SENATE Form Guide

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

SENATE Form Guide COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SENATE Form Guide MAY 2002 SENATE FORM MANUAL DOCUMENT APPROVAL This Senate Form Manual has been endorsed and approved for use by: Ms Val Barrett Group Manager Client Services Group Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff DOCUMENT VERSION CONTROL Document name: Senate Form Manual Document status: Final Version No: 1.1 File Name: FileNET\HPS_Doc_Services\Hansard Documentation\Chambers\Draft Senate Form Manual Date: 10 May 2002 Distribution: Hansard DOCUMENT CONTROL VERSION DATE OF ISSUE AUTHOR REASON FOR CHANGE 0.1 11 February Heather Snedden Draft first release 1.0 10 May Heather Snedden Final IMPORTANT NOTICE THIS DOCUMENT IS DYNAMIC AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE REFER TO THE RELEVANT ADDRESS ON FILENET TO ENSURE USE OF THE CURRENT VERSION. PRINTED COPIES CEASE TO BE CONTROLLED DOCUMENTS. 11/09/03 2 May 2002 SENATE FORM ‘Form’ is the term given to the conventions in words and style that have, over time, been accepted by Hansard for use in parliamentary proceedings transcription. In the HPS (Hansard Production System) a proforma, activated through Alt-p, will produce the style required as well as the form of words needed for specific situations. It also provides the hidden codes necessary for production in ParlInfo and on the Internet. The autocorrects feature in Word allows you to type abbreviations that will be reproduced on screen as expanded text. Once an abbreviation is typed, it may be expanded by any key that is not a letter or number except Ctrl, Shift, Lock and Alt. Examples of form are laid out in three columns (as below). • The left-hand column shows the explanation of the form. • The middle column shows the appropriate proforma or autocorrect. Alt-p must precede all proformas. Autocorrects are indicated thus < >. Also the ‘style’ of each paragraph in your turn (what will appear in the left-hand margin of your screen when in a turn) is shown. • The right-hand column shows an example of how the text appears in the Hansard. NOTE THROUGHOUT: Explanation s,name (proforma) Speech Example <lg> (autocorrect) . SENATE FORM MANUAL CONTENTS 1 ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE..................................................................................................13 1.1 Usual adjournment at the proposed time.......................................................................................13 1.2 President calls on the adjournment early, followed by debate. .....................................................13 1.3 Proposed by a minister. .................................................................................................................14 1.4 Question put during debate and negatived. ...................................................................................14 1.5 Question put during debate and agreed to. ....................................................................................14 1.6 Moved by a minister or put by the chair and agreed to without debate.........................................15 1.7 Adjournment after consideration of government documents, no debate.......................................15 2 BILLS ......................................................................................................................................................16 3 BILLS: FIRST READING ....................................................................................................................17 3.1 Bills originating in the House of Representatives. ........................................................................17 3.1.1 Single bill received from House of Representatives. ......................................................17 3.1.2 Multiple bills received from House of Representatives and listed on Notice Paper separately. .......................................................................................................................17 3.1.3 Multiple bills received from House of Representatives and taken together....................18 3.2 Bill originating in the Senate.........................................................................................................18 3.2.1 Allied bills originating in the Senate...............................................................................19 3.3 First reading motion. .....................................................................................................................19 3.3.1 Motion proposed and debated—money bills only...........................................................19 3.3.2 Debate adjourned on first reading motion.......................................................................19 3.3.3 Debate resumed...............................................................................................................20 3.4 Private senator’s bill......................................................................................................................20 3.4.1 If notice of motion has been given at an earlier date.......................................................20 3.4.2 If notice of a motion is not given at an earlier date.........................................................20 4 BILLS: SECOND READING ...............................................................................................................21 4.1 Single bill. Second reading motion moved immediately after first reading, second reading speech incorporated and debate adjourned................................................................................................21 4.2 Multiple bills.................................................................................................................................22 4.3 Variations on motion to adjourn second reading debate. ..............................................................22 4.4 Variations on motions moved immediately after the debate on the second reading is adjourned. 