Catryna Bilyk Tasmania, Australian Labor Party
To move:
That the Joint Standing Committee on Migration be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, 6 July 2011, from 10.30 am to noon.
Kim Carr Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
To move:
That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to intellectual property, and for related purposes. Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011.
Helen Kroger Victoria, Liberal Party
To move
That the time for the presentation of the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on Requests for Tender for aviation contracts be extended to 25 August 2011.
Sarah Hanson-Young SA, Australian Greens
To move:
That the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network be amended as follows:
Omit paragraph (6), substitute:
(6) the committee shall elect as its chair a Government member appointed to the committee on the nomination of the Government Whip or Whips, or the Leader of the Government in the Senate.
After paragraph (6), insert:
(6A) the committee shall elect a member as its deputy chair.
Cory Bernardi SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition
and
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing
To move:
That the Senate—
(a) recognises that Coptic Christians in Egypt are suffering ongoing and increasing persecution;
(b) condemns the recent attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt;
(c) expresses its sympathy for Coptic Christians who have been victims of recent attacks in Egypt; and
(d) calls on the Government to:
(i) issue a public statement condemning the ongoing attacks against the Coptic Christian minority in Egypt,
(ii) make immediate representations to the United Nations to end the persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt, and
(iii) strongly urge the Egyptian Government to provide equal rights and protections for all Egyptian citizens regardless of race or religion.
Nick Xenophon SA, Independent
To move:
That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Bankruptcy Regulations 1996 in relation to the Exceptional Circumstances Exit Package, and for related purposes. Bankruptcy Amendment (Exceptional Circumstances Exit Package) Bill 2011.
Mathias Cormann WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer
To move:
That the Select Committee on the Scrutiny of New Taxes be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 23 June 2011, from 3.30 pm.