Alan Ferguson (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Pursuant to standing orders 38 and 166, I present documents listed on today’s Order of Business which were presented to the President, the Deputy President and temporary chairs of committees since the Senate last sat. In accordance with the terms of the standing orders, the publication of the documents was authorised.

The list read as follows—

Committee reports

1.

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee––Interim report––Matters specified in part (2) of the inquiry into the management of the Murray-Darling Basin system (received 22 May 2009)

2.

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee––Interim report––Import risk analysis for the importation of Cavendish bananas from the Philippines (received 22 May 2009)

3.

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works––2^nd report of 2009––Referral made February 2009: Redevelopment of RAAF Base Edinburgh, Adelaide, South Australia (received 26 May 2009)

4.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee––Interim report––Economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific (received 27 May 2009)

5.

Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories––Report––Inquiry into the Immigration Bridge proposal (received 29 May 2009)

6.

Select Committee on Men’s Health––Report, together with the Hansard record of the committee’s proceedings and documents presented to the committee (received 29 May 2009)

7.

Selection of Bills Committee––Report no. 6 of 2009 (received 1 June 2009)

8.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee––Report––Native Title Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]––Corrigendum (received 1 June 2009)

9.

Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills––5^th report and alert digest no. 6 (received 2 June 2009)

10.

Selection of Bills Committee––Report no. 7 of 2009 (received 4 June 2009)

11.

Community Affairs Legislation Committee––Interim report––Compliance audits on Medicare benefits (received 10 June 2009)

Government documents

1.

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts––Report for 2007-08––Corrigendum (received 15 May 2009)

2.

The Road Home––A national approach to reducing homelessness (White paper) (received 15 May 2009)

3.

Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS) and the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS)—Report on the long term cost of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme and the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme prepared by Mercer (Australia) Pty Limited using data as at 30 June 2008 (received 22 May 2009)

4.

Estimates of proposed expenditure for 2009-10––Portfolio budget statement––Defence portfolio––Corrigendum (received 22 May 2009)

Reports of the Auditor-General

1.

Audit Report no. 32 of 2008-09––Performance audit––Management of the tendering process for the construction of the joint operation headquarters: Department of Defence (received 19 May 2009)

2.

Audit Report no. 33 of 2008-09––Performance audit––Administration of the petroleum resource rent tax: Australian Taxation Office (received 20 May 2009)

3.

Audit Report no. 34 of 2008-09––Performance audit––The Australian Taxation Office’s management of serious non-compliance: Australian Taxation Office (received 20 May 2009)

4.

Audit Report no. 35 of 2008-09––Performance audit––Management of the movement alert list: Department of Immigration and Citizenship (received 21 May 2009)

5.

Audit Report no. 36 of 2008-09––Performance audit––Settlement Grants Program: Department of Immigration of Citizenship (received 21 May 2009)

Statements of compliance and letters of advice relating to Senate orders

1.

Statements of compliance relating to indexed lists of files:

• Department of Climate Change (received 15 May 2009)
• Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator (received 15 May 2009)

2.

Letter of advice relating to lists of contracts:

• Immigration and Citizenship portfolio agencies (received 22 May 2009)

3.

Letters of advice relating to lists of departmental and agency appointments/vacancies:

• Department of Immigration and Citizenship (received 15 May 2009)
• Veterans’ Affairs portfolio agencies (received 15 May 2009)
• Human Services portfolio agencies [2] (received 15 May 2009)
• Finance and Deregulation portfolio agencies (received 18 May 2009)
• Office of National Assessments (received 18 May 2009)
• Old Parliament House (received 18 May 2009)
• National Archives of Australia (received 18 May 2009)
• Commonwealth Ombudsman (received 18 May 2009)
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner (received 18 May 2009)
• Australian National Audit Office (received 18 May 2009)
• Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (received 18 May 2009)
• Australian Public Service Commission (received 18 May 2009)
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (received 18 May 2009)
• Health and Ageing portfolio agencies (received 18 May 2009)
• Innovation, Industry, Science and Research portfolio agencies (received 18 May 2009)
• Attorney-General’s Department (received 18 May 2009)
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio agencies (received 18 May 2009)
• Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government portfolio agencies (received 19 May 2009)
• Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio agencies––Revised (received 21 May 2009)
• Climate Change and Water portfolio agencies (received 22 May 2009)
• Department of Defence (received 22 May 2009)
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (received 25 May 2009)
• Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio agencies [separate letters] (received 25 May 2009)
• Australian Institute of Family Studies (updated information) (received 25 May 2009)
• Commonwealth Ombudsman (updated information) (received 25 May 2009)
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (updated information) (received 25 May 2009)
• Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio agencies (received 25 May 2009)
• Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government portfolio agencies (updated information) (received 26 May 2009)
• Health and Ageing portfolio agencies (updated information) (received 26 May 2009)
• Finance and Deregulation portfolio agencies (updated information) (received 27 May 2009)
• Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio agencies [separate letters] (updated information) (received 28 May 2009)
• Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio agencies (received 1 June 2009)
• Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio agencies (updated information) (received 11 June 2009)

4.

Letters of advice relating to lists of departmental and agency grants:

• Department of Immigration and Citizenship (received 15 May 2009)
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs (received 15 May 2009)
• Human Services portfolio agencies (received 15 May 2009)
• Finance and Deregulation portfolio agencies (received 18 May 2009)
• Office of National Assessments (received 18 May 2009)
• Old Parliament House (received 18 May 2009)
• National Archives of Australia (received 18 May 2009)
• Commonwealth Ombudsman (received 18 May 2009)
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner (received 18 May 2009)
• Australian National Audit Office (received 18 May 2009)
• Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (received 18 May 2009)
• Australian Public Service Commission (received 18 May 2009)
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (received 18 May 2009)
• Innovation, Industry, Science and Research portfolio agencies (received 18 May 2009)
• Attorney-General’s Department (received 18 May 2009)
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio agencies (received 18 May 2009)
• Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government portfolio agencies (received 19 May 2009)
• Department of Health and Ageing AND National Health and Medical Research Council (received 20 May 2009)
• Climate Change and Water portfolio agencies (received 22 May 2009)
• Department of Defence (received 22 May 2009)
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (received 25 May 2009)
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [separate letters] (received 25 May 2009)
• Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio agencies (received 25 May 2009)
• Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (received 27 May 2009)
• Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio agencies (received 1 June 2009)