Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166, I present documents listed on today’s Order of Business at item 16 which were presented to the President, the Deputy President and temporary chairs of committees since the Senate last sat. In accordance with the terms of the standing orders, the publication of the documents was authorised. In accordance with the usual practice and with the concurrence of the Senate, the government response will be tabled.

The list read as follows—

(a) Committee reports

1. Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee—Report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Additional estimates 2008-09 (received 31 March 2009)

2. Economics Committee—Interim report—Exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (received 14 April 2009)

3. Procedure Committee—Second report of 2009—The Senate committee system (received 16 April 2009)

4. Economics Committee—Final report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (received 16 April 2009)

5. Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee—Interim report to second report—Effectiveness of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and other programs in protecting threatened species and ecological communities (received 24 April 2009)

6. Finance and Public Administration Committee—Report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Residential and community aged care in Australia (received 29 April 2009)

7. Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee—Second report [final]—The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (received 30 April 2009)

8. Economics Committee—Report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (received 30 April 2009)

9. Select Committee on Fuel and Energy—Interim report—The CPRS: Economic cost without environmental benefit (received 7 May 2009)

10. Community Affairs Committee—Report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (received 7 May 2009)

11. Community Affairs Committee Report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Social Security Legislation Amendment (Improved Support for Carers) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (received 7 May 2009)

12. Economics Committee—Report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Australian Business Investment Partnership Bill 2009 and the Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009 (received 7 May 2009)

13. Economics Committee—Report, together with submissions received by the committee—Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (received 7 May 2009)

14. Economics Committee—Report—Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009) (received 7 May 2009)

15. Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee—Report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Water Amendment (Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008 (received 7 May 2009)

16. Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee—Report, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee—Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (received 7 May 2009)

17. Finance and Public Administration Committee—Report, together with submissions received by the committee—National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions] (received 7 May 2009)

18. Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee—Interim reports—Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2009 [Provisions]; Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009 [Provisions]; and Native Title Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions] (received 7 May 2009)

(b) Government response to parliamentary committee report

Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References Committee—Report—Bridging the skills divide (received 17 April 2009)

(c) Government documents

1. Campaign advertising by Australian Government departments and agencies—Report for the period 1 July to 31 December 2008 (received 30 March 2009)

2. Department of Health and Ageing—Report for 2007-08—Correction (received 14 April 2009)

3. Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority—Report for 2007-08—Addendum (received 17 April 2009)

4. Exposure drafts of the Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 and the explanatory material (received 21 April 2009)

5. Gene Technology Regulator—Quarterly report for the period 1 October to 31 December 2008 (received 23 April 2009)

6. Australian Rail Track Corporation—Statement of corporate intent 2008-09 (received 29 April 2009)

7. Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918—2008 Redistribution into electoral divisions—Western Australia—Amended compact disc (received 29 April 2009)

8. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner—Report for 2008—Social Justice (received 30 April 2009)

9. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner—Report for 2008—Native Title (received 30 April 2009)

10. Australian National Maritime Museum—Strategic Plan 2009-2012 (received 6 May 2009)

(d) Reports of the Auditor-General

1. Report no. 27 of 2008-09—Performance audit—Management of the M113 armoured personnel carrier upgrade project: Department of Defence (received 27 March 2009)

2. Report no. 28 of 2008-09—Performance audit—Quality and integrity of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs income support records: Department of Veterans’ Affairs (received 22 April 2009)

3. Report no. 29 of 2008-09—Performance audit—Delivery of projects on the AusLink National Network: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (received 23 April 2009)

4. Report no. 30 of 2008-09—Performance audit—Management of the Australian Government’s action plan to eradicate trafficking in persons: Attorney-General’s Department, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australian Federal Police and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (received 29 April 2009)

5. Report no. 31 of 2008-09––Performance audit––Army Reserve Forces: Department of Defence (received 8 May 2009)

(e) Returns to order

1. Taxation—Alcohol—[motion of Senator Cormann agreed to 4 February 2009; note: parts (a) to (c) were complied with on 5 February 2009] (received 23 March 2009)

2. Health—Private health insurance—Reforms—Further response [motion of Senator Cormann agreed to on 11 March 2009; note: on 16 March 2009, the government provided an initial response] (received 23 April 2009)

3. Health—Private health insurance—Reforms—Documents in response to entry no. 2 above [motion of Senator Cormann agreed to on 11 March 2009] (received 1 May 2009)

(f) Statement of compliance and letters of advice relating to Senate orders

1. Statement of compliance relating to indexed lists of files:

Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) (received 25 March 2009)

2. Letters of advice relating to lists of contracts:

Wheat Exports Australia (received 14 April 2009)

Australian Fisheries Management Authority (received 14 April 2009)

Department of Climate Change (received 23 April 2009)

Office of Renewable Energy Regulator (received 23 April 2009)