Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the order of the Senate agreed to on 21 September 2011, relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business, be amended as follows:

     Omit paragraphs (3) to (6), substitute:

(3)   On Wednesday, 9 November 2011, and Thursday, 10 November 2011, any proposal pursuant to standing order 75 shall not be proceeded with.

(4)   That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011 and a related bill.

(5)   On Thursday, 3 November 2011:

  (a)   the hours of meeting shall be 9.30 am to 8.40 pm;

  (b)   consideration of general business and consideration of committee reports, government responses and Auditor-General's reports under standing order 62(1) and (2) shall not be proceeded with;

  (c)   the government business order of the day relating to the Clean Energy Bill 2011 and 17 related bills shall have precedence over all government business;

  (d)   divisions may take place after 4.30 pm; and

  (e)   the question for the adjournment of the Senate shall be proposed at 8 pm.

(6)   On Tuesday, 8 November 2011:

  (a)   the hours of meeting shall be 10 am to 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm to 10.40 pm;

  (b)   the routine of business from 10 am to 2 pm, and from the resumption of government business till not later than 5 pm, shall be the government business order of the day relating to the Clean Energy Bill 2011 and 17 related bills, and these bills have precedence over all government business till completed;

  (c)   commencing immediately after the preceding item the order of government business shall be consideration of the government business orders of the day relating to the:

     (i)   Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011, and

     (ii)   Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011 and a related bill; and

  (d)   the question for the adjournment of the Senate shall be proposed at 10 pm.

(7)   On Wednesday, 9 November 2011:

  (a)   the order of government business shall be consideration of the government business orders of the day relating to the:

     (i)   Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011, and

     (ii)   Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011 and a related bill, and

     that consideration of these bills shall have precedence over all government business till 5.30 pm; and

  (b)   consideration of government documents shall not be proceeded with.

(8)   On Thursday, 10 November 2011:

  (a)   the hours of meeting shall be 9.30 am to adjournment;

  (b)   consideration of general business and committee reports, government responses and Auditor-General's reports under standing order 62(1) and (2) shall not be proceeded with, and instead the routine of business shall be government business only;

  (c)   the government business order of the day relating to the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 and the Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011 shall have precedence over all government business, except that the routine of business from 12.45 pm till not later than 2 pm shall be the following government business orders of the day:

Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011

Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011

Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011

Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 7) Bill 2011

Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Bill 2011

Work Health and Safety Bill 2011

Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011

Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

Navigation Amendment Bill 2011

Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oils in the Antarctic Area) Bill 2011;

  (d)   divisions may take place after 4.30 pm; and

  (e)   the question for the adjournment of the Senate shall not be proposed until a motion for the adjournment is moved by a minister.

(9)   The government business order of the day relating to the Clean Energy Bill 2011 and 17 related bills be considered under a limitation of debate and that the time allotted be as follows:

  (a)   on Thursday, 3 November 2011, from not later than 3.45 pm to 4 pm—second reading; and

  (b)   on Tuesday, 8 November 2011, from not later than 11 am to noon—all remaining stages.

(10)   The government business order of the day relating to the Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011 be considered under a limitation of debate and that the time allotted be as follows:

     on Wednesday, 9 November 2011, from not later than 10 am to 11.30 am—all remaining stages.

(11)   The government business order of the day relating to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011 and a related bill be considered under a limitation of debate and that the time allotted be as follows:

     on Wednesday, 9 November 2011, from the completion of the Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011 till 5.30 pm—all remaining stages.

(12)   The government business order of the day relating to the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 and a related bill be considered under a limitation of debate and that the time allotted be as follows:

     on Thursday, 10 November 2011:

     from not later than 3.45 pm till 7 pm—second reading

     from 7 pm till 8 pm—committee stage

     from 8 pm till 8.30 pm—all remaining stages.

(13)   Paragraphs (9) to (12) of this order operate as a limitation of debate under standing order 142.