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GOVERNANCE OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION SCHEMES E BILL 2011E COMSUPER BILL 2011E SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011

Order of the day read for the adjourned debate on the motion of the Minister for Small Business (Senator Sherry)—That these bills be now read a second time.

Debate resumed.

Question put.

The Senate divided—

AYES, 33

Senators—

Arbib

Bilyk

Bishop

Brown, Bob

Brown, C (Teller)

Cameron

Collins

Crossin

Farrell

Faulkner

Feeney

Fielding

Forshaw

Furner

Hanson-Young

Hogg

Hurley

Hutchins

Ludlam

Lundy

Marshall

McEwen

McLucas

Milne

Moore

Polley

Pratt

Sherry

Siewert

Stephens

Sterle

Wortley

Xenophon

NOES, 31

Senators—

Abetz

Adams (Teller)

Back

Barnett

Bernardi

Birmingham

Boswell

Boyce

Brandis

Bushby

Cash

Colbeck

Cormann

Eggleston

Ferguson

Fierravanti-Wells

Fifield

Fisher

Humphries

Joyce

Kroger

Macdonald

Mason

McGauran

Parry

Payne

Ronaldson

Ryan

Scullion

Troeth

Williams

Question agreed to.


Bills read a second time.

The Senate resolved itself into committee for the consideration of the bills.

In the committee

GOVERNANCE OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION SCHEMES E BILL 2011—

Bill taken as a whole by leave.

Senator Cormann moved the following amendments together by leave:

 Clause 11, page 8 (lines 18 to 23), omit subclause (2), substitute:

  (2) Subject to subsection (5), the Chief of the Defence Force may nominate, in writing, 2 of the 10 other directors.

   Note: The Minister chooses the remaining 8 other directors.

 Clause 11, page 9 (lines 1 to 3), omit subclause (4).

 Clause 12, page 9 (lines 19 and 20), omit "the President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions or".

 Clause 16, page 10 (lines 27 and 28), omit "the President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions or".

 Clause 16, page 11 (line 1), omit "President or Chief, as appropriate", substitute "Chief" .

 Clause 17, page 11 (line 21), omit "(7),".

 Clause 17, page 11 (line 28), omit "(7),".

 Clause 17, page 12 (line 4), omit "(7) to", substitute "(8) and".

 Clause 17, page 12 (lines 7 to 10), omit subclause (7).

 Clause 17, page 12 (lines 15 and 16), omit "the President of the Australian Councilof Trade Unions or".

 Clause 18, page 13 (lines 6 to 14), omit subclause (5).

 Clause 38, page 29 (lines 26 and 27), omit "the President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and".

Debate ensued.

Question—That the amendments be agreed to—put.

The committee divided—

AYES, 31

Senators—

Abetz

Adams (Teller)

Back

Bernardi

Birmingham

Boswell

Boyce

Bushby

Cash

Colbeck

Coonan

Cormann

Ferguson

Fierravanti-Wells

Fifield

Fisher

Humphries

Johnston

Joyce

Kroger

Macdonald

Mason

McGauran

Parry

Payne

Ronaldson

Ryan

Scullion

Troeth

Trood

Williams


NOES, 33

Senators—

Arbib

Bilyk

Bishop

Brown, Bob

Brown, Carol

Cameron

Collins

Crossin

Farrell

Faulkner

Feeney

Fielding

Forshaw

Furner

Hanson-Young

Hogg

Hurley

Hutchins

Ludlam

Lundy

Marshall

McEwen (Teller)

McLucas

Milne

Moore

Polley

Pratt

Sherry

Siewert

Stephens

Sterle

Wortley

Xenophon

Question negatived.

At 9.50 pm: The President resumed the chair and the Chair of Committees (Senator Ferguson) reported progress.