28–31 March 2022
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House of representatives
Bills initiated in the House
The following Bills were initiated:
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023 – introduced 29 March 2022, Government Bill
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023 – introduced 29 March 2022, Government Bill
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023 – introduced 29 March 2022, Government Bill
- Supply Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023 – introduced 29 March 2022, Government Bill
- Supply Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023 – introduced 29 March 2022, Government Bill
- Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023 – introduced 29 March 2022, Government Bill
- Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Bill 2022 – introduced 30 March 2022, Government Bill
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022 – introduced 30 March 2022, Government Bill
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022 – introduced 30 March 2022, Government Bill
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Support and Other Measures) Bill 2022 – introduced 30 March 2022, Government Bill
New inquiries of House Committees
No new inquiries were announced.
Reports of House Committees
The following new reports were tabled:
Appropriations and Administration Committee
- Report No. 23: Budget estimates 2022-2023 – tabled 31 March 2022
Communications and the Arts Committee
- The Future of Regional Newspapers in a Digital World – tabled out of session 23 March 2022
Economics Committee
- Report on the implications of common ownership and capital concentration in Australia – tabled out of session 17 March 2022
- Uncharted Territory: Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports 2019 and 2020 – tabled out of session 25 March 2022
Employment, Education and Training Committee
- Don't take it as read: Inquiry into adult literacy and its importance – tabled out of session 22 March 2022
- Inquiry into the Fair Work Commission Annual Report 2019-20 – tabled out of session 22 March 2022
Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee
- Inquiry into childhood rheumatic diseases: Interim report – tabled 31 March 2022
Indigenous Affairs Committee
- Interim report on better corporate engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers: an issues paper – tabled out of session 21 March 2022
Infrastructure, Transport and Cities Committee
- Government Procurement: A sovereign security imperative – tabled 31 March 2022
Petitions Committee
- Report No. 36: Petitions and Ministerial responses – tabled 31 March 2022
Public Works Committee
- Report 2 2022: Referrals made December 2021 – tabled 29 March 2022
- Report 3 2022: Referral made February 2022 – tabled 29 March 2022
Regional Australia Committee
- Pride of Place: Inquiry into the future of Regional Australia – tabled out of session 15 March 2022
Selection Committee
- Report No. 43 – tabled 30 March 2022
Social Media and Online Safety Committee
- Social Media and Online Safety – tabled out of session 15 March 2022
Tax and Revenue Committee
- The Australian Dream: Inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia – tabled out of session 17 March 2022
Senate
Bills initiated in the Senate
The following Bills were initiated:
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Bill 2022 – introduced 29 March 2022, Private Senator’s Bill
- Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 – introduced 30 March 2022, Government Bill
New inquiries of Senate Committees
No new inquiries were announced.
Reports of Senate Committees
The following new reports were tabled:
Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee
- 64th report: Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2022-23 – tabled 30 March 2022
Autism Committee
- Services, support and life outcomes for autistic Australians – tabled out of session 25 March 2022
Community Affairs Legislation Committee
- Estimates Reports for the Community Affairs Legislation Committee: Additional Estimate 2021-22 – tabled 29 March 2022
- Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 [Provisions] – tabled 30 March 2022
- Social Security Amendment (Improved Child to Adult Transfer for Carer Payment and Carer Allowance) Bill 2022 [Provisions] – tabled out of session 24 March 2022
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022 [Provisions] – tabled out of session 24 March 2022
Economics Legislation Committee
- Additional Estimates 2021-22 – tabled 29 March 2022
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022 [Provisions] – tabled out of session 24 March 2022
Economics References Committee
- Second Interim Report: Australia’s sovereign naval shipbuilding capability - Future Submarine Acquisition: A shambles - we don't think, we know – tabled out of session 28 February 2022
- Systemic, sustained and shameful: Unlawful underpayment of employees’ remuneration – tabled 30 March 2022
Education and Employment Legislation Committee
- Additional Estimates 2021-22 – tabled 29 March 2022
- Annual reports (No. 1 of 2022) – tabled out of session 31 March 2022
- Australian Research Council Amendment (Ensuring Research Independence) Bill 2018 – tabled out of session 21 March 2022
Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
- Additional Estimates 2021-22 – tabled 29 March 2022
Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
- Additional Estimates 2021-22 – tabled 29 March 2022
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
- Additional Estimates 2021-22 – tabled 29 March 2022
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee
- Final report - first progress report: Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan – tabled out of session 4 March 2022
- Final report - second progress report: Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan – tabled out of session 16 March 2022
Job Security Committee
- Final report: matter of possible privilege – tabled 30 March 2022
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
- Additional Estimates 2021-22 – tabled 29 March 2022
- Customs Amendment (Controlled Trials) Bill 2021 [Provisions] – tabled 29 March 2022
- Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021 [Provisions] – tabled out of session 18 March 2022
- Progress Report: Customs Amendment (Controlled Trials) Bill 2021 [Provisions] – tabled out of session 22 March 2022
- Progress report: Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021 [Provisions] – tabled out of session 11 March 2022
- Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022 [Provisions] – tabled out of session 24 March 2022
- Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms) Bill 2021 – tabled out of session 28 February 2022
Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee
