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Title

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL AMENDMENT BILL 2006

In Committee

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

22-06-2006

Source

Senate

Parl No.

41

Electorate

South Australia

Interjector

 

Page

255

Party

AD

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

 

Questioner

 

Responder

 

Speaker

Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha

Stage

In Committee

Type

 

Context

Bills

System Id

chamber/hansards/2006-06-22/0380


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Thursday, 22 June 2006
Page: 255


Senator STOTT DESPOJA (12:17 AM) —I move Democrat amendment (2) on sheet 4937:

(2)    Schedule 1, item 5, page 6 (after line 11), after paragraph 33B(c), insert:

            (ca)    to initiate inquiries on his or her own volition for the purpose of fulfilling the ARC’s statutory functions;

The Democrats intend to call a division on this amendment because, as previously indicated, it is pivotal. The amendment clarifies that the CEO of the Australian Research Council can actually initiate inquiries without being required to seek permission from or consult with the minister of the day. Because the Labor amendment has gone down and because the current act’s provision in relation to initiating own inquiries has not been successful, we seek to put in this amendment to make it absolutely clear that the CEO has that responsibility and that power in order for the CEO to fill the statutory responsibilities of the ARC, and that is to initiate their own inquiries.

Question put:

That the motion (Senator Stott Despoja’s) be agreed to.