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Senate Journal No. 71 - 24 November 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—RESIGNATION—STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT
- 3 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (BIOREGIONAL PLANS) BILL 2011
- 4 PETITION
- 5 NOTICES
- 6 POSTPONEMENTS
- 7 BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (REGIONAL COMMERCIAL RADIO) E BILL 2011E FAIR WORK AMENDMENT (TEXTILE, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY) E BILL 2011E HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (VET FEE-HELP AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2011
- 8 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 9 NOTICE OF MOTION WITHDRAWN
- 10 PARLIAMENTARY ZONE—CAPITAL WORKS PROPOSAL—APPROVAL
- 11 QUESTION TIME—MODIFIED RULES—CONSIDERATION OF PRIVATE SENATORS' BILLS—TEMPORARY ORDERS
- 12 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 13 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 14 GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT FUNDS AMENDMENT (ETHICAL INVESTMENTS) E BILL 2011
- 15 SPORT—CRICKET—MR PATRICK CUMMINS
- 16 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 17 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 18 HEALTH—MEDICARE CHRONIC DISEASE DENTAL SCHEME—AUDITS—REPORT—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 19 LAW AND JUSTICE—TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
- 20 ENVIRONMENT—GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
- 21 DAYS OF MEETING—PROPOSED VARIATION
- 22 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—WEST PAPUA
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—IRAQ—IRANIAN EXILES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
- 24 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—RUSSIA—HUMAN RIGHTS
- 25 AUSTRALIA NETWORK SERVICE—SELECT COMMITTEE—PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
- 26 PRIVILEGES—STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 27 CULTURE AND THE ARTS—TASMANIAN TIMBER COMMUNITIES
- 28 BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (REVIEW OF FUTURE USES OF BROADCASTING SERVICES BANDS SPECTRUM) BILL 2011
- 29 SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION AMENDMENT (FAIR PROTECTION FOR FIREFIGHTERS) BILL 2011
- 30 WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY BILL 2011E WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (TRANSITIONAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011
- 31 QUESTIONS
- 32 WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY BILL 2011E WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (TRANSITIONAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011
- 33 CORPORATIONS (FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 34 AUDITOR-GENERAL AMENDMENT BILL 2011E PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES AMENDMENT (REGISTRATION COMMENCEMENT) BILL 2011E COMPETITION AND CONSUMER AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2011E BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (REVIEW OF FUTURE USES OF BROADCASTING SERVICES BANDS SPECTRUM) BILL 2011
- 35 ADJOURNMENT
- 36 ATTENDANCE
AUSTRALIA NETWORK SERVICE—SELECT COMMITTEE—PROPOSED APPOINTMENTSenator Birmingham, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 582— (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the Australia Network service, be established to inquire into and report by 31 January 2012, on the following matters: (a) the management and delivery of the Australia Network service; (b) the 2010 decision to undertake an open tender process for the contract for the operation of the Australia Network service; (c) the conduct of the tender process for the Australia Network service;
(e) any other related matter. (2) That the committee consist of 6 senators, 3 nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, 2 nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate and 1 nominated by the Leader of the Australian Greens. (3) That: (a) participating members may be appointed to the committee on the nomination of the Leader of the Government in the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate or any minority party or independent senator; (b) participating members may participate in hearings of evidence and deliberations of the committee, and have all the rights of members of the committee, but may not vote on any questions before the committee; and (c) a participating member shall be taken to be a member of the committee for the purpose of forming a quorum of the committee if a majority of members of the committee is not present. (4) That the committee may proceed to the dispatch of business notwithstanding that all members have not been duly nominated and appointed and notwithstanding any vacancy. (5) That the committee elect as chair one of the members nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and, as deputy chair, the member nominated by the Leader of the Australian Greens. (6) That the deputy chair shall act as chair when the chair is absent from a meeting of the committee or the position of chair is temporarily vacant. (7) That the chair, or the deputy chair when acting as chair, may appoint another member of the committee to act as chair during the temporary absence of both the chair and the deputy chair at a meeting of the committee. (8) That, in the event of an equally divided vote, the chair, or the deputy chair when acting as chair, have a casting vote. (9) That the committee have power to appoint subcommittees consisting of 3 or more of its members and to refer to any such subcommittee any of the matters which the committee is empowered to examine. (10) That the committee and any subcommittee have power to send for and examine persons and documents, to move from place to place, to sit in public or in private, notwithstanding any prorogation of the Parliament or dissolution of the House of Representatives. (11) That the committee be provided with all necessary staff, facilities and resources and be empowered to appoint persons with specialist knowledge for the purposes of the committee with the approval of the President. (12) That the committee be empowered to print from day to day such documents and evidence as may be ordered by it, and a daily Hansard be published of such proceedings as take place in public. Statements by leave: Senators Birmingham and Ludlam, by leave, made statements relating to the motion. Question put.
AYES,31
NOES, 36
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