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Thursday, 25 November 2010
Committees
Reports: Government Responses
Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of outstanding government responses to reports of House of Representatives and joint committees, incorporating reports tabled and details of government responses made in the period between 23 June 2010, the date of the last schedule, and 24 November 2010. Copies of the schedule are being made available to honourable members and it will be incorporated in Hansard.
The document read as follows—
THE SPEAKER’S SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO REPORTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND JOINT COMMITTEES
(also incorporating reports tabled and details of Government responses made in the period between 23 June 2010, the date of the last schedule, and 24 November 2010)
25 November 2010
THE SPEAKER’S SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
TO COMMITTEE REPORTS
The attached schedule lists committee reports tabled and government responses to House and joint committee reports made since the last schedule was presented on 24 June 2010. It also lists reports for which the House has not received a government response. Schedules of outstanding responses will continue to be presented at approximately six monthly intervals, generally in the last sitting weeks of the winter and spring sittings.
The schedule does not include advisory reports on bills introduced into the House of Representatives unless the reports make recommendations which are wider than the provisions of the bills and which could be the subject of a government response. The Government’s response to these reports is apparent in the resumption of consideration of the relevant legislation by the House. Also not included are reports from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, the House of Representatives Committee of Privileges and Members’ Interests, and the Publications Committee (other than reports on inquiries). Government responses to reports of the Public Works Committee are normally reflected in motions for the approval of works after the relevant report has been presented and considered. Reports from other committees which do not include recommendations are only included when first tabled.
Reports of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit primarily make administrative recommendations but may make policy recommendations. A government response is required in respect of such policy recommendations made by the committee. However, responses to administrative recommendations are made in the form of an Executive Minute provided to, and subsequently tabled by, the committee. Agencies responding to administrative recommendations are required to provide an Executive Minute within 6 months of tabling a report. The committee monitors the provision of such responses. Reports which do not contain policy recommendations are only included when first tabled.
November 2010
Description of Report | Date Tabled or Published1 | Date of Government Response2 | Responded in Period Specified3 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs | |||
Indigenous Australia at work: Successful initiative in Indigenous employment | 13-08-07 | No response to date | No |
Open for business: Developing Indigenous enterprises in Australia | 20-10-08 | No response to date | No |
Everybody’s Business: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Stores | 16-11-09 | No response to date | No |
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |||
Taking control: a national approach to pest animals | 28-11-05 | No response to date | No |
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (Joint, Statutory) | |||
Inquiry into the operation of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 – Interim Report | 22-02-10 | 13-10-10 | No |
Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts | |||
Managing our coastal zone in a changing climate: the time to act is now | 26-10-09 | 23-11-10 | No |
Communications | |||
Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the problem of Cyber Crime | 21-06-10 | No response to date | No |
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts | |||
Digital Television: Who’s Buying It? | 13-02-06 | No response to date | No |
Community Television: Options for digital broadcasting | 12-02-07 | No response to date | No |
Report: Tuning in to community broadcasting | 20-06-07 | No response to date | No |
Corporations and Financial Services | |||
Inquiry into the review of the Managed Investments Act 1998 | 12-12-02 | No response to date | No |
Inquiry into Regulation 7.1.29 in Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No.3), Statutory Rules 2003 No.85 | 26-06-03 | No response to date | No |
Corporations Amendment Regulations 7.1.29A, 7.1.35A and 7.1.40(h) | 02-06-04 | No response to date | No |
Corporate responsibility: Managing risk and creating value | 21-06-06 | No response to date | No |
Structure and operation of the superannuation industry | 07-08-07 | No response to date | No |
Better shareholders – Better company: Shareholder engagement and participation in Australia | 23-06-08 | No response to date | No |
Aspects of agribusiness managed investment schemes | 07-09-09 | No response to date | No |
Inquiry into financial products and services in Australia | 23-11-09 | 23-06-104 | No |
Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission | 21-06-10 | No response to date | No |
Economics | |||
Competition in the banking and non-banking sectors | 21-11-08 | No response to date5 | No |
Inquiry into raising the productivity growth rate in the Australian economy | 24-05-10 | No response to date | No |
Education and Training | |||
Review of the Department of Education, Science and Training annual report 2006-07 | 01-06-09 | No response to date | No |
Adolescent Overload? Report of the inquiry into combining school and work: supporting successful youth transitions | 16-11-09 | No response to date | No |
Electoral Matters | |||
Inquiry into the implications of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Automatic Enrolment) Act 2009 (NSW) for the conduct of Commonwealth elections | 25-02-10 | No response to date | No |
Report on the 2007 Federal Election – Events in the Division of Lindsay: Review of penalty provisions in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 | 18-03-10 | No response to date | No |
Employment and Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation | |||
Making it work: Inquiry into independent contracting and labour hire arrangements | 17-08-05 | No response to date6 | No |
Employment and Workplace Relations | |||
Making it Fair: Pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce | 23-11-09 | No response to date | No |
