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13 December 2005 - Senate Agenda

  1. MEMBERSHIP
  2. APOLOGIES
  3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (SENATE STANDING ORDERS CLAUSE 4.2)
     
    PART A - MAJOR ISSUES
     
  4. 2006 BUDGET
     
    PART B - OTHER ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION
     
  5. AUQA AUDIT STATUS REPORT
     
    PART C - OTHER ITEMS
     
  6. CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
  7. RESOURCES COMMITTEE
  8. OFFICIAL SEAL
  9. SENATE MEETING DATES 2006
     
    PART D - CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS
     
  10. CHANCELLOR’S COMMITTEE

1.MEMBERSHIP

1.1 A list of current Senate members is attached.
1.2 Details of current membership of Senate committees are also attached.

2.APOLOGIES

2.1 Mr Bob Pett, Professor Stuart Bradley
2.2 Any apologies received after circulation of the agenda will be reported to the meeting.

3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (SENATE STANDING ORDERS CLAUSE 4.2)

Section 17A and Division 2 of Schedule 1 of the Murdoch University Act require all members of Senate who have a material personal interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered:

(i) to declare the nature and extent of the interest; and
(ii) not to be present during consideration of the matter, nor vote on it.

PART A - MAJOR ISSUES

4. 2006 BUDGET

The Pro Vice Chancellor (Corporate) will speak to his presentation to Senate (briefing paper attached).

PART B - OTHER ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

5.AUQA AUDIT STATUS REPORT

The Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) will provide a brief update for Senate members in relation to preparations for the AUQA audit scheduled for 2006 (briefing paper attached).

PART C - OTHER ITEMS

The Chancellor will put the following as a single item for noting and for the approval/acceptance of any recommendations contained in them. Members of Senate may request that any of these items to be reserved for discussion.

6. CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

6.1 Confirmation of the minutes of the meeting held on 22/11/2005 (attached).
6.2 Note the attached report of action on resolutions passed at the previous meeting.

7. RESOURCES COMMITTEE

The minutes of the Resources Committee meeting held on 06/12/2006 are attached. The following items contain recommendations to Senate:

RC/25/2005 Approve the 2006 University budget for the year ended 31 December 2006.
RC/26/2005
(i) Approve the increase of the HECS Top UP from 20% to 25% effective from 2007; and
(ii) Preferentially apply the amount collected from the increase in the HECS Top Up to meet costs of managing the University's maintenance backlog program.
RC/27/2005 Approve the write-off of assets totalling $154,678 for the year ending 31 December 2005.
RC/28/2005 Approve the construction of a building to house the Centre for Clinical Immunology & Biomedical Statistics (“CCIBS”) for $8.75M with a bare laboratory, financed through project debt over ten years.
RC/29/2005 Approve the attached payments for the period 29/10/2005 to 01/12/2005 inclusive.

8. OFFICIAL SEAL

In accordance with resolution S/54/2004, the General Counsel & University Secretary has provided a report detailing the documents to which the official seal has been affixed since the last Senate meeting.

9. SENATE MEETING DATES 2006

The Senate’s meeting dates for 2006 and respective closing dates for agenda items are attached.

PART D - CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS

10. CHANCELLOR’S COMMITTEE

The minutes of the Chancellor’s Committee meeting held on 06/12/2005 are enclosed in a confidential envelope.
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