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2002-04 THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THE SENATE NOTICE PAPER No. 154 TUESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2004 The Senate meets at 12.30 pm Contents Business of the Senate Notice of Motion .......................................................................................................2 Order of the Day........................................................................................................2 Government Business Orders of the Day ......................................................................................................2 Orders of the Day relating to Committee Reports and Government Responses and Auditor-General’s Reports..............................................................................................6 General Business Notices of Motion......................................................................................................9 Orders of the Day relating to Government Documents..............................................16 Orders of the Day ....................................................................................................19 Business for Future Consideration.................................................................................32 Bills Referred to Committees........................................................................................37 Bills Discharged, Laid Aside or Negatived....................................................................38 Questions on Notice .....................................................................................................40 Orders of the Senate ...................................................................................................145 Contingent Notices of Motion.....................................................................................163 Temporary Chairs of Committees ...............................................................................166 Categories of Committees...........................................................................................166 Committees................................................................................................................167 Senate Appointments to Statutory Authorities.............................................................202 Ministerial Representation ..........................................................................................204 A Guide to the Notice Paper .......................................................................................205 Notifications prefixed by an (*) appear for the first time. 2 No. 154—3 August 2004 BUSINESS OF THE SENATE Notice of Motion Notice given 25 June 2003 1 Senator Tierney: To move—That the following matter be referred to the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting day in June 2004: Parents as educators in the early childhood years, with particular reference to: (a) the extent to which parenting skills and family support are factors in reducing educational and social risks of children in the 3 years and under age group; (b) whether current patterns of parental involvement in community and school-based programs are adequate to respond to the challenge of assisting children with early learning and social behaviour problems; (c) the current state and territory provisions and programs, whether based on pre-schools, schools, play groups or day-care centres etc, established to assist parents with early childhood learning support; (d) best practice in home to school transition programs for children, and an assessment as to whether they can be adapted for national implementation; and (e) the most appropriate role for the Commonwealth in supporting national programs for raising parental consciousness and levels of knowledge and competence in relation to the early educational, social and emotional and health needs of children. Order of the Day 1 Economics Legislation Committee Report to be presented on the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 2) [Statutory Rules 2004 No. 84]. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS Orders of the Day *1 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2004—(Senate bill)—(Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell) Second reading—Adjourned debate (24 June 2004). 2 Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004—(Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Ludwig, 22 June 2004). No. 154—3 August 2004 3 3 Customs Tariff Amendment (Paraquat Dichloride) Bill 2004—(Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Patterson) Second reading—Adjourned debate (3 March 2004). 4 Workplace Relations Amendment (Simplifying Agreement-making) Bill 2004—(Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Mackay, 1 March 2004). 5 Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2002 [No. 2]— (Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Minchin) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Buckland, 2 December 2003). 6 Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2003 Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2003—(Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Vanstone) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Buckland, 10 February 2004). 7 Surveillance Devices Bill 2004—(Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Ian Macdonald) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Crossin, 11 May 2004). 8 Workplace Relations Amendment (Better Bargaining) Bill 2003—(Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Mackay, 1 March 2004). 9 Workplace Relations Amendment (Choice in Award Coverage) Bill 2004— (Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Mackay, 1 March 2004). 10 Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment (Employee Involvement and Compliance) Bill 2002—(Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison) Second reading—Adjourned debate (30 March 2004). 11 Workplace Relations Amendment (Award Simplification) Bill 2002— (Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Ian Macdonald) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Crossin, 11 May 2004). 12 Migration Amendment (Judicial Review) Bill 2004—(Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Troeth) Second reading—Adjourned debate (31 March 2004). 13 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Bill 2004— (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Troeth) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Buckland, 15 June 2004). 14 Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting the Low Paid) Bill 2003— (Special Minister of State, Senator Abetz) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Crossin, 6 March 2003). 15 Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002 4 No. 154—3 August 2004 Consideration in committee of the whole of message no. 561 from the House of Representatives (1 April 2004). 16 Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare and Private Health Insurance) Bill 2003—(Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell) Second reading—Adjourned debate (adjourned, Senator Mackay, 17 June 2003). 17 Taxation Laws Amendment (Superannuation Contributions Splitting) Bill 2003—(Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell) Second reading—Adjourned debate (18 September 2003). 18 Family and Community Services (Closure of Student Financial Supplement Scheme) Bill 2003 Student Assistance Amendment Bill 2003 Adjourned debate on the motion—That this bill be now read a second time. And on the amendment moved by Senator Nettle—At the end of the motion, add “but the abolition of the Student Financial Supplement Scheme be opposed until such time as the Commonwealth moves to improve student financial support measures to meet the need this scheme currently addresses and that the Commonwealth move to improve current financial support measures in the following ways: (a) that the Commonwealth Government replace Youth Allowance and Austudy with one simple payment that incorporates the following measures: (i) the age of independence be reduced to 18, (ii) the eligibility criteria should not be based upon previous personal earnings, (iii) the personal income threshold (currently set at $236 per fortnight, without affecting benefit payments) should be increased to a more realistic figure, (iv) the parental income test cut-off threshold should be increased to allow greater access to higher education, (v) that same sex couples be recognised as de facto relationships for the purposes of income support measures including student income support, (vi) all postgraduate awards be redefined as ‘approved courses’ for the purposes of rent assistance, (vii) as a minimum, students be provided with benefits consistent with the Henderson poverty line, and (viii) that these benefits be indexed to the Consumer Price Index, with reference to the Henderson poverty line; and further, that Abstudy be maintained as a separate scheme, and that within this payment structure: (b) all supplementary benefits, allowances and payments available under the Abstudy scheme be maintained;