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Senate Journal No. 86 - 21 March 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT
- 3 POLITICS—AUSTRALIAN GREENS—PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
- 4 INDIRECT TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (ASSESSMENT) BILL 2012
- 5 FAIR WORK AMENDMENT (TEXTILE, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY) E BILL 2011 [2012]
- 6 BROADCASTING SERVICES AMENDMENT (REGIONAL COMMERCIAL RADIO) E BILL 2011 [2012]
- 7 INSURANCE CONTRACTS AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 8 EXCISE AMENDMENT (REDUCING BUSINESS COMPLIANCE BURDEN) BILL 2011E CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (REDUCING BUSINESS COMPLIANCE BURDEN) BILL 2011
- 9 TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT AGENCY BILL 2011
- 10 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 11 QUESTIONS
- 12 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 13 PETITION
- 14 NOTICES
- 15 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 16 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 17 POSTPONEMENTS
- 18 HEALTH INSURANCE (DENTAL SERVICES) BILL 2012 [NO. 2]
- 19 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY
- 20 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SRI LANKA
- 21 HEALTH—CHRONIC DISEASE DENTAL SCHEME
- 22 EMPLOYMENT—CENTRAL COAST GROUP TRAINING—YOUTH SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT CENTRE—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 23 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 24 FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2012
- 25 APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 3) 2011-2012E APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 4) 2011-2012
- 26 ISSUES FROM THE ADVANCES UNDER THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ACTS—REPORT FOR 2010-11
- 27 SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011E STRONGER FUTURES IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY BILL 2012E STRONGER FUTURES IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2011
- 28 ADJOURNMENT
- 29 ATTENDANCE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SRI LANKASenator Rhiannon, also on behalf of Senator Humphries and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Bob Carr), pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 719—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) on 13 February 2012 the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Rudd, issued a media release in response to the Sri Lankan Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) final report, stating `The LLRC report contains constructive proposals for advancing reconciliation and reconstruction, including through reducing the presence of security forces in the North, care of internally displaced persons and media freedoms', (ii) the Australian Government has consistently urged Sri Lanka to investigate all allegations of crimes committed by both sides of the conflict, including those raised in the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Sri Lanka report, and (iii) in light of the report's failure to comprehensively address such allegations, the Government continues to call on Sri Lanka for all such allegations to be investigated in a transparent and independent manner; and
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