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

by leave—I move:

That standing orders 120(3) and 122(1) and (2) not apply to the consideration of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and 10 related bills.

Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I would ask the minister to explain that briefly to the chamber.

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

by leave—I was debating whether I really wanted to take leave to do this again. When this legislation was introduced into the chamber not long ago, the opposition sought to split the procedural matters so that formalities that would normally be granted would have to be put back in place. What that would mean is that they would have to be a day between the status of a particular bill. What we now have is a circumstance where the formalities would be back to the way they usually are—that is, they are usually asked to be waived under standing orders. This is the usual process that happens to all bills; we usually asked for formalities to be dispensed with. In this instance we are simply asking again for those formalities to be dispensed with. What that means is that we do not have to deal with the third reading on the next day.

Stephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—Senator Ludwig, to put it very simply, we scrambled an egg and you have unscrambled it. I did not think that was physically possible, but you have done it.

Question agreed to.

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

by leave—I move:

That the government business orders of the day relating to the following bills may be taken together for their remaining stages:

(a)

Personal Property Securities Bill 2009 and Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; and

(b)

Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2009 and Tax Laws Amendment (Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists) Bill 2009.

Question agreed to.

by leave—I move:

That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the following bills, allowing them to be considered during this period of sittings:ACIS Administration Amendment (Application) Bill 2009Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Bill 2009Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2009Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment Bill 2009.

Question agreed to.