2–5 March 2015
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Bills initiated in the House
The following Bills were initiated:
- Imported Food Warning Labels Bill 2015 – introduced 2 March 2015, Private Member's Bill
- Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Bill 2015 – introduced 5 March 2015, Government Bill
- Succession to the Crown Bill 2015 – introduced 5 March 2015, Government Bill
New inquiries of House Committees
No new Committee inquiries were announced.
Reports of House Committees
The following new Committee reports were tabled:
Selection Committee
- Report No. 21 – tabled 4 March 2015
SENATE
Bills initiated in the Senate
The following Bills were initiated:
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2015 – introduced 4 March 2015, Private Member's Bill
- International Aid (Promoting Gender Equality) Bill 2015 – introduced 5 March 2015, Private Member's Bill,
- Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2015 – introduced 4 March 2015, Private Member's Bill,
New inquiries of Senate Committees
The following new inquiries were announced:
Economics Legislation Committee
- Competition and Consumer Act 2010 – Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes – Food and Grocery) Regulation 2015 – submissions due 13 March 2015
- Corporations Amendment (Financial Advice) Bill 2014 – submissions due 11 August 2015
Economics References Committee
- Cooperative, mutual and member-owned firms – submission date to be announced
Education and Employment Legislation Committee
- Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 – submissions due 13 March 2015
Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
- Landholders' Rights to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2015 – submissions due 29 May 2015
Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
- Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015 – submissions due 16 March 2015
Finance and Public Administration References Committee
- Access to legal assistance services – submissions due 30 April 2015
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
- Australian Border Force Bill 2015 and the Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Bill 2015 – submissions due 2 April 2015
- Migration Amendment (Maintaining the Good Order of Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2015 – submissions due 7 April 2015
- Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Bill 2015 – submissions due 9 April 2015
Reports of Senate Committees
The following new Committee reports were tabled:
Scrutiny of Bills Committee
- Alert Digest No. 2 of 2015 – tabled 4 March 2015
- Second Report of 2015 – tabled 4 March 2015
Selection of Bills Committee
- Report No. 2 of 2015 – tabled 5 March 2015
Education and Employment References Committee
- Interim Report: The operation, regulation and funding of private vocational education and training (VET) providers in Australia – tabled 2 March 2015
Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
- Enhancing Online Safety for Children Bill 2014 [Provisions] and the Enhancing Online Safety for Children (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 [Provisions] – tabled 3 March 2015
Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
- Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2014 – tabled 2 March 2015
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Military Justice Enhancements – Inspector-General ADF) Bill 2014 – tabled 3 March 2015
Regulations and Ordinances Committee
- Monitor No. 2 of 2015 – tabled 4 March 2015
JOINT COMMITTEES
New inquiries of Joint Committees
The folllowing new inquiries were announced:
Intelligence and Security Committee
- Inquiry into access to journalists' telecommunications data – submissions due 2 April 2015
- Inquiry into the Review of the Criminal Code (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment – Declared Areas) Declaration 2015 – Mosul District, Ninewa Province, Iraq – submissions due 20 March 2015
National Capital and External Territories Committee
- Inquiry into governance in the Indian Ocean Territories – submissions due 24 April 2015
Northern Australia Committee
- Inquiry into Opportunities for expanding the Aquaculture Industry in Northern Australia – submissions due 1 May 2015
Public Accounts and Audit Committee
- Review of Auditor-General's Reports Nos 19, 20 and 23 (2014-15) – submissions date to be announced
Public Works Committee
- Multi-User Barge Ramp Facility – East Arm Darwin, Northern Territory – submissions due 15 April 2015
Treaties Committee
- Treaty tabled on 3 March 2015 – submissions due 20 March 2015
- Treaties tabled on 5 March 2015 – submissions due 20 March 2015
Reports of Joint Committees
The following new Committee report was tabled:
Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
- Report 447: EPBC Act, Cyber Security, Mail Screening, ABR and Helicopter Program – tabled 2 March 2015
LAWS PASSED
The following Bills have now passed both Houses and are awaiting assent by the Governor-General:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition (Sunset Extension) Bill 2015
- Broadcasting and Other Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2015
- Corporations Legislation Amendment (Deregulatory and Other Measures) Bill 2015
- Enhancing Online Safety for Children Bill 2015
- Enhancing Online Safety for Children (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015
- Excess Exploration Credit Tax Bill 2015
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Direct Lending and Other Measures) Bill 2015
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Designated Coastal Waters) Bill 2015
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 5) Bill 2015
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 7) Bill 2015
The following Bills have now received assent by the Governor-General:
- Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Bill 2015
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Psychoactive Substances and Other Measures) Bill 2015
- Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
- Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) 2015
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