Senate debates

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Documents

Tabling

The following government documents were tabled:

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission—Telstra’s compliance with the price control arrangements—Report for 2008-09.

Australian Law Reform Commission—Report No. 112—Secrecy laws and open government in Australia, dated December 2009.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency—Quarterly report for the period 1 October to 31 December 2009.

Dental Benefits Act 2008Review on the operation of the Act—Report, 18 December 2009.

Department of Immigration and Citizenship—Review of personal identifier provisions introduced in 2004 to Migration Act 1958—Final Report, 11 September 2009.

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government—National aviation policy: Flight path to the future—White paper, dated December 2009.

Migration Act 1958Report for the period 1 July to 31 October 2009—

Section 91Y—Protection visa processing taking more than 90 days.

Section 440A—Conduct of Refugee Review Tribunal reviews not completed within 90 days.

Regional Forest Agreements between the Commonwealth of Australia and New South Wales—Final report on progress with implementation of New South Wales regional forest agreements—Report of the independent assessor, dated November 2009.

Treaties—

BilateralAgreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Social Security, Canberra, 26 October 2009—Text, together with national interest analysis.

MultilateralExplanatory statements 2010—

No. 2—Amendment to Annex I of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) International Convention Against Doping in Sport of 19 October 2005.

No. 3—Amendment to Annex II of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) International Convention Against Doping in Sport of 19 October 2005.

The following documents were tabled by the Clerk:

[Legislative instruments are identified by a Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) number]

Air Navigation Act—Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 39—Air Navigation (Aircraft Noise) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1) [F2010L00641]*.

Civil Aviation Act—Civil Aviation Regulations and Civil Aviation Safety Regulations—Instrument No. CASA EX13/10—Exemption – agricultural rating (incendiary dropping at or above 500 feet); Exemption – CASA Part 137 (incendiary dropping above or below 500 feet) [F2010L00506]*.

Corporations Act—ASIC Class Order [CO 10/105] [F2010L00667]*.

Defence Act—Determinations under section 58B—Defence Determinations—

2010/8—Maternity leave – amendment.

2010/10—Director-General Navy Personnel and Training – title amendment.

2010/11—Overseas benchmark and summer schools – amendment.

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act—Adoption of State Plan as Recovery Plan, dated 5 March 2010 [F2010L00643]*.

Life Insurance Act—Life Insurance (Prudential Standard) Determinations Nos—

3 of 2010—Prudential Standard LPS 510 Governance [F2010L00621]*.

4 of 2010—Prudential Standard LPS 520 Fit and Proper [F2010L00622]*.

Mutual Recognition Act—Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 41—Mutual Recognition Act 1992 Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1) [F2010L00651]*.

National Consumer Credit Protection Act—Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 44—National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations 2010 [F2010L00631]*.

National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act—Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 45—National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2010 [F2010L00633]*.

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act—Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 42—Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1) [F2010L00653]*.

*       Explanatory statement tabled with legislative instrument.