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- 1 Meeting of Senate
- 2 Documents
- 3 Committee—Leave to Meet During Sitting
- 4 Senate—Photography—Statement by President
- 5 Hours of Meeting and Routine of Business—Proposed Variation
- 6 Social Security Amendment (Diabetes Support) Bill 2016
- 7 Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2013
- 8 Petitions
- 9 Notices
- 10 Selection of Bills—Standing Committee—Report No. 4 of 2016
- 11 Defence—Iraq War—Statement by Leave
- 12 Order of Business—Rearrangement
- 13 Committees—Extensions of Time to Report
- 14 Hours of Meeting and Routine of Business—Variation
- 15 Historical Events—Australian Participation in the Battle of Pozières—Centenary
- 16 Environment and Communications References Committee—Reference
- 17 Regional Australia—Wet Tropics—Yellow Crazy Ants
- 18 Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Reference
- 19 Environment—Queensland—Great Barrier Reef
- 20 Environment—Climate Change—Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- 21 Law and Justice—Child Safety
- 22 Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016
- 23 Questions
- 24 Mining—Shenhua Watermark Coal Mine—Answer to Question—Statement by Leave
- 25 Motions to Take Note of Answers
- 26 Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the United Kingdom and Germany—Document
- 27 Public Accounts and Audit—Joint Statutory Committee—Statement—Appointment of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
- 28 Committee Reports and Government Responses—Tabling and Consideration Pursuant to Standing Order 62(4)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme—Joint Standing Committee—Government Response—Implementation and Administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Trade and Investment Growth—Joint Select Committee—Government Response—Business Utilisation of Australia’s Free Trade Agreements
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee—Report—Commonwealth Grants Commission Amendment (GST Distribution) Bill 2015
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—Report—Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016
- Economics Legislation Committee—Additional Information—Estimates
- Publications—Standing Committee—23rd Report
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—Document—Revenge Pornography
- Scrutiny of Bills—Standing Committee—4th Report and Alert Digest No. 4 of 2016
- Regulations and Ordinances—Standing Committee—Document
- Human Rights—Joint Statutory Committee—36th Report of 44th Parliament
- Human Rights—Joint Statutory Committee—Report—2016 Review of Stronger Futures measures
- Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—159th and 160th Reports
- National Capital and External Territories—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Governance in the Indian Ocean Territories
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Report—Mental Health of Returned Australian Defence Force Personnel
- Finance and Public Administration References Committee—Report—Indigenous Advancement Strategy Tendering Processes
- Environment and Communications Legislation Committee—Report—Additional Estimates 2015-16
- Economics References Committee—Report—Cooperative, Mutual and Member-owned Firms
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan—Select Committee—Report
- Education and Employment References Committee—Report—Australia’s Temporary Work Visa Programs
- Public Works—Joint Statutory Committee—3rd Report of 2016
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Joint Statutory Committee—Additional Information—Integrity Commissioner—Report for 2014-15
- 29 Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016
- 30 Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2015-2016 Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2015-2016
- 31 Dairy Produce Amendment (Dairy Service Levy Poll) Bill 2016
- 32 Trade Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2016
- 33 Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory Local Court) Bill 2016
- 34 Biological Control Amendment Bill 2016
- 35 Territories Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2016
- 36 Migration Legislation Amendment (Cessation of Visa Labels) Bill 2015
- 37 Committee Membership
- 38 Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2016
- 39 Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Welfare Payment Integrity) Bill 2016 Social Services Legislation Amendment (Interest Charge) Bill 2016
- 40 Foreign Affairs—Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370—Ministerial Statement—Document
- 41 Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015—Explanatory Memorandum—Addendum
- 42 Administration—Infrastructure Investment Program—Communications Campaign—Order for Production of Documents—Documents
- 43 Defence—Submarines Tender Process—Legal Advice—Order for Production of Documents—Document
- 44 Education—School Funding—Indexation—Order for Production of Documents—Documents
- 45 Next Meeting of Senate
- 46 Leave of Absence
- 47 Adjournment
- 48 Attendance
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16 Environment and Communications References Committee—Reference
Senator Siewert, at the request of Senator McKim and 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 Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 May 2016:
The response to, and lessons learnt from, recent fires in remote Tasmanian wilderness affecting the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, with particular reference to:
(a) the impact of global warming on fire frequency and magnitude;
(b) the availability and provisions of financial, human and mechanical resources;
(c) the adequacy of fire assessment and modelling capacity;
(d) Australia’s obligations as State Party to the World Heritage Convention;
(e) world best practice in remote area fire management; and
(f) any related matter.
Statement by leave : The Minister for Vocational Education and Skills (Senator Ryan), by leave, made a statement relating to the motion.
Question put and passed.