Motion (by Senator Murray) agreed to:

That the provisions of the following bills be referred to the Select Committee on a New Tax System for inquiry and report by 30 April 1999:

A New Tax System (Commonwealth-State Financial Arrangements) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Commonwealth-State Financial Arrangements—Consequential Provisions) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Indirect Tax Administration) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Customs) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Excise) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax and Luxury Car Tax Transition) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax Imposition—Customs) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax Imposition—Excise) Bill 1999

A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax Imposition—General) Bill 1999.

(2) That, when the bills referred to in paragraph (1) are first introduced in the Senate, they be considered together with the bills for a new tax system introduced in the Senate on 10 December 1998 until the second reading, and then consideration of the bills in committee of the whole be made an order of the day for 30 April 1999 without any question being put.