Senate debates

Tuesday, 8 September 2009

Documents

Tabling

The following document was tabled by the Clerk:

Sydney Airport Curfew Act—Dispensation Report 07/09.

The following government documents were tabled:

Airservices Australia—Corporate plan 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2014.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency—Quarterly report for the period 1 April to 30 June 2009.

Defence Housing Australia—Statement of corporate intent 2009-10.

Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997Quarterly report on the maximum movement limit for Sydney Airport for the period 1 April to 30 June 2009.

Treaties—

Bilateral

Convention between Australia and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and Fringe Benefits and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion, done at Paris on 26 June 2009—Text, together with national interest analysis and regulation impact statement.

Explanatory statement—2009—

No. 7—Agreement to Amend the Agreement between Australia and the United States of America concerning Acquisition and Cross-Servicing of 9 December 1998, done at Washington on 30 July 2009.

Text, together with national interest analysis—

Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Jersey for the Allocation of Taxing Rights with Respect to Certain Income of Individuals and to Establish a Mutual Agreement Procedure in Respect of Transfer Pricing Adjustments, done at London on 10 June 2009.

Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Jersey for the Exchange of Information with Respect to Taxes, done at London on 10 June 2009.

Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore concerning the Use of Shoalwater Bay Training Area and the Use of Associated Facilities in Australia, Singapore 31 May 2009.

Agreement to amend the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America concerning Certain Mutual Defense Commitments (Chapeau Defense Agreement) of 1 December 1995, done on 4 December 2008.

Second Protocol amending the Agreement between Australia and the Kingdom of Belgium for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income signed at Canberra on 13 October 1977 as amended by the Protocol signed at Canberra on 20 March 1984, done at Paris on 24 June 2009.

Multilateral

Explanatory statement—2009—

No. 11—Amendment, adopted at Bergen in April/May 2009, to Annex 1 of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) of 19 June 2001.

Proposed Amendment of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund to Enhance Voice and Participation in the International Monetary Fund, adopted by the IMF Board of Governors on 28 April 2008; Proposed Amendment of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund to Expand the Investment Authority of the International Monetary Fund, adopted by the IMF Board of Governors on 5 May 2008; Proposed Amendment of the Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Enhance Voice and Participation in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, adopted by the IBRD Board of Governors on 30 January 2009—Text, together with national interest analysis.