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BUSINESS

Rearrangement

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Senate Hansard

Date

25-11-2010

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Senate

Parl No.

43

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2189

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Final

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Rearrangement

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Business

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chamber/hansards/2010-11-25/0030


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Thursday, 25 November 2010
Page: 2189


The PRESIDENT —The question now is that the motion moved by Senator Ludwig be agreed to.


Senator Abetz —Mr President, under standing order 195, could the Clerk please read out the motion?


The PRESIDENT —I can invoke the ruling of President Calvert on this matter, which is simply that the motion, as I understand, has been circulated in the chamber and Senator Calvert has—


Senator Cormann —Which one?


The PRESIDENT —It is the revised motion. We will get the Clerk to read it.


The Clerk —The motion before the chamber is as follows. It is headed ‘Revised: motion circulated in the chamber on 25 November 2010’.


Senator Cormann —I cannot hear.


The Clerk —The motion before the chamber is headed: ‘Revised: motion circulated in the chamber on 25 November 2010’. The motion is:

That:

(1)   On Thursday, 25 November 2010, the hours of meeting shall be 9.30 am to 7 pm and 7.30 pm to 10 pm.

(2)   The Senate meet on Friday, 26 November 2010, and that the hours of meeting shall be 9 am to 3.30 pm.

(3)   The Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 be called on immediately and have precedence over all other business until determined, except at 2 pm on Thursday, 25 November 2010, questions without notice shall be asked for one hour.

(4)   The Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 shall be considered under a limitation of debate.

(5)   The time allocated for the remaining stages of the bill shall be as follows:

(a)   committee of the whole--until 11.45 am, on Friday, 26 November 2010;

(b)   all remaining stages--until 12 noon, on Friday, 26 November 2010; and

(c)   this order operate as an allocation of time under standing order 142.

(6)   At the conclusion of the consideration of the business listed in paragraph (3), the order of business be:

(a)   tabling of a report of the Selection of Bills Committee;

(b)   consideration of the following government business notices of motion: No. 1 - Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (Senator Evans) - Introduction of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 No. 2 - Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations (Senator Evans) - Introduction of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 No. 3 - Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Senator Carr) - Exemption of bills from the provisions of standing order 111 (5) to (8) concerning the consideration of legislation (Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010; and Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2010) No. 5 - Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water (Senator Farrell) - Approval of works within the Parliamentary Zone (external expansion to the Abacus childcare centre at the Treasury building); and

(c)   consideration of the following government business orders of the day: No. 4-Airports Amendment Bill 2010 No. 5-Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information) Bill 2010 No. 6-Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010 No. 7-Family Law Amendment (Validation of Certain Parenting Orders and Other Measures) Bill 2010 Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010 No. 8-Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010 Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 No. 9-Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010 No. 10-Territories Law Reform Bill 2010

(7)   Notices of motion may be lodged in writing on Friday, 26 November 2010.


Senator Abetz —Mr President, seeking clarification, does that mean that this motion cannot be amended now that we have passed those procedural—


The PRESIDENT —I understand that the debate on the motion has closed and that the motion will now be put.


Senator Abetz —And, therefore, we will not be able to take note of answers later on today, if this motion gets carried?


Senator Bob Brown —Correct.


Senator Abetz —Senator Brown says, ‘Correct.’ I hope that is in Hansard. Thank you very much.

Question put:

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