Tabling days in Parliament 3.1 Documents required to be presented to the Parliament must be tabled in both Houses, unless the document relates only to the proceedings of a particular House (e.g. a Government response to a Senate committee inquiry would be tabled in the Senate only). 3.2 Times for tabling of Government documents and Government responses to committee reports are as follows: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday House of *#† after Question *#† after Question *#† after Question *#† after Question Representatives Time, approx. Time, approx. Time, approx. Time, approx. 3.10pm 3.10pm 3.10pm 3.10pm Senate * 10.00am, * 12.30pm, * 9.30am, Government documents are not immediately after immediately after immediately after prayers. prayers. prayers. tabled in the Senate on Government after question after question †‡ †‡ Thursday responses are not time and motions time and motions tabled in the to take note of to take note of after question †‡ Senate on answers, answers, time and motions Monday. approximately approximately to take note of between 3.30pm between 3.30pm answers, and 5.00pm. and 5.00pm. approximately between 3.30pm and 4.30pm. * Government documents # Government responses to House of Representatives committee reports Government responses to joint committee reports † Government responses to Senate committee reports ‡ 3.3 Government documents tabled in the House of Representatives on a Thursday will be tabled in the Senate on the next available sitting day. Documents presented out of sitting in the Senate are tabled in the House of Representatives on the next available tabling day. (see ). Confirmation that a document has been tabled 3.4 The PM&C Tabling Officer will advise the department, via email, once a document has been tabled. Immediately following this advice, the department is required to make an electronic version available on their website (see ). 3.5 Titles of the documents tabled in the House of Representatives are recorded in the ; and in the Senate in the .
Tabling days in Parliament 3.1 Documents required to be presented to the Parliament must be tabled in both Houses, unless the document relates only to the proceedings of a particular House (e.g. a Government response to a Senate committee inquiry would be tabled in the Senate only). 3.2 Times for tabling of Government documents and Government responses to committee reports are as follows: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday House of Representatives *#† after Question Time, approx. 3.10pm *#† after Question Time, approx. 3.10pm *#† after Question Time, approx. 3.10pm *#† after Question Time, approx. 3.10pm Senate * 10.00am, immediately after prayers. Government responses are not tabled in the Senate on Monday. * 12.30pm, immediately after prayers. †‡ after question time and motions to take note of answers, approximately between 3.30pm and 5.00pm. * 9.30am, immediately after prayers. †‡ after question time and motions to take note of answers, approximately between 3.30pm and 5.00pm. Government documents are not tabled in the Senate on Thursday †‡ after question time and motions to take note of answers, approximately between 3.30pm and 4.30pm. * Government documents # Government responses to House of Representatives committee reports † Government responses to joint committee reports ‡ Government responses to Senate committee reports 3.3 Government documents tabled in the House of Representatives on a Thursday will be tabled in the Senate on the next available sitting day. Documents presented out of sitting in the Senate are tabled in the House of Representatives on the next available tabling day. (see ). Confirmation that a document has been tabled 3.4 The PM&C Tabling Officer will advise the department, via email, once a document has been tabled. Immediately following this advice, the department is required to make an electronic version available on their website (see ). 3.5 Titles of the documents tabled in the House of Representatives are recorded in the ; and in the Senate in the .
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