23 4.4.1 Motion for bills to be listed separately on the Notice Paper. ..........................................23 4.4.2 Motion for resumption of the debate to be made an order of the day for a later hour.....23 4.4.3 Motion for resumption debated.......................................................................................23 4.4.4 Debate interrupted to bring on adjournment. ..................................................................23 4.4.5 Debate interrupted due to sitting suspended....................................................................23 4.4.6 Debate interrupted, adjournment question negatived and debate resumed. ....................24 4.5 Debate resumed.............................................................................................................................24 4.5.1 Debate resumed on the same day. ...................................................................................24 4.5.2 Debate resumed on a later day. .......................................................................................24 4.5.3 Debate on allied bills resumed on a later day..................................................................24 4.5.4 Debate resumed and second reading motion resolved. ...................................................25 4.5.5 Debate resumed and remaining stages resolved..............................................................25 4.6 Second reading amendment. .........................................................................................................25 4.6.1 Second reading amendment. ...........................................................................................25 4.6.2 Debate resumed on a later day, a second reading amendment having been moved. .......26 4.6.3 Second reading amendment negatived............................................................................26 4.6.4 Second reading amendment agreed to.............................................................................26 4.7 Division on second reading amendment. ......................................................................................26 4.8 Division on second reading motion...............................................................................................26 4.8.1 Division on second reading motion, as amended. ...........................................................26 4.8.2 Division on motion, without amendment........................................................................26 4.9 Resolution of second reading motion............................................................................................27 4.9.1 Motion for consideration of the bill/s to be made an order of the day for a later hour....27 4.9.2 Motion for consideration of the bill/s to be made an order of the day for the next day of sitting...............................................................................................................................27 4.9.3 Senators speak on bills in committee. .............................................................................27 4.9.4 Senators do not speak on bills in committee. ..................................................................27 5 BILLS: IN COMMITTEE.....................................................................................................................28 11/09/03 4 May 2002 SENATE FORM MANUAL 5.1 Bill taken as a whole by leave....................................................................................................... 28 5.2 Consideration resumed.................................................................................................................. 28 5.2.1
Recommended publications
  • Report X Terminology Xi Acknowledgments Xii
    Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee Consideration of Legislation Referred to the Committee Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996 March 1997 The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee Consideration of Legislation Referred to the Committee Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996 March 1997 © Commonwealth of Australia 1997 ISSN 1326-9364 This document was produced from camera-ready copy prepared by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra. Members of the Legislation Committee Members Senator E Abetz, Tasmania, Chair (Chair from 3 March 1997) Senator J McKiernan, Western Australia, Deputy Chair Senator the Hon N Bolkus, South Australia Senator H Coonan, New South Wales (from 26 February 1997: previously a Participating Member) Senator V Bourne, New South Wales (to 3 March 1997) Senator A Murray, Western Australia (from 3 March 1997) Senator W O’Chee, Queensland Participating Members All members of the Opposition: and Senator B Brown, Tasmania Senator M Colston, Queensland Senator the Hon C Ellison, Western Australia (from 26 February 1997: previously the Chair) Senator J Ferris, South Australia Senator B Harradine, Tasmania Senator W Heffernan, New South Wales Senator D Margetts, Western Australia Senator J McGauran, Victoria Senator the Hon N Minchin, South Australia Senator the Hon G Tambling, Northern Territory Senator J Woodley, Queensland Secretariat Mr Neil Bessell (Secretary
