

- Title
COMMITTEES
Selection of Bills Committee
Report
- Database
Senate Hansard
- Date
09-03-2005
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
41
- Electorate
South Australia
- Interjector
- Page
85
- Party
LP
- Presenter
- Status
Final
- Question No.
- Questioner
- Responder
- Speaker
Ferris, Sen Jeannie
- Stage
Selection of Bills Committee
- Type
- Context
COMMITTEES
- System Id
chamber/hansards/2005-03-09/0088


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Hansard
- Start of Business
- BANKRUPTCY AND FAMILY LAW LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- NEW INTERNATIONAL TAX ARRANGEMENTS (MANAGED FUNDS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2004
- MEDICAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND VETERANS’ AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER 2004 ELECTION COMMITMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2005
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Workplace Relations: Building Industry
(Santoro, Sen Santo, Abetz, Sen Eric) -
Economy: Foreign Debt
(Marshall, Sen Gavin, Minchin, Sen Nick) -
National Security: Terrorism
(Brandis, Sen George, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Workplace Relations: Workers’ Entitlements
(Wong, Sen Penny, Abetz, Sen Eric) -
Crime: People Trafficking
(Greig, Sen Brian, Ellison, Sen Chris) -
Telstra: Services
(Lundy, Sen Kate, Coonan, Sen Helen) -
Education and Training: Funding
(Lees, Sen Meg, Vanstone, Sen Amanda) -
Telecommunications: Competition Reforms
(Moore, Sen Claire, Coonan, Sen Helen) -
Family Services: Child Care
(Fifield, Sen Mitchell, Patterson, Sen Kay) -
Telstra: Privatisation
(Conroy, Sen Stephen, Coonan, Sen Helen) -
Indigenous Affairs: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Artworks
(Ridgeway, Sen Aden, Vanstone, Sen Amanda)
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Workplace Relations: Building Industry
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL ANSWERS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- 'BLACKOUT VIOLENCE' CAMPAIGN
- ENVIRONMENT: SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GASES
- COMMITTEES
- DOCUMENTS
- BUDGET
- AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (LEVY AND FEES) BILL 2005
- HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2005 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2005
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2004 MEASURES NO. 7) BILL 2005
- FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND VETERANS’ AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER 2004 ELECTION COMMITMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2005
- NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (PROSTHESES) BILL 2005
- BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (ANTI-SIPHONING) BILL 2004
- DOCUMENTS
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
- QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
Page: 85
Senator FERRIS (3:37 PM)
—I present the second report of 2005 of the Selection of Bills Committee.
Ordered that the report be adopted.
Senator FERRIS
—I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The report read as follows—
SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE
REPORT NO. 2 OF 2005
1. The committee met in private session from 4.20 pm.
2. The committee resolved to recommend—That— (a) the provisions of the Border Protection Legislation Amendment (Deterrence of Illegal Foreign Fishing) Bill 2005 be referred immediately to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2005 (see appendices 1 and 2 for statement of reasons for referral); (b) the provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005 be referred immediately to the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 March 2005 (see appendix 3 for statement of reasons for referral); (c) the Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2005 (see appendix 4 for statement of reasons for referral); and (d) the provisions of the Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 to be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 15 March 2005 (see appendix 5 for statement of reasons for referral).
(a) the provisions of the Border Protection Legislation Amendment (Deterrence of Illegal Foreign Fishing) Bill 2005 be referred immediately to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2005 (see appendices 1 and 2 for statement of reasons for referral);
(b) the provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005 be referred immediately to the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 March 2005 (see appendix 3 for statement of reasons for referral);
(c) the Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2005 (see appendix 4 for statement of reasons for referral); and
(d) the provisions of the Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 to be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 15 March 2005 (see appendix 5 for statement of reasons for referral).
3. The committee resolved to recommend—That the following bills not be referred to committees:
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Levy and Fees) Bill 2005
- Australian Institute of Marine Science Amendment Bill 2005
- Family and Community Services and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Further 2004 Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2005
- Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2005
- Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
- Workplace Relations Amendment (Extended Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Bill 2005.
The committee recommends accordingly.
4. The committee deferred consideration of the following bill to the next meeting:
Bill deferred from meeting of 8 February 2005
- Trade Practices Amendment (Personal Injuries and Death) Bill 2004.
(Jeannie Ferris)
Chair
9 March 2005
Appendix 1
Proposal to refer a bill to a committee
Name of bill(s):
Border Protection Legislation Amendment (Deterrence of Illegal Foreign Fishing) Bill 2005
Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration
Included in the legislation is a provision to allow the minister to grant some of the powers of fisheries officers and migration officers to contractors and their employees. These powers include the ability to search, even strip search a suspect, and to confiscate property. In the past in this portfolio area, Labor has insisted that such powers only go to officers of the Commonwealth or a state
Possible submissions or evidence from:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. CPSU
Committee to which bill is referred:
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
Possible hearing date: as soon as possible
Possible reporting date(s): 10 May 2005
Appendix 2
Proposal to refer a bill to a committee
Name of bill(s):
Border Protection Legislation Amendment (Deterrence of Illegal Foreign Fishing) Bill 2005
Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration
Appropriateness of the detention regime, including possible length of imprisonment
Accountability mechanisms for behaviour of contractors and employees of AFMA and DIMIA involved in detention and personal searches
Possible submissions or evidence from:
Law Council, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Committee to which bill is referred:
Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee (may be more appropriate for the legal power on search and detention.
Possible hearing date: as soon as possible
Possible reporting date(s): 10 May 2005
Appendix 3
Proposal to refer a bill to a committee
Name of bill(s):
Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005
Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration
Basis for proposal to give Table B providers access to Capital Development Pool and possibility for this to be used as precedent for later decisions to spread finite funding more thinly
Possible submissions or evidence from:
Australian Vice Chancellors Committee, Group-of-Eight Universities, National Tertiary Education Union, National Union of Students, DEST
Committee to which bill is referred:
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee
Possible hearing date: If 16 March 2005 report—none.
Possible reporting date(s): 16 March 2005
Appendix 4
Proposal to refer a bill to a committee
Name of bill(s):
Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005
Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration
Schedule 3: Supply of rights or options offshore. This is a complex schedule that requires detailed investigation eg. Foreign contracts provisions
Schedule 4: Mature age worker tax offset.
- Clarification on costings
Possible submissions or evidence from:
Schedule 3: Mark Tofft, Deloitte and Treasury. Schedule 4: Treasury
Committee to which bill is referred:
Economics Legislation Committee
Possible hearing date:
Possible reporting date(s): 10 May 2005
Appendix 5
Proposal to refer a bill to a committee
Name of bill(s):
Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005
Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration
To investigate deficiencies on the merger authorisation proposal in schedule 1 and consider alternative merger authorisation models
Possible submissions or evidence from:
ACCC, Treasury
Committee to which bill is referred:
Economics Legislation Committee
Possible hearing date: 14 March 2005
Possible reporting date(s): 15 March 2005