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Senate Journal No. 51 - 3 December 2008
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 AUDITOR-GENERAL AMENDMENT BILL 2008E CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (NO. 1) BILL 2008E MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2008E THERAPEUTIC GOODS AMENDMENT (MEDICAL DEVICES AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2008
- 4 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 5 BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL TELEVISION SWITCH-OVER) BILL 2008
- 6 INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2008E ROAD CHARGES LEGISLATION REPEAL AND AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 7 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 8 QUESTIONS
- 9 IMMIGRATION—MR MARAT AMINOV—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 10 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 11 DEATH OF FORMER MEMBER THE HONOURABLE FRANCIS DANIEL CREAN
- 12 NOTICES
- 13 POSTPONEMENTS
- 14 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—WEST AFRICA—CHILD LABOUR
- 15 WATER AMENDMENT (SAVING THE GOULBURN AND MURRAY RIVERS) BILL 2008
- 16 WATER ACT 2007—CRITICAL HUMAN WATER NEEDS—DEFINITIONS AND CRITERIA—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 17 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—ABC LEARNING—CHILD CARE
- 18 ECONOMICS—ECONOMIC STRATEGY
- 19 ENVIRONMENT—NATIVE FORESTS AND WOODLANDS
- 20 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
- 21 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON TUESDAY—DIVISIONS ON THURSDAY—SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES—TEMPORARY ORDERS
- 22 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—ALERT DIGEST NO. 14 OF 2008
- 23 SENATORS' INTERESTS—STANDING COMMITTEE—DOCUMENTS
- 24 PARLIAMENT—COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (POLITICAL DONATIONS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2008—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENTS
- 25 TRADE—TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—CONSIDERATION
- 26 DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE—REGISTER OF SENATE SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS' INTERESTS—DOCUMENT
- 27 INDEPENDENT AUDIT—AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE—DOCUMENT
- 28 DOCUMENTS
- 29 FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER 2008 BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2008
- 30 NATION-BUILDING FUNDS BILL 2008E NATION-BUILDING FUNDS (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008E COAG REFORM FUND BILL 2008
- 31 SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE BILL 2008
- 32 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGE—ASSENT TO LAWS
- 33 ECONOMICS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—DEFINITION OF UNCONSCIONABLE CONDUCT FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART IVA OF THE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974
- 34 ECONOMICS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—MATTERS RELATING TO THE GAS EXPLOSION AT VARANUS ISLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- 35 VALEDICTORY STATEMENTS
- 36 NOTICE
- 37 ADJOURNMENT
- 38 ATTENDANCE
WATER ACT 2007—CRITICAL HUMAN WATER NEEDS—DEFINITIONS AND CRITERIA—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTSenator Fisher amended general business notice of motion no. 315 by leave and, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved—That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Climate Change and Water, by 10 March 2009, in relation to section 86A of the Water Act 2007, a document containing the following: (a) a comprehensive, practical definition of the term `critical human water needs' which identifies categories of users of such water and allowable purposes for the use of such water; (b) a definition of the core human consumption requirements which would satisfy paragraph 86A(2)(a); (c) a definition of the non-human consumption requirements which would satisfy paragraph 86A(2)(b); and (d) clear, transparent and equitable criteria the Murray-Darling Basin Authority will apply: (i) in determining whether the definition in paragraph 86A(2)(a) is met, (ii) in determining whether the definition in paragraph 86A(2)(b) is met, (iii) in determining the volume of conveyance water required to deliver water to meet critical human water needs, and (iv) to monitor the use of such water to ensure it is used for the allowable purposes referred to in paragraph (a) of this resolution. Question put and passed. | |