Karen Grogan (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I present the fifth report of 2025 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The report read as follows—

Selection of Bills Committee

REPORT NO. 5 OF 2025

28 August 2025

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Senator Lisa Darmanin (Acting Government Whip, Chair) Senator Wendy Askew (Opposition Whip)

Senator Pauline Hanson (Pauline Hanson's One Nation Whip) Senator Nick McKim (Australian Greens Whip)

Senator Ralph Babet Senator Leah Blyth Senator Ross Cadell

Senator the Hon. Anthony Chisholm Senator Jessica Collins

Senator the Hon. Katy Gallagher Senator Jacqui Lambie

Senator Fatima Payman Senator David Pocock

Senator Tony Sheldon (Government Whip) Senator Lidia Thorpe

Secretary: Tim Bryant 02 6277 3020

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

REPORT NO. 5 OF 2025

The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 27 August 2025 at 7.07pm.

The committee recommends that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Consultancy and Services Contracts Bill 2025 be referred immediately to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 30 March 2026 (see appendix 1 for statement of reasons for referral).

The committee recommends that the following bill not be referred to committees:

The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:

Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025

(Lisa Darmanin)

Chair

28 August 2025

Appendix 1

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Consultancy and Services Contracts Bill 2025

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration: To scrutinise this legislation and to hear from stakeholders about the importance of this legislation.

Possible submissions or evidence from: Interested parties and stakeholders

Committee to which bill is to be referred: Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s): October 2025 to February 2026

Possible reporting date: 30 March 2026

(signed)

Print name: SENATOR WENDY ASKEW

I move:

That the report be adopted.