    [Show full text]
  • Upholding the Australian Constitution Volume Seventeen
    Upholding the Australian Constitution Volume Seventeen Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society Greenmount Beach Resort, Hill Street, Coolangatta © Copyright 2005 by The Samuel Griffith Society. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Foreword John Stone Dinner Address Hon Chief Justice Paul de Jersey, AC Evolution of the Judicial Function: Undesirable Blurring? Introductory Remarks John Stone Chapter One Kevin Lindeberg The Heiner Affair Chapter Two Professor Suri Ratnapala Constitutional Vandalism under Green Cover Chapter Three Bruce Grundy The Missing Constitutional Ingredient: An Upper House Chapter Four John Nethercote Senate Vacancies: Casual or Contrived? Chapter Five Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO The Governor-General is our Head of State Chapter Six Professor Andrew Fraser Monarchs and Miracles Chapter Seven Dr John Forbes Native Title Today Chapter Eight Bob Bottom, OAM Frauding the Vote in Queensland i Chapter Nine Bryan Pape The Use and Abuse of the Commonwealth Finance Power Chapter Ten Dr Dominic Katter Australia’s International Legal Obligations: Maritime Zones and Christmas Island Chapter Eleven Professor Gregory Rose The United Nations as a Source of International Legal Authority Appendix I John Stone Tribute to the late Sir Harry Gibbs Appendix II Rt Hon Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE Australia Day Messages, 2001-2005 Appendix III Contributors ii Foreword John Stone Important though the periodic Conferences of The Samuel Griffith Society are, the Proceedings of our 17th Conference, held at Coolangatta on 8-10 April last, which are recorded in this volume of our series Upholding the Australian Constitution, pale into insignificance compared with the subsequent death of our President, the Right Honourable Sir Harry Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE.
    [Show full text]
  • Report to the Senate
    SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE Consideration of Legislation Referred to the Committee HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION (REFORM AND SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS) BILL 1997 SEPTEMBER 1997 © Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia 1997 ISSN 1038-2755 Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Secretariat Mr Elton Humphery Secretary The Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Phone: 02 6277 3515 Fax: 02 6277 5829 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate This document was produced from camera-ready copy prepared by the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Secretariat and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE Members Senator Sue Knowles, Chairman LP, Western Australia Senator Meg Lees, Deputy Chair AD, South Australia Senator Kay Denman ALP, Tasmania Senator Alan Eggleston LP, Western Australia Senator Michael Forshaw ALP, New South Wales Senator Karen Synon LP, Victoria Participating Members Senator Eric Abetz LP, Tasmania Senator Bob Brown Greens, Tasmania Senator the Hon Bob Collins ALP, Northern Territory Senator Mal Colston Ind, Queensland Senator Barney Cooney ALP, Victoria Senator the Hon Rosemary Crowley ALP, South Australia Senator Chris Evans ALP, Western Australia Senator the Hon John Faulkner ALP, New South Wales Senator Brenda Gibbs ALP, Queensland Senator Brian Harradine Ind, Tasmania Senator Sue Mackay ALP, Tasmania Senator Dee Margetts GWA, Western Australia Senator Shayne Murphy ALP, Tasmania Senator
    [Show full text]
  • Report of the Senate Environment, Communications
    The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia Inquiry into Electromagnetic Radiation Report of the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee May 2001 ii © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 ISBN 0 642 71126 7 This document is produced from camera-ready copy prepared by the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee Secretariat, and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra. iii TERMS OF REFERENCE On 8 December 1999 the Senate referred the following matters to the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee for inquiry (to commence not before 31 March 2000) and report by 31 October 2000 (subsequently extended to 4 May 2001): (a) an examination of the allocation of funding from the Commonwealth’s $4.5 million fund for electro-magnetic radiation research and public information; (b) a review of current Australian and international research into electro-magnetic radiation and its effects as it applies to telecommunications equipment, including but not limited to, mobile telephones; (c) an examination of the current Australian Interim Standard [AS/NZS 2772.1 (Int): 1998], as it applies to telecommunications; (d) an examination of efforts to set an Australian Standard dealing with electro- magnetic emissions; (e) an examination of the merits of the transfer of the responsibility for setting a new Australian standard for electro-magnetic emissions to the Australian Radiation Protection
