2010-11

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

JOURNALS OF THE SENATE

No. 27

Thursday, 24 March 2011

AND

FRIDAY, 25 MARCH 2011

Contents

 1   Meeting of Senate   763

 2   Committee Membership   763

 3   Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011   763

 4   Order of Business—Rearrangement   764

 5   Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2010   764

 6   Hours of Meeting and Routine of Business—Variation   766

 7   Petition   767

 8   Notices   767

 9   Selection of Bills—Standing Committee—Report No. 3 of 2011   768

 10   Private Senators' Bills—Consideration   769

 11   Postponements   769

 12   Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee—Leave to Meet During Sitting   769

 13   Economics References Committee—Extension of Time to Report   770

 14   Community Affairs References Committee—Reference   770

 15   Procedure—Standing Committee—Reference   771

 16   Parliamentary Zone—Capital Works Proposal—Approval   771

 17   Indigenous Australians—Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Report—20th Anniversary   771

 18   Environment—Tasmanian Forestry Negotiations—Interim Report—Order for Production of Document   772

 19   Health—World Tuberculosis Day   772

 20   Taxation   773

 21   Australia's Food Processing Sector—Select Committee—Appointment   774

 22   Education—Australian Learning and Teaching Council   776

 23   Finance—Future Fund Investments—Tobacco Companies   777

 24   Environment—National Parks—Cattle Grazing   777

 25   Questions   778

 26   Motion to Take Note of Answers   778

 27   Environment and Communications Legislation Committee—Extension of Time to Report   778

 28   Environment and Communications References Committee—Extension of Time to Report   778

 29   Procedure—Standing Committee—First Report of 2011—Consideration   778

 30   Environment—Western Australia—James Price Point—Bilby Habitat   779

 31   Order of Business—Rearrangement   780

 32   Documents   780

 33   Indexed Lists of Departmental and Agency Files—Order for Production of Documents—Document   781

 34   Committee Membership   781

 35   National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Bill 2011   781

 36   Prayers and Acknowledgement of Country   788

 37   Committees—Leave to Meet During Sitting   788

 38   Selection of Bills—Standing Committee—Report No. 4 of 2011   789

 39   Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee—Leave to Meet During Sitting   790

 40   Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—Extension of Time to Report   790

 41   Hours of Meeting—Variation   790

 42   National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Bill 2011   790

 43   Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2010-2011
Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2010-2011   830

 44   Issues from the Advances Under the Annual Appropriation Acts—Report for 2009-10   831

 45   Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010   831

 46   Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Dividend and Other Measures) Bill 2011
Customs Amendment (Serious Drugs Detection) Bill 2011
Electronic Transactions Amendment Bill 2011
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Bill 2011
Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011
Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Copyright) Bill 2011   831

 47   Indexed Lists of Departmental and Agency Files—Order for Production of Documents—Document   832

 48   Family and Community Services—International Day of People with Disability—Appointment of Ambassador—Order for Production of Documents—Documents   832

 49   Next Meeting of Senate   832

 50   Adjournment   832

 51   Attendance   833