 (PDF 105KB)

10 August 2006
Second report of 2005 (PDF 80KB)

Declaration of interests: registration of Senators' share tradings

Unanswered questions and orders for documents: proposed amendments of standing orders 74(5) and 164

Repeated motions for suspension of standing orders: ruling of the President of 14 September 2005 Second report of 2005 October 2005

28 October 2005
First report of 2005 (PDF 45KB)

Storage of Senate documents

Unauthorised disclosure of committee proceedings

20 September 2005