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Senate Journal No. 37 - 23 June 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 3 FOOD STANDARDS AMENDMENT (TRUTH IN LABELLING—PALM OIL) BILL 2010
- 4 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (BIOREGIONAL PLANS) BILL 2011
- 5 PETITION
- 6 NOTICES
- 7 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 8 OF 2011
- 8 PRIVATE SENATORS' BILLS—CONSIDERATION
- 9 NOTICES OF MOTION WITHDRAWN
- 10 POSTPONEMENTS
- 11 GAMBLING REFORM—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 12 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 13 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 14 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 15 HEALTH INSURANCE (EXTENDED MEDICARE SAFETY NET) AMENDMENT DETERMINATIONS—APPROVAL
- 16 HEALTH INSURANCE (EXTENDED MEDICARE SAFETY NET - TELEHEALTH) AMENDMENT DETERMINATION—APPROVAL
- 17 SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES) BILL 2011
- 18 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 19 TRADE—NEW ZEALAND—IMPORT PROTOCOL FOR APPLES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 20 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 21 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 22 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—RADIATION LEVELS—DETECTION
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 24 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 25 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORT—ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES 2009-10
- 26 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—INQUIRY INTO AUSTRALIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTRIES OF AFRICA
- 27 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—AUSTRALIAN FILM AND LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME
- 28 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—ASIAN HONEY BEE
- 29 INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AMENDMENT BILL 2011E MILITARY JUSTICE (INTERIM MEASURES) AMENDMENT BILL 2011E MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS AMENDMENT (REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROCEEDS OF CRIME ORDERS) BILL 2011
- 30 NATIONAL CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION AMENDMENT (HOME LOANS AND CREDIT CARDS) BILL 2011
- 31 AUSTRALIAN TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ANALYSIS CENTRE SUPERVISORY COST RECOVERY LEVY (COLLECTION) BILL 2011E AUSTRALIAN TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ANALYSIS CENTRE SUPERVISORY COST RECOVERY LEVY (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2011E COMBATING THE FINANCING OF PEOPLE SMUGGLING AND OTHER MEASURES E BILL 2011E FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER ELECTION COMMITMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2011
- 32 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (NO. 1) BILL 2011E PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP BILL 2011
- 33 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 34 LEGISLATION COMMITTEES—REPORTS—BUDGET ESTIMATES 2011-12
- 35 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—EXPOSURE DRAFT AND EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM OF THE ILLEGAL LOGGING PROHIBITION BILL 2011
- 36 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—PILOT SAFETY, INCLUDING CONSIDERATION OF THE TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION AMENDMENT (INCIDENT REPORTS) BILL 2010
- 37 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—IMPACTS OF RURAL WIND FARMS
- 38 QUESTIONS
- 39 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 40 SENATE—RETIRING SENATORS—PERSONAL EXPLANATION
- 41 SUPERANNUATION—GOAL OF LIFETIME INCOME SECURITY—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 42 ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—FOREIGN INVESTMENT BY STATE-OWNED ENTITIES
- 43 MIGRATION—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—OVERSEAS SKILLS RECOGNITION, UPGRADING AND LICENSING
- 44 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORTS NOS 54 TO 56 OF 2010-11—DOCUMENTS
- 45 DOCUMENTS
- 46 TAXATION—MINING TAX—FISCAL IMPACT—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 47 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGE—ASSENT TO LAW
- 48 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA—SENATE MEMBER OF COUNCIL
- 49 PARLIAMENTARY RETIRING ALLOWANCES TRUST—APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE
- 50 PROPOSED MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—ADMINISTRATION—GILLARD GOVERNMENT
- 51 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 52 NOTICE
- 53 FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 54 HOURS OF MEETING AND ROUTINE OF BUSINESS—VARIATION
- 55 FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 56 HOURS OF MEETING—VARIATION
- 57 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2011 MEASURES NO. 5) BILL 2011
- 58 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 59 APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 1) 2011-2012E APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 1) 2011-2012E APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 2) 2011-2012
- 60 REMUNERATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 61 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 62 ADJOURNMENT
- 63 ATTENDANCE
TRADE—NEW ZEALAND—IMPORT PROTOCOL FOR APPLES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTSSenator Colbeck, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 301—That the Senate— (a) orders that all documents associated with the development of the import protocol for apples from New Zealand be laid on the table by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry by 5 pm on Thursday, 30 June 2011, including: (i) all details of the Integrated Fruit Production System that forms the basis of on farm management of fireblight and other diseases in orchards producing apples for export to Australia, including a copy of the Integrated Fruit Production Manual, (ii) documents referred to in the Draft report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for apples from New Zealand (May 2011) (the draft report), including: (A) Biosecurity Services Group (2011) Trip Report: Apple production practices in Hawkes Bay and Nelson, New Zealand, March 6-11, Biosecurity Services Group, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, (B) Japan Regulations (2007) Plant Quarantine Enforcement: Detailed Regulation Concerning Fresh Apple Fruit Produced in New Zealand, July 2007, (C) Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry New Zealand (2011) Correspondence sent from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to Plant Biosecurity, 8 April 2011, and
(iii) evidence of new science taken into account in preparing the draft report which was not referred to in the Final Import Risk Analysis Report for Apples from New Zealand (November 2006), (iv) records of communications between Biosecurity Australia or the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry with: (A) the Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, or Minister for Trade about the draft report, or the review leading to the draft report, including all briefings provided to the Prime Minister concerning the review prior to her speech to the New Zealand Parliament on 16 February 2011 and all briefings provided to the Minister for Trade, Minister for Foreign Affairs or Prime Minister concerning the review prior to the Minister for Trade publishing the document `Gillard Government Trade Policy Statement: Trading our way to more jobs and prosperity' in April 2011, (B) the Director of Quarantine, (C) the Government of New Zealand since the decision by the World Trade Organization in 2010, including ministers and New Zealand Government departments and agencies, and (D) Pipfruit New Zealand Inc., (v) all details of how `equivalence' of other systems will be assessed and the process of consulting with Australian industry with regard to permission of other on farm systems, (vi) all details relating to the verification processes, including audit frequency, auditor qualifications/competency and registration, related to the Integrated Fruit Production System, (vii) all details of the historic efficacy of the Integrated Fruit Production System in containing, controlling and preventing the outbreak of fireblight and other diseases in apple orchards, (viii) all details of pack house management protocols for export of apples to Australia, including but not limited to: (A) details of testing and assessment of fruit maturity, (B) maintenance of sanitary conditions in dump tank water, (C) maintenance of high pressure water washing and brushing of fruit, (D) good hygiene practices, and (E) training of key personnel in the identification of fireblight and other diseases of concern to Australia, (ix) all details relating to the verification processes, including audit frequency, auditor qualifications/competency and registration, related to the pack house management protocols, (x) details of accreditation of auditors and certification bodies by independent bodies, such as JAS-ANZ [Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand], (xi) all details of inspection protocols at the border, including training, qualifications/competency and registration of inspectors, and (xii) mitigation measures for outbreaks of fireblight in export orchards; and
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