Time spent on consideration of legislation—Spring 2007

7 to 16 August 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
APEC Public Holiday Bill 2007 15 mins
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007 2 hrs 38 mins
Australian Postal Corporation Amendment (Quarantine Inspection and Other Measures) Bill 2007 03 mins
Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007 43 mins
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007 01 min
Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007 13 mins
Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and Witness Protection) Bill 2006 [2007] 3 hrs 54 mins
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 01 min
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Cosmetics) Bill 2007 01 min
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Cosmetics) Bill 2007;
International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007
01 min
International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 01 min
National Health Amendment (National HPV Vaccination Program Register) Bill 2007;
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007;
Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007
(introduced together then listed separately)
02 mins
National Health Amendment (National HPV Vaccination Program Register) Bill 2007 03 mins
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2007;
Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007
(introduced together then listed separately)
02 mins
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007;
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007;
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007;
Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008;
Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
27 hrs 26 mins
Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2007;
Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007;
Communications Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing and Datacasting) Bill 2007;
International Trade Integrity Bill 2007
(introduced together then listed separately)
02 mins
Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2007 01 min
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007;
Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Bill (No. 1) 2007;
Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Bill (No. 2) 2007;
Judges Pensions Amendment Bill 2007
(introduced together then listed as 2 separate orders)
02 mins
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007;
Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2007;
Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia s Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2007;
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Further 2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007
(introduced together then listed separately)
02 mins
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Protecting Services for Rural and Regional Australia into the Future) Bill 2007 01 min
Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2007 01 min
Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 01 min
Water Bill 2007;
Water (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2007
3 hrs 50 mins
Total time spent on legislation 39 hrs 24 mins
Percentage of business time spent on legislation 54.8%