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Senate Journal No. 29 - 11 May 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 DEATH OF FORMER DEPUTY CLERK OF THE SENATE MR HERBERT (BERT) CHARLES NICHOLLS
- 4 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE—VARIATION OF APPOINTMENT
- 5 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 6 THERAPEUTIC GOODS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COPYRIGHT) BILL 2011
- 7 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (PROVISIONAL VOTING) BILL 2011
- 8 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (ENROLMENT AND PRISONER VOTING) BILL 2010
- 9 SEX AND AGE DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 10 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 11 QUESTIONS
- 12 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 13 PETITION
- 14 NOTICES
- 15 POSTPONEMENT
- 16 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 17 SENATORS' INTERESTS—STANDING COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 18 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 19 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 20 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 21 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 22 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 23 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 24 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 25 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—MARRICKVILLE COUNCIL—ISRAELI BOYCOTT
- 26 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—PALESTINE AND ISRAEL
- 27 CULTURE AND THE ARTS—AUSTRALIA'S CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
- 28 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHORNOBYL—NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENT
- 29 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—MALAYSIA
- 30 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—BUDGET 2011-12
- 31 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—4TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 4 OF 2011
- 32 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—STATEMENT—DRAFT ESTIMATES FOR THE AUDIT OFFICE
- 33 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—422ND REPORT
- 34 TREATIES—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—116TH REPORT
- 35 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—DOCUMENT—WILD RIVERS (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT) BILL 2011
- 36 FINANCE—CREDIT CARD SURCHARGE—DOCUMENT
- 37 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO BHUTAN AND MONGOLIA—DOCUMENT
- 38 ASIA PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM—AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION—DOCUMENT
- 39 DOCUMENTS
- 40 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 41 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY GRANTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 42 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 43 FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
- 44 MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 45 SEX AND AGE DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
- 46 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 47 ADJOURNMENT
- 48 ATTENDANCE
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCESenator Macdonald, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved business of the Senate notice of motion no. 2—That the following matter be referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 31 October 2011: The incidence of international child abduction to and from Australia, including: (a) the costs, terms and conditions of legal and departmental assistance for parents whose child has been abducted overseas; (b) the effectiveness of the Hague Convention in returning children who were wrongly removed or retained to their country of habitual residence; (c) the roles of various Commonwealth departments involved in returning children who were wrongly removed or retained to their country of habitual residence; (d) policies, practices and strategies that could be introduced to streamline the return of abducted children; and (e) any other related matters. Question put and passed. | |