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Senate Journal No. 5 - 26 October 2010
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 4 PRAYER AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY—AMENDMENT OF STANDING ORDER 50
- 5 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWER
- 8 NOTICES
- 9 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 10 POSTPONEMENT
- 11 TAXATION—MINING TAX—REVENUE ESTIMATES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 12 TAXATION—MINING TAX—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 13 TAXATION—MINING TAX—GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 14 ENVIRONMENT—GREEN LOANS PROGRAM—AUDIT REPORT—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 15 HEALTH—MENTAL ILLNESS
- 16 POSTPONEMENT
- 17 ENVIRONMENT—EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGET
- 18 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 19 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 11 OF 2010—VARIATION
- 20 REFORM OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION—SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 21 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 22 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—ECONOMICS—INTEREST RATES
- 23 ENVIRONMENT—MURRAY-DARLING BASIN REFORM—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 24 BUSHFIRES IN VICTORIA—COMMONWEALTH RESPONSE TO THE FINAL REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 25 PARLIAMENTARY ZONE—CAPITAL WORKS PROPOSALS—DOCUMENTS
- 26 DOCUMENTS
- 27 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 28 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 29 AIRPORTS AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 30 DEFENCE—AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
- 31 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 32 ADJOURNMENT
- 33 ATTENDANCE
TAXATION—MINING TAX—GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTSSenator Cormann, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 61—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Government has ignored a request by the Senate for information about where the $10.5 billion in estimated revenue from the mining tax over the 2010-11 forward estimates is expected to come from, by commodity and on a state and territory basis, and (ii) in what appears to be a consolidated response to three separate orders of the Senate for the production of documents the Government did not provide any of the information requested in the relevant order, nor did the Government provide any explanation as to why release of this information would not be in the public interest; (b) orders that there be laid on the table by noon on Thursday, 28 October 2010: (i) the Government estimates of where the $12 billion in revenue from the Resource Super Profits Tax was expected to come from, by commodity and by state and territory, and (ii) the Government estimates of where the $10.5 billion in revenue from the Minerals Resource Rent Tax/expanded Petroleum Resource Rent Tax is expected to come from, by commodity and by state and territory; (c) notes the agreements between the Government and other parties and independents to refer disputes about public interest disclosures to the Information Commissioner, who will arbitrate on the release of documents; and (d) orders that, if the Government does not produce the information required by this order within the specified timeframe, there be laid on the table by 15 November 2010, a report on the matter by the Information Commissioner, including a review of the adequacy of the grounds specified by the Government for its refusal to produce the information and, if applicable, his arbitration on the release of the information. Question put and passed.
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