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Senate Journal No. 121 - 1 November 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (MAKING MARINE PARKS ACCOUNTABLE) BILL 2012
- 3 PETITION
- 4 NOTICES
- 5 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 14 OF 2012
- 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 7 DAYS OF MEETING
- 8 LEGISLATION COMMITTEES—ESTIMATES HEARINGS
- 9 ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 10 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 12 POSTPONEMENT
- 13 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 14 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 15 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 16 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 17 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 18 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 19 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 20 HEALTH—INTERNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOUR AWARENESS WEEK
- 21 HEALTH—ASIA PACIFIC REGION—MALARIA
- 22 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—GLOBAL HYDRO FLUOROCARBONS PHASE-OUT
- 24 FINANCE—CLEAN ENERGY COSTINGS—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 25 FINANCE—MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX COSTINGS—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 26 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—INDIA—KOODANKULAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT—PROTESTERS
- 27 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—NEWSTART
- 28 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELLBEING RESEARCH STUDY—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 29 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—NORTHERN TERRITORY EMERGENCY RESPONSE—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 30 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—HEALING FOUNDATION
- 31 GAMBLING REFORM—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 32 ADMINISTRATION—BUSHFIRES
- 33 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 34 PUBLICATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—21ST REPORT
- 35 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—REPORT
- 36 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (MAXIMUM PAYMENT AMOUNTS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012
- 37 SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER 2012 BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012
- 38 COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT SECURITIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (RETAIL TRADING) BILL 2012
- 39 MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (STUDENT VISAS) BILL 2012
- 40 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—REPORT—CONSIDERATION
- 41 QUESTIONS
- 42 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 43 ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—WOMEN IN SPORT AND RECREATION IN AUSTRALIA
- 44 LAW ENFORCEMENT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—EXAMINATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION AND THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 2010-11
- 45 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—MIGRATION TREATMENT OF DISABILITY
- 46 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—125TH REPORT
- 47 WOMEN—AFFORDABLE HOUSING—DOCUMENT
- 48 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 9 OF 2012-13—DOCUMENT
- 49 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (IMPROVING ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) BILL 2012—EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
- 50 DOCUMENTS
- 51 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 52 AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION BILL 2012E AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL) BILL 2012
- 53 FAIR WORK AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 54 PRIMARY INDUSTRIES—AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE—BIOSECURITY AND QUARANTINE MATTERS
- 55 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 56 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 57 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 58 FAIR WORK AMENDMENT (TRANSFER OF BUSINESS) BILL 2012E PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR CORPORATE FAULT REFORM BILL 2012
- 59 CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—APPOINTMENT
- 60 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 61 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—REPORT—CONSIDERATION
- 62 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 63 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 64 ADJOURNMENT
- 65 ATTENDANCE
ADMINISTRATION—BUSHFIRESSenator Back, also on behalf of Senator Humphries, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 1002—That, in advance of the 10th anniversary of the devastating Canberra bushfires which occurred on 18 January 2003, the Senate: (a) reflects onthe 2003 House of Representatives report A Nation Charred, recommending measures to be implemented by governments, industry and the community to minimise the incidence of bushfires and their impact on life, property and the environment following the January 2003 bushfires, and notes that the report included 59 recommendations, many of which have not been implemented; (b) recalls: (i) the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria on 6 February 2009, said to be `the worst day in the history of the State', and (ii) the subsequent 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission which made 67 recommendations, 35 of which have been implemented with progress being made by the State Government to address the remaining recommendations; (c) notes the 2010 Select Committee on Agriculture and Related Industries report, The incidence and severity of bushfires across Australia, which made 15 recommendations, of which only five were supported by government and four accepted in principle, but only one of which has been implemented; and (d) acknowledges the invaluable work of the Bushfires Cooperative Research Centre in working to minimise the threat of devastating bushfires to both urban and natural environments across Australia. Question put and passed. | |