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Thursday, 9 February 2012
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Consideration

The following orders of the day relating to committee reports and government responses were considered:

Cyber Safety—Joint Select Committee—Interim report: High-wire act - cyber-safety and the young—Government response. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Ludlam. Debate adjourned till the next day of sitting, Senator Ludlam in continuation.

Corporations and Financial Services—Joint Statutory Committee—Report—Statutory oversight of Australian Securities and Investments Commission—Interim report—Inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital. Motion of Senator Bushby to take note of reports agreed to.

Public Accounts and Audit—Joint Statutory Committee—Report 427—Inquiry into national funding agreements—Report 428—Review of Auditor-General's reports Nos 16 to 46 (2010 11). Motion of Senator Polley to take note of report agreed to.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—Report—Unauthorised disclosure of proceedings relating to the committee's inquiry into Australia's arrangement with Malaysia on asylum seekers. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Wright) to take note of report agreed to.

National Capital and External Territories—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Etched in stone? Inquiry into the administration of the National Memorials Ordinance 1928. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Pratt) to take note of report agreed to.

National Broadband Network—Joint Standing Committee—Second report—Review of the rollout of the National Broadband Network. Motion of Senator McEwen to take note of report called on. On the motion of Senator Kroger debate was adjourned till the next day of sitting.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Report—Held hostage: Government's response to kidnapping of Australian citizens overseas. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Eggleston) to take note of report agreed to.

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee—Report—The administration and purchasing of disability employment services in Australia. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Back) to take note of report agreed to.

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Joint Statutory Committee—Report—Integrity testing. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of report agreed to.

Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee—Report—Animal welfare standards in Australia's live export markets, Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2011 [No. 2] and Live Animal Export Restriction and Prohibition Bill 2011 [No. 2]. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Heffernan) to take note of report called on. On the motion of Senator Kroger debate was adjourned till the next day of sitting.

Environment and Communications References Committee—Report—The capacity of communication networks and emergency warning systems to deal with emergencies and natural disasters. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Fisher) to take note of report agreed to.

Community Affairs References Committee—Report—The regulatory standards for the approval of medical devices. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Siewert) to take note of report agreed to.

Intelligence and Security—Joint Statutory Committee—Report—Annual report of committee activities 2010-11. Motion of Senator Faulkner to take note of report agreed to.

Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee—Report—Pilot training and airline safety; and consideration of the Transport Safety Investigation Amendment (Incident Reports) Bill 2010—Government response. Motion of Senator Heffernan to take note of document agreed to.

Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee—Report—Science underpinning the inability to eradicate the Asian honey bee—Government response. Motion of Senator Colbeck to take note of document agreed to.

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport—Standing Committee—Report—Climate change and the Australian agricultural sector—Government response. Motion to take note of document moved by Senator Kroger. Debate adjourned till the next day of sitting, Senator Kroger in continuation.

Economics References Committee—Final report—The impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry. Motion of Senator Kroger to take note of report agreed to.

Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—Report 121—Treaty tabled on 16 August 2011. Motion of Senator Birmingham to take note of report agreed to.

Scrutiny of New Taxes—Select Committee—Final report—The carbon tax: Secrecy and spin cannot hide carbon tax flaws. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Cormann) to take note of report agreed to.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—Report—International parental child abduction to and from Australia. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Humphries) to take note of report agreed to.

Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—Report 120—Treaties tabled on 5 July and 16 August 2011. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of report agreed to.

Environment and Communications References Committee—Report—Recent ABC programming decisions. Motion of Senator Williams to take note of report agreed to.

Community Affairs References Committee—Report—The effectiveness of special arrangements for the supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines to remote area Aboriginal Health Services. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Siewert) to take note of report agreed to.

Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation—Joint Select Committee—Report—Advisory report on the Clean Energy Bills and the Steel Transformation Bill 2011. Motion of Senator Milne to take note of report agreed to.

Scrutiny of New Taxes—Select Committee—Interim report—The carbon tax: Economic pain for no environmental gain. Motion of the chair of the committee (Senator Cormann) to take note of report called on. On the motion of Senator Kroger debate was adjourned till the next day of sitting.

Economics References Committee—Final report—The asset insurance arrangements of Australian state governments [Inquiry into the provisions of the Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 and Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011, and related matters]. Motion of Senator Kroger to take note of report agreed to.

Environment and Communications References Committee—Final report— The koala - saving our national icon [The status, health and sustainability of the koala population]. Motion of Senator Cameron to take note of report agreed to.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Report—Incidents onboard HMAS Success between March and May 2009 and subsequent events: Part II. Motion of Senator Stephens to take note of report agreed to.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—Report—Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010. Motion of Senator Heffernan to take note of report agreed to.

Finance and Public Administration References Committee—Report—Government advertising and accountability—Government response. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of document called on. On the motion of Senator Kroger debate was adjourned till the next day of sitting.

National Broadband Network—Joint Standing Committee—First report—Review of the rollout of the National Broadband Network. Motion of Senator Macdonald to take note of report called on. On the motion of Senator Kroger debate was adjourned till the next day of sitting.

Law Enforcement—Joint Statutory Committee—Reports—Examination of the annual report of the Australian Federal Police 2009 10—Examination of the annual report of the Australian Crime Commission 2009 10. Motion of Senator Mason to take note of reports agreed to.

Orders of the day nos 1 to 6, 8 to 13, 15 to 18, 34, 42 and 43 relating to committee reports and government responses were called on but no motion was moved.