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Senate Journal No. 114 - 20 September 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 3 PETITION
- 4 NOTICES
- 5 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 12 OF 2012
- 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 7 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 8 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 9 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 10 POSTPONEMENTS
- 11 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 12 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 13 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 14 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—STUDY OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 15 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 16 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 17 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—DUTCH POLITICIAN—MR GEERT WILDERS
- 18 ENVIRONMENT—BALD HILLS WIND FARM
- 19 ADMINISTRATION—NEWSTART
- 20 ADMINISTRATION—PROTECTING NATIONALLY THREATENED SPECIES AND WILDERNESS PLACES—RESPONSIBILITY
- 21 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 22 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION BILL 2012 AND RELATED BILLS
- 23 PUBLICATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—19TH REPORT
- 24 AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION BILL 2012E AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL) BILL 2012
- 25 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 26 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 27 JUDGES AND GOVERNORS-GENERAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FAMILY LAW) BILL 2012
- 28 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 29 QUESTIONS
- 30 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 31 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- 32 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 33 TEMPORARY CHAIR OF COMMITTEES
- 34 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE—REPORT FOR 2011-12—DOCUMENT
- 35 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 4 OF 2012-13—DOCUMENT
- 36 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—REVIEW OF THE AEC ANALYSIS OF THE FWA REPORT ON THE HSU
- 37 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—4TH REPORT OF 2012
- 38 DOCUMENTS
- 39 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 40 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 41 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGE—ASSENT TO LAW
- 42 REGIONAL AUSTRALIA—AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY INDUSTRIES
- 43 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—4TH REPORT OF 2012—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 44 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 45 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 46 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 47 ADJOURNMENT
- 48 ATTENDANCE
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCEThe Chair of the Community Affairs References Committee (Senator Siewert), pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved business of the Senate notice of motion no. 3—That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 24 April 2013: The involuntary or coerced sterilisation of people with disabilities in Australia, including: (a) the types of sterilisation practices that are used, including treatments that prevent menstruation or reproduction, and exclusion or limitation of access to sexual health, contraceptive or family planning services; (b) the prevalence of these sterilisation practices and how they are recorded across different state and territory jurisdictions; (c) the different legal, regulatory and policy frameworks and practices across the Commonwealth, states and territories, and action to date on the harmonisation of regimes; (d) whether current legal, regulatory and policy frameworks provide adequate: (i) steps to determine the wishes of a person with a disability, (ii) steps to determine an individual's capacity to provide free and informed consent, (iii) steps to ensure independent representation in applications for sterilisation procedures where the subject of the application is deemed unable to provide free and informed consent, and (iv) application of a `best interest test' as it relates to sterilisation and reproductive rights; (e) the impacts of sterilisation of people with disabilities; (f) Australia's compliance with its international obligations as they apply to sterilisation of people with disabilities; (g) the factors that lead to sterilisation procedures being sought by others for people with disabilities, including: (i) the availability and effectiveness of services and programs to support people with disabilities in managing their reproductive and sexual health needs, and whether there are measures in place to ensure that these are available on a non-discriminatory basis, (ii) the availability and effectiveness of educational resources for medical practitioners, guardians, carers and people with a disability around the consequences of sterilisation, and (iii) medical practitioners, guardians and carers' knowledge of and access to services and programs to support people with disabilities in managing their reproductive and sexual health needs; and (h) any other related matters. Question put and passed.
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