Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I move the amendment standing in my name that has been circulated in the chamber:

Insert the following paragraph:

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 consideration of the following government business orders:       Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills       Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Bill 2009       National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2009       Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009       Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services Bill 2009       Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009       Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009.       Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008       Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 and 2 related bills       Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] and a related bill.