Senator Bernardi to move on the next day of sitting:

That the time for the presentation of the report of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee on the relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd be extended to 30 October 2009.

Senator Marshall to move on the next day of sitting:

That the time for the presentation of the report of the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee on the provisions of the Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 be extended to 5 August 2009.

Senator Bob Brown to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

acknowledges the Sudanese Government’s decision to allow aid agencies to return to Darfur and encourages it to facilitate the resumption of the agencies’ operations;

(b)

encourages the United Nations, the African Union, the Arab League and other countries to urge Sudanese authorities to permit more patrols to ensure the safety of humanitarian operational areas;

(c)

calls on the Australian Government to increase funding to non-government organisations operating in Sudan; and

(d)

supports calls for the Sudanese Government to hold a general election in November 2009.

Senator Colbeck to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Export Control (Fees) Amendment Orders 2009 (No. 1), made under regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982, be disallowed. [F2009L02097]

Fifteen sitting days remain, including today, to resolve the motion or the instrument will be deemed to have been disallowed.

Senator Xenophon to move on the next day of sitting:

(1)

That the question for the second reading of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills not be put this week.

(2)

That, on Thursday, 13 August 2009:

(a)

the hours of meeting shall be 9.30 am to 6.30 pm and 7 pm to adjournment;

(b)

the routine of business from 12.45 pm till not later than 2 pm, and from 3.45 pm shall be government business only;

(c)

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;

(d)

divisions may take place after 4.30 pm; and

(e)

the question for the adjournment of the Senate shall be proposed after the Senate has finally considered the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills.

Senator Xenophon to move on the next day of sitting:

(1)

That the Senate calls on the Government to make a reference to the Productivity Commission requiring modelling of alternative emissions trading schemes including:

(a)

a conventional baseline-and-credit scheme;

(b)

an intensity model;

(c)

a carbon tax;

(d)

a consumption-based carbon tax; and

(e)

the McKibbin model;

with a view to determining which scheme design (including the Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) and schemes with higher targets) provides the best environmental and economic outcomes.

(2)

That the Productivity Commission’s report on modelling under paragraph (1) be laid on the table by 6 August 2009 to inform the debate on the CPRS bills.

(3)

That there be laid on the table by 6 August 2009 all documents held by the Productivity Commission relating to the design and economic impacts of the Government’s CPRS.

Senator Joyce and Senator Xenopon to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Trade Practices Act 1974 to reduce predatory pricing by requiring corporations to offer and supply products at consistent prices across adjacent markets, and for related purposes. Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices—Blacktown Amendment) Bill 2009.

Senator Milne to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following legislative instruments be disallowed:

(a)

the Export Control (Fees) Amendment Orders 2009 (No. 1), made under regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982;

(b)

the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 108 and made under the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 ;

(c)

the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 109 and made under the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985; and

(d)

the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 110 and made under the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985.

Fifteen sitting days remain, including today, to resolve the motion or the instruments will be deemed to have been disallowed.

Senator Siewert to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

that Sunday, 28 June 2009, is the 7th anniversary of the corporatisation of Snowy Hydro Limited, of which the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Victorian governments are shareholders, and

(ii)

the recent report of the Snowy Scientific Committee which warned that critical deep pools in the upper reaches of the Snowy River are ‘under threat of permanent or near permanent change’;

(b)

expresses concern:

(i)

at the failure of the three governments to meet legislated targets for returning environmental flows to the Snowy River, which should have seen the return of 15 per cent annual natural flow to the river by 2009, rather than the 46.7GL or just over 4 per cent planned to be delivered in 2009-10, and

(ii)

at the recommissioning of the Mowamba Aqueduct, diverting the waters of the Mowamba River to Lake Jindabyne, and calls for the suspension of repayment of the Mowamba Borrowings Account from the Snowy River environmental allocation and the permanent decommissioning of the aqueduct; and

(c)

calls on:

(i)

the New South Wales Government to release the long overdue draft report of the first five-year review on the Snowy Water Licence, which was due in 2007, and

(ii)

the Commonwealth to commit additional resources for the immediate purchase of high security water entitlements to meet the commitment to return 21 per cent of annual natural flows to the Snowy River by 2012 and 28 per cent of natural flows beyond 2012.

Senator Ludwig to move on the next day of sitting:

That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009, allowing it to be considered during this period of sittings.

Senator Milne to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate calls on the Government to task the Department of the Treasury with modelling the cost of achieving greenhouse gas emission cuts of 40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 and to present the information to the Senate by 11 August 2009.

Senator Bob Brown to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate calls on the Australian Government to make representations to the British Government to undertake the permanent return of the so-called ‘Elgin Marbles’ to the Greek Government and the people of Greece recognising that the marbles were part of the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens and should be returned to their historical home.

Senator Hanson-Young to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to create the opportunity for marriage equality for people regardless of their sex, sexuality or gender identity, and for related purposes. Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009.

Senator Ludlam to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

it has been 2 years since the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) attended Channel 31’s Antenna Awards and announced that ‘Community Television would not be left behind’ in Australia’s transition to digital television, and

(ii)

despite the Minister’s assurances, there was no funding to facilitate community television’s transition to digital broadcasting in the 2009-10 Budget; and

(b)

calls on the Australian Government to:

(i)

immediately allocate available digital spectrum to the current community television license holders, and

(ii)

provide funding to facilitate community television’s transition to digital broadcasting and inform the Senate of a timeline to achieve this.

Senator Heffernan to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following matter be referred to the Committee of Privileges:

Whether any adverse action was taken against Mr Godwin Grech in consequence of his evidence before the Economics Legislation Committee on 19 June 2009, and, if so, whether any contempt of the Senate was committed in that regard.