Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I, and also at the request of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Senator Coonan), the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Senator Vanstone) and the Minister for Ageing (Senator Santoro), move:

That the following bills be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983, and for related purposes; A Bill for an Act to impose sanctions on persons who are connected with work by unlawful non-citizens or work in breach of visa conditions, and for related purposes; A Bill for an Act to amend the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992, and for related purposes; and A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to superannuation, and for related purposes.

Question agreed to.

I move:

That these bills may proceed without formalities, may be taken together and be now read a first time.

Question agreed to.

Bills read a first time.