Environment and Heritage | |||
Sustainable cities | 12-09-05 | No response to date | No |
Sustainability for survival - Creating a climate for change: Report on the inquiry into a sustainability charter | 17-09-07 | No response to date | No |
Family, Community, Housing and Youth | |||
Housing the Homeless: Report on the inquiry into homelessness legislation | 26-11-09 | No response to date | No |
Avoid the Harm – Stay Calm: Report on the inquiry into the impact of violence on young Australians | 07-07-10 | No response to date | No |
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade | |||
Review of the Defence Annual Report 2007-2008 | 29-10-09 | 16-07-10 | No |
Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities | 11-05-10 | No response to date | No |
Review of the Defence Annual Report 2008-2009 | 01-07-10 | No response to date | No |
Weighing it up: Obesity in Australia | 01-06-09 | No response to date | No |
Regional health issues jointly affecting Australia and the South Pacific: Delegation Report | 18-03-10 | No response to date7 | No |
Roundtable forum on burns prevention in Australia | 16-07-10 | No response to date | No |
Industry, Science and Innovation | |||
Seasonal forecasting in Australia Australia’s International Research Collaboration | 23-11-09 22-06-10 | No response to date No response to date | No No |
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | |||
Rebuilding Australia’s coastal shipping industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and regulation | 20-10-08 | No response to date | No |
Funding regional and local community infrastructure: Proposals for the new regional and local community infrastructure program – Interim Report | 5-11-08 | No response to date8 | No |
Intelligence and Security | |||
Review of Administration and Expenditure: No 8 – Australian Intelligence Agencies | 21-06-10 | No response to date | No |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs | |||
A Time for Change: Yes/No? Inquiry into the Machinery of Referendums | 08-02-10 | No response to date | No |
Migration | |||
Negotiating the maze: Review of arrangements for overseas skills recognition, upgrading and license | 11-09-06 | No response to date | No |
Immigration detention in Australia: A new beginning – Criteria for release from immigration detention | 01-12-08 | No response to date | No |
Immigration detention in Australia: Community-based alternatives to detention | 25-05-09 | No response to date | No |
Immigration detention in Australia: Facilities, services and transparency | 18-08-09 | No response to date | No |
Enabling Australia: Inquiry into Migration Treatment of Disability | 21-06-10 | No response to date | No |
National Capital and External Territories | |||
Inquiry into the changing economic environment in the Indian Ocean Territories | 11-05-10 | No response to date | No |
An advisory report on the Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 | 11-05-10 | 16-11-10 | No |
Petitions | |||
Electronic Petitioning to the House of Representatives | 16-11-09 | No response to date | No |
The work of the First Petitions Committee 2008-2010 | 21-06-10 | No response to date | No |
Primary Industries and Resources | |||
Farming the future: The role of Government in assisting Australian farmers to adapt to the impact of climate change | 15-03-10 | No response to date | No |
Procedure | |||
Motion to suspend standing orders and condemn a Member: Report on events of 10 October 2006 | 07-12-06 | No response to date | No |
Building a modern committee system: An inquiry into the effectiveness of the House Committee system | 21-06-10 | No response to date | No |
Public Accounts and Audit | |||
Report 417 – Review of Auditor-General’s reports tabled between February 2009 and September 2009 | 22-06-10 | No response to date | No |
Publications | |||
Inquiry into the development of a digital repository and electronic distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series | 24-06-10 | No response to date | No |
Treaties | |||
Treaties tabled on 4 June, 17 June, 25 June and 26 August 2008 (95th Report) | 16-10-08 | 22-10-099 04-02-1010 | No |
Treaties tabled on 3 December 2008 and 3 February 2009 (99th Report) | 12-03-09 | No response to date | No |
Treaties tabled on 25 June 2008 (2) (100th Report) | 19-03-09 | No response to date | No |
Treaties tabled on 20 August (2) and 15 September 2009 (107th Report) | 16-11-09 | No response to date | No |
Treaties tabled on18, 25 (2) and 26 November 2009 and 2 (2) February 2010 (110th Report) | 15-03-10 | No response to date | No |
Treaties tabled on 25 November 2009 (3), 4 and 24 February 2010 (111th Report) | 21-06-10 | No response to date | No |
Treaties tabled on 9, 10, 15, 16 and 29 March 2010 (112th Report) | 21-06-10 | Not required | |
Treaties tabled on 12 May 2010 (113th Report) | 28-09-10 | Not required |
Notes
1. The date of tabling is the date the report was presented to the House of Representatives or to the Speaker, whichever is earlier. In the case of joint committees, the date shown is the date of first presentation to either the House or the Senate. Reports published when the House (or Houses) are not sitting are tabled at a later date.
2. If the source for the date is not the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives or the Journals of the Senate, the source is shown in an endnote.
3. For reports up to the end of 42nd Parliament, the time specified is three months from the date of tabling. For reports from the 43rd Parliament (28/09/10 onwards) the period is 6 months - see resolution of the House of Representatives of 29/09/10.
4. The response was given in the form of a Ministerial Statement titled Future of Financial Advice, made in the House on 23 June 2010.
5. On 14 May a partial response to the report was presented from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
6. In June 2009 the government advised that it did not intend to respond formally to this report. The committee awaits a response to recommendations of the report. In November 2009 the government indicated a response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
7. On 13 May 2010 the Presiding Officers’ response to recommendation 1 was tabled.
8. On 3 February 2010 a government response to the Committee’s final report was tabled. That response addressed the recommendations of the final report only. The Committee has written to the Minister seeking a response to the separate recommendations of the interim report.
9. Partial response - recommendations 6, 7 and 11.
10. Partial response – recommendations 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The Government has indicated responses are not required on the outstanding recommendations.