2004-05

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

JOURNALS OF THE SENATE

No. 67

Thursday, 8 December 2005

Contents

 1   Meeting of Senate   1729

 2   Petitions   1729

 3   Notices   1729

 4   Selection of Bills—Standing Committee—Report No. 15 of 2005   1730

 5   Postponement   1731

   6   Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005   1731

 7   Finance—Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia—Appointment—Proposed Order for Production of Documents   1732

   8   Days of Meeting   1733

   9   Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005—Statements by Leave   1733

 10   Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee—Leave to Meet During Sitting   1734

 11   Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee—Extension of Time to Report   1734

   12   Community Affairs References Committee—Proposed Reference   1734

 13   Science and Technology—Nuclear Power   1735

 14   Communications—Radio Adelaide   1736

 15   Death Penalty   1736

 16   Nine Bills—Declaration of Urgency—Allotment of Time   1737

 17   Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005

    Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Related Amendments) Bill 2005   1739

   18   Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2005   1743

 19   Questions   1745

 20   Senate Processes—Answer to Question   1747

 21   Community Affairs Legislation Committee—Reference   1747

 22   Transfer of Notice of Motion   1747

   23   Corporations and Financial Services—Joint Statutory Committee—Government Response—Exposure Draft of Corporations Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005   1747

 
 24   Parliamentary Committee Reports—President's Report—Government Responses Outstanding   1748

 25   Commonwealth Ombudsman—Monitoring of Controlled Operations—Report for 2004-05—Document   1748

   26   Parliamentarians' Travel Costs—Document   1748

 27   Former Parliamentarians' Travel Costs—Document   1748

 28   Parliamentarians' Overseas Study Travel—Document   1748

 29   Former Governors-General Travel Costs—Document   1748

   30   Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Final Report—Removal, Search for and Discovery of Ms Vivian Solon   1748

   31   Industrial Relations—Proposed Changes—Document   1749

 32   Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Safety-nets) Bill 2005   1749

 33   Documents   1751

 34   Publications—Standing Committee—9th Report   1752

 35   Public Accounts and Audit—Joint Statutory Committee—406th Report   1753

 36   Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Amendment Bill 2005

    Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment (Promoting Safer Workplaces) Bill 2005   1753

   37   Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005

    Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Bill 2005
Tax Laws Amendment (Loss Recoupment Rules and Other Measures) Bill 2005   1754

   38   Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 3) Bill 2005   1754

 39   Parliamentary Library—Joint Standing Committee—Appointment   1754

 40   Allotment of Time—Variation   1754

   41   National Health Amendment (Budget Measures—Pharmaceutical Benefits Safety Net) Bill 2005   1755

   42   Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 4) Bill 2005   1755

 43   Tax Laws Amendment (Superannuation Contributions Splitting) Bill 2005   1758

 44   Tax Laws Amendment (Improvements to Self Assessment) Bill
 (No. 2) 2005   1759

 45   Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 5) Bill 2005   1759

 46   Adjournment   1760

 47   Attendance   1760