- Interim report: The performance and integrity of Australia's administrative review system – tabled out of session 31 March 2022
- The adequacy and efficacy of Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime (AML/CTF) regime – tabled 30 March 2022
- The efficacy, fairness, timeliness and costs of the processing and granting of visa classes which provide for or allow for family and partner reunions – tabled 29 March 2022
Privileges Committee
- Possible improper interference with an Economics References inquiry – tabled out of session 21 March 2022
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
- Additional Budget Estimates 2021-22 – tabled 29 March 2022
- Don't mince words: definitions of meat and other animal products – tabled out of session 24 February 2022
- Interim report: Australia’s general aviation industry – tabled 30 March 2022
- Progress report: Australia's general aviation industry – tabled out of session 17 March 2022
Rural and Regional Affairs Transport References Committee
- The future of Australia's aviation sector, in the context of COVID-19 and conditions post pandemic – tabled out of session 17 March 2022
Scrutiny of Bills Committee
- Annual report for 2021 – tabled 30 March 2022
- Scrutiny Digest 2 of 2022 – tabled out of session 18 March 2022
- Scrutiny Digest 3 of 2022 – tabled 30 March 2022
Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee
- Delegated Legislation Monitor 3 of 2022 – tabled out of session 10 March 2022
- Delegated Legislation Monitor 4 of 2022 – tabled 30 March 2022
Joint Committees
New inquiries of Joint Committees
The following new inquiries were announced:
Intelligence and Security Committee
- Review of the listing and re-listing of eight organisations as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code – submissions due 13 May 2022
Reports of Joint Committees
The following new reports were tabled:
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee
- Examination of the annual report of the Integrity Commissioner 2020-21 – tabled out of session 23 March 2022
Corporations and Financial Services Committee
- Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation No. 1 of the 46th Parliament – tabled 31 March 2022
Electoral Matters Committee
- Report on the Candidate Qualification Checklist – tabled 31 March 2022
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
- First periodic report on Human Rights - Final report into certain aspects of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2019–20 – tabled 31 March 2022
- Inquiry into PFAS remediation in and around Defence bases: Final report – tabled 31 March 2022
- Strengthening Australia’s relationships in the Pacific – tabled 31 March 2022
Human Rights Committee
- Human rights scrutiny report: Report 2 of 2022 – tabled out of session 25 March 2022
Intelligence and Security Committee
- Advisory Report on the National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 – tabled out of session 25 March 2022
- Advisory Report on the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 – tabled out of session 25 March 2022
- Inquiry into national security risks affecting the Australian higher education and research sector – tabled out of session 25 March 2022
- Report by Statement: A review of regulations listing Hizballah and The Base as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code Act 1995 – tabled out of session 25 March 2022
National Capital and External Territories Committee
- Interim Report: Inquiry into availability and access to enabling communications infrastructure in Australia’s external territories – tabled out of session 28 February 2022
- Interim Report: Inquiry into economic, social and environmental sustainability in the Indian Ocean Territories – tabled out of session 28 February 2022
National Disability Insurance Scheme Committee
- Current Scheme Implementation and Forecasting for the NDIS – tabled 31 March 2022
- General issues—Work of the committee in the 46th Parliament – tabled 31 March 2022
Public Accounts and Audit Committee
- Report 488: Commonwealth Financial Statements 2019-20 – tabled 31 March 2022
- Report 489: Defence Major Projects Report 2019-20 – tabled 31 March 2022
- Report 490: Alternative Financing Mechanisms – tabled 31 March 2022
- Report 491: Review of the Auditor-General Act 1997 – tabled 31 March 2022
Public Works Committee
- Report 2/2022: Referrals made December 2021 – tabled 29 March 2022
- Report 3/2022: Referral made February 2022 – tabled 29 March 2022
Road Safety Committee
- Driving Reform: final report for the Inquiry into Road Safety – tabled out of session 25 March 2022
Treaties Committee
- Report 200: International Labour Organization Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) – tabled 31 March 2022
Laws Passed
The following Bills completed passage through both Houses during the week ending 1 April 2022:
- Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2022
- Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2022
Between the close of business on 21 February and the close of business on 4 April 2022, the following Bills received assent by the Governor-General:
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2021-2022
- Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2021-2022
- Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Bill 2022
- Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2022
- Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2022
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022
- Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2022
- Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022
- Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2022
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill 2022
- National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2022
- Offshore Petroleum (Laminaria and Corallina Decommissioning Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2022
- Parliamentary Workplace Reform (Set the Standard Measures No. 1) Bill 2022
- Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022
- Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022
- Social Security Amendment (Improved Child to Adult Transfer for Carer Payment and Carer Allowance) Bill 2022
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) Bill 2022
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Loans Scheme Enhancements) Bill 2022
- Supply Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023
- Supply Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023
- Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Support and Other Measures) Bill 2022
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Superannuation Outcomes For Australians and Helping Australian Businesses Invest) Bill 2022
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Laminaria and Corallina Decommissioning Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2021
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