    [Show full text]
  • NINTH ASSEMBLY 16Th October 2001 to 5 May 2005 INDEX MINUTES
    Index to Minutes of Proceedings - 16th October 2001 to 5 May 2005 Ninth Assembly LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NINTH ASSEMBLY 16th October 2001 to 5 May 2005 INDEX TO MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS AND PAPERS TABLED Consolidated Index to Minutes of Proceedings 16 October 2001 to 5 May 2005 Index Reference Summary by Sitting Day and Minutes Page Minutes Day Date Bound Volume Page 1 - 16 1 16 October 2001 LXIII 17 - 22 2 17 October 2001 LXIII 23 – 29 3 18 October 2001 LXIII 31 – 34 4 23October 2001 LXIII 35 – 39 5 24 October 2001 LXIII 41 - 46 6 25 October 2001 LXIII 47 - 54 7 27 November 2001 LXIII 55 - 61 8 28 November 2001 LXIII 63 - 68 9 29 November 2001 LXIII 69 – 77 10 26 February 2002 LXIV 79 - 88 11 27 February 2002 LXIV 89 – 94 12 28 February 2002 LXIV 95 – 101 13 5 March 2002 LXIV 103 – 108 14 6 March 2002 LXIV 109 - 113 15 7 March 2002 LXIV 115 – 120 16 14 May 2002 LXIV 121 – 125 17 15 May 2002 LXIV 127 – 130 18 16 May 2002 LXIV 131 - 134 19 21 May 2002 LXIV 135 - 139 20 22 May 2002 LXIV 141 - 152 21 23 May 2002 LXIV 153 - 160 22 18 June 2002 LXV 161 - 167 23 19 June 2002 LXV 169 - 178 24 20 June 2002 LXV 179 – 182 25 13 August 2002 LXV 183 – 187 26 14 August 2002 LXV 189 – 193 27 15 August 2002 LXV 195 – 204 28 20 August 2002 LXV 205 – 208 29 21 August 2002 LXV 209 – 212 30 22 August 2002 LXV 213 – 216 31 17 September 2002 LXV 217 - 220 32 19 September 2002 LXV 221 – 228 33 8 October 2002 LXVI 229 – 237 34 9 October 2002 LXVI 239 – 245 35 10 October 2002 LXVI 247 – 249 36 15 October 2002 LXVI 251 – 254 37 16 October
    [Show full text]
  • Vocational Education & Training
    VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING The Northern Territory’s history of public philanthropy VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING The Northern Territory’s history of public philanthropy DON ZOELLNER Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at press.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Creator: Zoellner, Don, author. Title: Vocational education and training : the Northern Territory’s history of public philanthropy / Don Zoellner. ISBN: 9781760460990 (paperback) 9781760461003 (ebook) Subjects: Vocational education--Government policy--Northern Territory. Vocational education--Northern Territory--History. Occupational training--Government policy--Northern Territory. Occupational training--Northern Territory--History. Aboriginal Australians--Vocational education--Northern Territory. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU Press. Cover photograph: ‘Northern Territory Parliament House main entrance’ by Patrick Nelson. This edition © 2017 ANU Press Contents List of figures . vii Foreword . xi Acknowledgements . xiii 1 . Setting the scene . 1 2 . Philanthropic behaviour . 11 3 . Prior to 1911: European discovery and South Australian administration of the Northern Territory . 35 4 . Early Commonwealth control, 1911–46 . 45 5 . The post–World War Two period to 1978 . 57 6. TAFE in the era of self‑government, 1978–92 . 99 7. Vocational education and training in the era of self‑government, 1992–2014 . 161 8. Late 2015 and September 2016 postscript . 229 References . 243 List of figures Figure 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Publication: Platypus and Parliament
    PLATYPUS AND PARLIAMENT The Australian Senate in Theory and Practice DR STANLEY BACH has published extensively on the United States Congress and other legislatures and has worked as a consultant on parliamentary process in Asia, Africa, South America and Eastern Europe. For more than 30 years he worked with and provided advice to Senators and Representatives on the operations of the US Congress. From 1988 to 2002 he held the office of Senior Specialist in the Legislative Process for the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. In 2002 Dr Bach was awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to study bicameralism in Australia. While in Canberra he was a Fellow in the Political Science Program of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He was also awarded a fellowship in the Department of the Senate which enabled him to observe the operations of the Commonwealth Parliament at first hand. This book is published as part of the Department of the Senate’s program to promote public knowledge and awareness of the role and activities of the Senate. The views expressed in the book are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Senate or its staff. PLATYPUS AND PARLIAMENT The Australian Senate in Theory and Practice STANLEY BACH Department of the Senate Published by The Department of the Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Australia First published 2003 © Stanley Bach This book is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 and subsequent amendments, no part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means or process whatsoever without the written permission of the publisher and the copyright owner.
