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Senate Journal No. 10 - 17 November 2010
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 QUESTION TIME—RULES FOR QUESTIONS—STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT
- 4 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PREVENTIVE HEALTH AGENCY BILL 2010
- 5 NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME) E BILL 2010
- 6 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 7 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE WILLIAM OF WALES KG—ENGAGEMENT—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 8 QUESTIONS
- 9 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 10 QUESTION TIME—RULES FOR QUESTIONS—STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT—CONSIDERATION
- 11 NOTICES
- 12 POSTPONEMENTS
- 13 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 14 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 15 HEALTH—GST AGREEMENT—PROPOSED VARIATION—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 16 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 17 ENVIRONMENT—NON-BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC BAGS
- 18 REFORM OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION—SELECT COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 19 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO REPORT
- 20 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 21 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 22 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 23 DEATH OF DR ROBERTA `BOBBI' SYKES
- 24 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHINA—MR LIU XIAOBO
- 25 FINANCE—CREDIT CARD SURCHARGE
- 26 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—BURMA—DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI
- 27 COMMUNICATIONS—NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 28 REFORM OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION—SELECT COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 29 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—STRATEGIC INDIGENOUS HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
- 30 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—9TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 9 OF 2010
- 31 PARLIAMENT—CONSTITUTION—SECTION 53—SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT (INCOME SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL STUDENTS) BILL 2010—DOCUMENTS
- 32 DOCUMENTS
- 33 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 34 COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (POLITICAL DONATIONS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010E TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS) BILL 2010E TERRITORIES LAW REFORM BILL 2010
- 35 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (FEE-HELP LOAN FEE) BILL 2010
- 36 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 37 CYBER SAFETY—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—VARIATION OF APPOINTMENT
- 38 PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—VARIATION OF APPOINTMENT
- 39 LEGISLATION COMMITTEES—REPORTS—ANNUAL REPORTS
- 40 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—AUSTRALIAN CIVILIAN CORPS BILL 2010
- 41 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 42 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 43 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—NATIONAL BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 44 NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME) E BILL 2010
- 45 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 46 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 47 ADJOURNMENT
- 48 ATTENDANCE
FINANCE—CREDIT CARD SURCHARGESenator Milne amended general business notice of motion no. 104 by leave and, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved—That the Senate— (a) notes the report by CHOICE, Credit card surcharging in Australia, commissioned by the New South Wales Office of Fair Trading, and its findings that: (i) there has been a significant increase in the rate of merchants charging credit card transaction fees with 20 per cent of small merchants and 40 per cent of very large merchants now imposing surcharges on their customers, (ii) 88 per cent of the respondents to the CHOICE survey reported paying a credit card surcharge in the previous year, and (iii) there is evidence that there are retailers who charge far in excess of the merchant service fees they are required to pay to the credit card companies; and (b) calls on the Government to investigate, with consumer and industry bodies such as CHOICE, whether merchant service fees are being adequately disclosed and consumers are being protected from credit card profiteering. Question put and passed. | |