    [Show full text]
  • A Law Unto Themselves? Australian Regulation of Forestry Operations
    A Law Unto Themselves? Australian Regulation of Forestry Operations by Thomas Ian Baxter BEc / LLB(Hons) (Tas), Grad Cert Leg Prac (Tas), LLM (ANU) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart (November 2014) Declaration This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for a degree or diploma by the University or any other institution, except by way of background information and duly acknowledged in the thesis, and to the best of my knowledge and belief no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the thesis, nor does the thesis contain any material that infringes copyright. Signed Thomas Ian Baxter Date Authority of Access This thesis may be made available for loan and limited copying and communication in accordance with the Copyright Act 1986 (Cth). Signed Thomas Ian Baxter Date ii Abstract This thesis critically examines federal environmental regulation of Australian forestry operations, particularly the effective exclusion of forestry operations in regional forest agreement [RFA] regions from Australia’s omnibus environmental statute, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) [EPBC Act]. The thesis tests the official rationale for this exclusionary policy, termed ‘RFA exceptionalism’, and where it leaves Australia’s compliance with key international environmental treaty obligations. Australia’s federal and State Governments and industry have asserted that RFAs (governed by the Regional Forest Agreement Act 2002 (Cth)) provide equivalent environmental protection to that of the EPBC Act. Therefore, they say, forestry operations undertaken in RFA regions do not require assessment under the EPBC Act.
    [Show full text]
  • A Centenary of Achievement National Party of Australia 1920-2020
    Milestone A Centenary of Achievement National Party of Australia 1920-2020 Paul Davey Milestone: A Centenary of Achievement © Paul Davey 2020 First published 2020 Published by National Party of Australia, John McEwen House, 7 National Circuit, Bar- ton, ACT 2600. Printed by Homestead Press Pty Ltd 3 Paterson Parade, Queanbeyan NSW 2620 ph 02 6299 4500 email <[email protected]> Cover design and layout by Cecile Ferguson <[email protected]> This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to the author by email to <[email protected]> or to the National Party of Australia at <[email protected]> Author: Davey, Paul Title: Milestone/A Centenary of Achievement – National Party of Australia 1920-2020 Edition: 1st ed ISBN: 978-0-6486515-1-2 (pbk) Subjects: Australian Country Party 1920-1975 National Country Party of Australia 1975-1982 National Party of Australia 1982- Australia – Politics and government 20th century Australia – Politics and government – 2001- Published with the support of John McEwen House Pty Ltd, Canberra Printed on 100 per cent recycled paper ii Milestone: A Centenary of Achievement “Having put our hands to the wheel, we set the course of our voyage. … We have not entered upon this course without the most grave consideration.” (William McWilliams on the formation of the Australian Country Party, Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates, 10 March 1920, p. 250) “We conceive our role as a dual one of being at all times the specialist party with a sharp fighting edge, the specialists for rural industries and rural communities.
    [Show full text]
  • Report on Participation Requirements and Penalties in the Social Security System
    Senate Community Affairs References Committee Report on Participation Requirements and Penalties in the Social Security System SEPTEMBER 2002 Commonwealth of Australia 2002 ISBN 0 642 711 801 Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat Mr Elton Humphery Secretary The Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Phone: 02 6277 3515 Fax: 02 6277 5829 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate This document was produced by the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra. iii MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE Members Senator Steve Hutchins, Chairman ALP, New South Wales Senator Sue Knowles, Deputy Chairman LP, Western Australia Senator Guy Barnett LP, Tasmania Senator Meg Lees IND, South Australia Senator Jan McLucas ALP, Queensland Senator Claire Moore ALP, Queensland Participating Members Senator the Hon Eric Abetz LP, Tasmania Senator Andrew Barlett AD, Queensland Senator Mark Bishop ALP, Western Australia Senator Paul Calvert LP, Tasmania Senator Kim Carr ALP, Victoria Senator Grant Chapman LP, South Australia Senator John Cherry* AD, Queensland Senator Helen Coonan LP, New South Wales Senator Trish Crossin ALP, Northern Territory Senator Kay Denman ALP, Tasmania Senator Alan Eggleston LP, Western Australia Senator Chris Evans ALP, Western Australia Senator the Hon John Faulkner ALP, New South Wales Senator Alan Ferguson LP, South Australia Senator Jeannie Ferris LP, South Australia Senator Michael Forshaw ALP, New
    [Show full text]
  • Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory
    Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory Tabled Papers — Seventh Assembly (1994 – 1997) INDEX This document allows users to search all papers tabled during the life of the Twelfth Assembly. To access a document, use the Tabled Paper number appearing in the first column of the Index (eg —0001 or 1257). Please note that we are working backwards to digitise our older records and they will be uploaded as they are completed for the previous Assemblies. Should you require a Tabled Paper from a previous Assembly you can contact the Table Office by email on [email protected] Tabled Papers are all documents tabled in the Assembly, including but not limited to: Messages from the Administrator Administrative Arrangements Orders Papers tabled by Members during Assembly debates Explanatory Statements accompanying bills introduced Petitions Warrants Reports on Members’ travel Committee Reports Papers tabled at Estimates Committee hearings Annual reports required by NT and some Commonwealth statutes Coroner’s reports Subordinate legislation Reports to the Assembly from Officers of the Assembly (Ombudsman, Auditor-General, Electoral Commission) Please contact the Table Office if you have any questions on 8946 1447 or 8946 1452. Seventh Assembly - Tabled Papers - page 1 No Description Tabled by Date 1 Appointing the time for the holding of the First Session of Seventh Legislative Clerk 27.06.94 Assembly 2 Commission appointing Deputy of the Administrator Clerk 27.06.94 3 Commission to administer Oaths and present Speaker Deputy 27.06.94
    [Show full text]
  • House of Representatives Official Hansard No
    COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES House of Representatives Official Hansard No. 2, 2010 Monday, 18 October 2010 FORTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION—FIRST PERIOD BY AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERNET The Votes and Proceedings for the House of Representatives are available at http://www.aph.gov.au/house/info/votes Proof and Official Hansards for the House of Representatives, the Senate and committee hearings are available at http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard For searching purposes use http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au SITTING DAYS—2010 Month Date February 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 25 March 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 May 11, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31 June 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24 September 28, 29, 30 October 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28 November 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25 RADIO BROADCASTS Broadcasts of proceedings of the Parliament can be heard on ABC NewsRadio in the capital cities on: ADELAIDE 972AM BRISBANE 936AM CANBERRA 103.9FM DARWIN 102.5FM HOBART 747AM MELBOURNE 1026AM PERTH 585AM SYDNEY 630AM For information regarding frequencies in other locations please visit http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/listen/frequencies.htm FORTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION—FIRST PERIOD Governor-General Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, Companion of the Order of Australia House of Representatives Officeholders Speaker—Mr Harry Alfred Jenkins MP Deputy Speaker— Hon. Peter Neil Slipper MP Second Deputy Speaker—Hon. Bruce Craig Scott MP Members of the Speaker’s Panel—Ms Anna Elizabeth Burke MP, Hon.
    [Show full text]